The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at a US President Trump’s apparent support for Khalifa Haftar, the leader of the Libyan National Army trying to capture Tripoli from the UN backed government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj. Field Marshall Haftar’s
What is the definition of insanity? Doubling down on a conspiracy theory. And why Russia may be the key to peace on the Korean peninsula. CrossTalking with Dmitry Babich, Alex Christoforou, and Marcus Papadopoulos. See Also: (Crosstalk) – The Duran Live: E35. Elections…Past, Present, and
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou discuss how US President Donald Tump appears to have ceded his popular 2016 ‘no more wars’ campaign message and policy position to Bernie Sanders and any other US 2020 candidate willing to grad onto a
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the stunning, inadvertent, admission by the New York Times and CIA Director Gina Haspel that much of what we know from the Salisbury-Skripal poisoning is pure fabrication and manipulation. ‘Duckgate’, as it is now being dubbed,
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party’s stunning rise in the latest UK polls, which show Tory support splintering and collapsing to new lows. Theresa May’s Brexit debacle has all but destroyed the Conservative party, which
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris examine Sergey Lavrov’s recent statements at an annual meeting with students and professors, where the Russian Foreign Minister noted that a ‘New World Order’ is being formed out of reaction to ‘blackmail and pressure’ from the existing
Main Stream Media cowards and globalist elite swamp creatures continue to bash Assange, but Tucker Carlson and Tulsi Gabbard stood up for free speech and journalism. Gabbard said Assange arrest is a message to Americans See Also: (The Duran) – Geopolitical Blowback From U.S. Decision
Ecuador’s president Moreno withdrew the asylum of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was taken out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London by authorities where he has spent the last six years in asylum. RT reports that’s only a day after WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at more fake news coming out of the New York Times that and Washington Post that reports some members of Robert Mueller’s team were upset with how AG Barr portrayed the evidence in his
Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, and Alex Christoforou to discuss: Libya in chaos, war looms Europe split on Brexit extension America divided over Mueller Report NATO at 70 Venezuela, Syria, Ukraine…and much more…
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris examine the reasons behind Ecuador’s Foreign Minister stating that they have no plans of revoking Julian Assange’s asylum status. After news broke that Ecuador was planing on expelling Assange from their London Embassy, people gathered in the
WikiLeaks issued an alert yesterday saying Julian Assange “will be expelled” in a matter of “hours to days” from the Ecuador Embassy in London, where Assange has received safe haven from authorities since 2012. WikiLeaks said it was tipped off by two “high level” Ecuadorian
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Fareed Zakaria shocking opening statement during his broadcast, where the CNN News commentator openly tries to goad and mock US President Trump into launching an attack on Venezuela, and the Russian presence within the Latin American
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Nigel Farage’s rebuke of EU MP Guy Verhofstadt arrogant and ignorant speech before the EU Parliament, where the Belgian globalist claimed that some time in the future the UK will be fully under the control of
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a look at how former CIA directors, are passing around a “briefing book” to 2020 Democrat Presidential, candidates to counteract what they call ‘fake news’ and ‘foreign election interference’. Michael Morell and John McLaughlin
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the arrival of approximately 100 Russian military personnel to Venezuela on March 23rd, to participate in consultations with government officials on bilateral defence industry cooperation. Israel-based Image Satellite International (ISI) shared alleged satellite images of the
In a stunning rejection of the will of five million online petitioners, and over 100,000 protestors this weekend, the European Parliament has abandoned common-sense and the advice of academics, technologists, and UN human rights experts, and approved the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss newly released transcripts from disgraced FBI agent Peter Strzok that reveal the US Department of Justice and the Clinton Lawyers struck a secret deal that blocked the FBI from accessing Clinton Foundation emails, during the Hillary
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the U.S. regime change operation in Venezuela where the neocon warmonger mood has sifted from coup exuberance, towards Guaido ‘frustration’. Washington’s disappointed with their puppet Guaido stems from the recent, failed “humanitarian aid” false flag, where
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) final report on the alleged chemical weapons attack on Douma, Syria last year, which points to a jihadist false flag. The report manages, however, to provide the
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at the Vietnam summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. No joint agreement was reached between the two countries after Kim insisted all US sanctions
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Emmanuel Macron’s claim that Yellow Vests protestors are extremists, fully responsible for the recent violence plaguing France. Macron issued a warning to Yellow Vests protesters who take part in demonstrations, that they will now be considered
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss closed-door testimony that reveals the FBI’s top lawyer in 2016, James Baker, thought Hillary Clinton and her team should have realized they were mishandling “highly classified” information and should have been prosecuted. The former FBI general
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo’s comments on Fox News Sunday, that the Maduro regime’s days are “numbered” and that “every option” is on the table toward making that happen. Meanwhile globalist billionaire
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at the announcement from the Trump White House that the United States has decided to station a ‘peacekeeping group’ of roughly 200 US soldiers in Syria for a ‘period of time’
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Trump’s recent speech in Miami, Florida, where the US President condemned Venezuela’s socialist government and called on military command within the Latin American country to defect over to the Juan Guaido camp. Venezuela’a elected president Maduro
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how the Islamic State has been rapidly losing territory over the last two years in Syria and Iraq, due to efforts by Russian and Syrian forces, as well as the US and their Kurdish allies. The
Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, and Alex Christoforou to discuss: Syria update Venezuela update Yellow Vests Act 14 Douma BBC hoax Macron, Merkel and Nordstream 2 Senate Intel: No Russia collusion McCabe, attempted coup, and 60 Minutes Pence and Pompeo in Poland for Iran deal
BBC producer Riam Dalati believes that the scenes caught on video from a hospital in Douma, Syria were staged, all in an effort driven by jihadist terrorists and White Helmet “activists” to draw the U.S. and its allies into full on confrontation with Syria, and
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at Andrew McCabe’s 60 minute interview, where the disgraced FBI Deputy Director admitted that DOJ officials were considering the removal of President-elect Donald Trump from office in a brazen coup attempt,
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Bipartisan Senate Intel Committee’s conclusive findings that there was “no collusion” between Donald Trump and “Russia”. See Also: (The Duran) – As Mueller investigation wraps up, US and EU hit Russia with more sanctions The
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the latest neoliberal plan to derail Brexit and keep Britain in the EU. British news outlets are reporting that twenty Labour and six Tory MPs are ready to quit their respective parties and create new ‘Brexit
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the increasingly violent protests that broke out in France this weekend as Macron, under the cover of a general mainstream media blackout, continues to use police force to quell the Yellow Vests. Meanwhile the neo-liberal media
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim that Hezbollah is now “active in Venezuela”, and for this reason a US military intervention in the Latin American country is justified.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss a New York Times Op-Ed where author Franz J. Sedelmayer makes the claim that “corruption is in Russia’s DNA” and that “sharing’s not the Russian way.” Russian racism however is not unique or confined only to the NYT, as
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Brexit negotiation comments made by European Council president Donald Tusk, where the Brussels globalist said, “I’ve been wondering what that special place in hell looks like, for those who promoted Brexit, without even a sketch of
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the US suspension of its participation in the INF Treaty with Russia, and the announcement made that Russia is beginning the process of fully withdrawing from the treaty in response to the US pullout, which will
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss ACT 12 of the Yellow Vests protests in France, which saw the French Police turn violent against protestors. Meanwhile the Red Scarves counter protest (which surfaced last week in France during ACT 11 of the Yellow
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at the financial and media war being waged in Venezuela, as John Bolton employs the usual U.S. weapons of regime change to tighten the screws on Maduro and his embattled government.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss US national security advisor John Bolton holding a notepad with the words visibly scribbled for all the world to see, “5,000 troops to Colombia”, while he was attending a press conference to announce more sanctions to
The same Wasserman Schultz who headed the DNC and helped screw Bernie Sanders out of a primary victory in favor of, you guessed it, Hillary Clinton.
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at the deepening and dangerous crisis evolving in Venezuela. The U.S. has thrown its support at opposition leaderJuan Guaigó, as Venezuela’s interim president. For many Latin Americans this has reawakened suspicions
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how BuzzFeed pushed out a clear, fake propaganda story on Trump, Cohen, and more stupidity about Moscow hotel deals, as real reporter, John Solomon broke a massive story, with solid evidence and facts, that show the
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at the New York Times hit piece citing anonymous sources, with information that the U.S. President dared to question NATO’s viability. The NYT, launched its latest presidential smear aimed at discrediting
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the turbulent and uncertain road ahead in the Brexit saga as a March deadline looms. Shifting sands, and betrayal at the highest level is now crystallizing, as hints of a possible parliamentary coup against May and
Mike Pompeo’s speech in Cairo, Egypt last week will win no hearts and change no minds among in the Arab world, as the the U.S. Secretary of State delivered an empty sermon that was better suited for a dumbed down audience following MSNBC or CNN.
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at ‘The Thucydides Trap’, which posits that when one great power threatens to displace another, war is almost always the result…and why the United States and China are staring at three
Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan issued a crushing rebuke against U.S. national security advisor John Bolton over his pledges to ensure Turkish non-aggression against the American backed Kurds in Syria. Erdogan’s said on Monday that, “We [Turkey] cannot accept Bolton’s messages given from Israel” adding that
Chinese state media announced that President Xi Jinping has ordered the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to “enhance their combat readiness,” as an increased US military presence in Taiwan and the South China Sea is ratcheting up tensions between the two trade partners to dangerous levels.
In what is sure to lead to another weekend of protests across France (Act Nine of the Yellow Vests movement), French authorities arrested the de-facto leader of the Gilets Jaunes for leading an unauthorized demonstration. According to the Wall Street Journal, Eric Drouet, a truck
Much has been said of US President Trump’s shocking decision to keep a major campaign promise, and get the United States out of Syria. With the entire establishment, permanent state, neocon/neo-liberal warmonger class attacking Trump for his decision, the US president appears to be standing
A bombshell story and revelation that the only election meddling via “Russian bots” was actually being led by Democrats, the DNC and a wealthy silicon valley investor. The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how the DNC and a deep state social media
Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, Mark Sleboda, and Alex Christoforou to discuss… 2018, the year that passed. Take a look forward to 2019. See Also: (The Duran) – UK gov funded ‘think tanks’ to smear Jeremy Corbyn and spread anti-Russian propaganda The Duran’s Alex Christoforou
Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, and Alex Christoforou, LIVE, so we can discuss HOT news topics trending this week. In this episode we will talk about Turkey’s plans after US pull out and warmongers on left and right aiming to impeach Trump. See Also: (The
Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, Mark Sleboda, and Alex Christoforou to discuss: Trump and Syria Trump and Afghanistan Media hysteria Brexit Kosovo Steele testimony Mueller witch hunt Julian Assange update and much much more…
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Theresa May’s last stand on Brexit, which appears more and more like a hard Brexit is on the way and once the dust settles the UK will be better off for it. The real loser in
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and former U.S. Army Special Operations Officer and global psychological warfare counter-terrorism analyst Scott Bennett take a quick look at US President Donald Trump decision to disengage from Syria and bring American troops home. Does this mark a major turning point
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and International Affairs and Security Analyst via Moscow, Mark Sleboda examine US President Trump’s stunning announcement to pull out US troops from Syria.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and International Affairs and Security Analyst via Moscow, Mark Sleboda take a look at Russia’s military cooperation with Venezuela, and how this military partnership leaves neocons in Washington crying ‘Russian aggression’.
The Duran – Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, Mark Sleboda, and Alex Christoforou to discuss: Michael Cohen sentencing memo Robert Mueller investigation FBI Flynn set up Erdogan reveals new Khashoggi audio Justin Turdeau and his Huawei headache US forces permanently in Syria Russian military base
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and International Affairs and Security Analyst via Moscow, Mark Sleboda take a look at Mike Pompeo’s shocking Brussels speech, where the U.S. Secretary of State took aim at the European Union and United Nations, citing such institutions as outdated and poorly
UK Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no confidence vote with 200 of Conservative party MPs supporting her leadership and 117 voting against her divisive Brexit plan. The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a very quick look at the Theresa May’s “victory”
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a quick look at the tragedy that has fallen up May’s disastrous Brexit deal. The UK Prime Minister has now delayed a critical Brexit vote well past the new year, as she runs to Brussels to
The Duran – Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, Mark Sleboda, and Alex Christoforou to discuss: US navy entering black sea Robert Mueller investigation Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort James Comey testimony Yellow Vests Protests in France Macron’s “Jupiter” complex Julian Assange turns down Ecuador deal
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a quick look at how Michael Cohen’s botched Moscow Hotel deal fully exonerates the Trump campaign of any possibility to have colluded with the Russian government in the run up to the US Presidential election.
Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, and Alex Christoforou, LIVE, so we can discuss HOT news topics trending this week. In this episode we will talk about France and Macron, Apple and free speech, and escalating trade war between China and USA. See Also: (The Duran)
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris explore a historic decision from Qatar to leave OPEC, effective January 1, 2019. Qatar’s decision has much to do with OPEC plus and Russia’s expanding role in the global oil market. See Also: (The Duran) – The
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the protests in Paris and how they represent more much more than a dissatisfaction with fuel price hikes, having much more to do with a general anger and disgust for Macron and his globalist government policies.
Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, Mark Sleboda, and Alex Christoforou to discuss: G20 in Argentina Trump and Xi meeting Kerch Strait provocation Ukraine martial law Ukraine bans Russian men Julian Assange Guardian fake news Mueller investigation Michael Cohen plea deal Protests in France Bush 41
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a quick look at Poroshenko’s claims of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, and how the recent Kerch Strait tensions will feed nicely into the neocon war agenda, derailing any rapprochement between Trump and Putin during the
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and International Affairs and Security Analyst via Moscow, Mark Sleboda take a look at the real reason behind Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko’s Kerch Strait provocation, and how it has less to do with conflict towards Russia and more to do with
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris explore the deficit standoff between Italy and the European Union, and how the EU’s financial threats against the Italian government are meant to punish the anti-EU leaders of Italy, who have dared to question the rule of
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a quick look at the last minute push from House Republicans to investigate crimes, corruption and subversion against now President Trump, committed by the Obama White House, former FBI director James Comey, and former presidential candidate
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a quick look at huge momentum swings in the Brexit fiasco for Theresa May. The UK PM started the morning closing a deal to sell out her country to EU technocrats only to have a wide
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Theresa May’s Brexit survival, as the UK Prime Ministers appears to be heading to Brussels so she can coordinate with EU technocrats in order to meet a November deadline to move the unpopular agreement through all
Join Alexander Mercouris, Peter Lavelle, and Alex Christoforou, LIVE, so we can discuss HOT news topics trending this week. In this episode we will talk about Brexit, UK deep state connection to Russiagate hoax, and US sanctions on Saudi officials. See Also: (The Duran) –
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss OPEC Plus and the growing partnership between Russia and Saudi Arabia, which aims to reshape the energy market, and cement Russia’s leadership role in global oil and gas supply. See Also: (The Duran) – BREXIT chaos,
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at the SJW swamps’ latest attempt to smear Tucker Carlson, by going after his 19-year old daughter, in a disgusting display of misogyny and hate towards the very women that establishment
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the reinstatement of US sanctions on Iran, and how despite EU defiance, European leaders, and the rest of the world (with the exception of Russia and China), will fall in line with American demands to cease
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at the rise in violence from far left ANTIFA fascist groups, that have now taken city and University riots to a much more personal level…harassing conservative voices at restaurants and movie
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the shocking departure of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Trump’s emboldened position, after the midterm election results, which appear to have strengthened the US President’s hand, and cleared the path for a two year battle with
Published on Nov 7th, 2018 – The Duran Quick Take: Episode 12. – RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou break down a historic US midterm election.
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at the insanity surrounding the migrant caravan, that is racing towards the US southern border, and how all of this is simply more theater organized by an unhinged liberal left, that
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and International Affairs and Security Analyst via Moscow, Mark Sleboda take a look at NATO’s Trident Juncture 2018. Why Norway? How will Russia react? What are the chances that such brazen military exercises on Russia’s border lead the world closer towards
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a quick look at the propaganda by omission that NBC News took part in by suppressing information that would have proven that many, if not all of the allegations hurled against Kavanaugh were false…with porn lawyer
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and International Affairs and Security Analyst via Moscow, Mark Sleboda discuss what was accomplished during the Istanbul Summit, and how the reality on the ground, (specifically in Idlib province) appears to be heading towards a frozen conflict for Russia, and a
Who better to push out the dumbest of ‘Russia did it’ narratives than NBC’s Meet the Press Chuck Todd. It took a whole 24 hours to finally get someone willing enough to look like a fool on national television, and say Russia may be behind
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a quick look at a string of pipe bombs delivered to the leaders of the globalist, elitist ‘Trump resistance’, which is very curiously and conveniently timed a mere two weeks before US midterm elections.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces in Europe (INF) treaty. Why is Trump pulling out of the treaty negotiated by Ronald Reagan? How will Russia respond to the U.S. withdrawal from
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Theresa May’s continued failure to obtain her soft Brexit dream, placing herself (and her Conservative Party) in such an embarrassing position, that European Union negotiators, tired of never ending talks, are eager to see Britain go
RT CrossTalk host Peter Lavelle and The Duran’s Alex Christoforou take a quick look at Saudi Arabia’s admission to killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a fist fight inside the Istanbul consulate…a story that the Trump White House has so far accepted, but many US Congressmen
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and International Affairs and Security Analyst via Moscow, Mark Sleboda discuss the stunning Buzzfeed News article that exposes the dangerous and dark ‘war strategy’ of the United Arab Emirates, hiring American ex-soldiers to target and kill political enemies. See BuzzFeed News article: