RT (2020-05-04). West blocking Syrian refugees from returning places 'a bomb' to destroy neighbors' economies & security — Lebanese president. rt.com The US and its allies want to keep refugees from returning to Syria regardless of the economic and social damage the current situation does to hosting nations, the president of Lebanon has said in an interview. | "They want to place the refugees as a bomb in the countries neighboring Syria, even if it would blow up the society, the security, and the economy in nations like Lebanon," President Michel Aoun Lebanon has an estimated population of over six million. Of those, a million are regi…

en.mehrnews (2020-05-04). Al-Nujaba distributed Subsistence packages in Palestine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — Following its aids to Iraqi, Iranian and Syrian people, al-Nujaba Movement, on the occasion of Ramadan month, distributed aid packages, including foods and medical supplies, among some Palestinian families.

Jacob G. Hornberger (2020-05-04). Why Foreign Interventionism? globalresearch.ca What is the point of U.S. foreign interventionism? | Why are U.S. troops killing and dying in faraway countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Somalia? | Why does the U.S. government have 165,000 troops stationed in more than 150 foreign countries? | Why …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2020-05-04). America's Long War… Family Stories from Ground Zero, by a New Generation of Filmmakers. globalresearch.ca For two decades now, following U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, then Iraq, and as we approach ten years of upheaval in Syria and five in Yemen, interpretation of these wars has been the domain of western observers— journalists, occupying soldiers, and …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-04). Russia slams US for obstructing Iran's loan request from IMF. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 4 (MNA) — Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin on Monday lashed out at US's attempt for obstructing a loan by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria amid the pandemic.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-04). German decision to ban Hezbollah expected: Nasrallah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 4 (MNA) — In a live speech on Monday evening, Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Hassan Nasrallah said German decision to ban Hezbollah was expected as it has come in response to US pressure.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-04). Iran to overcome sanctions and become more powerful: Emile Lahoud. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — The 15th President of Lebanon Emile Lahoud maintains that new powers will emerge in the aftermath of coronavirus and a fundamental change in the balance of power will occur during this era, adding Iran will overcome the sanctions and become more powerful.

South Front (2020-05-03). Video: Golan Heights Escalation and New Drama in Idlib. globalresearch.ca Early on May 1, several missiles launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hit positions of the Syrian Army near Tell Ahmar and Quneitra city. The strike reportedly led to no casualties among Syrian personnel, but destroyed several pieces of military …

Abdel Bari Atwan (2020-05-03). Why is Israel stepping up attacks on Syria? thealtworld.com Netanyahu is trying to achieve several objectives while the world looks elsewhere | There has been a steady upping of the pace of unprovoked Israeli military attacks on Syria recently. As presumably intended, this escalation has gone largely unreported in the international media and unnoticed by an outside world preoccupied with the coronavirus pandemic. | On Friday, Israeli warplanes launched a missile strike on a military base near the city of Hama, causing extensive casualties. The previous night, Israeli helicopters overflying the occupied Golan Heights targeted sites used by pro-government Iranian-backed par…

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-05-03). Israel Behind Air Strikes in Syria Directed against Hezbollah. "Greater Israel" in the Making? globalresearch.ca Tensions have worsened in the Middle East. Apparently, the Israeli government is promoting an escalation of violence in Syria with the aim of expelling any trace of Iranian presence from the country, leading to the collapse of relations between Tehran …

Lindsey Snell (2020-05-02). "Turkey Lied to Us." Erdogan's Syrian Mercenaries in Libya Are Desperate to Leave. anti-empire.com "I just got back from Libya yesterday," said Zein Ahmad*, a Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) militant in Afrin. "But I had been trying to leave for more than a month." When the Libyan National Army (LNA) neared Tripoli in April 2019, the rival UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli called on Turkey for military support. | Turkish forces began heavily recruiting militants from SNA factions in Syria to fight on their behalf, and began flying hundreds to Libya every week. The exact number of Syrian militants Turkey has sent is unknown, but estimates range from 5,000 to 17,000. Flights c…

Ted Kelly (2020-05-02). PA prisoners tortured for protesting racist policies. workers.org Eric McGill was locked up in Lebanon County Correctional Facility in Lebanon, Pa., on Jan. 19, 2019. For 15 months now he has been held there, not because he has been convicted of a crime, but because he cannot afford the preposterous $1 million bail the judge set. And during . . . |

South Front (2020-05-01). Video: Prospects of Turkish-Russian Military Conflict in Syria. globalresearch.ca The region of Greater Idlib remains the main source of tensions in Syria. | The March 5th ceasefire deal reached by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow allowed an end to be made to the …

yenisafak (2020-05-04). Syria: Rift opens up in Assad family, tycoon slams regime. yenisafak.com Rami Makhlouf, a Syrian business tycoon and billionaire cousin of the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, has decried the practices of the regime security apparatus against his businesses.In a new video on his Facebook page, Makhlouf said regime security forces had arrested his employees in spite of "all the services that his companies have provided to those apparatuses".He pointed out that the regime asked him to distance himself from his companies and obey instructions, underlining his rejection of the regime's practices against his firms.Makhlouf, who has been labeled as the "artery of the regime's eco…

yenisafak (2020-05-04). Italy joins nations warily leaving lockdown amid fears of 'second wave'. yenisafak.com Italy was among a slew of countries easing lockdown restrictions on Monday to resurrect their economies, but officials cautioned against moving too swiftly as new coronavirus cases passed 3.5 million globally and deaths neared a quarter of a million.Italy, among the world's hardest-hit countries, started to relax the longest lockdown in Europe, allowing about 4.5 million people to return to work after nearly two months at home.Spain, Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Israel, Tunisia and Lebanon were also among countries easing some restrictions, variously reopening factories, construction sites, parks, hairdressers…

yenisafak (2020-05-03). Syrian tycoon Makhlouf says security forces are arresting his employees. yenisafak.com Sanctions-hit Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf on Sunday said that security forces are arresting employees at his diversified companies in what he said were "mounting pressures" on him days after Syrian authorities asked him to repay hefty taxes."Today pressures began in an unacceptable ways and the security forces, in an inhumane way, are arresting our employees," Makhlouf said in a video.Makhlouf, a maternal cousin of President Bashar al-Assad and widely considered part of the president's inner circle, has a business empire that ranges from telecoms and real estate to construction and oil trading. He had played a bi…