Archives for يونيو 2019

وسائل الإعلام تصور القائد الجهادي الذي تعهد بالولاء لداعش كنجم كرة قدم بصوت ملاك

وفي حين تم تبييض دعوات الساروت العلنية للإبادة الجماعية والطائفية بالكامل من قبل الصحافة، فإن قضيته تأخذ مكانها في تقليد طويل من الخداع فيما يتعلق بالحرب بالوكالة.

If you’ve read the headlines about the death of “Syrian activist” Abdel Basset al-Sarout, you probably think he was a pretty cool guy. Headlines referring to him as a “Syrian footballer, singer and rebel” make him seem like he could have been the love child of Pelé and Freddie Mercury with the politics of Che Guevara. Sarout may have sang,

In the Western Media Narrative, SAA-Targeted Underground Bunkers and Terrorist-Run Prisons Become “Hospitals”

We should not allow ourselves to be collectively hypnotized into believing the media hype that would portray armed-group murderers as heroes, and the Syrian people and government struggling to expel them from their country as the villains.

بواسطة Vanessa Beeley
White Helmets

IDLIB PROVINCE, SYRIA (Report) -- In recently liberated Qalaat Al Madiq -- 500 meters from As Suqaylabiyah, a predominantly Christian town near Syria’s embattled Idlib province -- the White Helmets, a controversial rescue group financed primarily by the U.K. Foreign Office, was found to have an established presence in a network of tunnels. The

Sky News and the Western Press Have Once Again Failed Syria

By whitewashing the role of the Idlib mercenaries and extremist groups, the Western press acts as de facto protection racketeers for the very forces exploiting civilians as human shields in Idlib and preventing their exodus via the Russian/Syrian-established humanitarian corridors.

بواسطة Vanessa Beeley
Idlib Syria Media

Recent storylines from the Western press on the “Idlib” narrative, particularly the extraordinary spate of “on-the-ground” reports from Sky News reporter Alex Crawford, have failed to paint an accurate picture of the reality faced by Syrian civilians. Brett McGurk – the U.S. government’s Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to

For Fourth Year Saudi Barrages Bring Death and Loss to Yemeni Families on Eid

For the fourth consecutive year, Eid al-Fitr has done little to bring quiet to Yemen’s war-weary residents. In Hodeida, airstrikes have been replaced with a new norm: snipers, artillery shells, and missiles.

Yemen | Eid al-Fitr

HODEIDA, YEMEN -- "This is our Eid gift from Saudi Arabia," a visitor to a private hospital in Hodeida told MintPress as he pulled back a blood-soaked blue plastic cover draping the lifeless body of his child. The girl, whose torso and arms were dotted with holes from high-caliber bullets, did not make it to her second birthday -- she was killed in

LGBTQ Protest Under Fire from Zionists for Banning Pro-Israel Symbols

A Washington “Dyke March” is under attack by Zionist groups for its ban on Israel pride flags, which they say represents Israeli nationalism – not Judaism.

LGBTQ Protest Under Fire from Zionists for Banning Pro-Israel Symbols feature photo

A “Dyke March” scheduled for Friday in Washington is under attack by Zionist groups for its ban on Israeli pride flags at the event. Dyke marches are a tradition in the U.S. that typically precede regular pride marches: they are distinguishable because they tend to engage in direct action, such as dropping banners and blocking traffic, and the

As Suqaylabiyah: The Syrian Christian Town Near Idlib the West Has Never Heard Of

Vanessa Beeley reports from the town of As Suqaylabiyah, Syria – a Christian enclave under attack from Al Qaeda affiliated militants in the nearby Idlib province.

بواسطة Vanessa Beeley
Syria War Diary | As Suqaylabiyah

On the 12th of May, 2019, Jaish Al Izza -- an armed affiliate of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) -- an Al Qaeda rebrand that controls the majority of Idlib province and Northern Hama -- targeted the Syrian Christian town of As Suqaylabiyah, situated on the border of terrorist-held areas. The attacks came just after the Syrian Arab Army liberation of