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Meditations On US Forces Firing A Howitzer Into The Empty Desert “Just To Say We’re Here”

The following article, by Caitlin Johnstone, is republished from the author’s Substack:   I saw a line in a recent New Yorker article about America’s endless wars, and it’s been been rattling around in my head ever since: “In Syria, McKenzie visited the Green Village, a community of decrepit apartment blocks near a bombed-out oil …

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Questions about BBC producer’s ties to UK intelligence follow ‘Mayday’ White Helmets whitewash

The following investigative report, by Kit Klarenberg, is republished from The Grayzone:  The BBC’s Chloe Hadjimatheou produced a podcast serial designed to rehabilitate the White Helmets’ late, scandal-stained founder, while blaming critics for his demise. Was she a channel for a wider British intelligence operation? White Helmets founder James Le Mesurier falling …

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The Imperialism of Foolery by Diana Johnstone

The following article, by Diana Johnstone, was originally published at Consortium News: No promising event has more fully failed to keep its promise than the optimistically named Arab Spring.  Ten years ago, massive protest demonstrations that began in Tunisia and moved quickly to Egypt were hailed as the harbinger of …

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How Ambassador Robert Ford Attempted to Whitewash the CIA’s Dirty War on Syria

The following article, by WIlliam Van Wagenen, was originally published at The Libertarian Institute: In a recent essay for Newlines Magazine, former U.S. ambassador to Syria Robert Ford discussed the ways in which the so-called Syrian revolution went wrong. He does so by recounting his interactions with two prominent Syrian …

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“We did not know… that there is an international law” by Michel Raimbaud

Like Iraq before her, Syria is the target of mainstream media hysteria on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the war. Former diplomat Michel Raimbaud wonders: will it take 30 years to recognize the crimes committed against that country? “We did not know… that there is an international law” …

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Ten Years On, the US Still Promotes Failed Regime-change Policy in Syria

The following article, by Scott Ritter, is republished from RT:  The US has only one objective in Syria—regime change. The fact that it has been unable to achieve this after ten years of trying does not appear to deter the Biden administration from embracing failure. Back in 2001, former General Wesley …

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War Against Syria: Ten Years of Pain – Janice Kortkamp’s timeline of the war in Syria

The Syria Solidarity Movement is republishing the following article, by Janice Kortkamp, from American Herald Tribune:  By JANICE KORTKAMP I’ve been watching this conflict for over eight years, virtually every day, all day and made seven extended research trips traveling around the country mostly on my own with Syrian friends …

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Statement of Concern: The OPCW investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in Douma, Syria

We are republishing the important Statement of Concern below, signed by prominent experts around the world, from the Courage Foundation:  Statement of Concern The OPCW investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in Douma, Syria We wish to express our deep concern over the protracted controversy and political fall-out surrounding the …

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Syria, Russia say US not letting stability return to Syria

The following article is republished from Press TV: Syrian and Russian officials say the United States continues to impede the restoration of stability in the country through the imposition of economic sanctions, arguing Washington is using various methods of economic and political pressure on international bodies and organizations to turn …

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