2021-06-14: News Headlines

Staff (2021-06-14). Headlines for June 14, 2021. democracynow.org New Israeli Gov't Coalition Ousts Benjamin Netanyahu After 12 Years as Prime Minister, G7 Concludes as Activists Slam Failure to Act on Climate Crisis, Vaccine Inequality, Biden to Meet with Turkey's President Erdogan as NATO Summit Kicks Off, Novavax Vaccine 90% Effective; U.S. COVID Cases Continue to Fall as California Readies for Reopening, U.K. Delays Reopening as Moscow Sees New Surge in Cases; India Moves to Reopen as Infections Drop, Bombs Kill at Least 7 in Afghanistan as Hazara Shia Come Under Mounting Attacks, Shelling in Afrin, Syria, Kills at Least 13 People, Tunisian Protesters Call for an End to Pol…

Eva Bartlett (2021-06-14). Video: Elections Celebrations and Cruelty of Western Sanctions Against Syrian People. globalresearch.ca Transcript below. | Speaker …

Steven Sahiounie (2021-06-14). Embassy Reopenings in Damascus as Syria Returns to Normalcy. globalresearch.ca Foreign embassies are …

Jason Ditz (2021-06-14). Artillery Fire Hits Hospital in Syria's Afrin, Killing 18. news.antiwar.com On Saturday, artillery fire tore through a hospital in the north Syrian rebel-held city of Afrin. The attack There were calls for an

Anonymous007 (2021-06-14). Military Situation In Syria On June 14, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 12, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 38 times: 17 — in Idlib province, 8 — in Latakia province, 9 — in Hama province, 4 — in Aleppo province | On June 13, intra clashes between Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sharqiya and Turkish-backed military police were reported in the city of Ras al-Ain | On June 13, SAA sent military reinforcements to the Badia areas to continue sweeping operations against the…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-14). Iraq's Al-Nujaba Movement Says It Could Liberate Golan Heights As A Break From Fighting ISIS. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 13th, the official spokesman of the al-Nujaba Movement said that despite being busy fighting ISIS in Iraq, the group can also put some time aside to liberate Golan Heights for the Syrian government. | Nasr al-Shammari told Lebanon-based al-Ahed news website that his movement formed the Golan Liberation Brigade in 2017, and the force is particularly working with Syrian resistance fighters to take back the strategic territory."Despite the fact that al-Nujaba Movement is actively involve…

news.un (2021-06-14). UN strongly condemns 'appalling' attack on Syrian hospital. news.un.org Senior UN officials have condemned a deadly attack on a hospital in Syria this past weekend, underlining the need for accountability for crimes committed in the country's decade-long war.

news.un (2021-06-14). Around 1.5 million Lebanese in need, top UN humanitarian official there warns. news.un.org As Lebanon endures one of its worst financial and economic crises ever, the UN estimates that over the next eight months around $300 million is needed to provide vital aid to around 1.5 million Lebanese and 400,000 migrant workers living there.

Staff (2021-06-14). Five Hundred Thousand New Sputnik V Vaccines Arrive in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com A batch of 500,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine arrived this Saturday, June 12, at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. | This is the eighth shipment of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Venezuela from Russia. The batch was flown in by a flight of the Russian airline Azur Air, and was received at the airport by the Venezuelan Minister for Health, Carlos Alvarado, and the Russian Ambassador to Venezuela, Sergey Melik Bagdasarov. | Alvarado informed that with these new doses "we already have enough vaccines in Venezuela today to vaccinate 13% of…

Aisha Mansour (2021-06-14). BDS Gaining Momentum With #BlockTheBoat Actions in Oakland & Seattle. zcomm.org The mobilizations in Seattle and Oakland are part of a coordinated, international #BlockTheBoat campaign that has been taking place across both U.S. coasts, in Canada, South Africa, Lebanon and at European ports…

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…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-13). Israeli Hermes 450 Armed Drone Spotted Over Hezbollah Stronghold In Lebanon. southfront.org Elbit Hermes 450 drone at the Israeli Air Force exhibition held in Ramat David AFB on Israel's 69th Independence Day, 2 May 2017, by Wikimedia used Oren Rozen. | On June 13, an Israeli Hermes 450 was spotted while conducting what appears to be an armed patrol along the separation line with South Lebanon, the main stronghold of Hezbollah. | Ali Shoeib, a reporter of Hezbollah's al-Manar TV and al-Noor Radio, shared a close up image of the drone that was carrying two large pods under its wing.

Staff (2021-06-13). Iranian envoy visits Sana'a University. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Iranian ambassador to Yemen paid a visit to Sana'a University.

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.

Staff (2021-06-13). Kata'ib Hezbollah warns against continued US presence in Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Iraqi Kata'ib Hezbollah or the Hezbollah Brigades stressed the need for US troops to leave Iraq, warning against attempts to infiltrate into Iraq's military apparatuses.

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