Syria
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Syria News Links 14 October 2019
14 October 2019 • 14:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back ‘Do people really think we should go to war with NATO member Turkey?’ Trump defends Syria withdrawal https://on.rt.com/a3cj Kurds Ally with Damascus Against Turkish Aggression https://www.globalresearch.ca/kurds-ally-damascus-against-turkish-aggression/5691892 Continue reading
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The Kurds in Syria By Philip Roddis
Adrift on an uncharted ocean we call Life, humans seem drawn to the illusion of certainty like wasps to an open jam jar. God is good! … I think so I am! … Brexit will be dandy/a disaster! … Bashar al-Assad is a Demon/a Saint! … Kurds Good, everyone else Baad! Continue reading
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Ecuador News Links 14 October 2019
14 Octber 2019 • 15:40 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Ecuador’s authorities back down to avert coup d’etat, says expert Ecuadorian govt agrees to repeal austerity law that sparked protests as indigenous groups pledge to stop rallies… Continue reading
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Syria News Links 12-13 October 2019
13 October 2019 • 23:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Turkey-Syria offensive: Kurds reach deal with Syrian army https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50036901 Washington abandons its Kurdish proxies as Ankara and Damascus step in http://thesaker.is/washington-abandons-its-kurdish-proxies-as-ankara-and-damascus-step-in/ Continue reading
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A Turkish-Russian entente cordiale in the making By M.K. Bhadrakumar
Shall we sit upon the ground and tell there is no longer daylight between Russia and Turkey? We are almost there. The Turkish incursion into Syria on Wednesday is the tipping point. Turkey and Russia are closely coordinating. Consider the following. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 9-11 October 2019
11 October 2019 • 9:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Russia called on Kurds to cooperate with Damascus, but they chose another way In Maps: Progress Of Turkey-led Forces’ Advance On SDF Positions Continue reading
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SYRIA: Turkey, the Kurds and NATO explained By Vanessa Beeley
There is a growing confusion over the situation in the north-east of Syria – Turkey, a NATO member state, is de facto challenging other NATO member states by attacking a U.S proxy force occupying the region. The Kurdish contras and separtist factions that make up the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) are the apparent target. Continue reading
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Trump orders troop withdrawal in Syria. It could be for real By M.K. Bhadrakumar
The US president Donald Trump is not known to practise judo. A few judo techniques he may have got to know from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who is a Black Belt. But what Trump has just done to Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan is straight out of a Physics concept in judo. Continue reading
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Scientific paper arguing Assad not responsible for Syria chemical attack shelved after Bellingcat-led backlash
Unidentified “issues” prompted a prestigious scientific journal to withhold publication of a report challenging the mainstream narrative on a 2017 Syrian chemical attack – after ‘citizen investigation’ outlet Bellingcat objected. Continue reading
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Pentagon-funded researcher smears ‘The Management of Savagery’ in error-filled Times Literary Supplement screed
Lydia Wilson, a researcher at a US Department of Defense-backed outfit, has taken to the Times Literary Supplement to publish a malicious attack on “The Management of Savagery.” The review is a hyper-ideological defense of US empire filled with distortions and bone-headed errors. Continue reading
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The White Helmets, Hala Systems and the Grotesque Militarization of “Humanitarianism” in Syria
Vanessa Beeley looks at how the now-infamous White Helmets partnered with Chicago-based Hala Systems to militarize so-called humanitarian efforts in Syria. Continue reading
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National Unity in Syria and Venezuela by Thierry Meyssan
As we alone announced at the beginning of the month, a decisive step towards peace was made simultaneously in Syria and Venezuela on September 16th. The two nations no longer force themselves to negotiate with terrorists, but their governments have undertaken to build a new regime in conjunction with their patriotic opposition. Continue reading
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Using Forged Emails, “Progressive” Journalists Smear Their Own for Challenging Syria Groupthink
Behind the campaign to silence these three critical, anti-war journalists was the same cast of characters that have become notorious in progressive circles for the viciousness of their attacks against anyone willing to come out against regime change in Syria. Continue reading
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White Helmets, Black Lies By David Macilwain
This is the story of my challenge to Australia’s SBS TV over their role in passing on criminal disinformation about Syria, chemical weapons and the White Helmets. Continue reading
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On the Road to Damascus: International Conference in Syria on Sanctions and Its Blowback
Syrians say it’s even harder now to make ends meet than it was during the height of their country’s war because of intensified U.S and European sanctions. Continue reading
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How The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville Created Fairytales Of Underground Hospitals In Syria
In August 2013 the BBC produced a fake video headlined “Saving Syria’s Children” about an alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria which it claimed was caused by the Syrian government. Robert Stuart has since pressed the BBC to admit the obvious fabrication of these scenes. Continue reading
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How Syria Defeated the 2012-2019 Invasion by US & Al-Qaeda By Eric Zuesse
On August 31st, the brilliant anonymous German intelligence analyst who blogs as “Moon of Alabama” headlined “Syria – Coordinated Foreign Airstrike Kills Leaders Of Two Al-Qaeda Aligned Groups”, and he reported that,“Some three hours ago an air- or missile strike in Syria’s Idleb governorate hit a meeting of leaders of the al-Qaeda aligned Haras-al-Din and… Continue reading
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West’s “Humanitarian” Claims Struggle as Syrian War Nears Endgame By Tony Cartalucci
Headlines emanating from the West regarding Syria’s ongoing war have a common theme – allegations of Syria and Russia’s “ruthless barrage” of the northern region of Idlib. So often – however – has the US and its allies falsely invoked “humanitarian concern” that these headlines fall on informed and discerning ears who not only reject it, but have cemented… Continue reading
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Syrian ‘Rebels’ Feel Left Behind – Burn ‘Traitor’ Erdogan’s Picture
Since 2011 the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used Syrian ‘rebels’ and Islamist Jihadis as proxy forces against the Syrian government. These forces are now mostly confined to Idlib governorate next to the Turkish border. The Syrian army recently made progress against the Jihadis. Turkey did not come to their help. That their resistance is… Continue reading
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Another Syrian Victory – and West’s Telling Silence
The liberation of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province by the Syrian army and its Russian ally marks another important victory towards ending the eight-year war in Syria. Continue reading
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