latest a complete list of every article on OffG in descending date order
Question: When does a “rebel” become a “fighter”…?
Answer…when Reuters “gets a call from the State department”… Courtesy of Adam Johnson on Twitter
The idiotic image of ISIS: are we losing our critical thinking?
Does anyone remember the bizarre stories that began circulating in the mainstream press in the summer of 2014 and into early 2015, alleging that certain of ISIS' infamous snuff...
UN watchdog: ISIS using mustard gas in Iraq and Syria
Photo Getty The Globe and Mail reports: Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used during fighting in Syria in August, according to a report by an...
The hidden origins of the Syrian civil war
Still from the video below, allegedly from the early days of the Syrian uprising and showing unarmed riot police being shot at, and hit, from gunfire from the protesters’...
Russian plane crash shows US/UK losing their grip along with their terrorist narrative
So, it’s official. The UK/US are losing their grip along with their terrorist narrative. Their straw-grasping and agenda-hyping has reached critical mass preceding meltdown. It’s anyone’s guess what new...
Breaking: Syrian army routs ISIS, reopens road to Aleppo
Trucks loaded with supplies move to Aleppo in the past hour after the highway linking it to Hama was cleared from ISIS control. Syrian republic reports: The SAA has...
On targeting hospitals in Syria
A truck bomb explodes at the National Hospital in Jisr al-Shughur, Syria, after a daytime attack by anti-government rebels on May 10 2015. . The Wall Will Fall, a...
Russia, Syrian “patriotic” opposition agree on joint action against ISIS, Nusra front
Opposition fighters at the frontline on the outskirts of Kfar Lata, a ghost village in the Idlib province countryside of Syria, in October 2013. Photo AP. Sputnik International reports:...
Ukraine: Right Sector threatens military force to stop elections in Mariupol
Right Sector in Mariupol: “Here to defend Ukraine, not elections”. Photo Jerome Sessini. On October 25, Bloomberg Business reported: Local elections in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol, a key...
Ukraine: “Automaidan” activists picket Poroshenko’s residence
Automaidan activists on their way to Poroshenko’s residence yesterday. 24Today reports: On Sunday, November 1, the activists of “Automaidan” came under the walls of the house of the president...
Syria: “Moderate rebels” put women in cages to protect themselves from airstrikes (updated w/ video)
Al Masdar News reports: In order to deter the Syrian and Russian Air Forces inside the East Ghouta (collection of farms) region of rural Damascus, the U.S. backed moderate...
Ukraine: Protests in Dnipropetrovsk after arrest of party leader
Today’s UKROP demonstration in Dnipropetrovsk (above) was held under heavy security presence (below). Gazeta reports: The candidate for mayor of Dnipropetrovsk, member of the UKROP party Boris Filatov announced...
In Prague You Get Assaulted For Defending Refugees
by Andre Vltchek When respected philosophers get attacked in the middle of the street, you know that something is going terribly wrong with the nation. The Czech Republic (and...
UN’s Ban Ki-Moon Condemns Western ‘Assad Must Go’ Demand
Children in Syria Sputnik International reports: The Western demand that Syria’s Assad must step down is irresponsible and has resulted in millions of refugees, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said....
Breaking: ISIS claims downing Russian passenger plane in Sinai (updated)
F1ea1337 on Twitter: Islamic State in Sinai (Wilayah Sinai) officially claim responsibility for shooting down Russian plane [screen capture above]. China Xinhua News reports: Breaking: #IS claims responsibility for...
Video: Iraqi Sunnis escape ISIS-held areas
Still from video below. Iraqi blogger Haidar Sumeri writes in Baiji District Recaptured by Iraq’s Forces in Rapid Offensive: […] upon hearing that Iraqi forces had recaptured Baiji, a...
Five things Netflix’ documentary on Maidan doesn’t tell you about Ukraine
by Pedro Marin from New Cold War.org The following article was originally published by Revista Opera (Brazil) on October 10, 2015. Translation to English by New Cold War.org. An...
“ISIS inc” – The FT gives us the lowdown
A recent piece in the Financial Times called “ISIS inc” sets about trying to explain exactly how this ragtag group of a couple of thousand Wahhabis has somehow resisted...
Iraq Rebuffs Washington, Rejecting US Ground Troops
by Vaska Baghdad has not asked — and does not need — United States ground troops to assist it in its fight against Islamic State in Iraq, Saad Haithi,...
