Analysis

The following article, by Steve Church, was originally published at Off Guardian:  Patrick Cockburn’s recent article is one example of why I read CounterPunch less often than I used to. Or, at the least, why I have become more critical of their editorial stance. With this article, I have the impression I’m …

The following article by Eric Zuesse, was originally published by the Strategic Culture Foundation in 2016 and republished again by Global Research in 2018: The great investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, in two previous articles in the London Review of Books («Whose Sarin?» and «The Red Line and the Rat Line») has reported that the …

The following article, by Julia Kassem, was published first at Counterpunch. San Bruno-based video sharing website YouTube shut down multiple Syria-based accounts last Saturday in attempts to enforce media blackouts against Syrian state and their allied forces. Among the sources removed included the accounts of the Syrian Ministry of Defense, SANA News …

The following article, by James Carden, was originally published at The Nation:  On September 13, Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard took to the floor of the House to rebuke the administration, accusing President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence of protecting “al-Qaeda and other jihadist forces in Syria,” all the while “threatening …

The following article, by Philip Giraldi, was originally published at Global Research: The minimal U.S. press coverage accorded to last Monday’s shooting down of a Russian intelligence plane off the coast of Syria is, of course, a reflection both of lack of interest and of Israel’s involvement in the incident. …

The following article, by Philip Giraldi, was republished from the Strategic Culture Online Journal. The neoconservative vision of the world is a place where the United States can do what it wants because it is both better morally speaking and also more capable of enforcing desirable standards of behavior. Such …

The following article, by Reed Richardson, was originally published at FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting).  The anonymous New York Times op-ed  (9/5/18), purportedly written by a senior Trump administration official, coupled with the release of Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear—itself full of White House back-stabbing and anonymous quotes—unleashed a veritable tsunami of …

September 06, 2018 – Moon of Alabama Syria – UN, U.S. Try To Delay Idlib’s Liberation The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and his Special Advisor, Jan Egeland, held a press conference (vid) today. They appealed to the Russian President Putin and President Erdogan of Turkey to find …

July 16, 2018, The Nation – James Carden The Trump administration is threatening America’s European allies with harsh sanctions—among them, exclusion from a principal component of the global financial system—should they decide to keep doing business with Iran. In early June, Sigal Mandelker, a previously obscure Justice Department and Homeland Security …

July 03, 2018, Mint Press News – Whitney Webb DAMASCUS, SYRIA — For over a year, much of northeastern Syria has found itself under de facto occupation by the United States and its military proxy, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The occupied territory, accounting for nearly a third of Syria’s total landmass and including large …