Mar 31, 2015, Global Research During a recent ‘On-Air’ news report on Sunday 29 March 2015 from Tikrit, Iraq, Press TV war correspondent Rahshan Saglam was providing a ‘LIVE’ update when an explosion occurred approximately 150 meters from her position. The camera technician was able to capture the plume of …
Read More »US fights ISIS…while aiding ISIS
Mar 31, 2015, RT.com As the war against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) rages on, the US has stepped up its air campaign, combining destructive bombs with anti-ISIS leaflets. But while US propaganda efforts are ostensibly aimed at disrupting ISIS recruitment, overall US involvement has yielded mixed results at best. On …
Read More »AVAAZ, “White Helmets”, HRW, PHR, Amnesty & More: Humanitarians for War on Syria
Mar 31, 2015, Counter Punch -Rick Sterling A massive campaign in support of foreign intervention against Syria is underway. The goal is to prepare the public for a “No Fly Zone” enforced by US and other military powers. This is how the invasion of Iraq began. This is how the …
Read More »The Najdi bedouins’ aggression in Yemen
Apr 1, 2015, Crescent International Has the Bani Saud made one mistake too many by attacking Yemen? If the conflict drags on, it is likely to bring down the Najdi Bedouins’ sand castles. It is easy to start a war but difficult to determine its direction, outcome or how to …
Read More »Full unedited video of President al-Assad’s interview by Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes
Mar 31, 2015, Can Do Better In this unedited 57 minute interview, much of the lying narrative which has been fed to the public in recent years as a pretext for the United States’ proxy terrorist war and planned military aggression against Syria was put to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad …
Read More »Canadian parliament approves military mission in Syria
Mar 31, 2015, Press TV Canada’s parliament has approved to expand the country’s current military mission in Iraq to target Takfiri ISIL terrorists in neighboring Syria. The motion, ratified by 142 to 129 votes on Monday night, also extended the Iraq mission – which was due to expire on April …
Read More »Seminar at the University of Sydney, 17 March 2015 [VIDEOS]
via Hands Off Syria Syria: four years of ‘humanitarian intervention’, Tim Anderson The US and the Syrian crisis, Malcolm Jorgensen UPDATE on the Syrian crisis, 17 March 2015, by Reme Sakr Syrian reform and the crisis, Jay Tharappel
Read More »The Geopolitics behind the War in Yemen (I)
Mar 30, 2015, Strategic Culture The United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia became very uneasy when the Yemenese or Yemenite movement of the Houthi or Ansarallah (meaning the supporters of God in Arabic) gained control of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa/Sana, in September 2014. The US-supported Yemenite President Abd-Rabbuh Manṣour …
Read More »Flashback to March 29, 2011: Over 6 million people marched across Syria in support of President al-Assad
Mar 30, 2015, Global Research Huge demonstrations in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were held across Syria two weeks after the launch of the NATO-led covert war on Syria on March 16, 2011. It is worth bearing in mind that back then the overall population of Syria was around …
Read More »Saudi Arabia’s Invasion of Yemen
Mar 27-29, 2015, Counter Punch -Ajamu Baraka Wednesday evening Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States announced that Saudi Arabia had commenced military operations against the Ansarullah fighters of the Houthi movement in Yemen. The Saudi intervention was not unexpected. Over the last few weeks there were signs …
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