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Iran Launches Multiple Ballistic Missiles Into Syria Targeting ISIS

Footage released through official state channels show missiles launched from western Iran towards Syria, targeting ISIS positions east of the Euphrates in revenge for the September 22 attack on a military parade.

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Iran targets ISIS Syria

It's a huge development in an extremely volatile environment: overnight Sunday Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles toward Syria against targets east of the Euphrates river. Footage released through official state channels show missiles launched by Iran from its Kermanshah region in western Iran towards Syria, targeting ISIS positions east

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Drug Enforcement Administration Investigates Pill Mills in Small Rust Belt Town

Why did the government allow pharmaceutical companies and pill mills to pump millions of highly addictive opioids into the Rust Belt?

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DEA agents discover another small town in America's Rust Belt with an overabundance of opioids. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) last week conducted inspections at several pharmacy locations in the Clay County, Tennessee town of Celina, following a massive spike of painkiller purchases from drug distribution companies. According to

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US Pulls Patriot Missiles From Middle East as Focus Shifts to China, Russia

While some Patriot systems will remain in the region, removal of the four batteries “amounts to a major drawdown of the capability Patriots provide in the region.”

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The Pentagon is removing Patriot missile systems from several Middle Eastern countries next month, in a move that the Wall Street Journal says coincides with a "realignment of forces and capabilities as the military steps up its focus on threats from China and Russia," citing multiple senior military officials. The relocation of the systems out of

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China Blocks US Navy Request For Hong Kong Port Visit

China and the United States are embroiled in an increasingly bitter trade war, which culminated this week with a decision by the Trump administration to impose its latest round of tariffs on China.

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In an sharp deterioration of diplomatic ties, China has blocked a request for a U.S. warship to visit the post of Hong Kong, the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city said on Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington over escalating tariffs and a U.S. decision to impose sanctions on China's military for engaging in military deals

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Three Ways Facebook is Increasingly Becoming a Censorship Arm of the US Government

While claiming to fight Russian, Iranian, and other propaganda these very groups will strictly enforce an official establishment Washington and NATO view of world events.

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Facebook

Facebook has lately announced a series of major steps it would take to combat fake news and the global spread of misinformation that it says could influence elections, but the more we learn about just who it is Facebook is partnering with in this endeavor, the clearer it becomes that these initiatives are not at all designed to foster independent

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China’s “Peace Ark” Makes Historic Visit to Venezuela After Maduro Visits Beijing

Perhaps China’s hospital ship currently moored in Venezuela is a direct message to Washington that invasion of the Latin American country is not a viable option.

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For the first time, a Chinese naval ship has traveled to Venezuela, following the visit by President Nicolas Maduro to Beijing earlier this month, where he had asked China's leadership for economic support following the collapse of its economy, said Channel NewsAsia. The naval medical ship, known as the "Peace Ark," had moored on Saturday at the

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US Overlooked Mass Civilian Deaths in Yemen to Preserve Arms Sales

A leaked classified memo which shows Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decided to continue US military involvement in the Saudi war on Yemen in order to preserve a massive $2 billion weapons deal with Riyadh.

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On rare occasion a story is unearthed in the mainstream media which demonstrates in stunning clarity how major foreign policy decisions are really made in Washington, especially when it comes to waging perpetual war in the Middle East often under the official rhetorical guise of "protecting civilians". A bombshell Wall Street

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