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War Drums Beat Ever More Loudly Over Iran
The war drums are beating ever more loudly over Iran. Imagine the situation to be reversed.

What’s Really Happening in Syria?
The principal Obama Administration target in this complex affair is Iran, not Syria. The Syrian government must fall because it is Iran's main Arab ally.

Syria: What Russia and China Have Learned From the Last NATO War
In the last few days, the UN Security Council passed two resolutions on the civil war in Syria, on the basis of which the first part of a UN …

Syrian Opposition Spokesperson: Any Transition Deal Should Entail Assad’s Prosecution for War Crimes
Syria's 16-month conflict has so far claimed more than 15,000 lives.

Facing Diplomatic Isolation, Syria’s Assad Says He’s Willing to Step Aside
At least 10,000 Syrians have been killed since Assad deployed his army and security services to suppress the anti-government protests.

Russia, China Join US in Calling For New Government in Syria
Russia, China Join US in Calling For New Government in Syria

The Oligarchy’s Rule of Law: From Russia to Oklahoma
At the end of the 1990s, after the total collapse of the mass-privatization experiment in Boris Yeltinu2019s Russia, some of the more earnest free-market proselytizers tried making sense of …