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Thwarting the “Zika Virus Threat” in America? Aerial Deployment of Dangerous Pesticides By James F. Tracy, September 14 2016

Major Western news media’s coverage of the alleged dangers posed by the Zika virus and “preventative” measures mandated by overreaching federal agencies is a textbook example of censorship by omission, intentional oversight of facts, and deference to questionable “expert” authority

Cutting the Cords of Empire: The Spectacle of US Elections By William Hawes, September 14 2016

“The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist.” -Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle

It’s almost time for our quadrennial political distraction, masquerading as the US presidential election. As opposed to previous elections, this one …

Israel’s Bogus Civil War By Jonathan Cook, September 14 2016

Is Israel on the verge of civil war, as a growing number of Israeli commentators suggest, with its Jewish population deeply riven over the future of the occupation?

On one side is a new peace movement, Decision at 50, stuffed

Fukushima Backlash Hits Japan Prime Minister. Fukushima is NOT under Control By Robert Hunziker, September 14 2016

Nuclear power may never recover its cachet as a clean energy source, irrespective of safety concerns, because of the ongoing saga of meltdown 3/11/11 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Over time, the story only grows more horrific, painful, deceitful.

Fooled Again: “The Naive Hopes of Bernie Sanders’ Supporters… to Push Hillary Clinton to the Left” By Chris Hedges, September 14 2016

The naive hopes of Bernie Sanders’ supporters—to build a grass-roots political movement, change the Democratic Party from within and push Hillary Clinton to the left—have failed. Clinton, aware that the liberal class and the left are not going to mount

Another 9/11 Intrigue: Dick Cheney, John Yoo, and “Continuity in Government” (COG) Measures on 9/11 By Prof Peter Dale Scott, September 14 2016

In 1993 I wrote a book, Deep Politics and the Death of JFK, in which I said at the outset I was not going to try to solve the mystery of JFK’s murder but to examine the politics of it.

Ante Upped on Bayer Monsanto Merger – Billions on the Table By Brandon Turbeville, September 14 2016

The possibility of a merger between German pharmaceutical and chemical company Bayer AG and multinational seed and pesticide corporation Monsanto Co. has just increased with the recent rounds of discussions between the two companies.

Having been in discussion regarding Bayer’s …

Syria: New Ceasefire Attempt. Russia Continues to Strike Terrorist Forces, Israeli Air Strikes in Support of Al Qaeda By South Front, September 13 2016

The nationwide ceasefire in Syria concluded by Russia and the United States began at 16:00 GMT on September 12. Chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy said that the Russian Aerospace Forces will continue

Henry Kissinger: Balkanized and Broken-Up Syria “Best Possible Outcome” By Jurriaan Maessen, September 13 2016

Note: We bring to the attention of our readers this article originally published in June 2013

In a very recent presentation at the Ford School, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger commented on the current Syrian situation, expressing his preference

Selected Articles: False Flag Terror Has Consistently Succeeded To Compel War By Global Research News, September 13 2016
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False Flag Terror “Has Succeeded Consistently Against Audiences Around The World, For Millennia, To Compel War”

By Washington’s Blog, September 13 2016

Presidents, Prime Ministers, Congressmen, Generals, Spooks, Soldiers and Police ADMIT to False Flag Terror In the following

Russian Troops take up Positions in Aleppo, Jihadis given Ultimatum By Alexander Mercouris, September 13 2016

Russia’s official news agency TASS has confirmed that Russian troops are taking positions along the Aleppo road – the main road leading into Aleppo from the north, which was captured by the Syrian army in July.

BREAKING: Israeli Warplane and Drone Shot Down over Golan Heights by Syrian Air Defences By Vanessa Beeley, September 13 2016

News is coming in of a statement from the Syrian Military Command, claiming that Syrian air defenses have brought down an Israeli warplane and drone illegally entering Syrian airspace in Quneitra.  Quneitra is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of …

Election Reflections 2016: Health Matters, Are Clinton and Trump Fit for Office? Failed Policies and the Socialist Imperative By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 13 2016

Clinton and Trump represent the same class interests diametrically opposed to the majority. 

It has been a decade-and-a-half since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Consequently, the corporate media was filled over

Chile’s 1973 Coup and Barack Obama’s Selective Memory on 9/11 By Arnold August, September 13 2016

Obama, referring to the military coup in Chile, stated in 2011 that we should not be “trapped by our history.”

At the September 11, 2016 ceremony, President Barack Obama remembered and honored the victims of terrorism. However, what was Obama’s

Syrian Army Advancing in Latakia against Al Qaeda, Russian Air Support By South Front, September 13 2016

On September 9, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the Desert Hawks Brigade, the Syrian Marines and and Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) started a full-scale advance on Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham (formerly Jabhat Al Nusra) and Jaish al-Fatah terrorists in the

US Citizens Can’t Sue Saudis for Perpetrating 9/11, but Can Sue Iranians Who Had Nothing to Do With It: Obama By Robert Barsocchini, September 13 2016

Update to the situation covered in the below video report by Washington’s Blog:

Since the video was made, the House and Senate have unanimously passed an act that could make it possible for US 9/11 victims to sue Saudis …

False Flag Terror “Has Succeeded Consistently Against Audiences Around The World, For Millennia, To Compel War” By Washington's Blog, September 13 2016

Presidents, Prime Ministers, Congressmen, Generals, Spooks, Soldiers and Police ADMIT to False Flag Terror

In the following instances, officials in the government which carried out the attack (or seriously proposed an attack) admit to it, either orally, in writing, or

Damascus, A Creative City, Remains Strong and Glorious in Preserving its Cultural Heritage By Jamila Assi, September 13 2016

Bending the will to celebrate life and beauty in a city like Damascus is something that six years of war was not able to achieve; not even 600 years of war would do it.

It is no secret to anyone …

Fifteen Years Later, Physics Journal Concludes All Three WTC Towers Collapsed on 9/11 Due to Controlled Demolition By Jay Syrmopoulos, September 13 2016

Over the past 15 years many highly respected academics and experts have come forward to challenge the official narrative on the collapse of the WTC towers forwarded by the U.S. government. The official government position holds that the collapse of

The Global Ecology, Economic Growth and Pollution: What Humans Are Really Doing to Our Planet… By Michael McCutcheon, September 13 2016

Last week, Pope Francis and church officials encouraged everyone to consume less and think more about our impact on the environment.

It’s a timely warning because the next six months will be critical to our future.

Ahead of a series …

September 11, 2001: 9/11, the Day the Laws of Physics were Suspended. We Were Told “People Hating our Freedoms, attacked the Centers of American power” By Jack Mullen, September 13 2016

September eleventh, two thousand & one, was a very strange day. Of course we are told, enemies, hostile to Americans, people hating our Freedoms, attacked various locations near the heart and control centers of American power, New York City and

U.K. Police State? Prime Minister May’s Surveillance Bill Is Chilling, Human Rights Nightmare By Michelle Stanistreet, September 13 2016

When my union, the National Union of Journalists, has been campaigning about secret state surveillance it has often felt like we are boxing with shadows.
No member of the public is allowed to know the extent of the types of

Brazil Coup Plotter Eduardo Cunha Impeached in Lower House By Telesur, September 13 2016

Former president of the chamber of deputies and mastermind of President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, Eduardo Cunha, lost his seat in the lower house Monday night that had so far given him immunity against judicial proceedings over corruption charges.

Representatives voted …

Diagnosed with Pneumonia: What Happens If Hillary Clinton Has To Drop Out? By Zero Hedge, September 13 2016

Hillary Clinton’s doctor now says the Democratic presidential candidate, 68, was officially diagnosed with pneumonia sometime on Friday, and has been campaigning with the serious respiratory illness for a week, leading to her “medical episode” at Sunday morning’s September

Fifteen Years After 9/11, Perpetual “War on Terror” Continues Unabated. Afghanistan Did Not Attack America on 9/11 By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, September 13 2016

Fifteen years ago, 19 men committed suicide and took more than 3,000 people with them. The 9/11 attacks constituted crimes against humanity and should have been treated as such, with investigations and prosecutions of those who helped plan and finance

Selected Articles: Welcome to Your Delusional Democracy By Global Research News, September 12 2016
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Welcome to Your Delusional Democracy

By Joel S. Hirschhorn, September 11 2016

For some years I have used the term “delusional democracy” to describe the condition of the US .  It seemed obvious to me that the vast majority

CIA Continues Cover up of Involvement in Chile’s 9/11 Military Coup By Telesur, September 12 2016
Though intelligence documents from the 1973 coup period have been declassified since 1999, the CIA continues to censor them.

The CIA continues to withhold information on its involvement in the Sept. 11, 1973 coup that led to the death of

Presidential Debates: 76 Percent of Americans Want Four-Person Debates: Clinton, Johnson, Trump, Stein, Why Are Establishment Elites Preventing It By Kevin Zeese, September 12 2016

A recent USA Today poll found 76% of voters want debates with four candidates including not just the two most hated candidates in history, the Republican and Democratic nominees and their vice presidential running mates, but Jill Stein and Ajamu

Fire Did NOT Cause Collapse of Third WTC Building on 9/11 By Washington's Blog, September 12 2016

Today, the Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks – a PhD in structural engineering (Leroy Hulsey) – publicly announced that fire did NOT bring down World Trade Center building

Transforming a Country into “Collateral Damage”: US Cluster Bombs Killed Children for Decades in Laos, and Now Yemen By William Boardman, September 12 2016

The preposterous ironies of President Obama’s unapologetic visit to Laos on September 6 have not yet generated the attention they deserve, but they provide an excellent measure of the self-righteousness of the monstrous continuity of American violence inflicted on the

The Untold Financial Story of 9/11: Bailing Out Alan Greenspan’s Legacy. Billions of Financial Dealings by the Fed in Immediate Wake of 9/11 By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, September 12 2016

Today marks the 15th Anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and yet the American public remains in the dark about critical details of hundreds of billions of dollars of financial dealings by the Federal Reserve in the

Videos Show Clinton Fainting During “Medical Episode” At 9/11 Ceremony By Zero Hedge, September 12 2016

Update 2: It appears the next plan from the Clinton Campaignb is to remove all evidence that it ever happened…

 Update: The following clips show the moment of Hillary’s “medical episode” resulting from the “blistering” 79 degree heat …

Why the Syrian People Won’t Accept a Deal to Remove Assad By John Wight, September 12 2016

Once again a plan for democratic transition in Syria has been drawn up by a coalition of opposition groups meeting in London, supported by the usual suspects in the shape of Turkey, the EU, US, and Gulf States. It is

BBC Quietly Owns Up To Blatant Propaganda Lies To Galvanize Public Support for Bombing Syria By Craig Murray, September 12 2016

Nine months after a massive propaganda campaign based on outright lies, the BBC quietly sneaked out an admission on its website tucked away in “corrections and complaints”. As the BBC went all out to galvanise support for bombing Syria,

According to Russian Intelligence The Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh) is Financed from 40 Countries. Putin By RT, September 12 2016

President Vladimir Putin says [November 2015] he’s shared Russian intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his G20 colleagues: the terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member states.

During the summit, “I provided examples

Jill Stein’s Statement On 9/11: Stein/Baraka Campaign Call for a New 9/11 Inquiry By Jill Stein, September 12 2016

Fifteen years ago the world reacted in horror as more than 3,000 individuals were murdered. We honor those victims, and the heroic first responders of that day.

The same day the Green Party issued a statement calling for this act …

Reckless Security Firm Hired to Protect Dakota Pipeline Company Has Dark Past in Palestine By Sarah Lazare, September 12 2016

When the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe mobilized thousands to protect their land and water in Cannon Ball, North Dakota from a proposed $3.8 billion crude-oil pipeline, they were met with national guard deployments, police crackdowns, an FBI investigation

Story Changes Again, Now Hillary’s Doctor Claims She Has Pneumonia By Zero Hedge, September 12 2016

Having stated that her coughing fit last week was due to her suffering from seasonal allergies, and that this morning’s fainting episode was due to ‘overheating’, the Clinton campaign now once again changed the constantly changing narrative, releasing a shocking …

India: We Must Reclaim Our Freedom from Monsanto Like We Did From the British By Dr. Vandana Shiva, September 12 2016

Later this month I will be travelling to England, to take part in the ‘One Earth One Humanity One Future’ festival in Oxford, which will celebrate 50 years of the UK’s flagship environmental magazine, Resurgence.

This ‘Resurgence 50’ festival

Racism and the 1971 Attica Rebellion: George Jackson and the Revolutionary Prison Movement By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 11 2016

In looking at the heroic seizure of Attica Prison on September 9, 1971, we must acknowledge the real purpose of the prison system in the United States. The millions who remain incarcerated, paroled and supervised by the so-called correctional institutions

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Libya: Fresh Islamic State (ISIS, Daesh) Attacks Delay Liberation of Sirte By Tom Westcott, September 11 2016

Islamic State fighters launch a new round of suicide attacks as government allied forces battle to liberate the Libyan town of Sirte

Sirte, LIBYA – With Islamic State (IS) forces now carrying out attacks outside Sirte, the final offensive to

Crimea Cannot Be Returned to Ukraine. Czech President By South Front, September 11 2016

Crimea cannot be returned to Ukraine, Czech President Milos Zeman said on Friday, answering readers’ questions in the Parlamentni Listy newspaper.

“An annexation means breaching international agreements, and it is doubtless that agreements guaranteeing Ukraine’s territorial integrity were breached,” …

EU Food and Farming Regulator (EFSA) Creates ‘Plant Health’ Loophole for Banned Weedkillers By Oliver Tickell, September 11 2016

The EU’s food and farming safety regulator is trying to create a ‘back door’ system to licence the use of herbicides that have been banned for their toxic impacts on people and wildlife – under a clearly inapplicable ‘plant health’

Why I Don’t Speak of 9/11 Anymore By Edward Curtin, September 11 2016

Tuesday, September 11, 2001, was a non-teaching day for me.  I was home when the phone rang at 9 A.M.  It was my daughter, who was on a week’s vacation with her future husband.  “Turn on the TV,” she said.  

Fifteen Years After 9/11, Never Ending War… By Alex Emmons, September 11 2016

In the days  after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when Congress voted to authorize military force against the people who “planned, authorized, committed, or aided” the hijackings, few Americans could have imagined the resulting manhunt would span from West

Inside Saudi Arabia’s Yemen “War Rooms”. Saudi Forces Target Civilians… By Annie Slemrod, September 11 2016

Allowed rare access to the Saudi military’s targeting cells, IRIN Middle East editor Annie Slemrod is presented with an anodyne operation that couldn’t be further from the horror on the ground in Yemen.

“Our position is extremely strong,” said Lieutenant …

New US B61-12 “Smart” Nuclear Bomb Gets “Green Light” By Len Ackland, September 11 2016

The most controversial nuclear bomb ever planned for the U.S. arsenal – some say the most dangerous, too – has received the go-ahead from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.

The agency announced on Aug. 1 that the …

The War Economy: CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Warns about Job Loss If US Stops Arming Saudi Arabia By Michael Krieger, September 11 2016

Ladies and gentlemen, it appears the long anticipated moment of peak mainstream media stupidity may have finally arrived.

This is what passes for journalism in America today.

The Intercept reports:

 Sen. Rand Paul’s expression of opposition to a $1.1 billion
Stop the US Federal Reserve Before It Kills Again By Mike Whitney, September 11 2016

Why has the Fed created incentives for US corporations to loot their companies and drive them deeper into debt?

Despite four consecutive quarters of negative earnings, weak demand and anemic sales, US corporations continue to load up on debt, buy …

Welcome to Your Delusional Democracy By Joel S. Hirschhorn, September 11 2016

For some years I have used the term “delusional democracy” to describe the condition of the US .  It seemed obvious to me that the vast majority of Americans have deliberately chosen to fool themselves.  They have been brainwashed to

Who is Osama bin Laden? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 11 2016

This war article was written fifteen years ago on September 11-12, 2001, and was published on Global Research on the evening of September 12.  It was subsequently incorporated in my book: America’s “War on Terrorism”, first edition 2002. It recounts

US Proxies and Regional Rivalries By Prof. James Petras, September 11 2016

US empire building depends on regional regimes’ support, especially in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.  These proxy regimes fulfill valuable military roles securing control over neighboring regions, populations and territory.

In recent times, however, we witness the same 

9/11: Fifteen Years Of “A Transparent Lie”. “Washington’s Explanation of 9/11 is a Conspiracy Theory” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 11 2016

There are many conspiracy theories about 9/11. The US government’s own explanation of 9/11 is a conspiracy theory in which a few Saudi Arabians outwitted the American national security state. Little doubt that many of the more imaginative conspiracy theories

U.S. Caves In to Russia on Syria: Washington Won’t Continue Protecting Al Qaeda By Eric Zuesse, September 11 2016

On Friday, September 9th, America’s Secretary of State John Kerry, and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, came to an agreement on Syria, for the second time. (The previous agreement fell apart). Like the first ‘cease-fire’, this one concerns the ongoing

US-Asia Geopolitical Realignment: Major US-India Defense Agreement, US Militarization of Asia-Pacific, Erosion of India’s National Sovereignty By Niloufer Bhagwat, September 11 2016

The Logistics Exchange Memorandum Agreement ( LEMOA) signed by the Indian Defense Minister Mohan Parrikar and the Secretary of Defense of the United States on the 29th August 2016 with the lame duck administration of President Obama and on the

Video: The Technologies of Modern Warfare in Syria. Russia’s “Electronic Ears” over Aleppo By J. Hawk, Daniel Deiss, and Edwin Watson, September 11 2016

The information revolution that began with the explosion of computing technology in the 1970s which  has transformed the face of warfare. Whereas in the past wars were waged by sizable military forces which sought decision by closing with the enemy

9/11 Truth, 15 Years Later: Best Evidence or Psy-Op? – On WTC Controlled Demolition Claims By Michael Welch, James Corbett, Mark Robinowitz, and Richard Gage, September 11 2016

“One of the characteristics of 9/11 disinformation a lot of people have a hard time grasping is that much of it is designed specifically to convince people of US government complicity in 9/11. This might seem like a contradiction, until

Was America Attacked by Muslims on 9/11? By David Ray Griffin, September 11 2016
Much of US foreign policy since 9/11 has been based on the assumption that America was attacked by Muslims on 9/11.
9/11: A Conspiracy Theory By James Corbett, September 11 2016

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the 9/11 conspiracy theory in under 5 minutes 

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Hillary Clinton and the Russian Specter: Propaganda Politics at Its Worst.”No, America, it’s not Russia…it’s us.” By Eric Draitser, September 10 2016

General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war?

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No, I don’t think I do, sir, no.

General Jack D. Ripper: He said war was too important to be left to

Defend Peace in Venezuela. Massive Pro-Government Demonstrations in Caracas By Cheryl LaBash, September 10 2016

 The international corporate media reported on a large demonstration in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sept. 1. But there were two demonstrations that day. The one not covered in the U.S. was huge and in support of the progressive government of President

Bystanders look on at the carnage following a suicide car bombing in the Yemeni city of Aden (AFP)
Top CNN Host More Worried About US Defense Revenues Than Dead Civilians in Yemen By Sputnik, September 10 2016

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer has made the startling claim that Rand Paul’s call on the US to stop arming Saudi Arabia is immoral — because the Republican Senator has not taken into account defence contractor job losses.

Senator Paul opposes …

Anti-Iran Terrorists Receive US Training: Report By Press TV, September 10 2016

An anti-Iran Kurdish terrorist group says it has received many rounds of military training from US advisers as well as arms and ammunition from both Washington and European countries.

Hussein Yazdanpanah, the commander of the so-called Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), …

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Censorship on Facebook, in Murdoch’s Footsteps By Jonathan Cook, September 10 2016

The row about Facebook censoring the iconic photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl, Kim Phúc, fleeing a US napalm attack has led to justified outrage. But it is also helping to solidify deeply misguided assumptions about the supposed differences between

War in Donbass on “Russia’s Doorstep”: 3,600 Civilians Killed by Ukrainian Forces and Neo-Nazi Militia since Minsk II Agreement By Theo Russell, September 10 2016

According to figures obtained from the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) authorities, since the February 2015 Minsk II agreement over 3,600 civilians have died in the republic due to shelling, sniper and other attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The …

9-11 Memorial Museum Officials Accept “Truther Art” into Permanent Collection. Anthony Freda By John Massaria, September 10 2016

Film maker John Massaria documents a donation of controversial art work by Anthony Freda which has been accepted by the official curators of the 911 Memorial Museum. The art work is called “Questions” and that’s exactally what artist Anthony Freda

Syria – How Long Will The New Cessation of Hostilities Hold? By Moon of Alabama, September 10 2016

Tonight Russia and the U.S. agreed to some new Cessation of Hostilities (CoH) in Syria.

The general negative points:

  • This CoH, like the first one in February, comes at a moment where the Syrian government forces have an advantage in
CNN Says Al-Qaeda Are “Heroes”. (Who Allegedly Brought Down the WTC Towers on 9/11) By Gearóid Ó Colmáin, September 10 2016

In an interview with Charlie Rose on the 10th of August 2016, CNN’s Middle East “super-correspondent”, Clarissa Ward, said that the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Japhat Al-Nosra (now known as Japhat Fatah Al-Sham) were the only ” heroes” in the mislabeled Syrian Civil

Syria “Transition Plan” Lacks Legitimacy, Turkish Invasion Faces Quagmire By Tony Cartalucci, September 10 2016

The Western media has now repeatedly reported on a so-called “transition plan” unveiled in London by what it calls the “High Negotiations Committee” (HNC) – a group Western media outlets refuse to identify, enumerate, or discuss behind their superficial headlines.

Aleppo, ‘Chemical Attack’ Propaganda and the White Helmet Folly By Vanessa Beeley, September 10 2016

UK Column News anchor Mike Robinson talks to 21WIRE’s Vanessa Beeley in a stunning interview covering the reality on the ground in Aleppo, the truth behind the west’s latest contrived ‘chemical weapons’ propaganda, and the story of the REAL

Selected Articles: September 11, 2001. 9/11 Truth versus the Official Narrative By Global Research News, September 09 2016
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September 11, 2001: The 15th Anniversary of the Crime and Cover-up of the Century

By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, September 07 2016

WTC Building exploding into fine dust (it is not burning down) by pre-planted explosives in an obvious

September 11, 2001: 9/11 Truth, Uncovering Fifteen Years of Deception By Global Research, September 09 2016

Fifteen years have passed since the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001, and there are still many unanswered questions surrounding that fateful day.

In 2011, experts and scientists from around the world gathered in Toronto, Canada to present

Video: Syrian War Report, Iranian Fighters Arrive in Aleppo City, Heavy Losses incurred by Daesh-ISIS By South Front, September 09 2016

September 8, 2016 saw heavy action for the Islamic State in eastern Qalamoun, Damascus. Faylaq al-Rahman, the Alabdo Martyr brigade and the Islamic State exchanged fire near the capital on Thursday. The Islamic State was reported to have lost a

The Villages in Aleppo Ravaged by America’s “Moderate” Rebels By Eva Bartlett, September 09 2016

The northern city of Aleppo has been one of the most greatly misreported-on cities in the Syrian Arab Republic, with Western and Gulf media and NGOs continuously ignoring the realities of life in the city of over 1.5 million civilians,

Evidence that Syria Chemical Weapons Attacks Were “Staged” by Jihadists. UN Team By Robert Parry, September 09 2016

United Nations investigators encountered evidence that alleged chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian military were staged by jihadist rebels and their supporters, but still decided to blame the government for two incidents in which chlorine was allegedly dispersed via improvised

US Sends More Ground Troops to Iraq Ahead of Planned Mosul Invasion By Jason Ditz, September 09 2016

Pentagon officials are confirming that another round of US ground troops has been deployed to Iraq this week, adding to an already substantial number of combat troops in a war that the Obama Administration has repeatedly promised would be “no …

The Globalization of Drone Warfare: Towards a US-Led “International Control Regime” on Armed Drones? By Chris Cole, September 09 2016

The United States has begun moves to develop what amounts to a new international control regime on the proliferation and use of armed drones.  US officials presented details of a ‘Proposed Joint Declaration of Principles for the Export and

More than Fifty Spanish Cities Pass Motion Supporting Palestinian-led BDS, Declaring Themselves ‘Free of Israeli Apartheid’ By BDS Movement, September 09 2016

Cadiz, provincial capital in the autonomous community of Andalusia in the Spanish state, has become the latest municipality to pass a motion supporting the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights and declaring itself an Israeli “Apartheid

Syrian Government Forces Deployed in Outskirts of Aleppo, Al Qaeda Encircled By South Front, September 09 2016

The Syrian army, the National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, have captured the Khan Tuman depots and deployed in the outskirts of this strategic town in southern Aleppo.

The Syrian government …

Israel Starts Home Demolitions in Syrian Golan, Plans Illegal Annexation, Opens “Corridor” for Syrian Al Qaeda By Dr. Christof Lehmann, September 09 2016

Israeli occupation authorities in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, on Wednesday, for the first time demolished a home, claiming it was built without permission. The demolition and claims the house was built without permission violates Israel’s obligations under international law,