The following article, by Richard Falk, is republished from his blog, Global Justice in the 21st Century: Courage Foundation Panel Challenges International Finding of Syrian Reponsibility For the 2018 Attack on Douma An independent British civil society organization, Courage Foundation, convened a panel of persons with diverse professional backgrounds relevant …
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The following article, by Ben Norton, is republished from the Grayzone: Hundreds of American soldiers are remaining in Syria to occupy its oil reserves and block the Syrian government from revenue needed for reconstruction. Trump said openly, “We want to keep the oil.” By Ben Norton US President Donald Trump …
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On October 15, 2019, a blue ribbon panel of international experts and dignitaries, met in secret with a whistleblower from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW is considered the gold standard of impartial scientific detection and analysis of the possession and use of chemical weapons …
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The following article, by Pepe Escobar, is reprinted from Asia Times: he negotiations in Sochi were long – over six hours – tense and tough. Two leaders in a room with their interpreters and several senior Turkish ministers close by if advice was needed. The stakes were immense: a road …
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The following article, by Gregory Shupak, is republished from FAIR: President Donald Trump’s modification of the US’s Syria policy has generated a torrent of confusion, so it’s worth reviewing the record. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham announced on October 6: Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into …
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The following article, by Rick Sterling, is republished from Global Research: The foreign policy elite is in an uproar. They claim “we have abandoned our allies”. They question “how can America be trusted?” They say the decision to withdraw from northern Syria was a “gift” to Russia, Iran, and Assad…. …
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The following article, by Jeremy Salt, is republished from the American Herald Tribune: The retreat of US forces from northern Syria opened the gates to a Turkish attack on Kurdish ‘terrorists.’ Driven back by the Turkish military’s proxies, the Kurds finally returned to the national fold and asked the Syrian …
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The following article, by Ajamu Baraka, was originally published at Black Agenda Report: “Western radicals must take a consistent anti-imperialist position despite the internal contradictions or problems that exist within a state in the Global South.” Despite so many self-defined radicals’ reading and claims to understand Gramsci’s corrective to Marxism-Leninism’s …
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The following article was originally published at Moon of Alabama: Eight days ago U.S. President Donald Trump gave a green light for another Turkish invasion of Syria. We explained why that move made it inevitable for the Kurds to submit to Damascus and to let the Syrian Arab Army back into northeast …
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Ken Stone of the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War was interviewed on RT International on the breaking news of a (partial) US withdrawal from Syria in the face of an illegal Turkish invasion and the throwing of the Kurdish separatists under the bus:
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