Someone finally asked Obama administration officials to own up to the rise of ISIS and arming jihadists in Syria. In a wide ranging interview titled “Confronting the Consequences of Obama’s Foreign Policy” The Intercept’s Mehdi Hasan put the question to Ben Rhodes, who served as longtime deputy national security adviser at the White House under […]
Syria – Ready to Start the Daraa Campaign…
There are signs that the long expected liberation of the Daraa region in southwest Syria is about to begin. After a month of negotiations between Russia, Israel, Jordan and the U.S. no peaceful solution has been found. The various terrorist forces in the (green) area, including al-Qaeda aligned HTS and groups loyal to the Islamic […]
Trump Awards Medal of Honor to Navy Seal for Controversial Mission in Afghanistan…
Six months after the 9/11 attacks, then-Senior Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski led a seven-man Navy SEAL Team Six unit to set up an observation post in eastern Afghanistan atop a 10,000-foot mountain known as Takur Ghar, to support U.S. forces in the valley below battling Al Qaeda in an operation known as Anaconda. In […]
Second Wave: People Still Getting Sick 17 Years After 9/11 Attacks…
Many residents and workers who volunteered, lived or worked in Lower Manhattan in the days and months following the September 11, 2001 attacks are complaining about “increasing numbers and types of illnesses” according to a new report, just released by the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund (VCF). According to the report, released on Thursday, the VCF […]
American Who Escaped Al Qaeda Captivity Says FBI, Under Mueller and Comey, Betrayed Him…
After he escaped from Al Qaeda in Syria, American photojournalist Matt Schrier investigated his own kidnapping and uncovered what he describes as a pattern of “betrayal” by FBI agents handling his case. Schrier is now asking hard questions of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who now leads the special counsel Russia probe, and former FBI […]
U.S. Finally Admits “No Evidence” Assad Used Sarin Gas…
Secretary of Defense James Mattis stated on or about February 2nd, 2018 that the United States has “no evidence” that the Syrian government used the banned nerve agent Sarin against its own people in attacks in 2013 and 2017. The most recent accusation provoked a massive Tomahawk strike ordered by President Trump that was quite […]
There Is No FSA, There Is Only Al-Qaeda…
Islamic State Last Stand; End Times for the Caliphate by Mike Whitney…
Russia and its allies have expelled ISIS from its last urban stronghold in Syria. Now the Syrian coalition will turn its attention to the numerous hotspots around the country where al Qaida-linked groups have dug in waiting for the Syrian Army to make its final push. On Monday, Lebanese media reported that the Syrian Arab […]
U.S. Drone Strike Kill 10 Suspected al-Qaeda Members…
A US drone strike in Yemen killed 10 suspected al-Qaeda members over the weekend, according to local government officials, as raids against the group continued to intensify in southern Yemen. The United States is the only force known to operate armed drones over war-torn Yemen, where thousands have died in the conflict and millions now […]
What Trump and Putin Talked About for an Hour…
President Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone for more than an hour on Tuesday about issues ranging from terrorism to Ukraine, the White House said in a statement. The two leaders stressed the need “to peacefully resolve the Syrian civil war, end the humanitarian crisis, allow displaced Syrians to return home, and […]
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