Author:Yakasah Wehyee

There is no question that this year’s presidential election is a consequential phenomenon that will compel the social sciences to revisit their understanding of human motivation and behavior. Many around the country and indeed the world, are asking, how did political science get everything so wrong in the 2016 election? Others are pleased with the results and rejoice conspicuously, or not. Yet there remains a part of our collective family that fear the uncertainty of the …

The director of the CIA, John Brennan, said in a BBC interview that the US should continue to assist the moderate Syrian opposition, which opposes government troops, the Iranian and Russian militaries, and Lebanese militants of the Hezbollah movement. In his opinion, Russia plays a key role in the Syrian conflict, however, he is not certain that Moscow will negotiate and make concessions. The head of the CIA believes that the Kremlin is pursuing a strategy of delaying negotiations in an effort …

The Israeli leadership has warned Russia of its intention to launch air strikes against targets in Syria, and Moscow did not oppose the Israeli intentions. This, according to Newsru.co.il, was written by Gregg Carlstrom, the correspondent of The Times newspaper and The Economist magazine.

It should be noted that Russia and Israel are using coordinating activities in Syrian airspace to prevent accidental incidents between Israeli and Russian warplanes.

Yesterday, Arab media reported that the …

As the US Secretary of State, John Kerry stated during the conference “Women's Foreign Policy Group”, it was US support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia that prevented the Kremlin from "reaching Kyiv." Further, the US Embassy in Ukraine quoted Kerry’s Statement on its Facebook page according to which Kerry argued that, "We are unwavering in support of a democratic Ukraine, and those who complain, have to look at the reality: our sanctions, our involvement, our support of Ukraine …

Moscow is concerned over the increased efforts that are being made by other countries to end the rule of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. This was stated by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Ryabkov, while commenting on the statement of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about Turkey's operation in Syria, Russia’s RIA news agency reported.

Earlier, Erdogan stated that the Turkish Army began the operation in Syrian to put an end to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed that Russia is in talks with the Syrian opposition and that they are being facilitated by Turkey, Interfax reported.

“We have never avoided contacts with any political opposition group, and contacts with field commanders. And since our Turkish partners have contacts with  the opposition groups including the field commanders, we, of course, exchange the information about the sentiments among these groups and we encourage them to become a part of …

A new division of Bastion coastal defense missile system arrived in the Crimea on November 30th, as reported by the Crimean sobytiya.info news website citing a source in the Russian military. The divisions are replacing similar systems that were shipped to Syria in October this year.

“A division of Bastions is arriving in the peninsular. The systems will replace the complexes shipped to Syrian in October. Bastions will be located in tow districts of the peninsular,“ the source said.

The news …

Arsen Pavlov, known as ‘Motorola,’ could have been shot along with his guard in an elevator of his own apartment building before their bodies were blown up. This type of assassination would ensure that all aspects of the crime were concealed, Ukrinform writes.

This possibility for the removal of the separatist appears in a paper prepared by the Center of Forensic Science (CFS) of the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The document was obtained by a Ukrainian hacker group who indicated it was …