Feb 20, 2015, RT.com America’s intentions and polices with the Middle East have been coming into more scrutiny, especially in regards to fighting the Islamic State. The country has signed an agreement with Turkey to send military hardware to ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels in the region to battle ISIS. RT’s Ben Swann speaks with Sara Flounders,…
Feb 12, 2015, Al Akhbar The steady advances by the Syrian army toward villages in southern Syria allowed the return of Deir al-Adas, al-Danaji, Deir Maker, and the hills of Masih, Mer’i, al-Arous, and al-Sarjah to the control of the state. Meanwhile, Zahran Aloush has renewed his threats against the Syrian capital, Damascus. Damascus Countryside…
Feb 14, 2015, RT.com A crew from RT’s Arabic channel, together with a group of other TV journalists, came under fire from Al-Nusra Front militants near the Syrian city of Daraa. None of RT’s staff were hurt in the attack, though two members of a Syrian television crew were injured. “The Al-Nusra Front units have…
Feb 2, 2015, New Eastern Outlook While the world’s attention has been fixed on France in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings, the subsequent manhunt, and the political fallout from the incident, a number of important news items have quietly been pushed off the front pages of the world’s major newspapers, and out of…
Jan 20, 2015, Global Research Colonisation of language is at work everywhere, amongst highly educated populations, but is peculiarly virulent in colonial culture. ‘The West’, that self-styled epitome of advanced civilisation, energetically reinvents its own history, to perpetuate the colonial mindset. Writers such as Fanon and Freire pointed out that colonised peoples experience psychological damage…
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Feb 4, 2015, RT.com -By Eva Bartlett “Welcome to the United Nations. It’s your world,” reads the UN logo. Apparently, however, there are limitations as to just how “welcome” some of its representatives are. Syria’s Ambassador to the UN, Dr. Bashar al-Ja’afari, was sworn in as Permanent Special Representative in 2006. Yet, in spite of…
Feb 3, 2015, Crescent International -By Eva Bartlett Much has been written about the destruction and looting of Syria’s heritage sites. Syria’s Directorate-General of Antiquities & Museums (DGAM), as well as UNESCO, have documented the vast damage and looting as extensively as possible in this time of proxy-war-manufactured crisis. In July 2014, the DGAM issued…