Syria
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Syrian Conflict: Reconciliation or Military Escalation?
22 June 2017 — Global Research According to Bill Van Auken, “The downing of the Syrian fighter marked the first time in this century that a US warplane has shot down the plane of another country. The last instance of such aerial combat took place in 1999 during the US-NATO war against Serbia, when an American… Continue reading
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Media: Eager for World War III on MSNBC
If we’re heading toward World War III, let’s hope that some episodes of MSNBC‘s Andrea Mitchell Reports survive the nuclear winter to provide future civilizations with some clues as to how we got there. Continue reading
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Russia Halts Cooperation with US in Syrian Airspace By Stephen Lendman
In response to the US-led coalition downing of a Syrian Su-22 warplane in its own airspace, a lawless aggressive act, Russia’s Defense Ministry issued the following statement Continue reading
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Video: Syria – US White Phosphorus Bombs Won’t Eradicate Terrorism in Syria
US-backed forces are using tactics that cause a ‘staggering’ number of civilian deaths, but military action won’t defeat ISIS, says Phyllis Bennis, director the New Internationalism Project at IPS Continue reading
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After US Bombs Syrian Government for Third Time in 8 Months, Media Ask Few Questions
The United States has bombed Syrian government–allied forces three times in just eight months. Major media outlets have overwhelmingly failed to ask critical questions about these incidents, preferring instead to echo the Pentagon. Continue reading
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Syria: Trump’s Tomahawks, Double Standards – Using Chemical and Radioactive Weapons for Profit? By Felicity Arbuthnot
17 May 2017 — Global Research “Two centuries ago, a former European colony decided to catch up with Europe. It succeeded so well that the United States of America became a monster, in which the taints, the sickness and the inhumanity of Europe have grown to appalling dimensions.” Frantz Fanon, 1961. (1925-1961.) Although the US’ entirely… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘An Impeachable Offence’ – Professor Postol and Syria
It is hard to believe that just three weeks ago the entire corporate media was in uproar over Syria; specifically, about the need to ‘do something’ in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria, on April 4. Guardian commentator George Monbiot summed up the corporate media zeitgeist: Continue reading
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PM must publish Intelligence Committee report on UK drone killings By Chris Cole
Soon after it had been re-constituted in the new parliament, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) issued a statement in October 2015 saying that an investigation into the drone strikes in which British nationals were killed was an “immediate priority”… Four months later we are still waiting. Continue reading
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Media: Out of 46 Major Editorials on Trump’s Syria Strikes, Only One Opposed
Of the top 100 US newspapers, 47 ran editorials on President Donald Trump’s Syria airstrikes last week: 39 in favor, seven ambiguous and only one opposed to the military attack. In other words, 83 percent of editorials on the Syria attack supported Trump’s bombing, 15 percent took an ambivalent position and 2 percent said the… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Trump’s Tomahawks – The Instant Certainty Of The ‘Mainstream’ Press
As ever, it didn’t take long for them to make up their minds. Roy Greenslade reports in the Guardian on the media reaction to Donald Trump’s bombardment of Syria in ‘retaliation’ (USA Today) for the alleged chemical weapons attacks on Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria: ‘There was an identifiable theme in almost every leading article and… Continue reading
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Selected Articles: Syria Chemical Weapons Saga
12 April 2017 — Global Research Articles below are among the most-read on the ‘chemical attack’ in Syria. The Gassing Game in Syria: Regime Change and Beyond By Chandra Muzaffar, April 11, 2017 US-Russia ties are not the only issue adversely impacted by the US’s 7th April bombardment. If the US escalates its military involvement, it will have… Continue reading
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The full article: Washington’s False Flag: United Nations Confirmed that US Supported Syrian “Rebels” Were Using Chemical Weapons By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The UN report refutes Washington’s allegations that the government of Bashar al Assad was using chemical weapons against his own people. Continue reading
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Video: US Deploys Forces At Syrian-Jordanian Border – Further Escalation
The US Special Operation Forces, the UK Special Operation Forces and units from some other countries -have been conducting operations across the Syrian-Jordanian border for a long time. They even had a secret military facility inside Syria where members the so-called New Syrian Army militant group were deployed. However, it was the first time when… Continue reading
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The “Chemical Attack” and the Khan Sheikoun Show – A New President Proudly Presented By “Trump Productions”
The pictures and scenes were not constructed for Trump’s consumption. They were constructed by Trump for consumption by the “western” public. Never forget that Trump is also a successful professional TV presenter who knows how to act in front of cameras. The plot followed Trump’s persuasion style. The same style he used during the campaign… Continue reading
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Video: Did Bipartisan Russia Hysteria Help Fuel Trump’s Rush to Bomb Assad?
In part two of our interview, journalist Rania Khalek argues that the U.S. strike on the Assad regime continues policy that tacitly helps Al Qaeda and ISIS, all the while raising the threat of conflict with Russia – a threat exacerbated by the recent bipartisan frenzy over President Trump’s ties to Moscow. Continue reading
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Video: Wilkerson: Trump Attack on Syria Driven by Domestic Politics?
Former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, tells Paul Jay that the Syrian Government may not be responsible for the chemical attack and that Trump’s response was a violation of international law Continue reading
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The Essential Pundit Take: ‘Trump Became President’ by Bombing Syria
8 April 2017 — FAIR Fareed Zakaria: Presidents “don’t need to go to a pesky Congress every time they want military force.” “I think Donald Trump became president of the United States” last night, CNN host Fareed Zakaria said when asked about the significance of Trump’s airstrikes on Syria (New Day, 4/7/17). “I think this… Continue reading
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Syria’s Civil War Is Almost Over… And Assad Has Won By Patrick Cockburn
Isis is confronting an array of enemies approaching Raqqa, but these are divided, with competing agendas and ambitions. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), whose main fighting force is the Syrian Kurdish Popular Mobilisation Units (YPG), backed by the devastating firepower of the US-led air coalition, are now getting close to Raqqa and are likely to… Continue reading
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Syria – Preparing For The Big Move On Idlib By Moon of Alabama
One objective of the Syrian Arab Army move east of Aleppo city was to block the invading Turkish forces from reaching further south. This had been achieved as of last week. The main objective though was to reach the pumping stations at the Euphrates which supply Aleppo city with drinking water. This aim was achieved… Continue reading
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White Helmets Video, Macabre Manipulation of Dead Children and Staged Chemical Weapons Attack to Justify a “No-Fly Zone” in Syria By Marcello Ferrada de Noli
Central to this [White Helmets/HRW] PR campaign and just prior to the Oscar award ceremony, Human Rights Watch published a “retrospective” report on February 13th 2017, focusing on spurious accounts of chemical attacks on the recently liberated city of Aleppo. This familiar HRW propaganda piece recycled a previous report from April 2015 detailing an alleged… Continue reading
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