Video: Turkey Strikes against Kurdish SDF Forces in Northern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
The situation in the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and al-Hasakah is once again escalating amid speculations on the upcoming Turkish advance in the area. | In recent weeks, the Turkish military and its proxies increased the intensity of strikes on …
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Iran imposes sanctions on US envoy to Yemen
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Wed., emphasizing pivotal role of US Ambassador to Yemen Christopher Hansel in humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and placed his name on Iran's sanctions list.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166996/Iran-imposes-sanctions-on-US-envoy-to-Yemen
Iran ready to strengthen economic ties with Bolivia
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) — The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic to La Paz voiced Iran's readiness to expand cooperation with Bolivia in the field of production.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166987/Iran-ready-to-strengthen-economic-ties-with-Bolivia
Iran Arrests People Involved in Killing of Nuclear Scientist
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-09
The Special Aide to the President of the Parliament in International Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, claimed that Iranian authorities had arrested people involved in the murder of scientist nuclear Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Nov. 27. | RELATED: | The US Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Ambassador to Yemen | "The perpetrators of this assassination, some of whom have been identified and even arrested by our security apparatus, will not escape justice and will be dealt with severely," Abdollahia…
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Khaji, Pedersen discuss latest Syrian affairs
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister's Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs held a phone conversation with the UN Special Envoy for Syria when the two sides conferred on Syrian affairs.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166972/Khaji-Pedersen-discuss-latest-Syrian-affairs
OPCW Executives Praised Whistleblower and Criticized Syria Cover-up, Leaks Reveal
Aaron Mate | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-08
Exclusive: Documents obtained by The Grayzone show that OPCW executives privately criticized the manipulation of a Syria chemical weapons probe, and supported a dissenting veteran inspector. One official, however, feared helping the "Russian narrative." These private admissions further expose the …
globalresearch.ca/opcw-executives-praised-whistleblower-criticized-syria-cover-up-leaks-reveal/5731594
Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-08
Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/stuck-in-a-lift-with-john-pilger-news-and-how-to-use-it-by-alan-rusbridger/
Action for Change Starts in Congress
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-08
We know their names! We've given immense power to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five People to do good or bad. One Hundred Senators and Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Representatives. Unfortunately, some 1500 corporations control most Members of Congress. Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials…
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Lebanon, Hezbollah, and a US-Israeli Plan for Civil War?
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-08
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Dragging region to new conflict, Zionist regime's goal: Envoy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-08
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Belarus said that dragging the region to a new war and conflict is the main objective of the Zionist regime.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166943/Dragging-region-to-new-conflict-Zionist-regime-s-goal-Envoy
Either back Resistance or normalization, no third choice
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-08
TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) — Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Resistance Movement in Lebanon said the move by some Arab countries to normalize ties with the Israeli regime is a clear betrayal of the Palestinian cause.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166918/Either-back-Resistance-or-normalization-no-third-choice
Israel, not Iran, is problem in West Asia: Russian envoy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-08
TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) — Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov said on Tue. that Israel is the source of problem in West Asian region, stating that arms sales to Iran are not prohibited.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166940/Israel-not-Iran-is-problem-in-West-Asia-Russian-envoy
The US Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Ambassador to Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-08
The U.S. Treasury Department has confirmed a report by the British news agency Reuters, which, citing a U.S. official, reported that Washington had targeted Iran's ambassador to Yemen, Hasan Irlu, and the Al-Mustafa International University -based in the Iranian city of Qom, which teaches foreign seminarists- for the imposition of new sanctions. | RELATED: | US Announces New Coercive Measures Against Iranian Entity | The official accused Irlu of being an official of the Quds Force o…