Syria
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Media Lens: ‘Propagandising For War’ – Gareth Porter Responds To The BBC Today Programme On Syria
It could hardly be more obvious that BBC news reports, comment pieces and discussions are overwhelmingly hostile to US-UK government enemies like Russia, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea and Syria, and overwhelmingly favourable to the United States and Israel. It has long been clear to us that BBC journalists perceive this, not as bias, but as… Continue reading
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Turkey Crosses into Syria: Unipolar Conspiracy or Multipolar Coordination? By Andrew Korybko
turkey-syria-akp-buffer-zone-map2 It’s very fashionable nowadays for people to criticize the Kremlin for incompetency, and its recent history of controversial decisions coupled with the suspected liberal fifth-and-six-column infiltration of key national institutions gives plenty of ground for this, but sometimes people jump the gun, such as when accusing Russia of being ‘duped’ by Turkey. Continue reading
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Aleppo Boy’s Photographer: Ally of US-Supported Terrorists. Elaborately staged Hoax? By Stephen Lendman
New information on the Aleppo Boy story at the very least gives it the appearance of being an elaborately staged hoax. Continue reading
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US Hawks Advance a War Agenda in Syria By Daniel Lazare
The U.S. government, having illegally sent American troops into Syria, is now threatening to attack the Syrian military if it endangers those troops, an Orwellian twist that marks a dangerous escalation, explains Daniel Lazare. Continue reading
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Video: Syria – Who Are The White Helmets?
22 August 2016 — ICH Writer Vanessa Beeley put together this video to expose the White Helmets. Continue reading
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Photographer Of Viral ‘Boy in the Ambulance’ Image Has Skeletons in his Own Closet By Brad Hoff
The man behind the viral ‘boy in the ambulance’ image has brutal skeletons in his own closet [IMAGES] The photojournalist behind the viral images of ‘the boy in the ambulance‘, which continue to make headlines around the world, has been identified by the Associated Press (AP) as Mahmoud Raslan (also spelled Rslan). His photo of… Continue reading
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How We Know ISIS Was Made In The USA By Roger Stone
Judicial Watch proved it. Under a Freedom of Information Act request, Judicial Watch was able to obtain a (heavily redacted) copy of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) directive that initiated the creation of ISIS in 2012. the DIA report states: “THE WEST, GULF COUNTRIES, AND TURKEY [WHO] SUPPORT THE [SYRIAN] OPPOSITION . . . [SUPPORT]… Continue reading
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Growing disquiet in Washington over Russian-Iranian actions in Syria By Bill Van Auken
The air strikes, carried out by Tupolev-22M3 long-range bombers and SU-34 tactical bombers, mark the first time that Russia has used a base inside a third country to prosecute the bombing campaign that it began last September against Al Qaeda-linked militias and in support of the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad. The move provoked… Continue reading
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How Media Distorted Syrian Ceasefire’s Breakdown
Coverage of the breakdown of the partial ceasefire in Syria illustrated the main way corporate news media distort public understanding of a major foreign policy story. The problem is not that the key events in the story are entirely unreported, but that they were downplayed and quickly forgotten in the media’s embrace of themes with… Continue reading
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Syrian Endgame: The Battle for Aleppo and ‘Plan C’ By Global Research News: selected Articles
5 August 2016 — Global Research Syrian Endgame: The Battle for Aleppo and ‘Plan C’ By Prof. Tim Anderson, August 04 2016 The battle for Aleppo has forced the al Qaeda groups into their desperate last stand, as the Washington-driven proxy war on Syria moves into its final stages. The liberation of Aleppo will be the beginning… Continue reading
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America’s “Humanitarian Massacre” of Syrian Civilians By Global Research News: Selected Articles:
2 August 2016 — Global Research America’s “Humanitarian Massacre” of Syrian Civilians. The “Counter-Terrorism” Campaign Is Directed against the Syrian People By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 31 2016 The US counterterrorism bombing campaign under “Operation Inherent Resolve” does not target terrorists. Quite the opposite. Both ISIS-Daesh and Al Nusra are protected by the US led coalition. The forbidden truth… Continue reading
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Washington Asks Moscow: Please Do Not to Bomb American Troops Operating on the Ground in Northern Syria By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Washington’s objective is twofold. First, “officially” it wants to avoid direct military confrontation with Russia as well prevent US casualties. That’s the substance of the official advisory. It is not the main objective. Second: it is using the pretext of avoiding military confrontation with Russia (and US casualties) as a means to restraining Russia’s bombing… Continue reading
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The Syria Proxy War against the Islamic State (ISIS) Has Reached its Climax. Military Escalation, Towards a US-NATO Sponsored Ground Invasion? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Reports confirm that the US-NATO sponsored terrorists supported by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, et al have in large part been defeated. Are they be replaced by conventional Saudi, Turkish forces, coupled with more US-NATO special forces which are already on the ground inside Syria? Continue reading
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Video: The Empire Files: Examining the Syrian War Chessboard
Having gone far beyond an internal political struggle, the war is marked by a complex array of forces that the U.S. Empire hopes to command. Abby Martin interviews Vijay Prashad, professor of International Studies at Trinity College and author of Arab Spring, Libyan Winter. Continue reading
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Syria Is The Middle Eastern Stalingrad By Andre Vltchek
Now Syria, quietly but stoically and heroically, stands against Western, Qatari, Saudi, Israeli and Turkish plans to finish the Middle East. And the Syrian people have won. For how long, I don’t know. But it has proven that an Arab country can still defeat the mightiest murderous hordes. Continue reading
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Why the US Pushes an Illusory Syrian Peace Process by Gareth Porter
The anti-Assad coalition led by the United States continues to stagger toward the supposed objective of beginning peace negotiations between the Syrian government and what has now been blessed as the politically acceptable “opposition”. The first such meeting was scheduled for 1 January, but no one on either side believes for a moment that any… Continue reading
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The Criminalization of Parliamentary Democracy By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
While the ISIL is said to be “threatening the Western World”, the evidence confirms that the Islamic State is supported and financed by the Western military alliance, together with Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. Amply documented, Al Qaeda and its various affiliates including the Islamic State Caliphate Project are creations of Western… Continue reading
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Growing opposition to government air strikes in Syria
7 December 2015 — Stopwar Newsletter 07 December 2015 Growing opposition to government air strikes in Syria There is growing opposition to government air strikes in Syria. Over the weekend there were protests and meetings across the country which reflected this opposition and a determination to do something about the government’s latest war. See lobby of… Continue reading
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The Real Reason for Turkey’s Shoot-Down of the Russian Jet by Gareth Porter
The Turkish shoot-down was thus in essence an effort to dissuade the Russians from continuing their operations in the area against al-Nusra Front and its allies, using not one but two distinct pretexts: on one hand a very dubious charge of a Russian border penetration for NATO allies, and on the other, a charge of… Continue reading
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West Leverages Paris Attacks for Syria Endgame By Tony Cartalucci
With its serendipitously strengthened hand and with France taking a more prominent role, the West is attempting to reassert not only its narrative, but its agenda regarding the ongoing conflict in Syria, an agenda that has – as of late – been derailed by Russia’s military intervention and recent gains made on the battlefield by… Continue reading
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