(ANTIWAR) Speaking at an international conference aimed at fundraising for the humanitarian costs of the war, Secretary of State John Kerry once again talked up how great the ISIS war is going, claiming “momentum has shifted” and presenting victory as virtually inevitable, but only a “short-term success.”
(MINTPRESS) WASHINGTON — After two years of bombing, the U.S. recently marked a horrendous milestone in a war with no clear end in sight.
(ANTIMEDIA) Cleveland, OH — Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani’s blustery fearmongering at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Monday toed the line on buffoonery—but his assertions of American exceptionalism and world dominance against terrorism committed by Islamic extremists flatly ignored the well-established cycle creating those very terrorists. This chillingly predictive rant flew right under everyone’s radar as the media converged on Melania Trump’s ostensibly plagiarized speech.
(ANTIMEDIA) Turkey — A totalitarian crackdown of epic proportions is underway in Turkey following a failed military coup attempt—itself the subject of conjecture across social and news media to have presented the prime opportunity for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to consolidate power by purging dissenters.
(ANTIWAR) US and coalition airstrikes against the northern Syrian villages of Tokhar and Hoshariyeh have killed at least 56 civilians, including 11 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Other groups claimed the civilian toll was as high as 90.
(ANTIMEDIA) The front pages of most major U.S. news outlets are currently dominated by one topic: Melania Trump’s recent speech during the opening night of the Republican National Convention.
(ANTIMEDIA) Handarat, Syria — One of several U.S.-backed Syrian rebel groups has been caught on video taunting—and then beheading—a boy as young as 10 years old.
(ANTIMEDIA) Cleveland, OH — Melania Trump’s RNC speech, which was partially plagiarized from a Michelle Obama speech, has become such a popular subject that #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes has turned into a trending topic on Facebook and Twitter.
(MEE) At least 56 civilians, including 11 children, have been killed by US-led coalition air strikes outside a Syrian village held by the Islamic State (IS) group, a monitoring group said.
Dozens more civilians were injured in the strikes, including some who were in serious condition, the British based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
