After weeks of clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Arab tribesman aligned with Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC), the SDF has imposed a curfew following a resumption of fighting on Monday. These ethnic tensions are boiling over in...
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US Deploys F-16s to Romania for Patrols Over Black Sea
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 25, 2023 | News
Four American advanced fighter jets arrived in Romania and will begin conducting patrols over the Black Sea region, according to NATO. The deployment comes as Washington wages a proxy war against Moscow in Ukraine that has stretched into the Black Sea. Acting NATO...
US Levies Sanctions Over Iran’s Drone Program
by Connor Freeman | Sep 19, 2023 | News
Washington imposed sanctions on four entities and seven people in Russia, China, and Turkey over their alleged assistance with Tehran’s drone program which the US says has significantly benefited Russia in its war with Ukraine. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has...
Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso Establish Military Alliance, Vowing to Collectively Defend Against External Aggression
by Connor Freeman | Sep 17, 2023 | News
The US has resumed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance flight operations in order to maintain “force protection” while some troops and assets are relocated Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso have signed a charter establishing a mutual defense pact, dubbed the...
COI #471: Washington Greenlights Ukrainian Attacks on Russia
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 13, 2023 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #471, Kyle Anzalone discusses the war in Ukraine. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6 Patreon Subscribe Star...
Kiev Seeks More Mine Clearing Equipment as Ukrainian Sappers Take Huge Losses
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 15, 2023 | News
The Ukrainian military has struggled to work through Russia’s heavily mined defensive lines as its counteroffensive has dragged on for 10 weeks with little to show. Kiev is now appealing to its allies for more demining equipment. Ukrainians assigned to clear away the explosives – known as sappers – have taken heavy losses in the counteroffensive.
‘Normalization’ With Israel Is Losing Popularity in Arab States, As Netanyahu Kills More Palestinians
by Connor Freeman | Aug 3, 2023 | News
Tensions between the Gulf States and Israel are growing as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu oversees illegal settlement expansion and mass killings of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. This comes as the White House is...
Poland Opens HIMARS Academy, Establish New Brigade Near Belarus
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 2, 2023 | News
Poland announced the formation of a new artillery brigade as well as a new training center for the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). The HIMARS will be positioned near the country’s border with Belarus as tensions between Warsaw and Minsk build. Polish...
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What’s Happening w/Buck Johnson
Buck joined me to discuss fentanyl, drug addiction, boomer cons, media treatment of Trump, and what is going right and wrong in the Trump administration. ALP
100 Memers vs One Pamela Anderson
The social media feed gruel has switched it’s serving of slop from the speculation about the potential outcome of one hundred men versus a gorilla. The content creators who recycle the same shit, because of algorithms and trends now concern themselves with the...
Anti-War Blog – Too Thirsty to Cry
In the photo essay, Ethiopia : The Scorched Earth, Mary Anne Fitzgerald writes in the caption beneath a photo of a young girl crying, “Tears of hunger are a good sign. During the final stages of malnutrition children are too weak to cry.” There was Live Aid and U.S.A....
RIP: Remembering Edward Lozansky, Towering Prophet of Sanity, Decency, and Peace
Our friend Edward Lozansky left this world last week. He was a long-time writer for Antiwar.com. His many articles can be found here and on our blog here. He was president and founder of the American University in Moscow and the U.S.-Russia Forum. He is also a...
F35 Follies: Fat Amy Fails Again and Again
The F35 is in trouble in Europe. NATO observed the U.S. cut off its vital military aid deliveries to Ukraine, and choke Kyiv's access to American-derived intelligence in a bid to bend Ukraine to its will, namely to sit down at the negotiating table for ceasefire...
New Chasing Ghosts Podcast Episode is Live Monday 5 May 2025.
Ep 063 "Spanner in the Works: Sabotage and War" Military sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a government effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization, destabilization, division, disruption, or destruction. It can take place...