Global Research | 7 Sept 2016 Two years ago, “Majd” wrote these words on a Facebook posting: “ I am Syrian… living in Syria in the middle of everything. We have seen horrors. It was never a revolution nor a civil war. The terrorists are sent by your goverment. They are al Qaeda Jabhat al Nusra…
The Independent | 4 Aug 2016 There are no ‘good guys’ among the Syrian warlords yet, despite all the evidence, we want to find them. It’s time to stop lying to the people of the Middle East As armed rebels – “terrorists” in the eyes of the regime – tighten their grip on the country, at…
Global Research | 5 Aug 2016 Selected Articles: Syrian Endgame: The Battle for Aleppo and ‘Plan C’ By Prof. Tim Anderson, August 04 2016 The battle for Aleppo has forced the al Qaeda groups into their desperate last stand, as the Washington-driven proxy war on Syria moves into its final stages. The liberation of Aleppo will…
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | 31 July 2016 The US counterterrorism bombing campaign under “Operation Inherent Resolve” does not target terrorists. Quite the opposite. Both ISIS-Daesh and Al Nusra are protected by the US led coalition. The forbidden truth is that the counterterrorism campaign is directed against the Syrian people. It’s a massacre of civilians “with…
Anti War | 20 July 2016 Potentially Deadliest Strike on Civilians in Entire War US and coalition airstrikes against the northern Syrian villages of Tokhar and Hoshariyeh have killed at least 56 civilians, including 11 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Other groups claimed the civilian toll was as high as 200.…
Prof. Michel Chossudovsky | 21 July 2016 Air Strikes against Civilians in North of Aleppo In the immediate wake of the 14th of July Nice Terror Attack which resulted in more than 84 dead, France’s President Francois Hollande intimated in an official address (without evidence) that the attacks had been conducted by the Islamic State…
Moon of Alabama | 19 July 2016 The U.S. “regime change” operation in Syria recently tallied up some major successes. The Syrian Democratic Force, a U.S. sponsored group of mostly Syrian Kurds, is besieging the Islamic State held eastern city of Manbij. According to the UN’s Human Rights commissioner 70,000 civilians in Manbij are cut…
Common Dreams | 13 July 2016 In Attempt to Dodge Suit, White House Argues Funding War Makes War Legal. U.S. Army captain sued President Obama over legality of sprawling ISIS conflict. A lawsuit filed earlier this year charging President Barack Obama with waging an illegal war against the Islamic State (or ISIS) was met on…
Middle East Eye | 5 July 2016 Amnesty International says Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham and other rebel groups in northern Syria have committed war crimes Armed groups in rebel-held northern Syria including the al-Qaeda-aligned Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham have committed war crimes and imposed a strict version of Islamic law that in some cases…
Foreign Policy Journal | 1 July 2016 What ex-CIA Michael Morell doesn’t want you to know about the 2012 Pentagon memo Trump has cited to charge that Obama knew his policies would fuel ISIS. On a Monday morning in September 2014 White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest stepped out in front of cameras to respond…