Syria – Page 27 – Asia Times

Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Mikael Lindmark

AT Finance, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Philippines, Syria

Kuwait, Interpol hunt couple over slaying of Filipino maid

by Asia Times staff February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A Patriot missile launcher near the Israeli city of Eila. Photo: AFP/Jack Guez

Afghanistan, Chengdu, China, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Taiwan, World

Iran’s stealth drone was shot down in a new way

by Stephen Bryen February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A member of Israeli security personnel inspects fragments of a Syrian anti-aircraft missile found in Alonei Abba, about two miles from where the remains of a crashed F-16 Israeli war plane were found in the village of Alonei Abba, in Israel, on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

AT Finance, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Vietnam, World

Plane’s downing sends message to Iran as well as Israel

by Sami Moubayed February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli security forces walk next to the remains of an F-16 Israeli war plane near the Israeli village of Harduf, Israel on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Herzie Shapira

Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Downing of fighter jet damages Israel’s strategic position

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish tanks gather close to the Syrian border on January 21, 2018, at Hassa, in Hatay province. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

AT Finance, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Uneasy quest for Turkish-US compromise on Syrian Kurds

by Emanuele Scimia February 9, 2018

The rugged Wakhan Corridor of Badakhshan province in northern Afghanistan. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, World

China’s latest move in the graveyard of empires

by Pepe Escobar February 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Part of North Korea's missile arsenal. Photo: AFP/North Korean Central News Agency

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria

North Korea, Myanmar in a sanctions-busting embrace

by Bertil Lintner February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

The body of a woman thought to be a Filipino maid has been found in a flat in Kuwait City. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines, Syria

Filipino maid’s body found in freezer in Kuwait flat

by Asia Times staff February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

A still image obtained from social media shows the wreckage from a Russian military plane shot down by rebel forces near Idlib, Syria, on February 3. Photo via Reuters

Cyprus, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russian-Turkish axis in Syria faces meltdown

by M.K. Bhadrakumar February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump applauds during his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on January 30, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Win McNamee/Pool

China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

After a year of Donald Trump: good news and bad news

by Norman A. Bailey February 6, 2018

Deep inside the Catacombs of Paris. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Guidance from the Ghost of Richelieu

by Spengler February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Israeli F-16s perform an exhibition exercise during an Independence Day show on April 06, 2014, in Netanya, Israel. Photo: iStock

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Air strikes in Sinai underscore Israel’s tightening alliance with Arab states

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim February 5, 2018

Authoritarian regimes continue to suffer a deep soft-power deficit. Illustration: iPhoto

China, European Union, India, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Sharp Power is slicing through the strength of Soft Power

by Christopher Walker February 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Kurdish fighters in the northern Aleppo countryside in Syria. Photo: Reuters / Khalil Ashawi

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

A Turkish war of America’s making

by Barak Barfi February 3, 2018February 18, 2020

The Indian Army has Russian-made T-90 tanks. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

A lesson for Kim Jong-un: tank warfare is changing fast

by Stephen Bryen February 2, 2018

Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system. Photo: The Military Review

European Union, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia has better integrated electronic warfare capability than NATO: UK expert

by Asia Times staff February 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Australian infantrymen from the 5/7 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment display high-tech weapons and gadgets in a file photo: Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bahrain, China, European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Australia shoots for bigger gun sales

by Alan Boyd January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish forces and Free Syrian Army members hold flags on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Khalil Ashawi

Middle East, Syria, Turkey

Turkey, Kurds play king of Syrian hill

by Asia Times staff January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

A US Marine exercises at the Shorab Military Camp in Lashkar Gah in the Afghan province of Helmand. Photo: AFP/Wakil Kohsar

Afghanistan, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

US may limit use of ‘wearable electronics’ by troops as security threat

by Asia Times staff January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

The conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia has deep historical roots. Illustration: iStock

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Saudi-Iran relations: story behind a clash of regional leadership

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan January 29, 2018January 29, 2018

US Secretary of Defence James Mattis. Photo: Retuers/Eric Vidal

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Pentagon’s new strategy at odds with Trumplomacy

by Emanuele Scimia January 29, 2018January 29, 2018

Palestinian demonstrators shout slogans as they hold crossed-out posters depicting US Vice-President Mike Pence and US President Donald Trump during a protest against Pence's visit to Israel, in the West Bank city of Nablus on January 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Abed Omar Qusini

AT Finance, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria, Vietnam, World

Trump’s bullying of the Palestinians has long precedence

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim January 29, 2018

Vladimir Putin fires a sport gun at a sports complex outside Sochi on March 9, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ria Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin

AT Finance, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Putin’s Sochi conference on Syria looks to be a talking shop

by Sami Moubayed January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

US forces could be caught in the crossfire if Turkish President Recep Erdoğan makes good on his vow to attack Kurdish forces in Manbij. Photo: Reuters

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

US blinks under Turkish pressure in Syria

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish army tanks stationed near the Syrian border in operation "Olive Branch". Photo: AFP / Ozan Kose

AT Finance, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey plays its latest card in the New Great Game

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranian Americans in Ali Khamenei (left) and Hasan Rouhani masks rally against the regime near the United Nations building in New York on September 20, 2016. Photo: AFP / Don Emmert

India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Unrest in Iran will continue until religious rule ends

by Haidar Khezri January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Untreated phosphate dropped at the end of a conveyor belt at the Marca factory of the National Moroccan phosphates company (OCP public), near Laayoune, the capital of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara in a 2013 file photo. Photo: AFP/Fadel Senna

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Middle East, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

Sahrawis and Kiwis in a fight over fertilizer

by John McBeth January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

A Syrian opposition fighter takes a selfie as fighters walk through Syria in front of Turkish troops near the Syrian border at Hassa, Hatay province, on January 22, 2018. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

America’s Syrian humiliation is worse than it looks

by David P. Goldman January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

A US A-10 aircraft is pictured at the Kandahar air base in Afghanistan, on January 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

In any war with North Korea, the A-10 is a powerful weapon

by Stephen Bryen January 25, 2018

Turkish tanks gather close to the Syrian border on January 21, 2018, at Hassa, in Hatay province. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

US sends mixed signals after Turkish move on Syrian Kurds

by Asia Times staff January 25, 2018February 18, 2020