Middle East

Iran drops the dollar. Others tried and were bombed. ‘It’s all about the banking,’ says Lee Camp
Iran recently announced it is dropping the US dollar in foreign trade. Just as Iraq did shortly before it was invaded by the US, or Libya planned to before it was bombed by NATO-led allies. Lee Camp is starting to see a pattern. The US is gearing up to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, which has all but killed Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, because it's not restrictive eno [...]
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Nikki Haley Confronted Over Israel’s Treatment of Peaceful Palestinian Protesters
Israel’s military has brutalized—and even kiIIed—peaceful Palestinian protesters, and this behavior has continued for weeks with no response from the United States. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has been the sole vote on the UN Security Council against an investigation into Israel’s actions, and when confronted about this, she refused to give a straight answer in spite of her previously sta [...]
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Weapons Inspector Refutes U.S. Syria Chemical Claims
Scott Ritter is arguably the most experienced American weapons inspector and in this interview with Dennis J. Bernstein he levels a frank assessment of U.S. government assertions about chemical weapons use. In the 1980’s, Scott Ritter was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, specializing in intelligence. In 1987, Ritter was assigned to the On-Site Inspection Agency, which wa [...]
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Syrian Army Captures Several Villages East of Euphrates From SDF – Reports
The Syrian armed forces have captured several villages located to the east of the Euphrates river from the US-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, the Reuters news agency reported, citing a military source. The clashes between the Syrian government military and the US-supported SDF forces took place close to the Iraqi border, in the Kurdish-controlled areas of the country, the Reuters news age [...]
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Ignore, deny, downplay: Accounts of Syrians from Douma have no place in Western narrative
Whatever the Douma residents, who had first-hand experience of the shooting of the ‘water dousing after chemical attack’ video, have to say, their words simply don’t fit into the narrative allowed in the West, analysts told RT. Footage of screaming bewildered civilians and children being doused with water, presumably to decontaminate them, was a key part in convincing Western audiences that [...]
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Russia ‘won’t allow’ another US military action in Syria based on false flag – OPCW envoy
Russia’s envoy to the OPCW said it was crucial to avoid new false-flag attacks in Syria and that Moscow “won’t allow” US military action there, as he described details of Russian findings on the site of the alleged Douma incident. New false-flag operations against Damascus are “possible, since our American partners are once again threatening to take military action against Syria, but we [...]
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Deadly trap: Austria probes whether its UN peacekeepers let Syrian police drive into ambush (VIDEO)
Austria has launched a probe into whether its UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights allowed Syrian police to drive into a deadly ambush launched by smugglers in 2012. Local media was told their behavior was “100% correct.” [...]
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Natalie Portman Won’t Visit Israel Because Of Netanyahu
Genesis Prize Cancels Ceremony After 2018 Winner Natalie Portman Says Won’t Visit Israel. Portman said 'recent events in Israel' have been 'extremely distressing,' making it uncomfortable for her to participate in any public events in Israel. On Thursday, the Genesis Prize Foundation, which awards what it calls the “Jewish Nobel,” said it was “very saddened” that the Israeli-American [...]
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Syria strikes: High tech killing power with “good intentions”
After allegations of a chemical attack in Syria, Western fighter jets were soon revving their engines, ready to unleash a "€œhumanitarian intervention."€ Chemical weapons inspectors were on their way to the Syrian town of Douma to investigate whether an attack had actually happened, but cruise missiles and tornado jets can go extremely fast, and embarrassingly arrived a whole day before th [...]
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Carla Ortiz Shocking Video From Syria Contradicts Corp. News Coverage
Carla Ortiz Shocking Video From Syria Contradicts Corp. News Coverage Here's How You Can Support Our Show & Independent Media! Carla Ortiz Shocking Video From Syria Contradicts Corp. News Coverage International Journalist Tells The Truth About Syria CNN Smears Anti-War Progressive As "Extremist" "Conspiracy Peddler" /* */ /* */ /* */ [...]
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U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley Arrogantly Leaves UN Security Council Meeting ►
Rather than listen to what Syria's UN Representative has to say, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley gets up and leaves the UN Security Council Meeting! Transcript Syria’s UN Rep. Exposes Facts Nikki Haley Doesn't Want to Hear! U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley Arrogantly Leaves UN Security Council Meeting The Lies They Told Us About Syria The Truth About Syria /* */ [...]
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71 Out of 103 Destroyed: Here’s How Syria’s Air Defense Repelled West’s Missiles
Perhaps the most surprising news surrounding the US, British and French strike on Syria Saturday morning was the report that the country's Air Defense Force managed to shoot down just shy of 70% of the Western cruise missiles launched. Sputnik looks at how the Syrians managed to do it. [...]
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Syrian Army Finds US-Produced Missiles in Militants’ Armory in Dumayr – Reports
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Syrian government forces on Friday have found large amounts of militants’ weapons, including those produced in the United States, in the city of Dumayr, located north-east of the Syrian capital of Damascus, local media reported. [...]
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German Parliament Lawyers Brand US-Led Airstrike on Syria Illegal
According to lawyers of the Bundestag, the missile attack by the US-UK-France coalition, supported by the German Government, violates international law. The grounds that the strike was a retaliatory measure following an alleged chemical attack were dismissed as “not convincing.” [...]
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The Warmongering Media – Spineless, Gutless, Clueless – The David Icke Dot-Connector Videocast
David Vaughan Icke is an English writer, public speaker, and former media personality best known for his views on what he calls "who and what is really controlling the world". Describing himself as the most controversial speaker and author in the world, he has written many books explaining his position, dubbed "New Age conspiracism", and has attracted a substantial following across the politica [...]
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Russian Military Finds Precursor to Chemical Weapons in Terrorists’ Lab in Douma
Russian servicemen have found another evidence of manufacturing of military poisonous substances by Jaish al-Islam terrorists in the Syrian town of Douma, where on April 7 a false-flag attack took place, serving as a pretext for the US and allies to blame the government and strike the country. [...]
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ICYMI: Be reassured, people of Syria – the West has humanitarian missiles ready to intervene!
After allegations of a chemical attack in Syria, Western fighter jets were soon revving their engines, ready to unleash a “humanitarian intervention.” Chemical weapons inspectors were on their way to the Syrian town of Douma to investigate whether an attack had actually happened, but cruise missiles and tornado jets can go extremely fast, and embarrassingly arrived a whole day before the in [...]
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Lavrov: After US-led strikes, Russia has ‘no moral barriers’ on S-300 deliveries to Syria
Following the US-led bombardment of Syria last week over an alleged chemical attack by Damascus, Russia says it has no reason to not supply its S-300 missile system to Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.  Moscow agreed with its international partners about 10 years ago to not deliver the S-300 to Damascus. [...]
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RT visits hospital seen in Douma ‘chemical attack’ video, talks to boy from footage (VIDEO)
RT Arabic has traveled to the Douma hospital shown in footage of the aftermath of the alleged chemical weapons attack. The crew talked to a boy featured in the video, who recounted the events. Hassan Diab, 11, appears to be the trembling boy seen in the video of the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack in the Eastern Ghouta city. T [...]
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