A senior field commander in the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front (NLF), a jihadist ‘rebel’ coalition in northwest Syria, was killed by Syrian Army artillery fire on September 10th in Idlib province, according to a Muraselon report.
The Badawi family. Victims of the Rashideen suicide car attack. Interviewed by Vanessa Beeley July 2017 (Photo: Vanessa Beeley)
Vanessa Beeley
21st Century Wire
“They sieged us, starved us, mocked us and then tempted our children with potato chips before blowing them up. Have they no heart?”
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BREAKDOWN: Has this Toner cartridge finally run out of yellow ink?
21st Century Wire says…
After US Secretary of State, John Kerry, “muddied the waters” of the US terrorism support policies in Syria on June 28th in Aspen, Colorado, it seems US State Department spokesperson, Mark Toner, was feeling left out of the farcical parallel dimension inhabited by the US foreign policy oligarchy.
Vanessa Beeley
21st Century Wire
“Thank you very much. It’s a great honor and pleasure for us to have a man I’ve admired – most of us have admired – for many years, a man who – U.S. Naval, served in Vietnam, won the Purple Heart – I mean, three Purple Hearts, the bronze medal, the silver medal, has been a senator, candidate for president, and now our Secretary of State.”
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