Year: 2017

Posted in Iran Iraq Russia Syria USA

Bizarre claims and pro-regime-change propaganda: Syria’s Assad supports ISIS, both have to be destroyed

[Los Angeles Times] “The rollback of Islamic State must come as a shock to the chorus of journalists and analysts…

Published Date: December 10, 2017
Posted in Israel Palestine USA

Giraldi Controversy: No, not America’s Jews but mutual interests drive US wars in Middle East

[Informed Comment] “CIA Veteran Philip Giraldi kicked off a firestorm with his article, “America’s Jews are Driving America’s Wars.” A…

Published Date: October 3, 2017
Posted in Bangladesh Myanmar

International Court: Myanmar guilty of genocide against Kachin, Rohingya, other ethnic groups

[The Daily Star] “A seven-member panel [of the international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal] announced the verdict yesterday after considering documentary and…

Published Date: September 23, 2017
Posted in Algeria

Claim: Algerian state infiltrated Islamist terrorist group GIA, complicit in its massacres

[Observer] “Twenty years ago tonight, around sunset, masked gunmen approached the village of Bentalha, on the outskirts of Algeria’s capital,…

Published Date: September 22, 2017
Posted in Bangladesh Myanmar Pakistan Saudi Arabia

Myanmar: Rohingya armed group ARSA Linked to Pakistani Terrorists

[Asia Times] “While Myanmar’s emergent Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) claims it’s like other ethnic armed groups fighting for self-determination…

Published Date: September 20, 2017
Posted in China Myanmar

China concerned over instability in Rakhine State, Myanmar

[The Irrawaddy] “Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacks on police stations on Aug. 25 left at least 59 of the…

Published Date: September 4, 2017
Posted in Israel Jordan Russia Syria USA

Trump ends secret CIA program Timber Sycamore, started under Obama to support Syrian rebels

[The New York Times] “The shuttering of the C.I.A. program, one of the most expensive efforts to arm and train…

Published Date: August 2, 2017
Posted in Europe Hungary Israel

Some of Orban’s anti-Soros posters still up before Netanyahu arrival

[The Times of Israel] “Billboards displaying messaging against Hungarian-born Jewish philanthropist George Soros remained up in Budapest, some with anti-Semitic…

Published Date: July 17, 2017
Posted in Afghanistan Australia

‘The Afghan Files’: Defence leak exposes war crimes by Australia’s special forces

[ABC] “Hundreds of pages of secret defence force documents leaked to the ABC give an unprecedented insight into the clandestine…

Published Date: July 11, 2017
Posted in Europe Hungary Israel

Israel backs Hungarian Government’s Anti-Soros Campaign

[REUTERS] “Soros, a Hungarian-born Jew who has spent a large part of his fortune funding pro-democracy and human rights groups,…

Published Date: July 10, 2017
Posted in Syria USA

Decade-Long U.S. Campaign to Incite “Revolution” in Syria

[MintPress News] Though many trace the beginning of the ongoing conflict in Syria back to the Arab Spring protests of…

Published Date: May 12, 2017
Posted in Israel Palestine

The Sarah Palin of Israel, Miri Regev: “I am happy to be a fascist”

[The Daily Beast] “Left-bashing, race-baiting, flag-waving Miri Regev has leapt to the top of the ruling Likud party. She just…

Published Date: April 14, 2017
Posted in Hungary North Macedonia Russia

Macedonia: Nikola Gruevski steps up attacks against NGOs, new ‘Stop Soros’ movement unveiled

[BalkanInsight] “A new movement dedicated to countering the influence of billionaire US philanthropist George Soros has been formed in Macedonia,…

Published Date: January 18, 2017
Posted in Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey USA

John Kerry: US let ISIS rise in Syria to overthrow Assad

[Mondoweiss] “Last fall Secretary of State Kerry met privately with anti-Assad Syrian activists at the U.N.  The meeting was secretly…

Published Date: January 11, 2017