Syria

My segment on George Galloway’s May 25 show begins as of 10:52.

Press TV – May 26, 2018 The US has threatened Syria with “firm and appropriate measures” as the Syrian army reportedly prepares to retake a strategic province on the border with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. In a statement released on Friday, US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert expressed concerns about the upcoming operation […]

On April 7th, Assad’s government forces were alleged to have carried out a chemical weapons attack on the citizens of Douma, a suburb of Damascus, evidenced by a video shared via a tweet by members of the notorious ‘White Helmets’.

Damascus-Gaziantep Road … Restoring Relations or Economic Interests?

https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-may-25-2018-israeli-us-strikes… Late on May 24, Israeli warplanes carried out several strikes on the al-Dabaa airbase in the southwestern Homs countryside, according to pro-government sources. The Syrian Air Defense Forces (SADF)

Book review: Media, Propaganda and the Politics of Intervention by Florian Zollmann
by Ian Sinclair
Peace News
June-July 2018
‘The biggest immediate single problem we face… is mainstream media reporting’, British historian Mark Curtis recently argued in an Open Democracy interview about UK foreign policy.

Russian Finance Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister, Anton Siluanov, has proposed using the European common currency in order to settle transactions between Russia and EU members, while speaking at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
As an example of the successful function of using national currencies in foreign trade, Siluanov pointed out that Russia is already doing this with it trading partners.
RT reports:

As part of the St Petersburg International Economic forum (SPIEF), which is presently in progress, France has agreed to several investment projects in cooperation with Russian firms as the French President, Emmanuel Macron, visits Russia as a guest of honor at the forum.

By Whitney Webb | MintPress News | May 23, 2018 RAQQA, SYRIA – A handful of groups claiming to resist the U.S.-led occupation of Northeastern Syria have sprung up throughout the region since the year began — targeting U.S. forces as well as the U.S. proxy in the area, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Since […]

SANA

A military source announced on Thursday that the Syrian Air defense intercepted a missile aggression on one of the Syrian military airbases in the central region.

The source added that the air defense confronted a hostile rocket strike on one of the military airbase in the central region and prevented it from achieving its goals.