One Year After Calling Idlib “Al Qaeda’s Largest Safe Haven Since 9/11,” the US Govt is Trying to Save it

Since last year, Al Qaeda’s presence in Idlib has only grown, as Al Qaeda affiliates in other parts of Syria were evacuated to Idlib province as part of several deals negotiated with the Syrian Arab Army that resulted in the surrender of then-rebel-held territories to the Syrian government.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb

WASHINGTON – As the Syrian government and its allies prepare to begin a military offensive against the last rebel-held province in the country, top U.S. government officials and even U.S. President Donald Trump have recently urged Syria to refrain from “recklessly” attacking the Idlib province, warning that it could result in a high civilian death

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Pompeo Pontificates on Idlib Offensive and Media Follows Suit

Mike Pompeo can say things that pontificate ‘morality to the portion of the world that’s deceived by their national ‘news’-media only because of what the US-and-allied ‘news’-media have assiduously kept hidden from their respective publics.

Eric Zuesse
By Eric Zuesse
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to speak to the Indo-Pacific Business Forum at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, July 30, 2018, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin | AP

On Friday, August 31st, the neoconservative US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said “The 3 million Syrians who have already been forced out of their homes and are now in #Idlib, will suffer from this aggression. Not good. The world is watching.” https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1035548889603031040 By “this aggression,” he was referring to

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Something Big is Coming to Syria Amid Warnings of New Chemical Attack

It now appears the US stands ready to respond militarily to even the most unlikely and flimsiest of accusations.

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By ZeroHedge.com
Nikki Haley, United States' Ambassador United Nations, shows pictures of Syrian victims of chemical attacks as she addresses a meeting of the Security Council on Syria at U.N. headquarters, April 5, 2017. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

We warned previously that something big is coming in Syria as the final showdown for al-Qaeda held Idlib looms with the Syrian Army and Russian aerial and naval forces taking position. Pentagon and US officials continue pushing the gambit, setting the stage to play the "Assad is gassing his own people" card should so much as an inkling of a

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US-Backed Saudi Coalition “Cut Deals” With Al Qaeda’s “Most Dangerous” Branch in Yemen

al Qaeda’s rise to prominence in the chaos of war-torn Yemen is hardly a coincidence, as both the United States and Saudi Arabia have directly aided its ascendance.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
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SANA’A, YEMEN -- The Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen has been revealed to have reached a series of secret deals with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and to have even recruited members of the terrorist group to fight on its behalf against Yemeni resistance groups, according to a new report in the Associated Press. According to the

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The Last Bus to Idlib: Terrorist Safe-Haven in Syria About to Face a Cleaning Out

One by one, all other areas in Syria under terrorist control have fallen, and now the final battle for Idlib looms large on the horizon.

Steven Sahiounie
By Steven Sahiounie
An al-Qaeda-linked militant standing in a bus, after being evacuated from the town of Arsal, near the Syrian border, in northeast Lebanon route to the rebel-held Idlib province in northwest Syria. Syrian Central Military Media via AP

IDLIB, SYRIA (Analysis) -- Green city buses have delivered their last passengers to Idlib. In a recurring pattern across Syria, at the end of every battle in which Syrian government forces won back their territory, the Russian Center for Reconciliation has made deals with armed fighters: surrender and return to civilian life, or take the free bus

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Israel Pursuing War against Iran Obliquely through Al-Qaeda and Directly via Airstrikes

Washington’s obsession with attempting to intervene in Syria was never really aimed at Syria, but was instead aimed at containing Iranian influence for the benefit of the Israeli government. Now, with the failure of that mission, Israel has decided it needs to step up its own game.

Darius Shahtahmasebi
By Darius Shahtahmasebi
Two men, not specified which group of rebels, ride a motorcycle towards an abandoned UN base at Syria's Quneitra border crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (Analysis) -- On Saturday, December 2, 2017, Israeli missiles struck a Syrian Army arms depot (allegedly belonging to Iran), which in turn prompted Syria to activate its air defenses, resulting in the destruction of two Israeli missiles. The facility targeted in the December strike was well-known to the Israeli authorities for

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