RT | 23 Feb 2016 Further proof of ties between the Turkish military and Islamic State fighters operating on the Syrian-Turkish border has been revealed in the Cumhuriyet newspaper, which published more transcripts of telephone calls between the jihadists and officers. The documents are said to come from an ongoing court case on Islamic State…
FNA | 13 Feb 2016 Senior Iraqi security sources lashed out at the US and its regional allies for supporting Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, and said that Washington is the main cause of ISIL’s survival in his country. “We have compelling evidence that a US helicopter landed in Albu Arim palms of Fallujah city to…
RT | 30 Jan 2016 US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed that four airstrikes in Syria and Iraq last year “likely” resulted in five dead and eight injured civilians. However, the official figures fall far short of claims made by independent observers. According to CENTCOM, a “preponderance of evidence” suggests that civilian casualties occurred in…
Stephen Lendman | 12 Jan 2016 Evidence keeps mounting on how Turkey directly aids ISIS, complicit with Washington, other NATO countries and regional partners. Foreign support lets terrorist groups in Syria, Iraq and Libya thrive. Without it they’d become a spent force, unable to operate effectively on their own – what media scoundrels never explain,…
Stephen Lendman | 4 Jan 2016 Russian surveillance footage, independent investigative journalists and others exposed Erdogan’s oil smuggling racket, complicit with ISIS, refining and selling stolen Syrian and Iraqi oil on the black market – Israel a key beneficiary. Captured ISIS militant Mahmud Ghazi Tatar provided more evidence of illegal Turkish oil operations. His “commander…
Prison Planet | 18 Dec 2015 Because it didn’t “meet a narrative” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLb1bjvENok?showinfo=0] Appearing on Fox News, Former DIA Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that Obama “didn’t want to hear…this sort of drumbeat that this Islamic radicalism is on the rise”. “It didn’t meet a narrative that the president wanted to continue to…
RT | 17 Dec 2015 The US has urged Turkey to withdraw its “unauthorized” military forces from northern Iraq, calling on Ankara to respect the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. US Vice President Joe Biden has spoken to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi regarding Turkey’s troop deployments. “The Vice President reaffirmed the United States’ commitment…
The Mirror | 14 Dec 2015 Teenage computer experts unveil astonishing web of unpublicised interactions linking extremist social media mouthpieces to the British government Hackers have claimed that a number of Islamic State supporters’ social media accounts are being run from internet addresses linked to the Department of Work and Pensions. A group of four…
RT | 14 Dec 2015 Both Ankara and Washington were obliged to inform the UN Security Council about Islamic State illegally trafficking stolen oil, but didn’t, Russia’s UN envoy said in an interview, adding that this is against the UN resolution on financing terrorism. “We’ve got serious complaints about the implementation of [UN] resolution (#2199,…
RT | 14 Dec 2015 ISIS terrorists in Syria received all necessary materials to produce deadly sarin gas via Turkey, a Turkish MP claimed, citing evidence from an abruptly closed criminal case. Speaking to RT, Eren Erdem said there is grounds to believe of a cover up. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) member,…