FNA | 8 Nov 2015 TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iraqi defense ministry announced in a statement that two Canadian and Swedish planes which were carrying arms to the Kurdistan region illegally were discharged and returned to their bases in Kuwait and Turkey. According to the statement, “upon the order of the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi armed…
SCF | 7 Nov 2015 Like a good laundering machine, the Western media operate an efficient spin cycle for rinsing out dirty water. No sooner had Russia’s foreign ministry issued a fairly straightforward statement on Syria’s political future this week, then Western media news outlets were getting all in a lather with the spin that…
RT | 5 Nov 2015 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMqvapXcZqg&w=640&h=360] The US State Department has admitted that some of the so-called moderate rebels in Syria have been successfully recruited by the al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, which is being targeted by Russia’s air campaign in Syria. The information came from US Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Anne…
Counter Punch | 3 Nov 2015 Can someone explain to me why President Obama decided to announce that he’s going to deploy U.S. Special Forces to Syria on the same day that Secretary of State John Kerry was scheduled to meet with Russian and Iranian diplomats to discuss how to end the four and a…
Eric Zuesse | 3 Nov 2015 I earlier reported that in an interview with Spanish newspapers published October 31st, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon condemned U.S. President Barack Obama’s demand that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad be removed from office, and Moon said: “The future of Assad must be determined by the Syrian people.” However, it turns out (and…
RT | November 1, 2015 The US Special Forces are being used as “human shields” to curb Russian air strikes against anti-government mercenaries Obama’s decision to send Special Forces into Syria is being widely viewed as a US military escalation in the country. The troop dispatch also signals that the US trying to forestall Russian…
Counterpunch | 29 Oct 2015 Why is John Kerry so eager to convene an emergency summit on Syria now when the war has been dragging on for four and a half years? Is he worried that Russia’s air campaign is wiping out too many US-backed jihadis and sabotaging Washington’s plan to topple Syrian President Bashar al Assad? You bet, he is.…
Global Research | October 27, 2015 Times reporting shifts from the absurd to the contemptible. According to The Times, Russian airstrikes caused “surg(ing) civilian flight.” It lied, claiming its “warplanes attacked the village of Ter Ma’aleh, killing at least a dozen people and sending most of the residents into hurried exile.” “The assault on the…
New Eastern Outlook | 27 October 2015 In any war, collateral damage is inevitable. And no matter how careful Russia attempts to be, one cannot avoid eventually killing innocent civilians. That is why it is so important to make sure any war fought is justified to begin with – so that when a tragic mistake…
Infowars.com | October 27, 2015 Move follows death of Special Operations soldier in Iraq The move was recommended by Obama’s senior national security advisers. Carter said the new strategy against the Islamic State will include raids like the one that killed Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler of the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Command. “The changes we’re…