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.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
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DAMASCUS, SYRIA – While the conflict in Syria has largely faded from the news following the Idlib demilitarization agreement primarily brokered by Russia and Turkey in mid-September, a new Syrian military report cited by Al Masdar News claims that the Syrian military is set to begin a long-anticipated, major military offensive to retake the Idlib

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Israel Evacuated Alleged Mossad-Linked Rebel Commanders During “Humanitarian” White Helmet Rescue

Given that Israel had spent over $60,000 a year supporting Syrian rebel group Fursan al-Golan financially, it would make sense for Tel Aviv not only to develop and maintain ties with their commanders, but to rescue those commanders as the Syrian government continues its advance.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
A mock road sign for Damascus, the capital of Syria, and a cutout of a soldier, are displayed in an old outpost in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights near the border with Syria, May 10, 2018. Ariel Schali | AP

Over the weekend, and as MintPress predicted last Tuesday, the controversial Western government-funded “humanitarian” group, the Syrian Civil Defense -- popularly known as the White Helmets -- were evacuated from southern Syria as the Syrian government continues to gain ground in its offensive throughout the country’s southwest. However, sources

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How Western Meddling and a Dust Bowl Drought Ignited Syria’s Civil War

The truth behind the United States’ incessant desire to force regime change in Syria is unknown to the vast majority of Americans. The players are not who they seem to be, the facts are highly different from what traditional Western media outlets report.

Tim King
By Tim King
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DOUMA, SYRIA (Opinion) --  The reported “chemical attack” at Douma, Russia has claimed, was fake news. One U.S. news agency has now confirmed from the location of the reported attack that April 7, 2018 was an uneventful day in this Syrian city and not one single person in Douma corroborated the story of a chemical attack taking place. It is the

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Dear Salafist Wahhabi Apologists

Your head chopper heroes are apparently not what Syrians have in mind when they think of democratic revolution.

Paul Larudee
By Paul Larudee

Mehdi Hasan (MH) can hardly be blamed for the ignorance that he displays in his Intercept article, “Dear Bashar al-Assad Apologists: Your Hero Is a War Criminal Even If He Didn’t Gas Syrians.”  He has apparently never been to Syria, doesn’t often do research on Syria, and gets his information from proponents of a single point of view, representing

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Syrian Rebels Target Busy Market In Eastern Ghouta Rocket Attack

Initial reports indicate that at least 38 civilians, including women and children, are dead following a deadly rocket attack on a busy marketplace by Syrian Rebels in Eastern Ghouta.

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By ZeroHedge.com

On Tuesday evening, anti-government fighters in the embattled East Ghouta suburb of Damascus launched a major attack, firing several missiles and artillery shells into a crowded shopping district of government-held Jaramana area, resulting in a civilian massacre. The Guardian has described the attack as "one of the deadliest rebel attacks on the

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Israel Ramps Up Support For Over 7 Syrian Rebel Factions In Desperate Bid to Expand Reach

The Israeli aid boost comes after the Military Operations Command, the United States’ CIA-directed center in Jordan, finally halted funding last month that had provided the salaries for anywhere between 10,000 and 20,000 combatants in the “Southern Front” network of Free Syria Army militias.

Elliott Gabriel
By Elliott Gabriel
A screenshot from a video posted by the Israeli-backed Syrian rebel group Ahrar Nawa during a military parade in southern Syria.

GOLAN, SYRIA -- As the acute phase of civil warfare in Syria winds down while the government of President Bashar al-Assad increasingly gains the upper hand over foreign-funded insurgents, regional powers are desperately boosting aid for local proxies in a last-ditch attempt to rekindle the nearly seven-year-long conflict and gain a strategic

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