By Zena Tahhan on January 5, 2017
Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2016 than any other year in the last decade, rights group Defence for Children International (DCI) has said. (more…)
By Tim Anderson on January 6, 2017
Wars are always concluded with political settlements. In the endgame over Syria, Russia has worked directly with Turkey, to agree on orderly evacuations of the NATO-backed terrorist groups from Aleppo and, with Iran, is now engaged in talks on a wider resolution to the failing war on Syria. (more…)
By Niraj Srivastava on December 19, 2016
The first illegal use of NATO to bomb a country was the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia. Photo: Bill Hackwell
Aleppo was liberated on December 15, 2016 when the Syrian Army took control of eastern Aleppo, and the terrorists – mostly belonging to Jihadi groups such as the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front – were evacuated, mainly to Idlib. (more…)
By Rick Sterling on December 30, 2016
The U.S. establishment is not happy. They are not content with largely dominating media narratives on Syria and other critical foreign policy issues; they want total dominance. (more…)
By Carlos Aznárez on December 27, 2016
Photo: Aram News
The behavior of the Israeli government is beyond unpunished. Not only has the Zionist country not complied with any of the UN resolutions throughout the years but now it dares, with complete impudence, (more…)
By Julian Rose on December 22, 2016
We are faced by a shocking fact these days: the profession of journalism, and I speak of mainstream media journalism, has descended into truly toxic levels of printed and broadcast disinformation. (more…)
December 25, 2016
Days after the UN Security Council approved a resolution affirming the illegality of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and called for their construction to cease, reports emerged that Israel is set to approve thousands of new settler units in occupied East Jerusalem. (more…)
By Dennis J Bernstein on December 20, 2016
Eva Bartlett, Photo: Bill Hackwell
It’s rare for Americans to hear any version of the Syrian conflict other than the simplistic accounts favored by the U.S. government and the mainstream news media that rely heavily on rebel sources and their international supporters who often traffic in propaganda. (more…)