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Syrian insurgents guilty of ‘red line’ 2013 sarin chemical attack, study finds
A new open-source study concludes that Syrian insurgents carried out the Ghouta sarin chemical attack in August 2013. The explosive findings add to a growing body of public evidence that undermines US-led efforts to blame the Syrian government, which almost led to US military intervention. Continue reading
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So-called “rebels” (terrorists) tortured & point-blank executed Syrian civilians, all over Syria
Not for the first time I write about this sordid reality. From the very beginning of the war on Syria, from early 2011, terrorists (then dubbed “unarmed protesters”) have slaughtered Syrian civilians, military and government employees (including famously throwing the bodies of slain postal workers from a post office rooftop). Continue reading
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Media’s Deafening Silence on Latest WikiLeaks Drops Is Its Own Scandal
WikiLeaks has published yet another set of leaked internal documents from within the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) adding even more material to the mountain of evidence that we’ve been lied to about an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria last year which resulted in airstrikes upon that nation from the US, UK and France. Continue reading
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OPCW: A Site of Struggle for Impartiality, Independence and International Legitimacy in War Crimes Investigations
The use of chemical weapons is a war crime. The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) – signed by almost every nation[1] – aims to expunge their use from the face of our planet. Charged with implementing the Convention is the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Part of its task is to investigate such… Continue reading
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SYRIA EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Beeley Meets the White Helmets and Armed Group Leader in Daraa Al Balad
“If you shout at us we will cry, we are so sensitive” Abu Mohanad Al Mahamid told me on the 20th September 2018. Al Mahamid is the leader of the still-functioning White Helmet center in Dara’a Al Balad to the south of Damascus in Syria. Al Mahamid had donned his white helmet for the camera… Continue reading
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The Battle for Our Minds By Patrick LAWRENCE
Why, after two years of allegations, indictments, and claims to proof of this, that, and the other did the newspaper of record—well, once the newspaper of record—see any need to publish such a piece? My answer is simple: The orthodox account of Russia-gate has not taken hold: It has failed in its effort to establish… Continue reading
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Syria: The White Helmets’ Final Performance By Tony Cartalucci
It is commonly known that when a ship is sinking, the crew does not board the lifeboats before the passengers. Most noble of all is when the captain and crew go down with the ship. Then with what level of ignobility should we assess the so-called “Syrian Civil Defense” more commonly referred to as the… Continue reading
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Russia Slams Western-backed Approach Of Investigating Chemical Weapons Usage In Syria
Russia’s position of principle is that the use of chemical weapons by anyone anywhere is absolutely unacceptable under any conditions. Those guilty of these crimes, provided their guilt is proven, must be brought to account. Continue reading
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Pseudo-left parties promote US-French-British bombing of Syria By Will Morrow
A number of political parties that call themselves socialist proved they are nothing of the sort by lending support to Friday night’s illegal US, French and British bombing of Syria. Continue reading
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US-UK-France Strike on Syria, The Chain of Events: Statements, Facts and Speculations By South Front
Early on April 14, the US, the UK and France delivered a massive missile strike on Syria using warships, fighter jets and strategic bombers. US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis described the strikes as “harder” than the 2017 strikes on Shayrat military airfield. However, he added that no further launches had been planned for the moment. Continue reading
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Trump’s Punitive Air Strikes against Syria. No Evidence that Assad was Behind the Alleged Chemical Weapons Attack By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The attacks were intended to “punish Bashar Al Assad” for an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma. “Assad is killing his own people” with chemical weapons. The strikes were scheduled to coincide with the arrival of the OPCW investigation team, which was scheduled to start its investigation into the alleged CW attack on April 14th.… Continue reading
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Trump is Playing a “Dirty Game” – Report from Damascus at 4am at the Height of the Bombings By Mark Taliano
Mark Taliano, Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) contacted Global Research from Damascus at the outset of the bombings. Here is his incisive report: Continue reading
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Video: Senator Exposes Syrian WMD False Flag By Alexandra Bruce
Listening to Virginia Senator Richard Black talk realpolitik with zero BS gives me hope for the world! I didn’t know there was a serving Senator who speaks freely, like this! The 31-year military veteran who has spent a lot of time in Syria talks about the rogue CIA, Hillary’s murder of Libyan Ambassador Stevens, Barack… Continue reading
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The War in Syria was a US Intervention Since “Day 1”
In the aftermath of US-led missile strikes on Syria, the Western media has attempted to continue building the case for “US intervention.” However, before the first agitators took to the streets in Syria in 2011, the US was already involved. Continue reading
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Five Thoughts on Air Strikes Against Syria By Jonathan Cook
It looks suspiciously like the strikes were timed to pre-empt, and foil, the UN investigation. That has to raise concerns that we are being hoodwinked by our leaders, as we were in Iraq and Libya, as they seek to actively stoke yet another “humanitarian war” whose only beneficiaries will be the west’s military-industrial-security-media elites. Continue reading
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Diplomat blasts Pentagon ‘lie’ that OPCW experts were denied access to Eastern Ghouta
he Pentagon report that experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) were denied access to Eastern Ghouta is utterly false, Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman stated on her Facebook page on Saturday. Continue reading
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The Chemical Attack in Syria’s Douma Is Just Another “Fake News” from the “White Helmets”
According to the medics, a group of unknown people broke into the hospital, started screaming about the chemical attack, panicked, and then sprayed people with a fire hose. At the same time, eyewitnesses confirmed that the “victims” on the videos had no signs of chemical poisoning. Continue reading
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US Launches Impotent Attack on Non-existent “Chemical Facilities” By Tony Cartalucci
The use of stand-off weapons such as cruise missiles and air-to-ground missiles reflects the US and its allies’ fear of Syrian and Russia anti-aircraft defense systems. The Syrian and Russian governments announced that 71 of over 100 missiles fired were intercepted, according to Russian media. Targets struck had already been evacuated or were not currently… Continue reading
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Trigger-Happy Trump and Syria: “The Worst Case Scenario Is Now Our Reality” By Felicity Arbuthnot
The “White Helmets” are funded in millions by the UK Foreign Office, the US, Canada and various other Western governments. Coupled with this is: A UK government £5.3 million media activists programme included training Syrian independent journalists and activists, including for reporting of “White Helmets” activities across Twitter and Facebook. (See Foreign and Commonwealth Office:… Continue reading
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Trump’s Exit Door is Open on Syrian Attack By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
A flood of Russian statements…underscore that Moscow will defend Syria no matter what it takes. Which means not only that the US missiles will be shot down but also that American launch pads will be targeted. This latter message has been conveyed through the Hezbollah TV channel, which is of course a devastating snub to… Continue reading
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