Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern on The World This Week. Tensions soar between Tel Aviv and Ankara over their designs on Syria; would Trump really nuke Iran? Gaza and Ukraine updates and the Pentagon punishes Stars & Stripes by firing its editor and publisher.
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The Middle East is heating up on several fronts at once: Iranian pressure in the Strait of Hormuz, Yemen’s Ansar Allah strikes on Saudi-linked targets, contested US military-loss figures, and a still-fragmented Syria.
The stream also covers oil-market messaging, satellite imagery of damaged sites, and how Western powers helped create many of the armed groups now treated as threats.
Watch for signs of further escalation — including US refueling aircraft in Israel and renewed resistance activity in southern Syria and Lebanon.
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Joe Kent is an American politician, former United States Army warrant officer, and former Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary officer who served as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center from 2025 to 2026.
Timeline: 0:00:00 - Resignation Over Israel 0:10:41 - Fatherhood, Grief & Trump 0:22:22 - Trump, Iran & Tulsi Gabbard 0:31:35 - Midnight Hammer & Netanyahu's Influence 0:44:06 - Venezuela & Israel's Secret Plan 0:58:35 - Petrodollar & Intelligence Atrophy
1:04:31 - Foreign Money Buying American Policy
1:15:00 - Petrodollar, Sanctions & Trump MOU
1:25:35 - Hot War & Restraining Israel
1:34:50 - Butler Assassination & FBI Failures
1:44:30 - Ayatollah Assassination Intent & Government Rot
1:54:35 - Mossad, CIA & JD Vance
2:04:37 - Vance, Rubio & the Dead MOU
2:14:30 - Energy Crisis & King of Jordan
2:24:35 - China, Saudis & Iran Going Nuclear
2:34:30 - Nukes, ISIS, Syria & Turkey
2:44:30 - Green Berets, Rangers & 9/11 Reality
2:54:38 - Baghdad, Saddam's Nukes & Combat Truth
3:03:56 - Mortality, Fatherhood & Iraqi Sentiment
3:14:40 - Al Qaeda & How We Created Terrorists
3:28:00 - Yemen, Combat & His Late Wife
3:40:00 - Syria, Suicide Bomber & Grief
3:44:30 - CIA Paramilitary & Africa Deployment
3:54:40 - Tulsi, JFK Files & Epstein
4:03:10 - Epstein, CIA & Ukraine War
4:11:31 - Kirk Assassination & FBI Tension
4:15:19 - Joe's Work
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Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's Nuclear Negotiation Team. Prof. Marandi discusses the unravelling of Syria and US threats of war against Iran.
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Russia is reasserting itself in the Middle East at a time when the wider region is undergoing great changes. The direct involvement in Syria was an exception to the rule, as the objective of Russia is to avoid taking sides. Russia is now shifting back to its ideal policy of non-alignment in the region.
Andrey Kortunov has been the Director General and Academic Director of the Russian International Affairs Council. He is a member of expert and supervisory committees and boards of trustees of several Russian and international organizations.
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This week on New World Next Week: Trump withdraws the US from UNESCO because of . . . anti-semitism?; we have entered the era of online age verification (and moved one step closer to the age of online digital ID); and the warmongers of empire hope you don't notice their terrorist-turned-president plunging Syria into violence and chaos.
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This week on New World Next Week: Serial killings continue in Syria as the world stops pretending to care; it's Escape From LA time as the controlled demolition of America continues apace; and the Bilderbergers descend on Sweden for their annual shindig.
Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar joins Counter Currents host and former CIA analyst Larry Johnson to discuss the following issues:
- Does Donald Trump have any leverage over Russia regarding the Ukraine-Russia conflict?
- What do Trump's actions toward China and BRICS as a whole signify?
- What are Russia's and Iran's stances on the situation in Syria?
Joining me today is James Corbett, here to discuss the recent regime change in Syria and the many moving parts of this developing story. We discuss the history of the Syria war and the many players involved, including the West's creation and development of the terrorist groups that currently control the destabilized nation. We also discuss the ongoing drone conversation and how this might play a part.
This week on the New World Next Week: The UHC assassin used a hybrid 3D printed ghost gun; mystery drones are buzzing the East coast of the US; and there are a slew of NWNW updates in preparation for next week's New World Next Year.
