2021-06-13: News Headlines

Ben Norton (2021-06-13). How Washington is Positioning Syrian Al-Qaeda's Founder as Its 'Asset'. globalresearch.ca A PBS Frontline special is the latest vehicle in a PR campaign to legitimize rebranded Syrian al-Qaeda, HTS, and market its leader Mohammad Jolani as a competent American "asset." | ** | March 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the Western regime-change …

ŸÖÿ±ÿ∂€åŸá ÿ±ÿ≠ŸÖÿߟ܀å (2021-06-13). 13 killed in shelling in Syria's Afrin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — According to local sources, at least 13 people were killed and several wounded in two separate artillery attacks on the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Saturday.

Editor2 (2021-06-13). "Standing Tall Against The 'Double Pandemic' of COVID-19 and the Blockade" (Interview). orinocotribune.com Interview with Cuban Ambassador Josefina Vidal | The importance of the Cuban Revolution cannot be overestimated. For over 60 years, it has stood as a beacon for workers and oppressed people all over the world, and particularly in Latin America. It has survived the six-decades-long US blockade, the overthrow of socialism in the USSR and Eastern Europe, and now, deep global economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Longtime peace and solidarity activists Miguel Figueroa and Larry Wasslen interviewed Cuban Ambassador to Canada Josefina Vidal, to discuss the current context for the Cuban Revolution. People…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-13). Venezuela gets new shipment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — A new batch of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has arrived in Venezuela, Russian Ambassador to the Latin American country Sergei Melik-Bagdasarov said.

Anonymous669 (2021-06-12). New Satellite Images Reveal More Details About Recent Israeli Strikes On Syria. southfront.org File image. | On June 12, The satellite images revealed that the Israeli strikes wiped out two warehouses located in the western countryside of Homs, to the east of a former chemical weapons site in Shinshar. The site was attacked by the US, France and t…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-12). Greater Idlib: Turkish Military Pushed Artillery To Frontlines, Syrian Army Responded (Video, Photos). southfront.org FILE IMAGE: aa.com.tr | The Turkish Armed Forces have developed heavy artillery right on the frontline with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, Aerial footage shared by the Russian outlet show several T-155 Fƒ±rtƒ±na self-propelled 155 mm howitzers on a frontline in southern Greater Idlib. Syrian opposition activists revealed that the artillery were deployed in the town of Qarqor in nort…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-12). 16 Killed In Rocket Attack On Turkish-Occupied Afrin, Kurdish Forces Blamed (Videos, Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | On June 12, at least 16 people were killed and dozens others were wounded when a barrage of rockets struck the Turkish-occupied Syrian city of Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo. | Most of the rockets landed in residential areas in the city. The al-Shifa'a hospital was hit. There, a doctor, three nurses were killed. The White Helmets organization also announced that three of its members had been killed. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the remaining casualties…

Anonymous103 (2021-06-12). Al-Nusra Militants Storm Idlib Museum, Smash Ancient Statues. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Khaled Iskef. | The militants of Jabhat al-Nusra stormed the Idlib Museum, and destroyed a number of antiquities, statues and mosaic paintings. | Local sources said that the Uzbek jihadists belonging to Al-Nusra had destroyed statues and monuments in the museum, without revealing their motives. Al-Nusra has seized the museum since it imposed its control over Idlib in 2015. No official clarification is issued regarding the incident. | According to the sources, the museum has become vu…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-12). Iran regains voting rights at UN General Assembly. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) — Referring to the payment of Iran's arrears to the United Nations, Iran's permanent Ambassador to the United Nations stressed the lifting of all inhumane sanctions.

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