The History Of Britain’s Deadly Collusion With Terror

Britain is not the enemy of terrorism – it stokes the flames of sectarianism and facilitates death squads when and where it fits in with the agenda of their foreign policy.

Gerard McNamara
By Gerard McNamara
The Pro-British Ulster Defence Association parade through Belfast, Northern Ireland under the protection of armed British troops, in August 1972. (AP Photo)

When Britain’s collusion with death squads across the ‘Middle East’ and Africa is mentioned it falls on deaf ears.  The only time you’ll hear of Britain’s open collaboration with these forces are when they are branded ‘moderates’ or ‘rebels’ by the British media. Firstly, what do I mean by death squads? I use this term to refer to a wide range

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In Saudi Speech, Trump Declares Absolute War Between Good and Evil

Trump’s comfort with transitioning his general hostility into one directed at all things Iran did not go unnoticed.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Donald Trump Saudi Arabia

In his four months in office, President Trump has steadily been rebranding himself away from the outsider candidate willing to drift far afield of the conventional wisdom of US leadership, and toward a rarely well-spoken, and oftentimes downright surly facsimile of a modern, mainstream US president. With his speech in Saudi Arabia over the weekend,

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US Takes Syria’s Al-Qaeda Off Terrorist Watchlist

By changing its name to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda has managed to secure its removal from the U.S. and Canadian terror watchlists, allowing citizens of those countries to donate money and travel to fight with them.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb

It turns out that getting off the U.S.’ and Canada’s terror watchlist is as simple as changing your name. While the terror watchlist in the U.S. has long been both secretive and controversial – as “reasonable suspicion” is enough to label any individual a “terrorist” – terrorist groups tied to al-Qaeda have found that getting off the watchlist only

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Video Shows Syrian White Helmets Accepting Award From Al-Qaeda

A similar video was recently published showing the leader of Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda in Syria), Abu-Jaber praising the White Helmets as the “hidden soldiers of the revolution.”

Brandon Turbeville
By Brandon Turbeville
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.

Only days after being labeled the “hidden soldiers of the revolution” by the leader of Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda in Syria), Abu Jaber, the White Helmets have now been exposed as having accepted an award from the terrorist group in Idlib after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham organized a ceremony in their honor. Indeed, a video has been published that is

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VIDEO: Al-Qaeda Leader Praises White Helmets As “Hidden Soldiers Of The Revolution”

A little-known video has surfaced of Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda in Syria) leader Abu Jaber, praising the White Helmets as the “hidden soldiers of the revolution.”

Brandon Turbeville
By Brandon Turbeville
Abu Jaber, leader of Tahrir al-Sham (al-Qaeda in Syria).

(ANALYSIS) -- As hard as the Western corporate media works to employ propaganda techniques and tragic narratives with which to convince their respective populations that the terrorists funded by Western governments fight against the Syrian government are actually democracy-loving freedom fighters and selfless activists, more and more revelations

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al-Qaeda Leader: We’re Fighting Alongside US-Backed Forces In Yemen

Sunni tribal militias receive extensive funding and arms from the US-backed Saudi-led coalition.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Al Qaeda | Yemen

While the Pentagon often presents the war in Yemen as being against al-Qaeda by way of trying to justify ever deeper direct US involvement, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Qasim al-Rimi was a bit more frank about the situation, noting AQAP forces regularly fight “alongside” the US-backed Sunni forces. That’s an often unspoken

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