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Jun 18 2025 
Chinese Foreign Ministry Calls for a Cease-Fire
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/fyrbt/202506/t20250616_11649408.html
When asked to comment on Israel ‘s attack on Iranian state TV, which has been condemned by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and described as a “war crime” by Iran , Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday that China is deeply concerned about the situation, adding that China once again calls… Continue reading
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Mar 19 2025 
A Hard Rain’s a-gonna Fall – from the West down to the East
In this incandescent juncture, what matters is off the record.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
Let’s start with that phone call. The is quite sober – but it does reveal a few nuggets. There is no comprehensive deal – yet – between Moscow and Washington. Far from it: we are just in the initial tentative stage… Continue reading
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Mar 14 2025 
Putin peels off the Masks of the Ceasefire Kabuki
Putin will never sacrifice Russia’s “indivisibility of security” demands posed to Washington in December 2021 – and met with a no-response response.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
The “ceasefire” announced with trademark bombast by Team Trump 2.0 should be seen as a tawdry kabuki inside a cheap matryoshka.
As we peel off the successive masks,… Continue reading
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Mar 12 2025 
A ceasefire only benefits those who are retreating
From RT : By Georgiy Berezovsky, Vladikavkaz-based journalist
‘A ceasefire only benefits those who are retreating’
Russia’s top foreign relations experts and actors react to US-Ukraine talks
Politicians, journalists, and analysts react to the news of a proposed 30-day ceasefire
Following the high-level talks between US and Ukrainian delegations in Saudi Arabia, two major developments have dominated the media… Continue reading -
Jan 16 2025 
Israel Ceasefire in Gaza
From Brian Berletic
The US achieved all its goals, using Hamas to trigger a regional war finally eliminating Syria and wiping out Hezbollah’s senior leadership.
Iran is left weaker and more isolated than it has been in decades.
Israel is withdrawing its forces as it always does to reorganize and prepare for the next episode of violence which… Continue reading
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Nov 26 2024 
Ceasefire: Israel – Lebanon (Update .. Update 2)
Benjamin Netanyahu and Anthony Blinken have announced this. As it stands now, this ceasefire will go into effect at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Israel time.
There are more questions than answers. There is no definitive word from Hezbollah yet. Hamas announced that Hezbollah assisted them like brothers, and they support this. But, there is no announcement on… Continue reading
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Dec 14 2023 
A Requiem by Scott Ritter
There’s always been something unique about the Marines. Not afraid to call a spade a spade, no matter how bitter. Do we have the Smedley Darlington Butler of our times??
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Oct 20 2023 
Three comments on the horrific fighting in Israel/ Palestine:
Three comments on the horrific fighting in Israel/ Palestine:
First, let’s recognize that the priority is to halt the warfare, provide humanitarian aid, and help those who are suffering, whatever their allegiances.
Second, let’s recognize that those who immediately politicize… pic.twitter.com/DZaof8SuTo
— Nury Vittachi (@NuryVittachi) October 8, 2023
