As funerals were held for the dead and the wounded filled hospitals, social media and the international press buzzed with the alarming question: Could smartphones be next?
Syria
Alan MacLeod navigates the intricate entanglement between the United States and ISIS-k in the aftermath of the deadly attack on Moscow, revealing surprising connections and consequences.
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A week from the 13th anniversary of the US-backed Syrian dirty war, the American Coalition for Syria held its annual day of advocacy in Washington DC. I went undercover into meetings with Senate policy advisors and witnessed the lobby’s cynical campaign to starve Syria into submission. On the morning of March 7, as the US Capitol teemed with lobbyists securing earmarks ahead of appropriations week and activists decrying the Gaza genocide, one special interest group on the Hill stood out. […]
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Hekmat Aboukhater reveals the concealed agenda of the newly extended Caesar Act, exposing the Israel Lobby's influence and examining the broader impact of sanctions on Syria and the world.
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Israel has bombed three regions in 5 days: Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Little reporting has been seen on this in the media, but one thing is certain: Western politicians from are cheering on Israel’s actions with an eye on drawing Iran into the conflict. Daniel McAdams and Vanessa Beeley break it down.
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In light of renewed protests in Syria, Kit Klarenberg examines files from the Central Crisis Management Cell. Dubbed "The Assad Files" by mainstream media, the files reveal intricate planning and management of Syria's 2011 'revolution' by Western powers.
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US officials suppressed internal assessments that Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing had an “advanced” sarin production cell even as the US publicly blamed the Assad government for a 2013 chemical weapons attack, a report reveals. Leaked documents obtained by The Grayzone show a shadowy British intelligence contractor helped sell the story that Assad was responsible – and nearly triggered Western intervention. On September 13, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) appraisal detailing the chemical […]
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A leaked Pentagon/DIA assessment of the chemical warfare capability of Al Qaeda in Syria, known as al-Nusra, from June 20, 2013.
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