Analysis

by Steven Nezar Sahiounie​, Syrian journalist. Wide-ranging interview with Max Parry on Russia, China, and the Middle East, republished from Mideast Discourse. The US is faced with a long list of hot-spots and tensions.  Beginning with the situation in Iraq, where the Parliament has asked the US troops to leave.  …

The following report is republished from Counter Currents: A secret U.S. Air Force (USAF) drone strike unit was allowed to operate in Syria for five years even as it broke rules of engagement and civilian casualties mounted, it has been revealed in a report by New York Times that cited …

The following article, by Aaron Mate, was originally published at The Grayzone: In its probe of an alleged chemical attack in Syria, the OPCW shunned the critical investigative area of forensic pathology and censored a recommendation to pursue it. The Douma killings remain unsolved. (This is part two of a …

The following article, by Steven Sahiounie, is republished from Mideast Discourse:  Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), visited the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday.  This is the most senior UAE dignitary to visit Syria since …

Not all Kurds serve the interests of the US empire, just the Kurdish separatists. Kurdish separatists have been used and betrayed by the USA, UK, and Israel many times in the past. They will be betrayed again soon when the US is forced to retreat from Syria. The following article …

The following article, by SSM Steering Committee member Paul Larudee, was first published in Covert Action: Americans want to feel good about themselves by giving money to charities that claim to be helping the Syrian people. But they are being duped into supporting terrorist forces that have brought misery and …

The following article, by Alan McLeod, is republished from MintPress News:  AMSTERDAM — Investigative site Bellingcat is the toast of the popular press. In the past month alone, it has been described as “an intelligence agency for the people” (ABC Australia), a “transparent” and “innovative” (New Yorker) “independent news collective,” “transforming investigative …

The following article, by Steven Sahiounie, is republished from Mideast Discourse:  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on September 13 in a rare face-to-face meeting.  Assad brought a high-level delegation with him for talks on all aspects of the Syrian crisis which has dragged on …

The following article, by Tim Anderson, is republished from Al-Mayadeen English:  The Federal Court implicitly recognized the deceptive technique of the Israeli lobby: the use of contrived and trivial pretexts to suppress critical discussion of apartheid crimes in Palestine. While the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) decision in NTEU v …

Ken Stone, Executive Member of the Syria Solidarity Movement, joins Ed Corrigan, a lawyer and Palestinian solidarity activist from London, Ontario, in a recent Press TV panel discussion of bellicose Israeli threats against Iran’s nuclear program and its military presence in Syria. (10:26)