6th December, 2015
MBDA, the manufacturer of the British Brimstone missile, is set to be the main economic beneficiary of last week’s parliamentary decision authorising UK airstrikes in Syria.
Manufacturer of Brimstone missile could be main beneficiary of UK airstrikes in Syria
Posted by seumasach on December 6, 2015
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Russia’s campaign in Syria
Posted by seumasach on December 6, 2015
Assad emphasized that French and British participation in the US-led airstrike campaign in Syria is illegal under international law and will not be instrumental in defeating Daesh.
“It is legal only when the participation is in cooperation with the legitimate government in Syria. So, I would say they don’t have the will and they don’t have the vision on how to defeat terrorism,” Assad said.
Assad seems to be implying that the US is working in cooperation with the Syrian government. The upcoming ISSG meeting in Vienna will be very interesting. Could France and Britain find themselves isolated over the issue of a Russian UN resolution?
Assad Explains Why Terrorists Are Losing
6th December, 2015
President Bashar al-Assad praised Russia for its efforts aimed at defeating terrorist groups, which are trying to establish an Islamic state in Syria. The US-led coalition, in his view, has failed to deliver on the promise to tackle Daesh, also known as ISIL.
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Britain in its bubble
Posted by seumasach on December 5, 2015
Cailean Bochanan
5th December, 2015
When Bassar-al Assad is re-elected as president of Syria in about 18 months time it is unlikely that David Cameron will still be in office. He is no doubt delighted to have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat on Wednesday in the House of Commons but it may turn out to be a pyhrric, pig in a poke.
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US Sidelined?
Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2015
There would be no question mark were the reference to Cameron being sidelined.
Russia, France Form Their Own Anti-ISIL Alliance in Syria
Stephen Cohen
24th November, 2015
The tragedy of Paris seems to have accelerated long-awaited political changes: “the United States can no longer play its self-declared hegemonic, or only super-power, role in the world, and Russia has returned to the center stage of world affairs”, according to NYU political science professor Stephen Cohen.
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Russia pushes own antiterror UN resolution
Posted by seumasach on November 23, 2015
Russia to push for adoption of its draft antiterror resolution in UN Security Council
21st November, 2015
UNITED NATIONS, November 21. /TASS/. Russia will push for the soonest possible adoption of its draft resolution on the fight against terrorism in the United Nations Security Council despite the adoption of a France-proposed document, Russia’s Permanent Representaive to the global organization Vitaly Churkin said Friday.
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Juncker calls for EU/EEU cooperation
Posted by seumasach on November 22, 2015
EU’s Deepening Ties With Russia Result of ‘Putin’s Sophisticated Diplomacy’
20th November, 2015
Russia’s active efforts in fighting terrorism in Syria have impressed the EU so much that European countries are now looking for closer ties with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
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Mogherini: Solution to Syria impossible without Russia
Posted by seumasach on November 22, 2015
EU Foreign Policy Chief Says Solution to Syria Impossible Without Russia
22nd November, 2015
Russia and the EU can arrive at a consensus on the Syrian conflict thanks to common interests, according to EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini.
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Global trade just snapped
Posted by seumasach on November 22, 2015
21st November, 2015
Container Freight Rates Plummet 70% In 3 Weeks
“This market is looking like a disaster and the rates are a reflection of that,” warns one of the world’s largest shipbrokers, but while The Baltic Dry Freight Index gets all the headlines – having collapsed to all-time record lows this week – it is the spefics below that headline that are truly terrifying. At a time of typical seasonal strength for freight and thus global trade around the world, Reuters reports that spot rates for transporting containers from Asia to Northern Europe have crashed a stunning 70% in the last 3 weeks alone.
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Russia and France will organize joint military operations against IS
Posted by seumasach on November 19, 2015
18th November, 2015
MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces will organize joint military operations with the French Navy to combat terrorists in Syria, chief of the main operations directorate of Russian army’s General Staff Andrey Kartapolov said on Wednesday.
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U.S.-Russia cooperation key to fighting Islamic State in Syria – EU
Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2015
15th November, 2015
Belek, Turkey. The United States and Russia must cooperate in fighting Islamic State in Syria, the president of the European Council said on Sunday, stressing Russia should focus its military actions there on the radical Islamists and not the Syrian opposition.
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