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MI6 Embedded With Syria’s Al Qaeda Government
On July 19th, the Mail on Sunday revealed that Inter-Mediate, a shadowy firm founded by Jonathan Powell, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s National Security Advisor, brokered re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Damascus and London, and a heavily-publicised meeting between Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Syria’s self-appointed leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, two weeks prior. What’s more, the… Continue reading
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War With Iran: Made in Britain?
On June 14th, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer bragged he was moving the country’s military assets and fighter jets to West Asia, to provide “contingency support in the region” in response to Iran’s counterattack on the Zionist entity. Asked by Sky News if he ruled out direct military involvement, he evasively responded, “I’m not getting… Continue reading
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How MI6 Helped HTS Seize Syria
On May 12th, US ambassador to Syria 2011 – 2014 Robert Ford gave a talk to the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs. Over the course of his oratory, he issued a bombshell disclosure – in 2023, a British “non-governmental organisation” specialised in “conflict resolution” made him an extraordinary offer. They sought Ford’s personal assistance in… Continue reading
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How MI6 helped HTS seize Syria
Kit Klarenberg reveals that a UK “conflict resolution” NGO, Inter Mediate, secretly enlisted ex-U.S. ambassador Robert Ford to help rebrand Syria’s Al-Qaeda-linked HTS into legitimate rulers, exposing the covert Western regime-change operation that led to HTS ruling Syria today with Western support. Continue reading
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David’s Corridor: Israel’s shadow project to redraw the Levant
Through ‘David’s Corridor,’ Israel aims to forge a geopolitical artery stretching from occupied Golan to Iraqi Kurdistan, reshaping West Asia under the guise of fostering minority alliances and realizing biblical claims. Continue reading
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‘This isn’t war. It’s genocide’: Why the world is silent about massacres in Syria
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the dominant militant group in northwestern Syria, once presented itself as a local opposition force. Just over a month ago, the group was formally disbanded and became part of the Syrian Defense Ministry, yet its origins tell a far more sinister story. Born out of the ashes of Jabhat al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda’s… Continue reading
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Thousands reported killed in Syria as HTS-allied forces attack, execute Alawites
Editor’s note: Sectarian Sunni forces linked to the new HTS-led government of Syria have massacred over 1300 Alawites in the past week, according to a conservative estimate. The Grayzone has spoken to staff from a Western aid organization currently on the ground in Syria who say the death toll is much higher than the official… Continue reading
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A Muslims Zionism and the massacre of Syria’s minorities
Robert Inlakesh examines the rise of Sunni Nationalism in Syria, comparing it to Zionism and exposing its role in fueling sectarian violence and Western-backed destabilization. Continue reading
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The Trump Administration’s Silent Complicity as Syrian Death Squads Slaughter Alawites, Christians
Western media reports that hundreds if not thousands of civilians are being slaughtered by US-European-Israeli-Turkish-backed death squads sweeping through ethnic/religious minority villages in Syria; Continue reading
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“Israel” attacks southern Syria; now the die is cast for Jolani and HTS
The only way a settler-colonial project can ensure its existence is by doing what it was founded to do: colonizing and settling. Continue reading
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Evidence of US-Al-Qaeda* Alliance; The Global War on Terror (GWOT) has Exponentially Strengthened Al-Qaeda* Terrorists
The 2024 Global Terrorism Index revealed that the vice has been expanding despite the GWOT (Global War on Terror) being over 20 years old. Meanwhile, Muhammad Al-Jolani, a rebranded member of ISIS and Al-Qaeda*, led terrorists to overthrow a state, which was impossible before the GWOT, in 2001. Is GWOT fighting against or for terrorists? Continue reading
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Manufacturing Consent For Regime Change In Syria
Monitoring corporate media performance for 25 years – week after week, war after war – has done little to diminish our dismay at the robotic automaticity of ‘mainstream’ enthusiasm for US-authored regime change. Continue reading
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Is Syria on the Brink of Civil War?
Since the regime change in Syria, militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have been involved in escalating sectarian actions, raising concerns that these tensions could drive the country toward a full-scale civil war. Continue reading
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Putin weighs in on the Syrian situation
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his Results of the Year annual marathon yearender interactive televised discussion with the Russian public and the media in Moscow on December 19, spoke at some length on the recent developments in Syria. Continue reading
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A Major War in the Middle East is Inevitable
Glenn Diesen The overthrow of Assad in Syria by Western-backed jihadists has set in place developments that will most likely result in a major war in the Middle East. While the media celebrates that “freedom” and “peace” have arrived in Syria, the reality is that the regional balance of power has unravelled. Former allies will… Continue reading
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Genocide Rewarded
The US backed al Qaeda takeover of Syria follows Israeli retreat from Lebanon Within hours of the Israeli-Lebanese cease fire – essentially an Israeli retreat after making no progress against Hezbollah in the ground war in south Lebanon, indicted war criminal Netanyahu turned his attention to Syria, warning Syrian President Bashar al Assad that he… Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: The Syria tragedy and the new omni-war
The geopolitical situation in West Asia is more complicated than ever, as conflicts and alliances intertwine. “Until recently, West Asia and Ukraine were two vectors of the standard hegemon modus operandi, which is to incite and unleash forever wars,” says Sputnik columnist Pepe Escobar. Now, both regions are converging into what he calls an omni-war. Continue reading