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21st Century Wire says…
At Tuesday’s U.S. State Department briefing, spokesperson Heather Nauert, once again, displayed her servitude to Washington’s geopolitical agenda in Syria.

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Now that RT is no longer available on television in Philadelphia, I watch more France 24 than before, when I divided my TV-watching between those two and MSNBC. The difference in offerings never ceases to amaze me, but while ‘Putin’s bullhorn’ tended to focus on non-typical Russian subjects and America’s failings, France’s English language channel concentrates heavily on the Middle East and Africa.

I’m worried about George. An admirer of many years standing of his excellent columns charting what John Smith’s even more excellent Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century refers to as “capitalism’s destruction of nature”, I’m dismayed both by his stance on Syria and manner of defending it. His latest Guardian piece, yesterday – A lesson from Syria: it’s crucial not to fuel far-right conspiracy […]
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I have been perplexed by the intense divergences of perception when it comes to the Syrian reality, and the allocation of blame and responsibility for the havoc that has been experienced by the Syrian people.
In ‘the fog of war’ there are many ambiguities that allow ideological predisposition to color what we believe is happening. There is very little basis for trust, and the extraordinary complexity and shifting priorities of the many participants precludes a simple diagnosis.

Niraj Srivastava
21st Century Wire

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A top secret NSA document showed that Saudi Prince Salman ordered rocket attacks against Syria's civilian airport in Damascus, in violation of international law (and morality). US intelligence (CIA) had advance knowledge of the attack. [...]

From Ochelli.com

Syria Times
President Putin, saying “I am confident that through our joint efforts, we will achieve victory and restore peace and stability to the Syrian territories.”