The Trillion-Dollar Illusion

Video and photo evidence of the aftermath of a US strike in Iran’s Qeshm Island suggests that the US dropped a 2,000-pound Mark-84 bomb on a civilian home, The New York Times reported on Sunday. The strike, launched on July 30, killed Qeisar Jafari, who was identified by Iranian media as a taxi driver, and […]

Iraq-Syria Pipeline to Bypass Hormuz Could Be Revived Within 3 Years By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice An old Iraq-to-Syria oil pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz could be up and running within three years, a senior Syrian official has said. The Hormuz crisis that cut off most of Iraq’s crude oil exports has accelerated plans by Iraq and Syria to rebuild a damaged oil pipeline to ship crude oil from the Iraqi fields in Kirkuk to Syria’s Mediterranean coast. The completion of the renovation of the pipeline from Haditha in Iraq to...

"We're At War": Ecuador Deploys 75,000 Troops, Launches Anti-Cartel Missile Strikes; Colombia Warns "We're Being Bombed" On Sunday, Ecuador launched a massive anti-cartel offensive involving 75,000 troops, armored vehicles, and helicopters, with support from the U.S., in what Interior Minister John Reimberg described as a "very strong offensive," according to BBC News. "We're at war," Reimberg said. "Don't take any risks, don't go out, stay home." 35 mil efectivos de @PoliciaEcuador desplegados en Guayas, Los Ríos, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas y El Oro. Listos por 🇪🇨. A las mafias: se les...