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Video Shows Syrian White Helmets Accepting Award From Al-Qaeda

A similar video was recently published showing the leader of Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda in Syria), Abu-Jaber praising the White Helmets as the “hidden soldiers of the revolution.”

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By Brandon Turbeville
Read Saleh left, the head of the civil defense units in the northern city of Idlib, and Farouk al-Habib, right, a media campaigner for the White Helmets, sit on a panel to draw attention to their work in Syria in midtown New York, September, 2014.

Only days after being labeled the “hidden soldiers of the revolution” by the leader of Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda in Syria), Abu Jaber, the White Helmets have now been exposed as having accepted an award from the terrorist group in Idlib after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham organized a ceremony in their honor. Indeed, a video has been published that is

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Understanding Syria’s New De-escalation Zones

Russia’s “de-escalation zones” in Syria are essentially the same thing U.S. proposed “safe zones” and “no-fly zones.”

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By Brandon Turbeville
Russian generals attend a briefing in the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 5, 2017. Russia's military says the agreement setting up four de-escalation zones in Syria will go into effect at midnight. The military also says the deal, which was signed by Russia, Iran and Turkey in Kazakhstan the day before, could be extended to more areas of the war-torn country. The sign on top of the map reads Syrian safe zones. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)

(Analysis) -- At midnight, May 5, a series of four “de-escalation zones” were implemented across Syria. According to the agreement, no warplanes will be allowed to fly missions in territories included in the designated safe zones, including Syrian, Russian, and American warplanes. The largest safe zone is comprised of Idlib province as well as

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VIDEO: Al-Qaeda Leader Praises White Helmets As “Hidden Soldiers Of The Revolution”

A little-known video has surfaced of Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda in Syria) leader Abu Jaber, praising the White Helmets as the “hidden soldiers of the revolution.”

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By Brandon Turbeville
Abu Jaber, leader of Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda in Syria).

(ANALYSIS) -- As hard as the Western corporate media works to employ propaganda techniques and tragic narratives with which to convince their respective populations that the terrorists funded by Western governments fight against the Syrian government are actually democracy-loving freedom fighters and selfless activists, more and more revelations

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Photos From Syria Show Possible Connection Between White Helmets And al-Nusra

The photos show the Western ambulances belonging to the White Helmets and their proximity to the al-Nusra compound.

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By Brandon Turbeville
Read Saleh left, the head of the civil defense units in the northern city of Idlib, and Farouk al-Habib, right, a media campaigner for the White Helmets, sit on a panel to draw attention to their work in Syria in midtown New York, September, 2014.

Unlike journalists associated with the Western corporate media, Vanessa Beeley has been reporting from inside Syria on and off since early 2016. In many cases, while the Western corporate press was reporting in the most authoritative manner about the alleged “crimes against humanity” committed by the Syrian government in Aleppo despite having no

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Trump Team Promises To ‘Deal With Iran’ Before New Administration Comes To Power

Ironically, the United States is warning of an Iran terrorizing the world with its bombs, funding “militias” across the world, and expanding its influence in the region by force as well as unprovoked aggression against specific countries.

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By Brandon Turbeville
A poster on the street with a portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump and a sentence referring to a quotation of Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

(ANALYSIS) -- After launching the disastrous missile strikes against Syrian military forces that resulted in the killing of Syrian soldiers, civilians, and children as well as sending ships toward North Korea in a flagrant act of aggression and dropping the largest known non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan, the Trump administration is now taking aim at

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Photos Surface Allegedly Showing ISIS Checkpoints In Egypt’s Sinai

Images have emerged showing ISIS fighters in the Sinai manning checkpoints and performing security inspections in the Egyptian city of Al-Arish.

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By Brandon Turbeville
ISIS Egypt

As terrorism and clashes between Sinai militants and Egyptian security has slowly increased since the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood member Morsi from his position as President of Egypt, so has ISIS activity in the peninsula. Egyptian security have been facing an increase in activity for some time from the Sinai militants but the introduction of

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US Sponsors New Sanctions Against Syria At UN Security Council

If anyone doubts that the Trump administration is merely the continuation of the Anglo-American establishment, at least where Syria and Western imperialism is concerned, they need only follow the recent events having taken place in the United Nations Security Council.

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By Brandon Turbeville
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to reporters after a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

(ANALYSIS) ---  In a draft initiated and supported by the United States, U.K., and France, a plan was put forward to impose new sanctions on the Syrian government in the form of a ban on all shipments of helicopters to the army or the government. It also included sanctions on a number of Syrian officials and government institutions allegedly

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