The New Contours of the Power Struggle for Syria’s Future – Three Part Series for MintPress News

3 Mar 202013 Mar 2020

Part one: Wealthy Gulf States Plan Big To Coax Syria Away from Iran Part two: Russia and Iran's Clashing Views for Syria's Future Part three: How a Subtle Turkey-Iran Entente…

How Russia’s vision for the Middle East is rigged against Iran

22 Oct 201924 Feb 2020

Posted originally to American Herald Tribune on 22 October 2019. Stanislav Ivanov writing for the prestigious Russian state-run Valdai Club recently described ‘Israel and most of the Arab countries’ as…

Putin’s ‘doubts’ on Iran’s alertness on ISIS: A reminder of Russia’s true alignment

13 Oct 201925 Oct 2019

Posted originally to One World on 13 October 2019. Hesitancy persists among many in the media regarding owning up to just how radically different in some aspects geopolitical alliances in…

Iran’s Israel-GCC-Russia Conundrum

6 Oct 201925 Oct 2019

Israel-GCC-Russia vs Iran; resharing my January 2019 article for Regional Rapport where I predict some strategic changes within the very structure of the Syrian state Israel will through the GCC…

Russia’s special credentials as Israel’s ‘Deal of the Century’ backer

29 Jul 201925 Oct 2019

Posted originally to Surkhiyan.pk on 29 July 2019. Russia’s facilitation of a still-aggressive Israel in preference over ‘allies’ Iran and Syria has become gradually more visible and acknowledged in the…

Iran’s Israel-GCC-Russia Conundrum

18 Jan 201925 Oct 2019

A possible new ‘Iran containment’ front forming? Posted originally on Regional Rapport on 17 January 2019. The securing of Syria by the pro-Iran government thanks to its allies culminated a…

Is Russia intentionally enabling Israeli aggression and impunity against its own Regional Balancing Strategy?

5 Jan 201925 Oct 2019

Posted originally on Eurasia Future on 1 January 2019. There exists a brand of dogma ingrained in some analyst mindsets which dictates that Iran and Russia are tag-teaming the US…