Stephen Zunes | 7 Dec 2015 The rise of ISIS (also known as Daesh, ISIL, or the “Islamic State”) is a direct consequence of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. While there are a number of other contributing factors as well, that fateful decision is paramount. Had Congress not authorized President George W. Bush the authority…
William Blum | 6 December 2015 These are relevant questions formulated by author William Blum, to be addressed to president Obama at a hypothetical press conference. These are the questions being addressed by the US media Which is most important to you – destroying ISIS, overthrowing Syrian president Assad, or scoring points against Russia? Do…
RT | 7 Dec 2015 US-led coalition warplanes have inflicted a missile strike on a camp of Syrian regular troops in the Deir ez Zor province, killing three soldiers. Damascus has slammed the incident as an “act of aggression.” This is the first time coalition planes have hit Syrian troops. The Syrian government has confirmed…
Sputnik | 6 Dec 2015 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned to shoot down a Russian warplane engaged in Moscow’s anti-Daesh campaign in Syria six weeks prior to the Su-24 incident, a famous Turkish whistleblower apparently said on Twitter. Erdogan is worried about the outcome of the upcoming elections and is contemplating bringing down a…
RT | 2 Dec 2015 The Russian Defense Ministry has released evidence which it says unmasks vast illegal oil trade by Islamic State and points to Turkey as the main destination for the smuggled petrol, implicating its leadership in aiding the terrorists. The Russian Defense Ministry held a major briefing on new findings concerning IS funding…
Zero Hedge | 30 Nov 2015 “I’ve shown photos taken from space and from aircraft which clearly demonstrate the scale of the illegal trade in oil and petroleum products,” Vladimir Putin told reporters earlier this month on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Antalya. Putin was of course referencing Islamic State’s illicit and highly…
RT | 2 Dec 2015 The US says Turkey’s operations are not “directed” at Islamic State and the Pentagon would like Ankara “to do more” both in the air and on the ground. It has also failed to control its borders “effectively,” Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told Congress. “I have been urging, actually, since…
Sana | 19 Nov 2015 Damascus, SANA-President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Italian TV channel RAI UNO, Following is the full text; Question 1: Mr. President, thanks for the opportunity of talking to you. Let’s start from Paris. How did you react to the news coming from Paris? President Assad: We can start…
Sputnik | 29 Nov 2015 In January 2014, Ankara Gendarmerie Major-General Ibrahim Aydin, former Adana Gendarmerie Brigadier-General Hamza Celepoglu and former Gendarmerie Criminal Laboratory Head Colonel Burhanettin Cihangiroglu stopped Syrian-bound trucks in southern Turkey after they received information from an anonymous source that the trucks were illegally carrying weapons to militants in Syria. When the information about the trucks became public,…
Global Research | November 28, 2015 Since the 1950s, the Saudi monarchy has remained Washington’s key partner in developing organised terrorism as a tool to destabilise and dominate the Middle East. The following text is chapter two of professor Tim Anderson’s forthcoming book entitled “The Dirty War on Syria” After the invasions of Afghanistan and…