Special to WorldTribune.com By EastAsiaIntel.com On April 29, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi issued a joint statement objecting to the contemplated deployment in South Korea of the U.S. Theater High Altitude Area Defense [THAAD] missile interceptor system. But what is unusual is that the joint Russian-Chinese objection to THAAD […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Russia and Saudi Arabia, the world’s two largest crude producers, have agreed to freeze output, as long as others follow suit. Freezing output at January levels will be “adequate,” Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on February 16 after talks with Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Syrian forces are advancing rapidly against both anti-Assad rebels and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) positions with support from Iranian officers, Hizbullah fighters and Russian warplanes, reports say. On Dec. 29, government forces and their allies captured a key southern military base from Brigade 82 rebels in the town of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Kurds in the Syrian north offer one of the few glimmers of hope in a region where religious minorities are brutalized, repressed and at risk of genocide. Minority Rights Group International (MRG) issued its 2015 Peoples Under Threat list and Syria was at the top after five years of war that has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community continues to see President Bashar Assad as winning the war against Sunni rebels in Syria. The Defense Intelligence Agency said the Assad regime has overcome a manpower shortage to block the rebel advance throughout Syria, Middle East Newsline reported. In an assessment, DIA expected the Syrian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran and Russia were said to have been operating a war room in Iraq to block Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The Lebanese daily Al Mustaqbal reported that Iran and Russia were operating a joint operations center in Iraq. The daily, quoting Iraqi sources, said the joint facility focused […]
By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — In what can only be described as a plague on both your houses, an UN investigative panel has issued a specific and sickening verdict on the ongoing violence in Syria’s civil war. The report blames both sides in the conflict, the Assad family regime, as well as a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea’s trade volume reached a record high in 2013 in a clear demonstration that U.S-led international sanctions have not succeeded. Thanks to traditional partners China and Russia, the North’s overall trade volume came to $7.35 billion last year, up 7.8 percent from $6.81 billion in 2012, according to a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com East-Asia-Intel.com The ten-year-long marathon negotiations between the energy monopolies of Russia and China is set to finally conclude. The two countries are scheduled to sign a historic gas pipeline deal to supply Russian gas to China for 30 years starting in 2018. According to the deal’s terms, Russia is to supply 38 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Russia and Saudi Arabia have been negotiating a multi-billion-dollar project to develop natural gas reserves in the Gulf Arab kingdom. Officials said the state-owned Saudi Aramco was holding talks with Russia’s LukOil to develop gas reserves in Saudi Arabia. The officials said the kingdom’s Empty Quarter, despite a decade […]