Finian Cunningham

Finian Cunningham is a former editor and writer for major news media organizations. He has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages.

The Western Media is Whitewashing Genocide in Yemen

The more than three-year war on Yemen waged by a Western-backed Saudi coalition has been arguably genocidal from the outset.

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With the United Nations warning that millions of civilians could die from violence or starvation from the ongoing military siege of the Yemeni port city of Hodeida, there is no other way to describe what is happening except as “genocide”. The more than three-year war on Yemen waged by a Western-backed Saudi coalition has been arguably genocidal

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The Sinister Choreography of the MH17 Probe to Smear Russia

The probe into the 2014 Malaysian airliner disaster has the hallmarks of a psyop to frame-up Russia and justify further sanctions and aggression from NATO powers.

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The Dutch-led probe into the 2014 Malaysian airliner disaster has the hallmarks of a psychological operation to frame-up Russia and to justify further sanctions and aggression from the NATO powers. The so-called Joint Investigation Team (JIT) released an update last Thursday on its ongoing probe into the MH17 air disaster over Eastern Ukraine,

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Washington Holds a Gun to North Korea’s Head

The prospects for peace diplomacy between the US and North Korea took a sudden hit after President Donald Trump issued an extraordinary threat to Kim Jong Un.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Monday, April 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The prospects for peace diplomacy between the US and North Korea took a sudden hit after President Donald Trump issued an extraordinary threat to Kim Jong Un. It was in effect a death threat. Trump warned last week that if the North Korean leader does not comply with Washington’s demands for complete denuclearization, then Kim would “end up like

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Western Hysterics As Its Criminal War In Syria Unravels

Like a noxious substance hitting the proverbial fan, the mess is being revealed.

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A Syrian soldier carries Syria's national flag after successfully routing rebels from the Aleppo Military Academy in Aleppo, Syria. Sept. 05, 2016.

There’s an old movie in which the cops are closing in on their suspect hiding among the crowd at a packed cinema theater. Sensing the net closing, the suspect suddenly yells out “Fire! Fire!” in order to induce a panicked stampede by the crowd so that he can escape the cops. That scenario is not all that different from the recent hysterical

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Saudis Lobby Washington Insiders To Support U.S. Led Regime Change In Syria

The audacious undermining of Obama by the Saudis in their backing of a Washington revolt against the president’s policy strongly suggests that the war in Syria is going to escalate.​

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Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, walks into the West Wing of the White House in Washington escorted by Mark E. Walsh, center, Deputy Chief of Protocol, Friday, June 17, 2016.

That 51 US diplomats reproached President Obama’s Syria policy by calling for greater American military force deployed against the Damascus government was itself a remarkable sign of official dissent within Washington. But the president’s authority was further brazenly undermined when a few days later the Saudi rulers endorsed the dissenting US

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