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Turkey Increases Weapon Support to Militants in Northern Syria

Local observers believe that Turkey is attempting to deter the SAA and its allies by supplying weapons that can threaten civilians in the government-held areas.

SouthFront
بواسطة SouthFront
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels and Turkish troops secure the Bursayah hill, which separates the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin from the Turkey-controlled town of Azaz, Syria, Jan. 28, 2018. (AP Photo)

On September 12, a senior Free Syrian Army (FSA) commander told the Reuters news agency that Turkey has stepped up weapon supplies to militants in northern Syria to help them to fend off an expected attack by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies. They pledged complete Turkish military support for a long, protracted battle … These arms

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Pompeo Puts ‘Rubber Stamp’ of Approval on Saudi Arabia’s Slaughter of Yemeni Civilians

“Pompeo’s ‘certification’ is a farce. The Saudis deliberately bombed a bus full of children. There is only one moral answer, and that is to end our support for their intervention in Yemen.”

Julia Conley
بواسطة Julia Conley
yemen

As local journalists in Yemen reported that at least 15 civilians were killed in Saudi airstrikes in the port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo officially certified that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose three-year assault on the country has been made possible by U.S. support, are doing all they

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Does the United States Really Have a ‘Strong’ Economy?

For the average American, the US economy hardly merits any kudos. Two new data dumps make that reality even plainer.

Sam Pizzigati
بواسطة Sam Pizzigati
US Dollar Economy

Long-time Republican Party political strategists are having fits. If only we could get average Americans to focus in on the economy instead of The Donald, they’re telling all comers, the GOP would do just fine in the upcoming November midterm elections. Those Republican strategists should be careful what they wish for. Getting average Americans

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Majority of Israeli Jews Believe They Are ‘Chosen People’

“Israelis and Americans view Europe as godless and decadent, but for the Brahmins in Brussels, Israel and the United States are drifting into fundamentalist Crazyland.”

Middle East Monitor
بواسطة Middle East Monitor
demolishing Israeli homes

The majority of Israeli Jews — 56 per cent — believe that they are the “chosen people” according to a poll conducted by Haaretz. That figure is considerably higher amongst the political right in Israel, at 79 per cent. The findings of the survey — carried out to mark the Jewish New Year — included a number of revealing facts about Israeli society

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After Warnings of Mass Murder and Catastrophe, Robert Fisk Prowled the Idlib Front Lines

The only massed forces Fisk came across were vast herds of sheep and, close to Aleppo, a string of camels. War might be coming, but not yet.

Robert Fisk
بواسطة Robert Fisk
idlib

Every journalist would like to start a report with the words: “All quiet on the western front.” Or the eastern front. And I had actually scribbled “all quiet on the northern front” in my notebook, on my rural way to the far northern village of Kansabba on Syria’s front line opposite Idlib province, when an artillery piece in the forest banged off a

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Civilians Flee to Yemen’s Harsh Desert as US-Backed Coalition Steps up Attacks on Hodeida

The U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition, including the UAE, has been waging a scorched-earth campaign to advance to the city center of Hodeida, leaving civilians fleeing to the harsh desert to seek reprieve.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
بواسطة Ahmed Abdulkareem
Kilo 16 Hodeida Yemen

HODEIDA, YEMEN -- At least 30 civilians have been killed or injured in a barrage of ongoing airstrikes that began last Sunday, targeting a restaurant, a flour mill, and a bus station in the area of Kilo 16, in Yemen’s southwestern Hodeida province. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), is thought to be responsible for the attacks in Yemen`s western

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