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The countries of the West used Israel to evacuate members of the White Helmets from southern Syria. They couldn’t be allowed to fall into the hands of the Syrian government — at least, not while they are still alive. Essential human-rights defenders Damascus is almost finished liberating southwestern Syria. The …

The African National Congress views with complete shock and dismay the Israeli armed forces’ massacre of peaceful Palestinian protestors which has so far resulted in the demise of 55 people. The nonchalant and insensitive inauguration of the American Embassy in Jerusalem will forever be drenched in the blood of those …

by Carl Boggs The steady deterioration of American political discourse seems to have reached its lowest ebb in historical memory, visible in the rightward shift of both Democrats and Republicans.  One sign is the frenzied Democratic assault on Republicans from the right, especially in foreign policy.  Another is the resounding …

By Max Blumenthal During a Barcelona concert on April 13, Roger Waters denounced the Syrian White Helmets as “a fake organization that exists only to create propaganda for jihadists and terrorists.” Warning that the groups’ unverified claims about chemical weapons attacks across insurgent-held territory were aimed at triggering Western military intervention, Waters cautioned …

Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia addressing the Security Council on April 9, 2018, in regard to an alleged chemical attack in the suburban Damascus city of Douma.   Transcript: Thank you. If you believe it is a great pleasure for me to speak about the issue we …

by JEFF MACKLER Photo by Hendrik Dacquin | CC BY 2.0 During a Jan. 17 Stanford University speech, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that the U.S. military will arm, train, finance, and otherwise support—for an indefinite time—a new, 30,000-strong, Kurdish and U.S.-allied Arab nation border force in northeastern Syria. …

by Stephen Lendman At her weekly press briefing, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below), explained counterterrorism operations in East Ghouta are nearing a successful conclusion. Douma alone remains to be freed from US-supported terrorists, most civilians in the town able to leave through Russia’s humanitarian corridor. Negotiations with …

Today marks the 30th Anniversary since the battle of Cuito Cuanavale. The African National Congress joins the international community in observing this historic encounter since the battle of Cuito Cuanavale in 1988. The battle of Cuito Cuanvale was pursued against the apartheid regime leading to the ultimate defeat of the …

By Finian Cunningham “Information Clearing House” – Washington is moving inevitably on a global war plan. That’s the grim conclusion one has to draw from three unfolding war scenarios. Ultimately, it’s about American imperialism trying to assert hegemony over the international order for the benefit of US capitalism. Russia and …

John Menadue We are a nation in denial that we are ‘joined at the hip’ to a dangerous ally. Apart from brief isolationist periods, the US has been almost perpetually at war; wars that we have often foolishly been drawn into. The US has subverted and overthrown numerous governments over …