2021-10-23: News Headlines

Jason Ditz (2021-10-23). Russia Will Allow Israel to Attack Syria With Impunity. news.antiwar.com Israel likes to attack Syria, and while officials will mostly claim it's about Iran, such strikes continue with alarming regularity, the only pause being when Israel is unsure if Russia is still comfortable with them. | This summer Russia suggested they wanted to slow down Israel's attacks, but today Details are not…

TASS (2021-10-23). US military eliminates one of Al-Qaeda leaders in northwest Syria. tass.com The strike was delivered with the use of a drone…

Jeff Cohen (2021-10-22). The big lie in Rahm Emanuel's Senate testimony. nationofchange.org Now all eyes will be on Merkley — and other Democratic senators who profess that "Black lives mater" and that police need to be held accountable — to see whether they vote to confirm this tainted mayor and elevate him to a prestigious ambassadorship.

Anonymous669 (2021-10-22). Five People Were Killed In Recent Turkish Drone Strike On Syria's Kobane: Monitoring Group. southfront.org Click to see full-size image, by the Hawar News Agency. | Five people were killed in the The drone strike targeted several cars which were parked in front of the Social Justice Committee building in the center…

South Front (2021-10-22). Video: A Day of Violent Escalation and Expectation in Syria. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2021-10-22). Horas Al-Din Commander Killed In US Drone Strike On Syria's Raqqa (18+ Photos). southfront.org Photo: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson. | On October 22, a commander of al-Qaeda-affiliated Horas al-Din was killed in US drone strike on the outskirts of the town of Suluk in the northern countryside of Syria's Raqqa. | The commander, Abdul Hamid Al-Matar, was targeted with an AGM-114 Hellfire laser-guided missile, possibly of the RX9 variant which is armed with a kinetic warhead with pop-out blades instead of explosives. The area where the commander was targeted is controlled by the Turkish militar…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-22). Erdogan Warns Turkey Could Use Heavy Weapons Against Syria Army. southfront.org Image: aa.com.tr | The Turkish military will use heavy weapons against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib if necessary, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on October 21."Operations are going on in very sensitive locations in our region. We will not back down. We continue the process in Syria," Sputnik quoted Erdogan as saying. "I do now know what steps the Syrian regime will take but we will do whatever is needed in Idlib,…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-22). In Video: Syria Troops Intercepted US Convoy In Northern Al-Hasakah. southfront.org Syrian soldiers in Tel Rifaat city, Illustrative image. | On October 21, service members of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) intercepted a convoy of the US-led coalition near a checkpoint in the outskirts of the town of Damkhiyah Sghirah in al-Hasakah's northern countryside. | The Syrian troops prevented the US convoy, which consisted of five armored vehicles, from entering the town. Eventually, the convoy retreated. | This was not the first such encounter. Over the last two years, locals, pro-government fighter…

Bec Hallstedt (2021-10-22). Chicago protest of ex-mayor's bid for ambassadorship 7 years after Laquan McDonald murder. liberationnews.org While the event focused on Emanuel, the message of the action went beyond the impact of him as a single person.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-22). U.S., Ukraine accelerating military cooperation, integration: envoy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine, U.S. accelerating defense cooperation — Ambassador Markarova Cooperation between Ukraine and the United States in the field of security and defense is currently gaining pace, including through developing new areas of cooperation, while the Pentagon chief's recent visit to Kyiv only confirms this push. That's according to Ukraine's Ambassador to the USA, Oksana Markarova, …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-10-22). US detention of Afghan man at Guantanamo is illegal, says court. peoplesdispatch.org Assadullah Gul has spent 14 years at the Guantanamo detention center without being formally charged and tried. He is one of the 39 remaining detainees and underwent physical and psychological torture…

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