Tag: security alliance

Cold War cometh: Syria sought to revive its security alliance with Russia today, when President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Moscow to clinch a series of military agreements, raising fears that the new Cold War that has erupted in the Caucasus will spill over into the Middle East. “Our position is that we are ready to […]

IWAKUNI, Japan (AFP) – This decaying US base city will have a rare chance this weekend to hand down a symbolic but potentially influential verdict on the US military presence in Japan. The western port city near Hiroshima on Sunday will hold the first referendum on a controversial bilateral plan announced in October in which […]