Sandy, Mpho and Shaka with Palestinian Children in Mar Elias Refugee Camp, Beirut, Lebanon May 5, 2019Tim Anderson*From 28 April to 5 May three former political prisoners under South Africa’s apartheid regime – Mpho Masemola, Sandy Lebese and Shaka Radebe – visited Lebanon and Syria to share their experiences, learn …

The following article is republished from SANA News:Washington, SANA- The US Department of State admitted again Washington’s  support to the “White Helmets” terrorist group which is affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in Syria.The US Department of State posted a tweet saying that a number of its senior officials met …

Sharmine Narwani comments on RT.This wide-ranging interview with Sharmine Narwani was published on April 21 at Salon, conducted by foreign affairs reporter Patrick Lawrence. The full interview is available here: https://www.salon.com/2019/04/21/reporter-sharmine-narwani-on-the-secret-history-of-americas-defeat-in-syria/ As Lawrence notes, Narwani earned her master’s in journalism at Columbia University before serving as a senior associate at …

Photo credit: Xavier Granja Cedeño/Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (2013).The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War condemns the governments of Ecuador, the UK, and USA, for their collaboration in arresting and extraditing journalist Julian Assange. This was not a secretive operation carried out under the cover of darkness. Rather, it was …

The following article, by Steven Sahiounie, was originally published at Global Research: There are spies among the Jihadis in Idlib.  Movements, storages and plans are well known to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their Russian allies.  Recently, the Russian Defense Ministry warned that European intelligence agents were inside Idlib, and planning …

Journalist and author Max Blumenthal joins Rick Sanchez on RT to discuss “The Management of Savagery,” his new book about regime change and proxy wars instigated by the US and how they destabilize societies around the world and fuel right-wing populism at home. He also discusses the postponement of his …

The following article, by Peter Ford (former UK ambassador to Syria), is republished from 21st Century Wire: Syrian communities in Golan organise protests against Israeli occupation. (Photo: Sputnik)With the military situation largely frozen, the last two months have been marked mainly by developments involving the US – the ending of …

Donald Trump at the Israel Museum with Benjamin Netanyahu. Occupied Jerusalem May 23, 2017. Photo: US EmbassyThe following article by Helena Cobban appeared originally at Mondoweiss:Washington DC, March 26 — On March 25, President Donald J. Trump signed an order proclaiming U.S. support for Israel’s annexation of the Golan. This act …

The following article, by Bill Van Auken, was originally published at the American Herald Tribune on January 13, 2019.Overloaded with lies, hypocrisy and absurdities, the speech delivered by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the American University in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday signaled to the collection of monarchs and …

The following article, by Brandon Turbeville, was originally published at The Activist Post on January 11, 2019.Despite the repeated demonstrations of the fact that the United States and other Western nations have armed, supported, and funded terrorists in Syria from the beginning of the crisis in 2011 as well as long …