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Western Corporate Media ‘Disappears’ over 1.5 Million Syrians and 4,000 Doctors

By Eva Bartlett on August 14, 2016

Dabeet Maternity hospital after it suffered a direct hit from Western-backed terrorists in Aleppo, photo: Eva Bartlett

Dabeet Maternity hospital after it suffered a direct hit from Western-backed terrorists in Aleppo, photo: Eva Bartlett

As the Syrian Arab Army and Syrian government make more significant advances in restoring security to northern Syria’s Aleppo and its population, war-propagandizing human rights groups posing as neutral, and Western media (and Gulf counterparts like Al Jazeera) churn out recycled and debunked accusations anew. (more…)

Olympic Tensions Offer a Window into Lebanese History

By Denijal Jegić on August 10, 2016

The beginning of this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was marked by a now widely publicized situation in which Lebanese athletes refused to share the same bus with their Israeli counterparts before the opening ceremony. (more…)

Syrian Endgame: The Battle for Aleppo and ‘Plan C’

By Tim Anderson on August 4, 2016

The battle for Aleppo has forced the al Qaeda groups into their desperate last stand, as the Washington-driven proxy war on Syria moves into its final stages. The liberation of Aleppo will be the beginning of the end. (more…)

Bilal Kayed Enters 52nd Day of Hunger Strike; Hundreds of Prisoners Join Him

August 5, 2016

As Bilal Kayed enters his 52nd day of hunger strike shackled to his hospital bed, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are now on an open hunger strike demanding Kayed’s freedom and an end to administrative detention and repressive attacks on Palestinians in Israeli prisons. (more…)

PKK Makes an Urgent Call to Form a Democratic Bloc in Turkey

July 26, 2016.

The Executive Committee of the Workers’ Party of Kurdistan (PKK) has issued a written statement saying that the current political party of Turkey won’t bring a solution the needs of the country nor its democratization. (more…)

‘Western Media Part of Political Elite, will Never Report Syrian Massacre by US-led Forces’

July 30, 2016

Syria has appealed to the UN, claiming that 45 civilians were killed and 50 injured in US-led airstrikes outside the city of Manbij near Aleppo on Thursday. Following the strike, US Central Command (CENTCOM) admitted the airstrikes “may have resulted in civilian casualties,” but did not provide a figure, pending an investigation. (more…)

Israeli Forces Demolish Bedouin Village of al-Araqib for the 101st time

On July 27, 2016

Israeli forces demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev region of southern Israel for the 101st time on Wednesday morning, locals told Ma’an. (more…)

Protesters at DNC Demand Freedom for Political Prisoners and Justice for Palestine

July 28, 2016

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Photos: Joe Catron and Bill Doares

Temple University Students for Justice in Palestine organized an SJP Ona MOVE contingent that focused on the liberation of political prisoners, both Palestinian political prisoners and on political prisoners in US jails, including Mumia Abu-Jamal and the MOVE 9. (more…)

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