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Whitney Webb has been a professional writer, researcher and journalist since 2016. She has written for several websites and, from 2017 to 2020, was a staff writer and senior investigative reporter for MintPress News. She currently writes for her own outlet Unlimited Hangout and contributes to The Last American Vagabond and MintPress News.

Trump Claims He Knows “Nothing” About the Julian Assange He Cited Hundreds of During in His Campaign

Footage of Trump mentioning WikiLeaks and its releases over 140 times in October 2016 alone has since resurfaced, suggesting that Trump’s recent claims of ignorance in regard to Assange and WikiLeaks are insincere at best.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Trump Claims He Knows “Nothing” About the Julian Assange He Cited Hundreds of During in His Campaign

Footage of Trump mentioning WikiLeaks and its releases over 140 times in October 2016 alone has since resurfaced, suggesting that Trump’s recent claims of ignorance in regard to Assange and WikiLeaks are insincere at best.

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IDF Shoots AP Cameraman in Press Vest Covering Gaza Protests

There has been little international outrage over Israel’s repeated targeting of journalists both in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank — even though many of the journalists shot have worked for major international news organizations like the Associated Press and Middle East Monitor.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
IDF Shoots AP Cameraman in Press Vest Covering Gaza Protests

There has been little international outrage over Israel’s repeated targeting of journalists both in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank — even though many of the journalists shot have worked for major international news organizations like the Associated Press and Middle East Monitor.

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Report: 1 in 3 Deaths Caused by US Drone Strikes this Year in Yemen Were Civilians

While AQAP has benefitted from U.S. “counterterrorism” policies in the country, Yemen’s civilians have found little to no reprieve, as they are either targets of the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war in Western Yemen or targeted by drone strikes in the areas of Yemen under coalition control.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Report: 1 in 3 Deaths Caused by US Drone Strikes this Year in Yemen Were Civilians

While AQAP has benefitted from U.S. “counterterrorism” policies in the country, Yemen’s civilians have found little to no reprieve, as they are either targets of the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war in Western Yemen or targeted by drone strikes in the areas of Yemen under coalition control.

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Idlib’s Rebels Unite Under Al Qaeda Banner While Syria Prepares Offensive

The U.S. will likely do all it can to prevent an upcoming Syrian military offensive in Idlib, with the aim of protecting its own interests in Syria, even if it means backing a force of rebels united in their allegiance to al Qaeda.

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By Whitney Webb
Idlib’s Rebels Unite Under Al Qaeda Banner While Syria Prepares Offensive

The U.S. will likely do all it can to prevent an upcoming Syrian military offensive in Idlib, with the aim of protecting its own interests in Syria, even if it means backing a force of rebels united in their allegiance to al Qaeda.

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Saudi Attacks Leave Hodeida Hospital Inaccessible and 1,500 Pregnant Yemeni Women at Risk, UN Warns

Without access to the hospital, over a thousand Yemeni women likely to need caesarian sections, or other emergency care relating to childbirth and pregnancy complications, now face the risk of life-threatening complications, not to mention the risk to their unborn children.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Saudi Attacks Leave Hodeida Hospital Inaccessible and 1,500 Pregnant Yemeni Women at Risk, UN Warns

Without access to the hospital, over a thousand Yemeni women likely to need caesarian sections, or other emergency care relating to childbirth and pregnancy complications, now face the risk of life-threatening complications, not to mention the risk to their unborn children.

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DOJ Inadvertently Confirms Sealed Indictment Awaits Julian Assange if Extradited to the US

The apparently inadvertent revelation of Assange’s indictment comes just hours after a report in the Wall Street Journal revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to indict Assange in such a way that it would trigger his extradition to the United States to stand trial.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
DOJ Inadvertently Confirms Sealed Indictment Awaits Julian Assange if Extradited to the US

The apparently inadvertent revelation of Assange’s indictment comes just hours after a report in the Wall Street Journal revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to indict Assange in such a way that it would trigger his extradition to the United States to stand trial.

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Israeli Defense Minister’s Resignation not a “Victory” for Gaza but a Warning that the Worst is to Come

In the wake of Lieberman’s resignation the high probability of a Naftali Bennett-led Defense Ministry would unleash a new, even more brutal wave of extrajudicial murders of unarmed Palestinians, one that would deliberately target children.

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By Whitney Webb
Israeli Defense Minister’s Resignation not a “Victory” for Gaza but a Warning that the Worst is to Come

In the wake of Lieberman’s resignation the high probability of a Naftali Bennett-led Defense Ministry would unleash a new, even more brutal wave of extrajudicial murders of unarmed Palestinians, one that would deliberately target children.

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