Originally posted on In Gaza:
A Syrian friend messaged me, his voice barely coherent in his grief, mourning the murder of his 10 year old cousin in al-Foua, northern Syria. Eva, I lost my cousin today, in al-Foua. His name was Najeb Ahmad hallak. The terrorists killed him, he was just 10 years old. They…
16th February 2016 Statement prepared for the UN Human Rights Commission on behalf of Yemen by Sheba Rights. Yemen: The Endlessly Forgotten War. Saudi-led Coalition Cluster Bombs The Rain of Death for Yemeni Civilians Article 1, Convention on Cluster Munitions “An obligation never to use, produce, transfer or stockpile cluster munitions. It…
Originally posted on SHIFT magazine:
By Cory Morningstar Jay Taber is an associate scholar of the Center for World Indigenous Studies, a contributing editor of Fourth World Journal, and a featured columnist at IC Magazine. Since 1994, he has served as communications director at Public Good Project, a volunteer network of researchers, analysts and activists…
14th February 2016 Written by Vanessa Beeley for American Herald Tribune Former US Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford has a career path that lends itself to speculation as to how big a role he has played in the creation of the US NATO alliance death squads that have been marauding across Syria. While he…
14th February 2016 The situation in the terrorist besieged villages of Kafarya & Foua is worsening. Since the full siege began in March 2015 the UN has only succeeded in sending in one fuel delivery, a meagre 10,000 Litres that finally got through to the Idlib villages in January 2016. These photos that…
13th February 2016 Published in SANA SANA-President Bashar al-Assad gave the following interview to AFP News Agency on the developments in Syria and the region: Journalist: Mr. President, we would like to thank you for taking the time to answer our questions in these crucial moments in the history of Syria and the region.…
12th February 2016 While the sun seems to never set on the Madaya propaganda, Kafarya and Foua remains in the media shade. Still barely mentioned in mainstream media, the residents of Kafarya and Foua continue their daily struggles of a life under NATO backed terrorist siege. The precarious ceasefire that has been broken many times…
11th February 2016 Another report directly from Aleppo, countering the escalating US NATO propaganda. “President Assad is not exterminating his people. I’m still alive, and no one said a word to me. If something bad happened to me in the near future, it would be because of the terrorists’ policy of extermination. I’m living…
Originally posted on What's Left:
Seeing the government in Damascus as too far to the left, Washington has been trying to orchestrate a regime change in Syria since at least 2003 February 9, 2016 By Stephen Gowans Documents prepared by US Congress researchers as early as 2005 revealed that the US government was actively…
10th February 2016 Written by Vanessa Beeley for the American Herald Tribune Exceptionalism: the condition of being different from the norm; also: a theory expounding the exceptionalism especially of a nation or region. There are many theories surrounding the origin of American exceptionalism. The most popular in US folklore, being that it describes America’s unique character…
The Wall Will Fall 