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Investigative Report

Chain of Corruption: How the White Helmets Compromised OPCW Investigations in Syria

by Aaron Maté, published on Aaron’s Substack, September 9, 2022 Syria is largely forgotten by US people whose attention is at present largely engaged in Ukraine, and maybe Taiwan.  And so the trail of lies seems to vaporize behind the forward edge of  U.S. aggression around the globe.  But fortunately, …

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Hamas Return Ticket to Damascus Won’t Come Cheap

Palestine Correspondent, The Cradle, July 6, 2022 The Axis of Resistance is solidly grounded in Damascus while decisions must be made on how to deal with Hamas’ betrayal of their benefactors in Syria when their identity with Muslim Brotherhood was deemed more important than Syrian leadership in support of Palestine.  …

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Did the Syrian Revolution Have Popular Support?

by William Van Wangenen, published on the Libertarian Institute Website, August 3, 2022 In the mainstream view, the armed groups fighting the Syrian government since 2011, collectively known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA), were part of a Syrian revolution that represented the Syrian people. At the same time, the …

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‘Sarin Doesn’t Slice Throats’: The 2013 Ghouta Massacre Revisited

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Libertarian Institute, June 14, 2022 “Germ and chemical weapons may often be weak in their battlefield applications but they are always strong in their emotiveness. Accusations of association with them have for centuries, even millennia, been used by well-intentioned as well as unscrupulous …

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Creative Chaos: How U.S. Planners Sparked the Anti-Government Protests of the So-Called Arab Spring in Syria

by William Van Wagenen, published by The Libertarian Institute, January 31, 2022 “I have been a refugee for 37 years due to my political engagement against the ruling Baath party. I cannot go back to Syria without being punished. But I see what the western countries, Turkey, and the Gulf …

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White Helmets corruption scandal deepens: Dutch gov’t investigated parent org for fraud, but covered it up

The following article, by Ben Norton, is republished from The Grayzone:  The Netherlands investigated fraud by the Mayday Rescue Foundation, which funded the Syrian White Helmets with over $120 million in Western government contracts. But top Dutch officials covered up the corruption. The decade-long dirty war on Syria proved to …

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How Bellingcat Launders National Security State Talking Points into the Press

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 …

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Questions about BBC producer’s ties to UK intelligence follow ‘Mayday’ White Helmets whitewash

The following investigative report, by Kit Klarenberg, is republished from The Grayzone:  The BBC’s Chloe Hadjimatheou produced a podcast serial designed to rehabilitate the White Helmets’ late, scandal-stained founder, while blaming critics for his demise. Was she a channel for a wider British intelligence operation? White Helmets founder James Le Mesurier falling …

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New Flyer: Who are the White Helmets…Really?

The Syria Solidarity Movement has prepared a flyer for distribution with important information about the so-called “White Helmets,” the purported civil defense organization supported by the US and UK – and whose members have been directly involved in violent attacks and the extrajudicial execution of captives. Read below or download …

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