(2023-08-14). Russian ships strike terrorist targets in Syria. plenglish.com According to the sources, the missiles targeted the headquarters of the Islamic State (Daesh) in the desert region of Al-Badieh, between the provinces of Hama and Homs, in central Syria. | The strikes coincided with sorties conducted by Russian and Syrian combat aviation against Daesh terrorists who are taking refuge in caves and caverns as they wait to launch sudden attacks on the national army. | The targets were designated after an extensive reconnaissance operation carried out by the Russian Aerospace Force. As a result, a number of terrorists were eliminated. | Syrian forces reinforced their positions in th…
(2023-08-13). Military Situation In Syria On August 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On August 13, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On August 13, an explosion was reported on the countryside of Damascus; | On August 13, the "Popular Resistance in the Eastern Region" group, claimed responsibility for the attack on three military bases of the U.S. coalition in eastern Syria; | On August 13, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA-SDF position in Tokhar…
(2023-08-13). Russian Navy Attacked ISIS Hideouts In Syria With Cruise Missiles: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | On August 13, the Russian Navy attacked hideouts of ISIS in Syria's central region with cruise missiles, according to a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). | The London-based monitoring group said that the missiles, which were allegedly launched by Russian warships from Syrian waters, hit caves and other positions used by ISIS cells as hideouts in the heart of the central region. | The missiles were heard passing over the countryside of the coastal governorate of Tartus on…
(2023-08-13). Shadowy Syrian Group Says It Targeted Three U.S. Bases With Rockets, Drones. southfront.org 
The logo used by the Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region. | A shadowy Syrian armed group announced on August 12 that it had attacked three bases of the United States-led coalition in the governorates of Deir Ezzor and al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria. | In a statement, the group, which calls itself the Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region (PR-EG), said that its fighters had targeted the coalition base at Conoco gas plan in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside with five rocke…
(2023-08-13). Syria Holds U.S. Responsible For Recent Attack On Military Bus In Central Region. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Syria has held the United States responsible for a recent The attack, which targeted a shuttle bus of the Syrian Arab Army, took place near the T2 pumping station in the southern countryside of Deir Ezzor on August 10. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rig…
(2023-08-13). Syria keeps solidarity with Belarus in light of Western sanctions. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Government on Sunday condemned the new package of sanctions imposed on Belarus by the West, and rejected its interference in the internal affairs of that European nation.
(2023-08-13). "The US will strengthen its occupation of Syria, while plundering oil resources", Interview with Glenn Diesen. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-13). US bases in Syria attacked. plenglish.com Five shells hit the base in the Koniko gas field and four others on the Pentagon's enclave in the Al-Omar oil fields, both in the eastern governorate of Deir Ezzor, Al-Watan reported. | The newspaper added that the US base in Shaddadi, in the northwestern province of Hasakeh, was also targeted by a missile and several drones. | A US military garrison south of the Ain Issa city in Raqa governorate was hit by two mortar shells. | Popular Resistance claimed responsibility for the these actions, according to two press releases. | Washington has at least a dozen bases in Syria, mostly in the oil and gas fields in nor…
(2023-08-14). China won't 'sit idle' if Germany bans Chinese 5G gear recklessly: ambassador. ecns.cn China will not 'sit idle' if Germany decides to ban Chinese telecommunication firms from the country's 5G network construction without offering hard evidence that Chinese firms pose a so-called "national security" threat.
(2023-08-13). No Longer the "Lone" Superpower. tomdispatch.com I recall forty years ago, when I was a new professor working in the field of Chinese and Japanese international relations, that Edwin O. Reischauer once commented, "The great payoff from our victory of 1945 was a permanently disarmed Japan." Born in Japan and a Japanese historian at Harvard, Reischauer served as American ambassador to Tokyo in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Strange to say, since the end of the Cold War in 1991 and particularly under the administration of George W. Bush, the United States has been doing everything in its power to encourage and even accelerate Japanese rearmament. Such a…