Stability Battles Chaos: From London To Aleppo

Political navigation in the 21st Century is can be quite difficult. The compass by which analysts have long determined left and right is broken.

Caleb T. Maupin
By Caleb T. Maupin
Activists from the Syria Campaign protest Russian military action in Syria in front of the Russian embassy in London. (Photo: Twitter @RamiJarrah)

(Opinion) -- For over five years the leaders of the United States, Britain, France, and Germany have been working to topple the Syrian Arab Republic. In their efforts to remove the independent nationalist government led by the Baath Arab Socialist Party, the western imperialist powers have enlisted their collection of petroleum vassals and despots

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Samples Taken In Syria’s Aleppo Prove Militants Used Chlorine Gas

Sunday’s attack is the third chemical attack by militants in Aleppo in the past two weeks.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
Smoke rises over Saif Al Dawla district in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 .(AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that samples taken in Syria's city of Aleppo prove that militants used chlorine gas in their attacks. "Samples taken by Russian officers of the Scientific Center of Radiational, Chemical and Biological Security at the site proved that militants [in Aleppo] used chlorine as a poisonous gas," ministry's

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New York Times Admits Key Al Qaeda Role In Aleppo

In a backhand way, The New York Times admits that the U.S.-backed “moderate” rebels in east Aleppo are fighting alongside Al Qaeda jihadists, an almost casual admission of this long-obscured reality, writes Robert Parry.

Robert Parry
By Robert Parry
Syrian rebels walk in an alley in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo)

As much as The New York Times and the mainstream U.S. media have become propaganda outlets on most foreign policy issues, like the one-sided coverage of the bloody Syrian war, sometimes the truth seeps through in on-the-ground reporting by correspondents, even ones who usually are pushing the “propo.” Such was the case with Anne Barnard’s new

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Putin: Syrian Rebels Responsible For Attack On UN Aid Convoy

“This was one of the terrorist groups. And we know that the US is well aware of this. But they prefer to blame Russia”.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with defense officials in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. (Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia knows who is really behind the attack on the UN humanitarian convoy near Aleppo, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. It is one of the terrorist groups, he added. "We see what's happening. It's just baseless accusations that Russia is the cause of all mortal sins. But we know who attacked this humanitarian convoy. This

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How the White Helmets Became International Heroes While Pushing U.S. Military Intervention and Regime Change in Syria

Created by Western governments and popularized by a top PR firm, the White Helmets are saving civilians while lobbying for airstrikes.

Max Blumenthal
By Max Blumenthal
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.

It is rare for a short Netflix documentary to garner as much publicity or acclaim as The White Helmets has Promoted as “the story of real-life heroes and impossible hope,” the film is named for the civil defense organization whose members have gained international acclaim for saving lives in rebel-held territory in the hellish war zones of eastern

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Syrian Swimmer Dies In Rebel Attack, But UK’s Independent Blames Assad Anyway

‘Story wouldn’t have been used if #Assad couldn’t be blamed,’ one activist tweeted, adding to the social media backlash to the misleading story.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A screenshot of the story on the Independent falsely attributing the death of Mireille Hindoyan to Syrian Army shelling.

MINNEAPOLIS --- A prominent mainstream British newspaper blamed the Syrian government for the recent death of a competitive swimmer in Aleppo, despite evidence that the shelling which took her life was launched by Western-backed rebel forces. In a report for the Independent published on Sunday, Katie Forster appeared to blame Syrian government

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