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By Ahmad Al Khaled | American Herald Tribune | May 12, 2020

Russian military police in Syria, helping local residents in newly liberated areas (Image: Global Research)

With the UK Parliament already on alert, how long will it be before Congress wakes up to this scandal-in-the-making?
Peter FORD
The cat is out of the bag. The UK is potentially complicit in a war crime. With typical insouciance the U.S. military dropped this bombshell by tweet and apparently without realizing the implications for U.S. partners:

Khaled Iskef
21st Century Wire
The Russian METIS anti-tank system destroyed the latest Turkish military gun, the T-155 self-propelled cannon. Russian media sources published pictures of the cannon after it was completely destroyed and uprooted.

A DC foreign-policy apparatchik who oversaw Congress’ Syria Study Group proclaimed that the US military “owned” one-third of Syrian territory,…
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From extraordinary candid admissions made separately by US President Donald Trump and the New York Times, there can be no illusion about what American forces are really deployed in Syria for. It’s an illegal occupation against the Syrian government and in particular to deprive the Arab country of its oil resources. Read Finian Cunningham’s article to find out more.

Hundreds of American soldiers are remaining in Syria to occupy its oil reserves and block the Syrian government from revenue needed for reconstruction. Trump said openly, “We want to keep the oil.”
Ben NORTON
US President Donald Trump has reassured supporters that he is “bringing soldiers home” from the “endless” war in Syria. But that is simply not the case.

Italian media recently revealed that Turkey uses thousands of jihadists to fight the Kurds in Syria. Some accused the US’s direct and indirect meddling to be reason behind the rise of Daesh/ISIS. Is this really what American and Turkish tax payers want?


The truth is that in addition to Turkey, the US, the UK, France, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have armed, financed and trained about 250 thousand jihadis from all around the world since 2010 for the purposes of attacking Syria, precipitating a disaster in the region, with repercussions felt in Europe, and committing crimes against humanity.

Russia-Turkey deal establishes ‘safe zone’ along Turkish border and there will be joint Russia-Turkey military patrols
Pepe ESCOBAR
The negotiations in Sochi were long – over six hours – tense and tough. Two leaders in a room with their interpreters and several senior Turkish ministers close by if advice was needed. The stakes were immense: a road map to pacify northeast Syria, finally.