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Day: January 12, 2019

Oaked Fires in Serbia

12/01/2019 by Binoy KAMPMARK

For the Slavs, the tree remains all central and bearing, the fecund creature that holds the seeds of all, the progenitor for the verdant world. To down such a tree, or, in the tradition of the badnjak, to remove a sampling of oak covered in brown gold leafing, would require ceremonial preliminaries.

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The Syrian End Game Is Becoming Clearer, And It’ll Probably Be Decentralization

12/01/2019 by Andrew KORYBKO

While there’s no guarantee that events in Syria will unfold according to the master plan, it nevertheless appears to be the most logical end game in sight given what’s publicly known about all parties’ positions at this time, though it could always be offset by one of them if they decide to play the spoiler.

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