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Donald Trump’s Mythical Terrorist Tide from Mexico

Despite their portrayal of Mexico as a teeming portal for terrorists, the State Department issued a report in September finding “no credible evidence indicating that international terrorist groups have established bases in Mexico, worked with Mexican drug cartels or sent operatives via Mexico into the United States.”

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
Central American Migrant Caravan

President Donald Trump and his officials persist in promoting the discredited notion that terror suspects are pouring into the U.S. from Mexico by the thousands. Despite their portrayal of Mexico as a teeming portal for terrorists, the State Department issued a report in September finding "no credible evidence indicating that international

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With Golan at Stake, Netanyahu, Bolton Set Trump Straight on US Syria Withdrawal Plan

Understanding the significance of the Golan Heights is in many ways key to understanding why the Syrian conflict was engineered by foreign powers in the first place.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
John Bolton | Benjamin Netanyahu

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- The state of Israel seems to share at least some of the responsibility for the latest shift of U.S. Syria policy -- as National Security Adviser John Bolton announced on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s call to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria would now be “coordinated” with Israel, after meeting with top Israeli officials

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From “Bring Our Troops Home” to “Sykes-Picot on Acid”: Neocons Get Their Way on Trump’s Syria Policy

Everything seems to suggest that this new condition upon which troop withdrawal now hinges was intentionally set up to fail in order to ensure the enduring presence of a U.S. military occupation in a sizable portion of Syria, while saving face for the flip-flopping Trump.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Lindsey Graham | White House

WASHINGTON -- Since it was announced a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria has now -- unsurprisingly – morphed from an “America First” policy move into yet another “Israel First” and neoconservative-supported initiative likely to continue the U.S.’ illegal occupation Syrian territory for the foreseeable

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New Senate anti-BDS Bill Unconstitutional and Ineffective at Curbing Boycotts

“It says quite a bit about the priorities of the new Congress when in the midst of a government shutdown, when federal workers are not receiving their paychecks, the new Congress is more concerned with curtailing the First Amendment rights of the people.” — Chip Gibbons, U.S. Constitutional Law Expert

Alexander Rubinstein
بواسطة Alexander Rubinstein
BDS Protest

WASHINGTON -- Pro-Israel lawmakers in Washington, undeterred by the partial shutdown of the United States government, are pursuing their agenda full speed with the introduction of the first piece of legislation before the 116th Senate -- a bill that aims to stifle the free-speech rights of American critics of apartheid Israel. The

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With Ceasefire Faltering, Another Round of Yemen Peace Talks May Be on the Table

As long as the Saudi-led coalition refuses real negotiations and insists on unrealistic demands disconnected from the realities on the ground, there will be no negotiated peace.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
بواسطة Ahmed Abdulkareem

SANA’A, YEMEN -- A second round of negotiations between the Saudi-led coalition and Yemen’s Houthi movement could be hosted soon in the Jordanian capital of Amman, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head of the Houthi Supreme Revolutionary Committee said on Sunday after meeting the UN envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths. Griffiths arrived in Sana’a on

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Turkey’s Top Brass in Conflict Over New Operation Against Kurds in Northern Syria

US plans to withdraw from Syria have sent Turkey scrambling to develop a winning strategy in northern Syria, and according to some analysts, have thrown Turkey’s top military command into disarray.

SouthFront
بواسطة SouthFront
Turkey Syria

On January 4th, al-Monitor published an analysis into a possible conflict in the Turkish army’s top brass over the operation in Syria. According to the author, Fehim Tastekin, while Turkey was negotiating with the US over the roadmap for the area east of the Euphrates River and Manbij, while also coordinating with Russia to get their approval

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