Lovely to be back on with Quantum Nurse Grace Asagra and guests that included Drago Bosnic and Alex Krainer. We deep dived into the aftermath of the fall of Syria for the region with input from everyone. *** If you would like to buy me a coffee, you can donate on this link. Thank you…
From Tony Blair to Keir Starmer, the UK National Security Advisor is still waging war in the Middle East. After Iraq came Syria and now the British are back in the country to defend Israeli interests.
Oil painting by Syrian artist Malik Alazami of his home city Damascus. I am re-publishing this excellent dialogue between historian Louis Allday and writer and researcher Patrick Higgins. It was originally published at Ebb Magazine. The conversation gives essential historical context to the fall of Damascus in December 2024. 18/02/2025 By Patrick Higgins and Louis Allday In this interview, Louis…
Part one of an investigation into the potential for British mercenaries to gain a foothold in Syria under the control of Al Qaeda. First published by UK Column When it comes to the world of Private Military Companies (PMC) or Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC), public perception has been conditioned to think of the Russian…
In my reports for UK Column yesterday, I delve into the murky world of PMCs now deployed in Syria under the Al Qaeda Junta control. Britain has been instrumental in the overthrow of the former Syrian government with a UK FCDO and MI6 laser-focus on regime change since 2009 as reported by former French Foreign…
In this episode I try to unravel the complex and ever evolving situation on the ground with all the regional and Syrian players vying for power and survival: Mike and I revisit Syria and cover the most recent developments and geopolitical agendas inside and outside Syria, including the arrival of British-staffed Private Military and Security…
With Trump dancing around his belligerence towards Iran and Israeli expansionism, Saudi Arabia in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister meeting with Putin in Moscow, the Emir of Qatar also in Moscow, continuing negotiations on Ukraine “peace” deal, Imam Khamenei’s letter delivered to Putin, Israeli and Turkish rivalry in Syria and beyond, Jolani’s terrorists perhaps being sent…
Meanwhile, former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin—whose moral compass has never faltered—spoke with clarity. I will never forget his historic speech at the UN Security Council in 2003 against the war on Iraq, for which France later paid a heavy price. After the theatrical scene staged in the White House between Trump and Zelensky, which…
The savage ethnic cleansing campaign by Jolani’s gangs in Syria did not begin in 2024 – one can argue it began during the Crusader era. In recent weeks a harrowing testimony came to light from the Syrian coastal area. The testimony of an Alawite father from the Hama countryside on the brutal murder of his…
Since the Turkish-Takfiri coup in Syria backed by the US, Israel, Qatar and the West, Christians are, again, under threat. Easter 2018 in Maaloula. Photo: Vanessa Beeley Maaloula is synonymous with martyrdom and miracles. Scaling the cliffs that tightly contain it, Maaloula’s sacred and secular architectural wonders rise several stories, usually wearing a wash of…
The Wall Will Fall 