Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
July 8, 2017, Defend Democracy Press When Trump’s UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, asserts – as she did recently – that the US is sending “not only Assad” but also “Russia and Iran a message”, and that Washington is putting them “on notice,” she does so as the tribune of a rogue state. …
Read More »Syria’s Alleged Sarin-Gas Attack: Questioning a Flawed Investigation
July 8, 2017, Truthdig – Scott Ritter The Turkish government had set up a decontamination checkpoint in Hatay province, at the border crossing with Syria. Some 34 people claiming to be victims from Khan Sheikhun were processed at this checkpoint before being sent to hospitals in Antakya, Reyhanli and Iskenderun, …
Read More »The Qatar crisis has nothing to do with Al Jazeera and everything to do with the war in Syria
July 7, 2017, Independent – Robert Fisk “Babies – they are just babies,” a veteran Al Jazeera man roared last weekend about the Gulf states. “They are childish, they are infantile, they are tribal.” And I could understand his anger. Even Sheikh Tamim al-Thani, the present Emir of Qatar, has …
Read More »The National Geographic Hell on Earth Syria Hoax
July 6, 2017, Dissident Voice – Paul Larudee On April 5, 2017, National Geographic released a preview of its film, Hell on Earth: The Fall Of Syria And The Rise of ISIS, by filmmaker Sebastian Junger and producing partner Nick Quested: The film itself debuted on April 26, 2017, at the Tribeca Film Festival …
Read More »Trump Competes With Hillary in U.S. War of Lies and Terror Against Syria
July 3, 2017, Black Agenda Report – Glen Ford Donald Trump is the very embodiment of why the undeserving rich must no longer be allowed to reproduce themselves, as a class. They are the fuse that, if not removed, will ignite a fiery doom for the species. Decisively kettled in …
Read More »Make No Mistake, We Are Already at War in Syria
July 3, 2017, The American Conservative – Philip Giraldi Something peculiar happens to American presidents after they take office on January 20. Campaign promises to right the easily perceived misdirections in foreign policy are abandoned, and the new program for dealing with the rest of the world winds up looking …
Read More »U.S. Retreats From Al-Tanf – Gives Up On Occupying South East Syria
July 3, 2017, Information Clearing House – Moon of Alabama June 30, 2017 “Information Clearing House” – The U.S. is giving up its hopeless position at the Syrian-Iraq border crossing near al-Tanf in south east Syria. The U.S. military had earlier bombed Syrian forces when they came near that position but …
Read More »The Case of Syria and the Bleeding Women
July 3, 2017, Counter Punch – Jeffrey St. Clair Like Martin Luther, Donald Trump gets his maddest epiphanies in the early morning hours while he is on the throne, straining at stool. Trump is driven, as was Luther, by two consuming obsessions, both entwined in the sunken strata of his psyche: money and …
Read More »At Least 13 Killed, 29 Injured after Car Bombs Rock Central Damascus
July 2, 2017 – Alamanar News The number of people killed in Sunday’s blasts in Syria’s capital of Damascus has increased to 13, while at least 29 others have sustained injuries, a medical source told Sputnik. Earlier in the day, the Syrian state TV reported that at least eight people …
Read More »The Syrian war’s worst kept secret that could become Israel’s nightmare
July 2, 2017, Middle East Eye – Richard Silverstein Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published an interview with a Syrian rebel commander and half a dozen fighters, who confirmed the worst kept secret of the Syrian conflict: Israel is directly aiding Syrian rebel factions with both humanitarian and financial aid. …
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