Archives for March 2016

How Narratives Killed The Syrian People

Ideas and objectives can be crafted, framed finessed and employed to great efficacy.

A Free Syrian Army fighter from the Al-Faruk brigade, center, steps on a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Sept. 22, 2012 (AP/Hussein Malla)

RT Op-Edge -- On March 23, 2011, at the very start of what we now call the ‘Syrian conflict,’ two young men - Sa’er Yahya Merhej and Habeel Anis Dayoub - were gunned down in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. Merhej and Dayoub were neither civilians, nor were they in opposition to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. They were

UN To Vote On Database Of All Businesses In Israeli Settlements

The U.N. resolution, which angered EU countries, says certain companies and enterprises are helping the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as he visits a settlement construction site in Har Homa

The United Nations Human Rights Council will vote Thursday on adopting a resolution that would establish a database for businesses and enterprises with financial dealings and involvement in illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian occupied West Bank and the Syrian occupied Golan territories, The Middle East Monitor website reported

The U.S. Government Continues Torture Practices As American Public Remains Silent

While the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates may differ on some issues, when it comes to continuing the War on Terror’s disastrous policies, not a single R or D will significantly change the path.

ABU GHRAIB PRISON

As the American public prepares for a new president, it is important to reflect on the actions of the current administration so that we may avoid the mistakes of the past and the truth can be brought to light. While the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates may differ on some issues, when it comes to continuing the War on Terror’s

Israeli Soldier Caught On Video Executing Injured Palestinian On Ground

“Israel has turned in recent months into a place in which executions are carried out in public with the encouragement of cheering mobs.”

Israeli soldiers stand near the body of 27-year-old Palestinian Fadi Froukh, in the Beit Einun junction east of the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, Nov 1, 2015. (AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

JERUSALEM  — The Israeli military on Thursday detained a soldier who was captured on video shooting an injured Palestinian who was lying on the ground. The army said the incident took place in the West Bank city of Hebron after two Palestinians stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier. It said that troops then shot and killed the pair. In a

More Humanitarian Agencies Pull Out Of EU-Turkey Refugee Deal

Médecins Sans Frontières, the International Rescue Committee, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Save the Children have joined the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, in pulling out of the controversial EU-Turkey migrant deal.

A man sleeps on the ground as children play outside their tents at the Athens' port of Piraeus, where over 5,500 refugees and migrants stay, on Monday, March 21, 2016. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says an international agreement to limit the number of refugees and migrants traveling to Europe cannot be properly implemented unless smugglers on the Turkish coast are stopped. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

The UNHCR announced it was withdrawing support for the EU-Turkey deal after it said the 'hotspots' in which migrants are being processed in Greece are effective prisons. The EU announced on March 18 that it had reached agreement with the government in Ankara for "irregular migrants" — those who did not meet asylum criteria — arriving in Greece

FBI’s “Outside Party” Revealed As Bureau Angles To Keep New Hack Secret

FBI is getting help from an Israeli software company in effort to unlock San Bernardino phone.

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The FBI wants to classify its new "alternate" method of unlocking the suspected San Bernardino shooter's iPhone, keeping it secret even from Apple itself, according to new reporting. The Guardian confirmed with government officials on Wednesday that the technique does enable the FBI to get into Syed Farook's iPhone. That means the agency can