While the hard-hit Iranian economy is likely to continue reeling, driving more protesters into the streets, one shouldn’t mistake their pain for a desire to subject themselves to a totalitarian cult with hardly a fraction of the support enjoyed by the Shia clergy helming the Islamic Republic. WASHINGTON — Iran’s latest wave of protests against the Read More…
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Why You Should Be Intensely Skeptical Of Everything You Hear About Iran Protests
Every few weeks I switch from being accused by pro-establishment Democrats of writing propaganda for Putin and Assad to being accused by pro-Trump Republicans of writing propaganda for the Iranian government, all because I am opposed to US-led regime change intervention in both Syria or Iran. Whichever country the US war machine is roaring loudest Read More…
US-Backed Coalition Behind 67% Of Yemeni Children Killed Last Year: UN Report
The annual “Children and Armed Conflict” report from the United Nations details the deaths of Yemeni children in the Saudi-led invasion. Unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of the slain were killed by the Saudi-led coalition. The UN report verified 552 children killed in 2017 in Yemen. 67% of those children, 370, were directly attributable to the Saudi coalition, Read More…
Washington’s Syrian Chess Game Leave Iraqi Forces Battling ISIS Dead
Iraqi forces targeting ISIS in southern Syria were recently targeted by a U.S. airstrike, leaving some pondering the possibility the U.S. is protecting the group to secure an American military presence in the region. ABU KAMAL, SYRIA – Last Sunday, June 17, local Syrian media reported that the U.S. coalition had bombed Syrian Arab Army installments Read More…
The Diseased, Lying, Condition Of America’s ‘News’ Media
Both President Trump and former President Obama are commonly said in America’s “news” media to be or to have been “ceding Syria to Russia” or “ceding Syria to Russia and Iran,” or similar allegations. They imply that “we” own (or have some right to control) Syria. That’s not only a lie; it is a very evil and harmful one, dangerously Read More…
“Nowhere To Run”: Chaotic Exodus As Yemenis Flee Saudi-UAE Bombardment Of Hodeida
Thousands of Yemenis have fled the port city of Hodeida amid a deadly Saudi/UAE invasion causing a mass exodus of internally displaced people already in the war. HODEIDA, YEMEN — Mohammed Mousa, 31, has sharp wide eyes. Enthusiastic and angry, he shouts slogans against Yemen’s latest invaders while in the midst of a huge rally in Read More…






