The Syrian American Medical Society Is Selling Regime Change and Driving the US to War

The Syrian American Medical Society receives millions in funding from USAID and functions as a lobbying powerhouse that functions to stimulate a US-led war of regime change in Syria.

Max Blumenthal
By Max Blumenthal
Zaher Sahloul, with the Syrian American Medical Society and American Relief Coalition for Syria speaks to media standing with Syrian refugees in Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington, Sept. 16, 2015, to call on the Obama Administration to do more to address the ongoing crisis in Syria. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

This article first appeared on The Grayzone Project Reports on unproven allegations of a chemical attack in Douma, the Syria city formerly occupied by the Army of Islam insurgent group, invariably rely on a key source: The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). Together with the White Helmets, SAMS has been cited by the Washington Post, New

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Scandal-Plagued Trump Lurches to Conflict Without Investigating Alleged Gas Attack

Trump’s attempt to impulsively jump back into the Syrian mess runs the risk of sparking a real shooting-war between the U.S. Armed Forces and Russia’s mission in Syria – upping the ante drastically in the former “Apprentice” host’s bid to boost the U.S. intervention in Syria.

Elliott Gabriel
By Elliott Gabriel
President Donald Trump Close Up

WASHINGTON -- World powers are reacting with increased urgency and alarm following scandal-plagued U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of an imminent military strike against Syria following an alleged weekend chemical attack in Douma. Trump claimed that the war-torn country’s allies, including Russia and Iran, are bound to “pay a price” for the

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Russia Claims ‘White Helmets’ Staged Syria Chemical Attack

Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that the experts “found no traces of the use of chemical agents,” following a search of the sites, adding “All these facts show… that no chemical weapons were used in the town of Douma, as it was claimed by the White Helmets.”

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com
Unidentified men adjust a gas mask and protective suit on a student during a classroom session in then militant-controlled Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo via AP video)

Russia claims that the reported chemical attack in Syria last Sunday was staged by the "white helmets," a US-funded NGO lauded by mainstream media for their humanitarian work, while long-suspected of performing less-than humanitarian deeds behind the curtain. Speaking with EuroNews, Russia's ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizov, said "Russian

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Russia Warns It Will Respond to Attack on Syria by Targeting ‘Sources’ of US Missiles

“If there is a strike by the Americans, then we refer to the statements of President Putin and the chief of staff that the missiles will be downed and even the sources from which the missiles were fired.”

Julia Conley
By Julia Conley
Russian navy missile cruiser Moskva on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea near the Syrian coast, with a Syrian flag in front, Dec. 17, 2015 (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry)

As President Donald Trump warned on Twitter that U.S. missiles "will be coming" in the wake of a suspected chemical attack in the town of Douma, Syria, Russian officials warned that any military action by the U.S. and its allies would be met with an aggressive response—targeting any U.S. missiles as well as their launch

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Israel Suspected of Deadly Airstrike on Airbase in Syria

Russia and Syria have accused Israel of carrying out an air strike on Syria’s T-4 airfield from Lebanese airspace.

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By ZeroHedge.com
An Israeli air force jet fighter plane takes off from Tel Nof air force base for a mission over Gaza Strip in central Israel, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Despite President Trump adopting his harshest rhetoric yet to condemn Russia and the government of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for an alleged chemical attack in rebel-held eastern Ghouta, a missile strike carried out overnight on a Syrian airfield was not the US's doing. Instead, Russia and Syria have accused Israel of carrying out the strike

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