Brian Whitaker, ex Middle East editor at The Guardian. Jonathan Cook I am loath to draw more attention to the kind of idiocy that passes for informed comment nowadays from academics and mainstream journalists. Recently I lambasted Prof Richard Carver for his arguments against BDS that should have gained him an F for logic in any…
Originally posted on Fabrication in BBC Panorama 'Saving Syria’s Children':
The previous post on this blog mooted a possible connection between the alleged 26 August 2013 Urm al-Kubra incendiary attack and the then incipient White Helmets, or “Syria Civil Defence”. [1] Since then evidence has emerged which demonstrates that senior White Helmets were present…
Syria / US & Israel / Zionism
On February 24, 2018, the Valdai Discussion Club hosted a press conference for Bouthania Shaaban, political and media advisor to the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, with the Club experts and journalists of Russian and international media, dedicated to prospects of peace settlement in Syria. WATCH: ***
Aleppo / Syria / White Helmets
Pierre Le Corf – English/French “I wake up in nightmares like from time to time, I worked yesterday with young people who saw their friends die, it wakes up things … internet seems to came back … A message that I think important, I am tired and disgusted by this continuous manipulation, of these lies…
Caitlin Johnstone I sat down with my coffee this beautiful Australian morning to watch two of my favorite independent media figures jam together in a Corbett Report interview of renowned independent investigative journalist Vanessa Beeley. About two-thirds of the way through, I nearly fell out of my chair. At 24:30 of the clip, the following bone-chilling conversation takes place…
Elijah J Magnier Damascus air defence downed its first Israeli jet (F-16) ever, at a stroke changing the rules of engagement (ROE) with Israel and sending a clear message that it is ready for war and will no longer be silent on violations of its airspace. This clash has triggered the mobilisation of the Syrian…
Just one of the children injured by terrorist mortar attacks upon the Old City in Damascus, targeting the predominantly Christian quarter of Bab Touma. 8th February 2018 When I was last in Damascus, I met an extraordinary human being by the name of Father Zahlaoui. For more than thirty years, Pere Zahlaoui has been writing…
Caitlin Johnstone Whenever you see UN Ambassador Nikki Haley on video she’s trying to start World War Three. At today’s UN Security Council Haley gave remarks about why the UN should “take action” against two of the US power establishment’s favorite targets, Russia and the Syrian government, due to allegations that Bashar al-Assad has been using chemical…
Commemorating Russian martyrs fighting alongside SAA in Syria, defending Syrian sovereignty against NATO-member-financed terrorism. Andre Vltchek in 2015 NEO Historically and intuitively, Russia has fought for the survival of humanity. Of course, things are not always pronounced or defined in such terms. However, already on several occasions, this enormous country has stood up against the…
3rd February 2018 Marcus Papadopoulos Global Research Whilst there are no golden ages, it is abundantly clear that the world today is in a very unhealthy state. From Eastern Europe to North Africa to the Middle East, countries, in recent years, have been severely destabilised, resulting in carnage and the destruction of hundreds of thousands…
Last Men in Aleppo screenshot. 3rd February 2018 Excerpt from my article: White Helmets – Channel 4, BBC, The Guardian – Architects of ‘Humanitarian’ War On the Edge of the Precipice A review of the Sundance Film Festival described the three ‘Syrian’ entries as “three documentaries on the ravaging of Syria“, naturally there is no reference to…
By, Piers Robinson The recent Guardian article by Olivia Solon attacks those investigating and questioning the role of the White Helmets in Syria and attributes all such questioning to Russian propaganda, conspiracy theorizing and deliberate disinformation. The article does little, however, to address the legitimate questions which have been raised about the nature of the White Helmets…
