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Breaking: ISIL Financed by 40 Countries, Syria opposition ready to fight alongside Russia – Putin
Sputnik International reports: Putin said at the G20 summit that Russia has presented examples of terrorism financing by individual businessmen from 40 countries, including from member states of the...
Vienna talks: Iran nixed Assad ouster clause in joint statement
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. Photo AFP. Iran’s Press TV reports: Iran says it opposed the inclusion of a clause that...
Raqqa airstrikes in Syria: How reporting changes
how reporting changes after learning it was French, not Russian, airstrikes [today against the city of Raqqa, ISIS’ capital, in Syria] h/t to Adam Johnson on Twitter
Labour shadow minister says willing to trash international law in service of Empire
Lord Falconer, Labour Shadow Justice Minister, who served under Tony Blair and is therefore no stranger to war crimes, has, according to the Guardian, said Labour may be willing...
The Vienna agreement that no one seems to have noticed…
On the day after the Vienna talks, and the announcement of a tentative agreement between the US and Russia over the Syrian crisis, this was the front page of...
Media Turn Civilian ISIS Victims in Beirut Into Hezbollah Human Shields
By Ben Norton When civilians are killed, media reaction is often contingent upon who did the killing and why. Instead of blanketly condemning such attacks, the bombing of civilians...
AFP: Mass grave of ‘Yazidi women executed by ISIS’ found in Iraq
A mass grave site in Khana Sor, Iraq, where ISIS militants executed and buried fleeing Yazidis. Photo Yusuf Sayman/BuzzFeed News Lebanon’s The Daily Start reports, quoting AFP: IRBIL, Iraq:...
CodePink Delegation to Palestine
by David William Pear from OpEdNews.com A delegation of 23 members of the women’s peace activist group CodePink just returned from a 9 day tour of Palestine. I was...
The Paris Attacks: how will the Empire strike back?
According to RT, ISIS, or someone calling themselves ISIS, are now claiming responsibility for the Paris attacks. Since it’s pretty much established by now that ISIS is both a...
AFP: Syria army scores key victories ahead of Vienna talks
Agence France Presse reports: Damascus (AFP) – Syria’s army scored its second important victory in two days ahead of international talks in Vienna, but the US warned a deal...
The droning of Jihadi John: another blockbuster for our delectation
by BlackCatte The corporate media – that has been studiously ignoring all the reports of Syrian army victories in recent days – has put out the bunting today, because...
Report: Saudi Arabia stuck in quagmire in Yemen
Press TV reports: Some eight months into the deadly Saudi war against Yemen, the Riyadh regime now seems stuck in a quagmire, without a clear strategy to end the...
Opinion: ISIL and its supporters must face international trial
An image released by ISIL in Iraq. Vladimir Platov writes in Neo Eastern Outlook: International media has been actively discussing the recent publication of the British edition of Mirror Online featuring shocking footage...
7 Years in Jail for “taunting a police dog”. Yes, seriously.
by Kit A professional (American) football player is “under investigation” for “taunting a police dog” according to the BBC. Ray-Ray Armstrong, a line-backer for the Oakland Raiders of the...
Breaking: Israeli air force attacks near Damascus airport, reports
by Systematic Still from the video below. Press TV reports: Israeli warplanes have struck targets near the international airport in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Syrian media says. The reports said...
Al Jazeera: Free Syrian Army decimated by desertions
Weapons used by the Free Syrian Army are seen at the Seif El Dawla neighbourhood of Syria’s south west city of Aleppo August 23, 2012. Reuters Al Jazeera reports:...
Syrian army breaks 2 year ISIL siege of airbase in Aleppo
Free at last: One of the 300+ soldiers inside Kuweires military airbase after the Syrian army lifted the IS siege. RT reports: Elite Syrian army units have broken the...
Jonathan Jones in the Guardian tells us arson is ok when you do it to Russians
The Guardian’s “Let’s Hate Russia” crusade, like the old Windmill Theatre, never closes. It’s a 24/7 op and needs a constant supply of attack pieces to keep those fires...
Opinion: US not interested in defeating ISIS
An ISIS propaganda point in Mosul, Iraq. RT interviews Sharmine Narwani, a commentator and analyst of Middle East geopolitics: RT: There are more than 60 countries in the coalition...
Dark Humor: Western Media Makes Light of Political Repression in Ukraine
by Eric Daitser from New Eastern Outlook Political repression and violence are allegedly incompatible with Western liberal democratic values. Respect for human rights, freedom of expression, and protection of...
