The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID. It Is War
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-15
John Pilger describes the invisible weapon of past and current wars, and the threat of nuclear war, under cover of the Covid pandemic. This is propaganda, aided by censorship by omission. | Watch Pilger's 2010 film The War You Don't See…
globalresearch.ca/most-lethal-virus-not-covid-war/5732310
The Most Lethal Virus is Not COVID. It is War
John Pilger | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-15
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Boris Johnson has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defence spending — a figure that would restore the under-resourced NHS many times over.
counterpunch.org/2020/12/15/the-most-lethal-virus-is-not-covid-it-is-war/
Aleppo's Liberation Three Years Ago Today: Anybody Ashamed?
Jan Oberg | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-15
December 12, 2017, marks the anniversary of the liberation — the West called it fall — of Aleppo in Syria. What happened is conveniently forgotten today by the West. | Some of us can't and won't forget what was both world, …
globalresearch.ca/aleppo-liberation-one-year-ago-today-anybody-ashamed/5732317
Outgoing Syria Envoy James Jeffrey Reflects on "What Everyone Got Wrong"
James Jeffrey | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-15
In a long-ranging interview with Al-Monitor, James Jeffrey looks back on his efforts to incorporate fragments of Obama-era initiatives into a cohesive Middle East policy. | *** | In August 2016, former US Ambassador to Iraq and Turkey James Jeffrey signed a …
globalresearch.ca/outgoing-syria-envoy-reflects-turkey-kurds-what-everyone-got-wrong/5732346
Beirut explosion: Lebanon's investigation on edge following political backlash
Kareem Chehayeb | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-15
Beirut explosion: Lebanon's investigation on edge following political backlash | Political figures have denounced the indictment of caretaker premier Hassan Diab and three former ministers in the legal inquiry into the August blast | Kareem Chehayeb | Tue, 12/15/2020 – 16: 27 | A woman amid the rubble in her damaged house in Beirut on 6 August 2020, two days after a massive explosion shook the Lebanese capital…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanon-beirut-explosion-investigation-political-backlash
Lebanon sentences activist for allegedly collaborating with Israel
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-15
Lebanon sentences activist for allegedly collaborating with Israel | Family and activists have denounced Kinda al-Khatib's case as political because of her stance against parties in power | MEE and agencies | Tue, 12/15/2020 – 10: 23 | Prior to her arrest, Khatib had criticised Hezbollah on social media (Twitter) | Lebanon's military prosecution has sentenced prominent activist Kinda al-Khatib to three years…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanon-israel-activist-jailed-collaborating
John Pilger: The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID. It Is War
John Pilger | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-14
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Britain has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defense spending.
mintpressnews.com/john-pilger-lethal-virus-not-covid-war/273597/
Evasions and Cover-ups by Western Governments over Funding of Terrorist Groups in Syria Start to Unravel
Vanessa Beeley | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-14
Evidence of Dutch and British funding for extremists who've beheaded children & carried out ethnic-cleansing grows by the day. Yet most of the mainstream media — including the BBC — still try to keep this truth silent. Recently, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte effectively blocked a Parliamentary motion to allow an external independent investigation of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/evasions-and-cover-ups-by-western-governments-over-funding-of-terrorist-groups-in-syria-start-to-unravel/
Syria: Weapons Found, Including Israeli Made Ones, and a Drone Left Behind by Terrorists in Syria's Southern Region
Hamda Mustafa | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-14
Syrian authorities on Sunday found a quantity of weapons and ammunition, including Israeli-made weapons as well as a drone left behind by terrorists in Syria's southern region, SANA reporter said on Sunday, citing a source from authorities. | The source told …
globalresearch.ca/authorities-find-weapons-including-israeli-made-ones-drone-left-behind-terrorists-syria-southern-region/5732205
At the UN, Syria Denounces Turkey's 'Crimes' in Its Territory
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-14
In two separate letters addressed on Monday to the United Nations Secretariat and the presidency of the Security Council, the Syrian Foreign Ministry warned of "Turkey's violations and its dangerous and frequent aggression against Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity." | RELATED: | Syria: Six Million Displaced People Have Returned Home | Damascus, in particular, repudiated how Turkish troops and armed and extremist groups continue to support the "systematic" crime of cutting of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Syria-Denounces-at-the-UN-Crimes-of-Turkey-on-Its-Territory-20201214-0012.html
10 Syrian Druze residents of Golan Heights injured in protest against wind turbines
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-13
Syrian Druze residents of the occupied Golan Heights are opposing Israeli plans to build a wind turbine to supply power to nearby illegal settlements. The Golan Heights has been under occupation since 1981…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/13/10-syrian-druze-residents-of-golan-heights-injured-in-protest-against-wind-turbines/
Foreign Minister Arreaza To US 'Ambassador'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
Venezuela scoffed at the presentation of credentials by the person in charge of the US "virtual embassy" in Colombia, pointing out that his office in Caracas awaits him. | James Story, assigned as the supposed US ambassador to Venezuela, delivered his credentials to the fugitive Venezuelan opposition politician Julio Borges, "envoy" of the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, coup leader Juan Guaidó, on Monday in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, reflecting the White House's commitment to the opposition and to regime change in Venezuela.
popularresistance.org/foreign-minister-arreaza-to-us-ambassador-your-office-in-caracas-awaits-you/
Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia—You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-12-12