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Is The US-Kurdish Alliance Over? New Agreement Between Kurds And Assad Could Spell End For U.S. Role In Syria
The agreement came as a result of recent negotiations between Kurdish and Syrian government officials in both Damascus and Qamishli. DAMASCUS, SYRIA — For over a year, much of northeastern Syria has found itself under de facto occupation by the United States and its military proxy, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The occupied territory, accounting for nearly a third of Read More…
Saudi-Led Coalition Ministers Of Information Meeting Probes Ways To Block Critical Coverage Of Yemen War
Well-known Yemeni activist and journalist Rand Al-Adimi told MintPress that dozens of journalists and outlets have been blacklisted, adding that “the Saudi-led coalition blacklisted my name, adding it to a list of journalists who threaten their genocide.” JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA — “That was the last time I saw Hashem,” recounted Mohammed Al Humran, a local Yemeni Read More…
UK Intelligence ‘Turned A Blind Eye’ To US Torture
British intelligence was fully aware of the existence of the “black sites” and gave details of email exchange between officers to show their full knowledge as early as 2003. British intelligence officials questioned detainees that were tortured dozens of times by their US counterparts but refused to raise concerns over the industrial scale of the Read More…
Who’s Afraid Of The Trump/Putin Summit?
President Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton was in Moscow last week organizing what promises to be an historic summit meeting between his boss and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bolton, who has for years demanded that the US inflict “pain” on Russia and on Putin specifically, was tasked by Trump to change his tune. He Read More…
CIA Teams Up With Defense Industry To Undermine Korea Negotiations
In a new development that will shock no one, factions within the CIA attempted for the second time in just over a month to undermine President Trump’s peace overtures towards North Korea by leaking information calculated to decrease confidence in Kim Jong Un’s willingness to earnestly negotiate. On June 29, 2018, NBC News released a report quoting Read More…






