Max Blumenthal

Max Blumenthal is the founder and editor of The Grayzone, the author of several books and producer of full-length documentaries including the recently released Killing Gaza. Follow him on Twitter at @MaxBlumenthal.

The Syrian American Medical Society Is Selling Regime Change and Driving the US to War

The Syrian American Medical Society receives millions in funding from USAID and functions as a lobbying powerhouse that functions to stimulate a US-led war of regime change in Syria.

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By Max Blumenthal
Zaher Sahloul, with the Syrian American Medical Society and American Relief Coalition for Syria speaks to media standing with Syrian refugees in Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington, Sept. 16, 2015, to call on the Obama Administration to do more to address the ongoing crisis in Syria. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

This article first appeared on The Grayzone Project Reports on unproven allegations of a chemical attack in Douma, the Syria city formerly occupied by the Army of Islam insurgent group, invariably rely on a key source: The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). Together with the White Helmets, SAMS has been cited by the Washington Post, New

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How the White Helmets Became International Heroes While Pushing U.S. Military Intervention and Regime Change in Syria

Created by Western governments and popularized by a top PR firm, the White Helmets are saving civilians while lobbying for airstrikes.

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By Max Blumenthal
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.

It is rare for a short Netflix documentary to garner as much publicity or acclaim as The White Helmets has Promoted as “the story of real-life heroes and impossible hope,” the film is named for the civil defense organization whose members have gained international acclaim for saving lives in rebel-held territory in the hellish war zones of eastern

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