2020-01-22: Social Media Postees

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OPCW investigator testifies at UN that no chemical attack took place in Douma, Syria
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-22
In testimony before the United Nations Security Council, former OPCW inspection team leader and engineering expert Ian Henderson stated that…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/22/ian-henderson-opcw-whistleblower-un-no-chemical-attack-douma-syria/

Ending Militarization Of Our Communities
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-22
From Stop The Militarization of Police Facebook page In recent weeks Popular Resistance has focused on the escalation of US militarism around the world, especially in the Middle East with the assassination of General Soleimani, US troops staying in Syria to take their oil and the US refusing to leave Iraq despite being asked to leave. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/ending-militarization-of-our-communities/

Smoke and violence in Beirut as Lebanese protests continue after new government formed (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-01-22
The streets of Beirut filled with smoke and echoed with shots, as demonstrators faced off against riot police in the Lebanese capital. The formation of a new government has failed to quell public anger. | An agreement reached between Hezbollah and its allies in parliament made Hassan Diab the new prime minister, and created a fresh cabinet consisting of 20 members. Yet protesters continued to throng the streets of Beirut into Wednesday night, raging at corruption, unemployment, spiralling national debt, and inadequate public services, as well as the web of sectarian alliances that traditionally dominates Leban…
rt.com/news/478932-lebanon-protests-continue-beirut/

Smoke and violence in Beirut as Lebanese protests continue after new government formed (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-01-22
The streets of Beirut filled with smoke and echoed with shots, as demonstrators faced off against riot police in the Lebanese capital. The formation of a new government has failed to quell public anger. | An agreement reached between Hezbollah and its allies in parliament made Hassan Diab the new prime minister, and created a fresh cabinet consisting of 20 members. Yet protesters continued to throng the streets of Beirut into Wednesday night, raging at corruption, unemployment, spiralling national debt, and inadequate public services, as well as the web of sectarian alliances that traditionally dominates Leban…
rt.com/news/478932-lebanon-protests-continue-beirut/

Protests unlikely to subside in Lebanon despite formation of new government
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-22
On January 21, president Michael Aoun announced the formation of a new government led by Hassan Diab but protests may continue as many of the key demands have not been met…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/22/protests-unlikely-to-subside-in-lebanon-despite-formation-of-new-government/

Video: Dozens Army Troops Killed, Injured in Idlib Clashes
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
46 Syrian service members have been killed and 77 were wounded in recent clashes with radical militants in Greater Idlib in the period from January 16 to January 19, the Russian Reconciliation Center reported. According to the report, 57 civilians …
globalresearch.ca/video-dozens-army-troops-killed-injured-idlib-clashes/5701348

OPCW Inspector Debunks Doctored Syria Report. "The Chemical Weapons Incident That Never Occurred"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Last November, WikiLeaks published information from an OPCW whistleblower. | A member of its fact finding mission to Douma, Syria, he expressed grave "concern over intentional bias introduced to a redacted version of the report he co-authored." | The OPCW's so-called Fact …
globalresearch.ca/opcw-inspector-debunks-doctored-syria-report-the-chemical-weapons-incident-that-never-occurred/5701378

Europe dispatches naval flotilla to threaten Iran, Syria
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
A French aircraft carrier and European naval flotillas will patrol strategic Middle East waters that are critical to the global oil trade.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/char-j22.html

Defender and Spearheads
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
"ALARM! Twelve thousand residents must immediately leave their homes! All hospital clinics must be evacuated! No exceptions! Hasten! " Not in burning Australia nor a besieged town in Syria or Afghanistan, but on January 12th 2020 in the otherwise peaceful if no longer prosperous Dortmund, in Germany's Ruhr Valley; once again, unexploded bombs were detected under…
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Defender and Spearheads
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
"ALARM! Twelve thousand residents must immediately leave their homes! All hospital clinics must be evacuated! No exceptions! Hasten! " Not in burning Australia nor a besieged town in Syria or Afghanistan, but on January 12th 2020 in the otherwise peaceful if no longer prosperous Dortmund, in Germany's Ruhr Valley; once again, unexploded bombs were detected under…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/defender-and-spearheads/

Lebanon Forms New Government
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
Lebanon formed a new government on Tuesday, the presidency announced after Shi'ite Hezbollah and its allies clinched a deal on a cabinet that must tackle the country's worst economic crisis in decades. | RELATED: | Over 330 People Wounded in Lebanon After Clashes in Beirut | Heavily indebted Lebanon has been without an effective government since Saad al-Hariri resigned as premier in October under pressure from protests against state corruption and waste – root causes of the crisis.
telesurenglish.net/news/Lebanon-Forms-New-Government-20200121-0010.html

Protests continue in Beirut after Lebanon forms new Hezbollah-approved government (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-21
Even after the formation of a new government in Lebanon, heated demonstrations in the streets of Beirut show no signs of slowing down, with protesters continuing to trade blows with security forces in on-and-off clashes. | The ongoing unrest comes as a new government was announced on Tuesday, following the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri and amid the worst economic crisis Lebanon has faced in decades. An agreement reached between Hezbollah and its allies in parliament made Hassan Diab the new prime minister, and created a fresh cabinet consisting of 20 members. | The demonstrations were sparked la…
rt.com/news/478840-lebanon-protests-new-government/

A New Definition of Warfare
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
Supporters of Donald Trump often make the point that he has not started any new wars. One might observe that it has not been for lack of trying, as his cruise missile attacks on Syria based on fabricated evidence and …
globalresearch.ca/new-definition-warfare/5701278

Video: Author of Leaked OPCW Engineering Report on Douma Speaks at UN Security Council
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
The UN Security Council met in New York on Monday to discuss the investigation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into an alleged chemical attack that was said to have taken place in April 2018 in …
globalresearch.ca/author-leaked-opcw-engineering-report-douma-speaks-un-security-council/5701314

Worst lie since fake claim sparked Iraq war? OPCW report behind Syria bombings was altered, whistleblower tells UNSC
rt.com | 2020-01-21
A former inspector with the OPCW has accused the chemical weapons watchdog of issuing a sanitized report on the alleged 2018 attack in Douma, Syria, arguing it ignored serious reservations of its own fact-finding team. | The OPCW's final report on the Douma incident, released last March, omitted key findings of its own inspection team which would have cast serious doubt on whether a chemical attack took place at all, a now former OPCW specialist, Ian Henderson, told members of the United Nations Security Council in a recorded video address

NATO Terrorist Attacks Continue in Aleppo; Drones Hit Near Lattakia
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
NATO al Qaeda ground operatives in Syria continue their recent acceleration of terrorist atrocities against Syria. Rocket bombs have again been fired into civilian neighborhoods of Aleppo. Armed human garbage continue to prevent civilians to be escorted to safe areas …
globalresearch.ca/nato-terrorist-attacks-continue-aleppo-drones-hit-near-lattakia/5701247

'Ridiculous': US disarmament envoy slams Iranian MP for proposing $3mn bounty on Trump's head
rt.com | 2020-01-21
A senior US diplomat said an offer of money for the killing of US President Donald Trump, made by an Iranian lawmaker, serves as clear proof of Tehran's "terrorist underpinnings." | "It's just ridiculous, but it gives you a sense of the terrorist underpinnings of that regime, and that regime needs to change its behavior," US Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament Robert Wood told reporters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, as quoted by Reuters. | The diplomat was commenting on a remark by Iranian lawmaker Ahmad Hamzeh, who promised to pay US$3,000,000 to anyone who kills Trump. Hamzeh said it would be r…
rt.com/usa/478809-us-envoy-trump-bounty/

Washington urges China to join nuclear arms talks with Russia
rt.com | 2020-01-21
The US urged China on Tuesday to join trilateral nuclear arms talks with Moscow. President Donald Trump said last year he had discussed a new accord on limiting nuclear arms with Russian President Vladimir Putin and hoped to extend that to China in what would be a major deal between the globe's top three atomic powers, Reuters said. | China has so far refused to take part. "We think, given the fact that China's nuclear stockpile is estimated to double over the next ten years, now is the time to have that trilateral discussion," said Robert Wood, US disarmament ambassador. He was speaking with reporters on the…
rt.com/newsline/478824-us-china-russia-nuclear/

Lebanon demonstrators storm banks, demand new government
Karin Leukefeld | workers.org | 2020-01-21
Beirut, Lebanon Published in the German daily newspaper Junge Welt, Jan. 16. Translation: John Catalinotto. For some people in Lebanon a "Week of Wrath" has begun; for others it was the "Tuesday of Wrath." In the Hamra commercial district of Beirut, demonstrators attacked numerous bank branches during clashes with police . . . | Continue reading Lebanon demonstrators storm banks, demand new government at Workers.org
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Lebanon is 'Hours Away' from Forming New Government: PM
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
The newly appointed Lebanese caretaker Finance Minister, Ali Hassan Khalil, announced on Tuesday that the formation of a new government was just "hours away", as the country suffers one of its worst economic crisis in decades. | RELATED: | Over 330 People Wounded in Lebanon After Clashes in Beirut | While Khalil did not go into details, the newly appointed Finance Minister appeared optimistic after several days of negotiations and discussions among rival political parties. | Khali…
telesurenglish.net/news/Lebanon-is-Hours-Away-from-Forming-New-Government-PM-20200121-0006.html

Mass protests escalate in Iraq and Lebanon
wsws.org | 2020-01-21
Both countries saw violent clashes as discredited caretaker governments failed to meet any of the social and political demands made by hundreds of thousands who have taken to the streets.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/21/iraq-j21.html

Mass protests escalate in Iraq and Lebanon
wsws.org | 2020-01-21
Both countries saw violent clashes as discredited caretaker governments fail to meet any of the social and political demands made by hundreds of thousands who have taken to the streets.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/21/iraq-j21.html

50 civilians killed in Syria's Idlib since Jan. 12
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-21
Dozens of civilians have lost their lives in Syria's Idlib and tens of thousands of others have been displaced since Jan. 12, as the regime forces and its allies continued to violate cease-fire.According to data obtained from the country's Response Coordination Group, the Assad regime has conducted 89 airstrikes while Russian jets hit the city for 232 times during this period.The airstrikes have claimed lives of 50 civilians, including 13 children, three women and a civil defense employee.Notably, Syrians weary of airstrikes were forced to flee their homes; some 31,500 people have migrated to zones cleared of ter…
yenisafak.com/en/world/50-civilians-killed-in-syrias-idlib-since-jan-12-3510126

Three arrested in Turkey for alleged drone shipment to Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-21
Turkish police arrested three suspects on Tuesday for allegedly sending a shipment of four unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to terrorist groups in Syria, security sources said.The suspects were arrested in Istanbul and the southern Adana province, while another of Syrian nationality was held in the southern Hatay province, said the sources who asked not to be named, due to restrictions on speaking to the media.Acting on a tip-off received earlier this month, Adana police detained another suspect in a cargo office, while allegedly trying to send drones to people with links to terrorist groups in Syria.Prosecutors…
yenisafak.com/en/news/three-arrested-in-turkey-for-alleged-drone-shipment-to-syria-3510127

Syrian Regime uses evacuation as means of seizing Idlib
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-21
The head of Syria's White Helmets (Civil Defense) Tuesday said the Syrian regime sought to capture opposition-controlled northwestern Idlib city of Syria through forced evacuations.In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Raed al-Saleh commented on the Bashar al-Assad regime and its allies' aggression on the city and violation of cease-fire agreements."The cease-fire in Idlib seems to be collapsed, it was relatively better. Those who migrated would return home, but the regime and Russia did not abide by the cease-fire same as before," Saleh said."The regime attempts to seize Idlib through evacuation," he sa…
yenisafak.com/en/world/syrian-regime-uses-evacuation-as-means-of-seizing-idlib-3510135

Protesters in Lebanon marched towards parliament, faced police repression
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-20
Political forces in the country have failed to respond to the protesters' demands for an overhaul of the political system in any credible way, even after three months of popular protests in the country…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/20/protesters-in-lebanon-marched-towards-parliament-faced-police-repression/

Honduras Officially Designates Hezbollah a Terrorist Entity
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-20
The Honduran government has formally declared Lebanon's Hezbollah organization a "terrorist organization", as they attempt to mirror the U.S. government's foreign policy. | RELATED: | Honduran Migrant Caravan Repressed On Guatemala Border Crossing | "We declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization and will include it in the registry of persons and institutions linked to acts of terrorism and its financing," said Luis Suazo, Honduras' deputy security minister. | Hezbollah, which…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-Officially-Designates-Hezbollah-a-Terrorist-Entity–20200120-0003.html

Syrian Rebels Caught on Film Getting Transferred to Libya on Commercial Plane
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-19
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The bombs of the last war and preparations for the next rattle Germany
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-17
BERLIN–"ALARM! Twelve thousand residents must immediately leave their homes! All hospital clinics must be evacuated! No exceptions! Hasten!" Not in burning Australia nor a besieged town in Syria or Afghanistan were those words heard, but rather on Jan. 12, 2020 in the otherwise peaceful if no longer prosperous Dortmund, in Germany's Ruhr Valley. Once again, unexploded …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-bombs-of-the-last-war-and-preparations-for-the-next-rattle-germany/

Turkey Cuts Deal with Russia, Intensifying the War for Gas in Libya
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-17
Turkey sent Syrian fighters to Libya to back the government and keep its control of offshore natural gas reserves. Egypt, Russia, ExxonMobil, Israel, and Greece are expanding Libya's civil war in a fight over control of the natural gas that Europe needs.
therealnews.com/stories/turkey-cuts-deal-with-russia-intensifying-the-war-for-gas-in-libya

Sanctions harm reconstruction in Syria's Homs province
Karin Leukefeld | workers.org | 2020-01-17
Published in Junge Welt, Dec. 16. Translation by John Catalinotto. According to Gov. Talal Barasi, about half a million people fled from Homs province, the largest in Syria, during the war. Some 2.3 million people had lived in Homs before the war, Barasi explained in an interview with Junge Welt. . . . | Continue reading Sanctions harm reconstruction in Syria's Homs province at Workers.org
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Israel Bombs Gaza And Syria Killing 3 & Iran Says US Sabotage/Cyberattack Likely Behind 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-17
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/16/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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Syrian conflict has 'erased' children's dreams: new UN report
news.un.org | 2020-01-16
Nearly nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their childhood and subjected them to "unabated violations of their rights", including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced to fight or subjected to torture, rape and sexual slavery.
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Video Shows TWO Missiles Bringing Down Iran 737, Second Plane Reported & Iraq And Syria Under Attack
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-15
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/14/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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