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Breaking: Iraqi soldiers fighting ISIS killed in US airstrike – Iraq MP (3 updates, w/video)

A US airstrike in Iraq. Update 1: AP reports: Iraq says coalition air strike kills or wounds 10 soldiers...

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Portrait of a Backstabbing Pasha

by James Petras, Get Smart, December 16, 2016 What Makes Recep Run? The Making of a Modern Pasha Erdoğan began...

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The Free Syrian Army Christmas VIDEO

 Syria – The Terrorists get ammunition for Christmas !! A song plays as they amuse themselves with their presents...

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Photos from Syria: Life in Homs

 Eva Bartlett, a Gazan writer and photographer, posts from Homs in Syria :   Old Homs: destroyed shops and...

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Kerry in Moscow: US accepts Russian demands on future of Syria

A demonstration in Damascus in support of the Russian military intervention in Syria. AP reports: MOSCOW (AP) — U.S....

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AUDIO: US-Russia Talks on Syria; Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meets in Zhengzhou

Eric Draitser of Stop Imperialism appears on CPR News (Dec. 15, 2015) to discuss the latest talks between US Secretary...

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What Stinks in Saudi Ain’t the Camel Dung

by F. William Engdahl, December 8, 2015 In recent weeks one nation after another is falling over themselves, literally,...

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Turkish MP: Chemical agent sarin smuggled from Turkey to ISIS (w/video)

Still from the video below. RT reports: Islamic State terrorists in Syria received all necessary materials to produce deadly...

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U.S. May Be Salvaging Victory for Jihadists in Syria: How & Why

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org According to Britain’s Telegraph, in a recent report, the U.S. Tow antitank missiles that...

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Ukraine: Brawl in parliament, PM Yatsenyuk manhandled (w/video)

Gazeta reports: The Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk was grabbed by the testicles during the annual government report...

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Putin: 5,000 FSA militants fighting alongside Syrian army

Free Syrian Army fighters. Photo Reuters. RFERL reports on its “Tracking Islamic State” live blog: […] 11:57 Here’s a...

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Largest “moderate” group in Syria calls for “an Islamic state” in country, Sharia law imposed in Northern Aleppo

Ahrar Al-Sham militants in Syria. Al Masdar News reports: The largest Islamist rebel faction operating in Syria – Harakat...

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Mock executions, the West’s new moral high ground in Syria

US liberal media outlet Mic and Western MSM in general are now promoting a mock execution by “moderate rebels”...

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Ukraine’s Nazi Government Tries to Sell Stolen Art

by Eric Zuesse On December 7th, the Netherlands Times  headlined “Ukrainian Secret Service Accused of Trading in Stolen Dutch...

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Syria: FSA and Al Nusra militants bussed out of Homs city

Still from the video below Al Masdar News reports: Moments ago inside the provincial capital of the Homs Governorate,...

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Syria: Turkish-backed Islamists attack US-backed militants

Syrian landscape. Al Masdar News reports: Two years ago, U.S. Senator John McCain illegally entered Syria to meet with...

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Iraq wants review or annulment of security agreement with US

A Russian attack helicopter at the service of the Iraqi army. RT reports: “The Iraqi parliament’s Security and Defense...

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Video: Protests in Kiev as US VP Biden visits

Still from the video below. Protesters rallied in front of Ukraine’s Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada [as US VP Joe...

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But Ankara, we got a (huge) problem

by Pepe Escobar Originally published as What’s Erdogan’s Game in Syria and Turkey, December 7, 2015 The — predictable...

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US, Saudis consider partnering with Al-Qaeda ally

The ultimate Orwellism? Screenshot of the title of Foreign Policy’s report quoted below. Sputnik International reports: The world’s major...

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