The US is increasingly accelerating the tempo against Syrian government forces, and this doesn’t bode well for US prestige around the world, explains political scientist and author Kaveh Afrasiabi to RT.
Source: ‘US becoming de facto defense shield for Islamic State in Syria’ — RT Op-Edge
US coalition air strikes have killed at least 300 civilians in the battle for Raqqa since March, UN investigators say.
(ANTIWAR.COM) –Â Iraq claimed credit for videos earlier this week showing the use of white phosphorus munitions in densely populated parts of the Old City in Mosul, but their use is becoming even more widespread, with new reports suggesting that the US is also using such shells in both Iraq and Syria. Though white phosphorus shells are not uncommon in the military, and often used as smokescreens, the high temperature at which it burns, and the toxic chemicals emitted makes them wholly unsuitable for populated areas, and their use in any densely populated area or as an incendiary are widely considered
Source: US Forces Now Using White Phosphorus in Populated Areas of Syria, Iraq
The US wants to establish a base in the Kurdish region as in a post-war environment it isn’t going to get up and leave. The idea that the heavy weapons provided to the Kurds will be returned is doubtful, says Michael Maloof, a former Pentagon official.
Source: ‘The US military, with Kurdish support, is looking to establish itself in Syria’ — RT Op-Edge
In Syria, U.S. and Russian forces are facing off in a proxy war that shows no sign of ending any time soon.
Source: Syria: The new front line in a potentially global conflict (WW3 – Part Two)
Just when you thought the hypocrisy and mendacity of the British political establishment could not sink any lower, up pops the proposal to strip Asma Assad, wife to Syria’s President Bashar Assad, of her British citizenship.
Western countries are attempting to derail Russia’s fact-finding initiative in Syria to examine the site of the chemical incident in Idlib province
Source: What Are They Hiding? Western Countries Blocking Investigation Into Syrian Chemical Attack – MT
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Someone detonated a car bomb in the (rebel-held) Rashideen district of …
Source: Why Population Exchange Fails: Over 100 Dead as Buses Bombed | Informed Comment
Monitor says at least 126 people were killed as explosion targets convoy of evacuees from two pro-government villages.
Source: Aleppo blast: Syrian evacuation convoy targeted | Syria News | Al Jazeera
The Syrian civil war is the deadliest conflict the 21st century has witnessed thus far.
Source: Syria’s civil war explained from the beginning | News | Al Jazeera
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said an alleged poison gas attack blamed on his government last week in Idlib province was “100 per cent fabrication” used to justify a US air strike, news agency AFP reported on Thursday.
Source: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Idlib chemical attack ‘100 per cent fabrication’
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst comments on the lead-up and aftermath of US missile strikes on a Syrian airbase.
Source: 3 questions to Marwan Bishara after US strike in Syria | Syria News | Al Jazeera
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian Civil War has a domestic, a regional and an …
Source: Trump intervenes in the Great Mideast Civil War in Syria | Informed Comment
If Australia has switched enemies, as our allies apparently have done, who and why are we fighting in Syria?
Source: If Australia has switched enemies in Syria, who and why are we fighting?
“When I shot the rafidi it was easy. He was kneeling in front of me, sobbing. He was a big man: his body was shaking. I thought ‘why are you crying, you are a killer yourself, you are going to have a quick death’. I just pulled the trigger, and it was over. I didn’t feel any pity. I didn’t feel any pride. I was just doing my job.”
“Obama, Trump, none of them know what’s going on over there.”
A Syrian refugee who only began learning English in 2014 has become dux of one of Australia’s biggest Catholic schools.
‘Make no mistake: we unlawfully invaded a sovereign state.’ ~ Kellie Tranter
Source: EXCLUSIVE: FOI documents expose Australia’s unlawful invasion of Syria
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Source: Rothschild’s, Murdoch & Cheney Launch Massive Oil Drilling In Syria – Choice and Truth
The attacks from Syrian groups supported by the U.S. were described as “relentless and indiscriminate” while targeting civilians and killing children.
Source: United Nations Finally Acknowledges US-Backed Rebels in Syria are Murdering Civilians
Moscow is sending a blunt message to its American counterparts by dispatching a major aircraft carrier battlegroup to conduct operations in Syria.
Source: Military Balance of Power Shifting as Russia Sends Naval Fleet to Syria
The western world is dividing Syrian children according to the political views of their parents, Asma Assad, the Syrian First Lady, said in a rare interview. She said the mainstream media only concentrated on those stories which matched their policy.
Source: Asma Assad: ‘It is the West dividing our children in this conflict’ — RT News
The city is unrecognizable after half a decade of conflict.
Source: Aleppo Before The War: A Poignant Look Back At A Once-Thriving Metropolis | Huffington Post
Moscow has accused Washington of sabotaging the Syria ceasefire deal, saying that the US will be responsible for any new terror attacks in Syria, as by taking no action against Al-Nusra terrorists it shows it is ready “to make a deal with the devil.”
The death toll is picking up, but it’s off the campaign radar.
Source: Why Did Trump and Clinton Ignore Syria Last Night? | Mother Jones
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has accused Australia and the United States of intentionally targeting his forces in an air strike that killed 83 soldiers.
Source: Australia’s air strike on troops ‘intentional’ | Herald Sun
People who’ve fled war and terror were likened to poisoned candy in a Trump campaign ad. It’s a bizarre image, and carries a message unworthy of America
If Russia bombed Washington allies in Syria just as the US ‘mistakenly’ did, UN envoy Samantha Power would make as much of a stink as she possibly could, analysts said, adding that in general the US is uncomfortable in a new relationship with Russia in the context of the ceasefire.
Source: ‘Coincidence ISIS launched offensive straight after US strike on Syrian troops?’ — RT Op-Edge
Hundreds of civilians begin returning to the border town of Jarabulus in northern Syria.
Rebels and pro-government forces are battling for control of the region.
Source: Fighting In Syria’s Hama Province Displaces 100,000 In One Week | Huffington Post
As the civil war in Syria deepens, American war hawks are using recent atrocities to push for direct U.S. military intervention against the Syrian government, according to observers who warn that further escalation will only worsen what has been dubbed “the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet.”
Will China be the spark for the next World War?
Source: Syria a World War Powderkeg as China Joins Russian Alliance With Assad
Militants in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo continue to receive help from foreign powers that support the forces opposing President Assad’s troops, the Financial Times reports. That’s despite Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists forming a large part of the opposition.
Source: Arab monarchies pour in funds to support terrorist militants in Aleppo – UK media — RT News
We know that many weapons that were supplied to so-called moderate groups by the US have been handed to more extreme rebel groups, such as al-Nusrah, says Charles Shoebridge, former army officer, Scotland Yard detective and counter-terrorism intelligence officer.
Source: ‘Many weapons that fall into hands of extremist groups in Syria are Western-made’ — RT Op-Edge
If you’d have said a year ago that the US State Department, Google, and Al Jazeera had been collaborating in pursuance of regime change in Syria, chances are you’d have been casually dismissed as a ‘crank’ and a ‘conspiracy theorist’.
Source: Google this! Hillary Clinton and the Syrian regime-change conspiracy — RT Op-Edge
Local residents living in northern Syria have told journalists that airstrikes being carried out by the International Coalition Forces led by the United States against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have killed more than 200 civilians in the past two months. …
The airstrikes at dawn on Tuesday pulverised entire families, including young children — families that were fleeing Islamic State militants but were instead mistaken for being those very fighters. Depending on whom you ask, the number of bodies found in the rubble is 56, 85, 160 or 212. Pictures of the mangled bodies, covered in dust, are a testament to the carnage.
The so-called “dissent channel” cable urges attacks against Bashir al-Assad’s regime for its persistent violations of a shaky ceasefire aimed at bringing an end to
Source: Dissident US diplomats criticize Syria policy – Your Middle East
There is a simple explanation why Washington refuses to proscribe the militant groups Jaysh al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham as terrorist. Because Washington relies on them for regime change in Syria.
Source: US ‘leverage in Syria’ thanks to collusion with terrorists — RT Op-Edge
The peace negotiations between the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad and the insurgents seeking to topple him and his one-party Baath state were headed on the rebel side by Mohammad Alloush, leader of the Saudi-backed Army of Islam (Jaysh al-Islam, or JI).
Source: Why Is Washington Supporting Fundamentalist Jihadis in Syria? | The Nation
By Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – Editor’s note: This article is part of our collaboration with …
Syrian refugees flee after camps are overrun by Isis but find themselves being shot at by Turkish border troops
Source: Thousands of refugees flee for Turkish border after surprise Isis attack | World news | The Guardian
In the first of a four-part series, Dan Glazebrook and Sukant Chandan look at the recent spate of revelations about the involvement of British security services in facilitating the flow of fighters into Syria.
Source: British collusion with sectarian violence: Part one — RT Op-Edge
Reports that Syrian government forces have retaken the city of Palmyra from ISIS forces prove that the terrorist group is incapable of withstanding a conventional assault, Gregory R Copley, strategic analyst and editor of Defense & Foreign Affairs told RT.
Fewer than 30 refugees have been resettled in Australia as part of the Government’s 12,000 intake from Iraq and Syria, Peter Dutton says.
