In July 2021, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin described the US theft of oil from the areas it occupies in eastern Syria as “bandit behavior.” The same term was previously used by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other officials in statements denouncing Washington’s violation of Syria’s sovereignty.
Xi Jinping has made an offer difficult for the Arabian Peninsula to ignore: China will be guaranteed buyers of your oil and gas, but we will pay in yuan.
It would be so tempting to qualify Chinese President Xi Jinping landing in Riyadh a week ago, welcomed with royal pomp and circumstance, as Xi of Arabia proclaiming the dawn of the petroyuan era.
What [German Chancellor Olaf Scholz] fails or decides not to mention is the need to acknowledge the return of the nation-state as the key force capable of correcting those mistakes.
Because a certain gang of Germans gave nationalism a bad name in the last century, one must not forget that in a world of diversity, the nation-state is the most workable model of socio-political and economic organization.
This year, Leicester’s famous multiculturalism, so praised by the establishment, exploded. Knife attacks, stone- and bottle-throwing, cars torched, religious symbols under siege, dozens wounded, including policemen…. Then the hunt for Hindus began in Britain’s streets.
Nuevas investigaciones revelan la escala de las operaciones de Wagner, un misterioso grupo de mercenarios ruso, en la guerra civil de Libia. Una tableta Samsung recuperada de un campo de batalla al oeste de Libia, que presuntamente habría sido abandonada por uno de los integrantes del grupo, guardaría en su interior datos sobre el auténtico papel de los mercenarios en el marco del conflicto libio, nombres en clave de los combatientes y una “lista de la compra” de equipamiento militar de última generación. Las informaciones que acaban de ver la luz relacionarían al grupo con supuestos crímenes de guerra y desataparía sus vínculos con el ejército ruso. Hasta el momento Rusia continúa negando cualquier vínculo con Wagner.
Libia fue durante décadas un actor africano y árabe a tener en cuenta. Sus recursos y su ubicación, acompañado por un régimen dictatorial ambicioso, forjaron en el país una conciencia nacional capaz de contrarrestar el orden tribal enraizado en las tres regiones históricas del Estado norafricano. Bajo la figura de Muanmar el Gadafi, la Tripolitania, la Cirenaica y el Fezzan mantuvieron una cohesión ficticia, gracias a un sistema de poder central bajo el parapeto de ideologías panárabes y panislamistas.
EXCLUSIVE: Al-Qaeda Associate, Writer: U.S. Civil War Is Imminent; Indigenous Peoples Should Ally With Oppressed Minorities
On December 9, 2022, an Al-Qaeda associate and writer published an article on his website, arguing that a civil war will erupt in the U.S. ahead of the next elections in 2024.
The US says the two allies are giving each other ‘unprecedented support’ in Ukraine.
Iran is now Russia’s biggest military backer.
That’s the warning from the US National Security Council.
Iran and Russia have reportedly agreed to a deal which will allow Russia to produce Iran-designed armed drones for use Ukraine.
Iranian leaders assess Russia’s direct production of armed drones will enable Tehran to skirt the imposition of further U.S. and European sanctions on Iran’s drone production infrastructure.
