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Silence in the Media after Western Backed Terrorists Massacre of Idlib’s Foua Civilians

By Eva Bartlett on April 16, 2017

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There are apparently no ‘red lines’ when it comes to the documented terrorism of death squads in Syria, be they the Free Syrian Army (FSA, who committed some of the most heinous massacres of Syrian civilians in 2011, in 2012, in 2013…), (more…)

‘The Resistance’ That Doesn’t Resist War

By Dan Kovalik on April 12, 2017

Simultaneously with Trump’s Inauguration, the liberal “opposition” announced the beginning of “The Resistance” against Trump’s openly racist and xenophobic reign. (more…)

Joint Report Estimates 509 Palestinians Were Arrested in March 2017

April 10, 2017

Four Palestinian institutions concerned with prisoners and human rights, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission, issued their monthly report on Sunday, 9 April covering the situation in March 2017. (more…)

Is US Policy to Prolong the Syrian War?

By Sam Husseini on April 7, 2017

Many are claiming that Trump is being inconsistent in illegally attacking the Syrian regime with cruise missiles.

After all, he had been saying the U.S. should focus on defeating ISIS, and now he seems to be going after Assad. But contradictions from Trump are a dime a dozen. (more…)

100,000 Protest Saudi led War against Yemen

March 27, 2017

Tens of thousands of Yemenis have rallied in the capital, Sanaa, to mark the second anniversary of a war between a Saudi-led military coalition and rebels who had overthrown the government. (more…)

Bolivia UN Envoy on Syria Attack: ‘History Teaches Us That US Lies to Justify Wars’

April 7, 2017

Lambasting the United States’ aggression against Syria, Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations, Sacha Llorenti compared the basis for the unilateral move to former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell’s infamous 2003 presentation (more…)

The Escalating War on Syria and Need for International Law

By Rick Sterling on April 7, 2017

On Tuesday 4 April there were reports of children and other civilians killed by chemical poisoning in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Syria. There were contradictory reports, some saying they smelled the gas; others claiming it caused immediate death like odorless sarin. (more…)

No to the Aggression against Syria

April 7, 2017

Statement by the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity, Argentinean Human Right League and Carioca Committee in Solidarity with Cuba. (more…)

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