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Trump’s support of Israel’s annexation of the Golan

Donald Trump at the Israel Museum with Benjamin Netanyahu. Occupied Jerusalem May 23, 2017. Photo: US Embassy The 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. …

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Pompeo in Cairo: The Ugly Face of US Imperialism

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 …

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Was Timber Sycamore The Program That Created ISIS?

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 …

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How Trump Thwarted Calculated Israeli Effort to Keep U.S. in Syria

The following article by Gareth Porter was originally published at the American Conservative on January 14, 2019. Photo: Israel MFA/Flickr The Pentagon was not the only party pressing Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria last year. It turns out the Israeli government and its supporters in Washington were working very …

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Why Israel’s Airstrikes in Syria Are a Sign of Weakness, Not Strength

The following article by Ollie Richardson was originally published at The Saker Blog on January 13, 2019. Why does Russia behave the way it does in relation to Israeli airstrikes in Syria? I will proceed from what seems to be an established fact (SANA confirmed) that on the night of January 11th Israel hit …

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What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals

The following discussion by Stephen F. Cohen is reprinted from Information Clearing House: https://audioboom.com/posts/7137218-tales-of-the-new-cold-war-1-of-2-condemning-trump-for-putin-s-syria-stephen-f-cohen-nyyu-p https://audioboom.com/posts/7137217-tales-of-the-new-cold-war-2-of-2-condemning-trump-for-putin-s-syria-stephen-f-cohen-nyyu-p The John Batchelor Show, January 9 January 11, 2019 “Information Clearing House” –     President Trump was wrong in asserting that the United States destroyed the Islamic State’s territorial statehood in a large part of Syria—Russia and its allies accomplished that—but he is …

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Trump’s Neocons Reverse His Syria Withdrawal Plan

The following article, by Ron Paul, was republished from Information Clearing House: U.S. Special Forces in Syria. Photo: Dalil Suleiman/Wikimedia Commons January 08, 2019 “Information Clearing House” –     I’m starting to wonder whether President Trump has any power over US foreign policy at all. Many people believe that the US president is …

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US Withdrawal from Syria: Postponing the Inevitable

Peter Ford, former British Ambassador to Bahrain (1999–2003) and Syria (2003–2006), offers the following assessment. Peter FordJanuary 7, 2019 At the start of the year the horizon seems to be dominated by the issue of the possible withdrawal of US troops. In reality however the more important action is elsewhere. …

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Samir Amin, Imperialism and the ‘Arab Spring’

The following article by Tim Anderson is republished from the American Herald Tribune: The late neo-Marxist theorist Samir Amin had as good a grasp as any of imperialist plans for the Middle East – or West Asia, to use non-Eurocentric terminology. Amin was indeed a pioneer for the non-Eurocentric left. …

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