On the Future of the Islamic State
Bill Purkayastha A few days ago, I had a sudden realisation. The West, I understood, had changed tack after Russia’s intervention in Syria. All these days – circa 2012...
Why did Turkey dare shoot down a Russian Plane?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment, November 25, 2015 The Turkish government decision to down a Russian jet operating in the north of the Syrian province of Latakia is breathtaking in...
Video: Syrian soldiers from Kuweires airbase return as heroes
Syrian soldiers reunite with their families today in Tartus. Today, soldiers from the Kuweires airbase got a heroes’ welcome in Tartus, Aleppo, following the base’s recapture on November 10...
America’s Great Lie. Europe’s Great Shame. Russia’s Great Case.
by Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org The West owes Russia a hell of a lot; but what it owes Russia first is a deep apology, and a welcome...
Video: France arming jihadists in Syria since 2011
Photo allegedly showing a French jihadist in Syria sporting a FAMAS assault rifle, the service rifle of the French military. Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on TeleSur (Nov. 18,...
U.S. TV uses Russian airstrike footage to claim U.S. hits on ISIS oil trucks
A still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video showing airstrikes against ISIS oil trucks in Syria. Moon of Alabama writes: […] I have found no video of U.S....
John Pilger: “From Pol Pot to ISIS: The blood never dried”
Following the ISIS outrages in Beirut and Paris, John Pilger updates this prescient essay on the root causes of terrorism and what we can do about it. Part of...
BBC caught throwing facts down the memory hole
by Kit Cast your mind back to 2013, I know it’s been a while, but try. It was a different time. Miley Cyrus was riding a wrecking ball and...
“Moderate Syrian opposition” to meet in… Saudi Arabia
Friday prayers in Saudi Arabia. Photo Fahad Shadeed/Reuters/Corbis Al Arabiya reports: A meeting has been scheduled in Saudi Arabia to bring together moderate Syrian opposition groups, in an...
Syria reports: ISIS-held town rocked by popular unrest
An image purporting to show an anti-ISIS protest in Manbij, Aleppo. (Facebook/Manbij News Press) Lebanon’s Now. reports: BEIRUT – Residents of Syria’s northern Manbij have held an unprecedented set...
France urges US to join anti-ISIS coallition with Russia
RT reports: French President François Hollande is to call for the US to review its strategy in fighting terrorist group Islamic State, arguing that Europe cannot wait for America’s...
Charlie Hebdo: “Now begins a new world war”
Stéphane Charbonnier, aka Charb, director of Charlie Hebdo, assassinated in the terrorist attack of January 2015. Life News reports: Patrick Pelloux [pictured below speaking to Life News], a journalist...
Thierry Meyssan: “The French Republic Taken Hostage”
As part of our challenging the narrative of the “new 9/11” series Thierry Meyssan, of Voltairenet.org, suggests the French public have paid the price for their government’s dangerous politics....
Assad: “Daesh has no incubator in Syria”
Assad and his wife Asma meet with relatives of Syrians killed in the war in early 2015. The President of Syria Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Italian TV...
Russia to West – Drop Assad demands if you want to unite against ISIS
Russian bombers over Syria today. Reuters reports: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the West had to drop its demands about the political exit of Syrian President...
Video: US senator scolds Defense Secretary, top general for not starting war with Russia
Still from the video below. Depraved disciple of Mad John McCain just took crazy to a whole new level. If Mad John McCain is the most disgusting man in...
Video: Russia destroys 100s of ISIS oil trucks in two days (updated)
Al Arabiya News reports: […] “Today a decision was taken according to which Russian warplanes are now flying on a so-called ‘free hunt’ against tanker trucks carrying oil products...
“This is not a Civil War, it is a War of Plunder by NATO, Israel, Turkey, and the Gulf Monarchies”
From Cubainformación, translated by Joshua Tartakovsky Arnaldo Pérez Guerra, Magazine Final Point (revista punto final): Syria lives in an inferno, as the crisis will continue as long as there...
Video: “We are ISIS”
as part of our challenging the narrative of the “new 9/11” series, former US marine Ken O’Keefe comments on the Paris terror attacks for Iran’s Press TV The idea that...
Assad: Departure from president depends on will of Syrians
Gazeta reports: Syrian President Bashar Assad said that the possibility of his resignation from the post of head of state depends solely on the opinion of the Syrian people....
