26 July 2021 — The Grayzone
Syrian insurgents guilty of ‘red line’ 2013 sarin chemical attack, study finds
Tag: Ghouta
So-called “rebels” (terrorists) tortured & point-blank executed Syrian civilians, all over Syria
17 February 2020 — In Gaza
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).
Media’s Deafening Silence on Latest WikiLeaks Drops Is Its Own Scandal
29 December, 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation – Medium
Caitlin Johnstone
This is getting really, really, really weird.
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.
OPCW: A Site of Struggle for Impartiality, Independence and International Legitimacy in War Crimes Investigations
5 October 2019 — Tim Hayward
By Tim Hayward
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 use when alleged to have occurred. It has played a particularly prominent role in relation to Syria since the US administration under President Obama declared the use of chemical weapons a ‘Red Line’ the transgression of which would trigger military intervention in the war.
SYRIA EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Beeley Meets the White Helmets and Armed Group Leader in Daraa Al Balad
17 October 2018 — 21st CenturyWire
[This is a massive and comprehensive resource on the terrorist organisation, funded by the US and British imperialists, the so-called White Helmets. So large in fact, that just transposing to The New Dark Age, is too complicated due to format conversion, so I’ve decided to put up a section of it instead with a link through to the complete article. But this resource needs as wide a distribution as possible. I think it sets a benchmark for independent journalists investigating the machinations of the Empire. Read on . . . WB]
Leader of the White Helmet center in Daraa Al Balad, Abu Mohanad Al Mahamid talks to Vanessa Beeley on 20th September 2018. (Photo: Screenshot from video of interview)
Vanessa Beeley
21st Century Wire
“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 before he spoke to us about the role of these White Helmets who had remained in Dara’a Al Balad, when other White Helmet members had boarded the buses for Idlib with Nusra Front or for Israel and Jordan as part of the special evacuation organised by the members of the US Coalition.
The Battle for Our Minds By Patrick LAWRENCE
26 September 2018 — Consortium News
After reading The New York Times piece “The Plot to Subvert an Election” I put the paper down with a single question.
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 a consensus of certainty among Americans. My conclusion matches this observation: The orthodox narrative is never going to achieve this objective. There are too many holes in it.
Syria: The White Helmets’ Final Performance By Tony Cartalucci
25 July 2018 — NEO
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 White Helmets? Continue reading
Russia Slams Western-backed Approach Of Investigating Chemical Weapons Usage In Syria
25 June 2018 — Southfront
Vladimir Yermakov (C)
Ladies and gentlemen!
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.
Pseudo-left parties promote US-French-British bombing of Syria By Will Morrow
17 April 2018 — WSWS
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.
US-UK-France Strike on Syria, The Chain of Events: Statements, Facts and Speculations By South Front
16 April 2018 — Global Research – South Front
Featured image: The guided missile cruiser USS Monterey fires a Tomahawk missile in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, April 14, 2018. (Navy photo by Lt. j.g Matthew Daniels)
THE CHAIN OF EVENTS:
1. 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
Trump’s Punitive Air Strikes against Syria. No Evidence that Assad was Behind the Alleged Chemical Weapons Attack By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
14 April 2018 — Global Research
On Friday night ET, in the early hours of the morning in Damascus, the US, UK and France launched airstrikes allegedly (yet to be verified) against three military targets, according to Trump’s TV address.
Trump is Playing a “Dirty Game” – Report from Damascus at 4am at the Height of the Bombings By Mark Taliano
14 April 2018 — Global Research
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:
Video: Senator Exposes Syrian WMD False Flag By Alexandra Bruce
14 April 2018 — Forbidden Knowledge TV
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 Obama’s arming of ISIS and so much more with the weary yet sober demeanor of a wizened insider.
The War in Syria was a US Intervention Since “Day 1”
15 April 2018 — NEO
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
Five Thoughts on Air Strikes Against Syria By Jonathan Cook
14 April 2018 — Jonathan Cook
1. The United States, the UK and France launched air strikes on Syria this morning just as inspectors from the UN chemical weapons agency, the OPCW, had arrived to investigate whether a chemical weapons attack – the official justfication for the strikes – had taken place in Douma last week and, if so, who was responsible.
Diplomat blasts Pentagon ‘lie’ that OPCW experts were denied access to Eastern Ghouta
14 April 2018 — TASS
Earlier, the Pentagon stated that Russia and Syria were trying to deny access to OPCW’s experts and hoped that the Syrian government would let them come to the location of the alleged attack
MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. The 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
The Chemical Attack in Syria’s Douma Is Just Another “Fake News” from the “White Helmets”
14 April 2018 — Global Research
Investigation by Inside Syria Media Center 
Not much time has elapsed since the tragedy in Syria’s Douma, which was the last stronghold of Jaish al-Islam militants.
Several videos with the testimony of participants of the so-called chemical attack started to appear on the Internet.
See below
US Launches Impotent Attack on Non-existent “Chemical Facilities” By Tony Cartalucci
14 April 2018 — Land Destroyer
The US, UK, and France announced strikes on what they call, “Syria’s chemical weapons program.”
Trigger-Happy Trump and Syria: “The Worst Case Scenario Is Now Our Reality” By Felicity Arbuthnot
13 April 2018 — Global Research
As all becomes ever more rapidly surreal it seems that, barring a miracle, Draft Dodger in Chief, Donald Trump might trigger a world war, over an incident in Syria which is entirely evidence free.
The discredited White Helmets – a “rescue” group only operating in areas held by “rebels” who routinely decapitate, including children, set fire to people and commit numerous unspeakable acts – have produced a video of an apparent chemical attack on 7th April.
Trump’s Exit Door is Open on Syrian Attack By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
13 April 2018 — The Indian Punchline
The US President Donald Trump’s fateful decision on a military strike against Syria is imminent and it will impact not only Syria’s future and Middle Eastern politics but also the US’ capacity to impose its global hegemony in the emergent world order. Continue reading
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