by Paul Larudee Your head chopper heros are apparently not what Syrians have in mind when they think of democratic revolution. Mehdi Hasan (MH) can hardly be blamed for the ignorance that he displays in his Intercept article, “Dear Bashar al-Assad Apologists: Your Hero Is a War Criminal Even If …

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. …

The U.S. has long had a love-hate relationship with international norms, having taken the lead in forging landmark human rights agreements while brushing off complaints over its own abuses, Nat Parry explains. By Nat Parry American exceptionalism – the notion that the United States is unique among nations due to …

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 …

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About 15,000 people flee opposition area seven years since protests that led to war Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent, Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul and Julian Borger in Washington Syrians leave eastern Ghouta for regime-held areas. Airstrikes have broken up the enclave. Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images The Syrian opposition enclave of …