Three New Reads – December
Philip Roddis What would you do if stuck in a lift with John Pilger? Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, in a new book reviewed here by Media Lens, quotes...
Is Soleimani murder ‘beginning of the end’ of US imperialism?
Catte Black It’s increasingly clear that – short of QAnon’s wild idea that it’s all about engineering total US withdrawal from the Middle East – no coherent plan was...
How will History Remember Russia’s Role in Syria?
Ahmed al-Khalid The former US Marine Corps Intelligence Officer, and former United Nations Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter puts the question in his article: how will historians come to appreciate...
Who is James Le Mesurier?
Who is James Le Mesurier, former British army officer and private military contractor who founded the White Helmets, the civil defence organisation operating exclusively in opposition-held parts of Syria?...
How We Were Misled about Syria: George Monbiot of The Guardian
George Monbiot is an influential journalist, and his words on Syria over the past seven years will have carried weight in shaping public opinion. Some critical readers, however, have...
