Analysis

Oct 7, 2014, Sharmine Narwani, RT Who is to blame for the proliferation of extremist groups in Syria? The West often points a finger at Assad and his allies, but two secret US documents tell a different story. It is difficult to find US officials directly claiming that Syrian President …

Oct 3, 2014, Dan Glazebrook, CounterPunch Watching the debate in the British parliament last Thursday, over whether Britain should, yet again, launch aerial attacks against the long-suffering people of Iraq, it was striking just how much admission there was of the failure of Britain’s policy in the region hitherto. That …

Oct 3, Ken Stone, Hamilton Spectator On 9/11’s anniversary, United States President Barack Obama announced escalating military attacks against ISIS in Iraq and Syria and increased funding and training of “moderate rebels” in Syria, to the tune of $500 million. He also called for a new “coalition of the willing” …

Sep 25, 2014, Sharmine Narwani, RT.com This US-engineered Coalition is in for some surprises. With few common goals, it has thrust itself into battle against the most determined players in the region and beyond. The airwaves are still heaving with spin two days after US airstrikes against Syria. Undoubtedly the …

Sep 29, 2014, Tony Cartalucci, New Eastern Outlook As the US begins token airstrikes on both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi border, the fighting capacity of the “Islamic State” or “ISIS,” has seen no visible setbacks. This is because ISIS is in fact the very proxy mercenaries intentionally created to fight the …

Sep 23, 2014, Denis Kucinich, Huffington Post The administration’s response to the conjunction of this weekend’s People’s Climate March and the International Day of Peace? 1) Bomb Syria the following day, to wrest control of the oil from ISIS which gained its foothold directly in the region through the U.S., …

Sep 24, 2014, Press TV The covert war on Syria has now finally exploded into the open, with US warplanes launching a blitzkrieg on the Arab country over night. Washington and its allies have now crossed a dangerous Rubicon, setting the stage for an all-out war on Syria under the …

Sep 15, 2014, Tony Cartalucci Since 2011, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has waged a relentless war within Syrian territory against what it has said from the very beginning was an invasion of heavily armed, foreign-backed sectarian extremists. In retrospect, the transparently ludicrous nature of articles like the Guardian’s “Syria’s …

Sep 17, 2014, Black Agenda Report Let us be clear, if that is possible, about President Obama’s plan to deal with ISIS, the boogeyman of America’s own making. The president last week swore that he would “degrade and destroy” the Islamic State, after having spent three years providing weapons and …

Sep 17, 2014, Washington’s Blog Syria Everyone knows that the U.S. and its allies have heavily backed Islamic terrorists in Syria in an attempt to implement regime change in that country. But did you know that the U.S. previously carried out regime change in Syria? The CIA backed a right-wing …