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Uncle Sam vs. Russia in Eastern Syria: the Nightmare Scenario

September 22, 2017, CounterPunch – Mike Whitney The impending collapse of ISIS has touched off a race for territory in the oil-rich eastern part of Syria pitting US-backed forces against the Russian-led coalition of Syria, Iran and Hezbollah.  This is the nightmare scenario that everyone wanted to avoid.  Washington and Moscow’s armies …

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Israel Attacks Syrian Military Base, Killing Two

September 10, 2017, Antiwar.com – Jason Ditz Israeli warplanes carried out an overnight attack against a Syrian military base in the Hama Province, causing considerable damage to the facility and killing at least two people. Syria confirmed the incident, but Israel has yet to officially comment. The Syrian Observatory for Human …

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Syrian army, allies break Islamic State siege in eastern city

September 5 2017, Reuters – Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces on Tuesday reached troops besieged for years by Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, the militants’ last major stronghold in Syria, the army said. Tanks and troops pressed quickly toward a government-held enclave in …

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Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing for War on Iranian Special Ops in Syria?

August 29, 2017, Informed Comment – Juan Cole Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu filled the ear of visiting UN secretary general Antonio Guterres with complaints about Iran and Hizbullah on the latter’s visit to the region. He complained that the UN border patrol, UNIFIL, in South Lebanon, has not reported the thousands …

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SYRIA OPPOSITION TOLD TO COME TO TERMS WITH ASSAD’S SURVIVAL

August 24, 2017, Associated Press – Philip Issa BEIRUT (AP) — As Damascus reverses military losses in much of the country’s strategically important west, and foreign states cut support for rebel forces, diplomats from Washington to Riyadh are asking representatives of Syria’s opposition to come to terms with President Bashar …

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Conflict in Syria Far From Resolved. US Bombings Targeting Raqqa Residential Areas. 78 Civilians Killed in Last 24 Hours.

August 24, 2017, GlobalResearch – Stephen Lendman In the last 24 hours alone, local media sources and survivors reported US-led so-called coalition warplanes massacred 78 civilians in three Raqqa neighborhoods. Homes and infrastructure were targeted, no ISIS or other terrorists at or around areas struck. The attack was cold-blooded murder like …

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What Are We To Believe? Fake news plus phony “intelligence” equal disaster

August 12, 2017, AntiWar.com – Justin Raimondo The Washington Post has published a story claiming that the North Korean regime of Kim Jong Un has succeeded in miniaturizing a nuclear warhead small enough to fit onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. It’s another “leak” coming from an intelligence community that seemingly does little these days …

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Neocons Leverage Trump-Hate for More Wars

August 9, 2017, Consortiumnews.com – Robert Parry A savvy Washington observer once told me that the political reality about the neoconservatives is that they alone couldn’t win you a single precinct in the United States. But both Republicans and Democrats still line up to gain neocon support or at least …

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