The following article, by Ben Norton, is republished from The Grayzone: Western government-funded intelligence cutouts trained Syrian opposition leaders, planted stories in media outlets from BBC to Al Jazeera, and ran a cadre of journalists. A trove of leaked documents exposes the propaganda network. By Ben Norton Leaked documents show …
Read More »New Documents Reveal Secret British Efforts To Arm, Assist And Propagandize ‘Moderate Rebels’ In Syria
Well, here it is: a stash of formerly secret British documents showing how, despite many denials, the UK funded, armed, and supported terrorist mercenaries in Syria with the purpose of overthrowing the legitimate government of President Bashar al-Assad. Republished from Moon of Alabama: September 18, 2020 New Documents Reveal Secret …
Read More »Audio: No Good Intentions: US Sanctions Are Designed to Harm People
The following interview on The Taylor Report, a radio program on Toronto’s CIUT FM, 89.5, features Stephen Gowans, an Ottawa-based writer and political commentator and the author of Washington’s Long War on Syria and other books. Taylor Report · No Good Intentions On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/taylor-report/no-good-intentions Audio File (download): http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/106461/117161/128874/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/anonymous@radio4all.net/16-1-NoGoodIntentions.mp3 Description …
Read More »How the US helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions
While the media blames the crisis in Lebanon solely on corruption, the US government unleashed a “maximum pressure” campaign to push regime change and crush Lebanese resistance with sanctions and aggressive hybrid warfare. By Ben Norton As the people of Lebanon suffer through one of the worst economic crises in …
Read More »Caesar Act sanctions are crippling Syria’s beleaguered health sector
The following article, by Kamal Alam, is republished from Middle East Eye: It has been a month since US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Caesar Act sanctions coming into play as policy on 17 June. There has been a clear mismatch in US priorities, as seen by the differences between Pompeo …
Read More »Hypocrisy of US, Allies in the UNSC and Amnesty International Regarding Aid to ‘The Syrian People’
Statement from Syria Solidarity Movement On July 11, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution presented by Germany and Belgium that would permit one border crossing from Turkey into Syria’s Idlib province for a US- backed UNSC aid program. The United States has been battling with China and Russia for …
Read More »Caesar Tries to Suffocate 17 Million Syrians
The following article, by Rick Sterling, is republished from the American Herald Tribune: Since 2011, the US and allies have promoted, trained and supplied militants trying to bring about “regime change” in Damascus. Having failed in that effort, they have tried to strangle Syria economically. The goal has always been the same: …
Read More »Media Conceal—or Celebrate—Depriving Syrians of Food and Medicine
The following article by Gregory Shupak is republished from FAIR: Late last month, the latest round of United States sanctions, known as the Caesar Act, took effect against Syria, a country already in a dire situation after nine years of war and sanctions. Covid-19 and an economic crisis in Lebanon, …
Read More »Audio: American-led Anglo-American “Five Eyes” Alliance is Neo-Colonial
What/who are the Five Eyes? In a wide-ranging interview about Engler’s recent exposé in Canadian Dimension, Phil Taylor elicits from Yves Engler the origins, present activities, and dangers of this exclusive and official intelligence-sharing network of five mainly white, anglophone, Protestant relics of the British Empire: the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, …
Read More »Lee Camp: How the Media Used the Bounty Scandal to Stop the ‘Threat’ of Peace in Afghanistan
By Lee Camp Source Peace seems to have exceedingly, ridiculously, laughably bad timing, this latest time in Afghanistan, says Lee Camp. This is not a column defending Donald Trump. Across my career, I have said more positive words about the scolex family of intestinal tapeworms than I have said about …
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