Daily Archives: May 11, 2021

2021-05-11: News Headlines

_____ (2021-05-11). Syria and Russia Won the War, But America Legitimizes Ongoing Looting. strategic-culture.org The Syrian people are well aware that they must persist in defying Western aggression if they are to avoid the total collapse inflicted on Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya by the Americans and their accomplices. | Irish peace activist Dr Declan Hayes explains what's at stake in Syria's forthcoming presidential election this month. He predicts incumbent President Bashar al-Assad will win re-election from having strong popular support because the Syrian people view this defiance as their best way to repel the American-led NATO covert war on their nation. The covert war for regime change has been defeated in the battlefi…

_____ (2021-05-11). Murray Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison. strategic-culture.org Craig Murray, the former British diplomat, has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for contempt of court during the 2020 trial of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond. | By Joe LAURIA | Craig Murray, an ex-British ambassador and blogger, has been sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty in March of contempt of court during the 2020 trial of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond. He was given three weeks to turn himself into police, pending his appeal. Judge Lady Dorrian issued the sentence, she said, despite Murray's health issues. | Murray faced up to two years in prison and unl…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-11). Military Situation In Syria On May 11, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 10, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 46 times: 23 — in Idlib province, 12 — in Latakia province, 9 — in Hama province, 5 — in Aleppo province | On May 10, a Turkish soldier was killed and 11 others were wounded as a result of the targeting of a Turkish military convoy on Kafr Lusin road with two IED blasts | On May 10, the Turkish-backed forces attacked SAA vehicle by a guided missile launcher…

Anonymous103 (2021-05-11). No Safe Place For Turkey: Soldier Killed In Attack On Turkish Convoy In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE: Turkish troops | On May 10th, a rocket attack targeted a convoy of Turkish forces on the road between Kafr Lusin and Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Syrian-Turkish border in northern Idlib. | A column included seven military vehicles of Turkish forces. One soldier was killed and four others were injured as a result of the IED attack, according to Turkey's National Defense Ministry. The victim was identified as Lieutenant Osman Alp."In the Operation Spring Shield zone, one of our hero fellow soldiers was martyr…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-11). Anti-imperialists protest US military maneuvers in Greece. peoplesdispatch.org On Friday, May 7, anti-imperialist groups in the Greek city of Alexandroupolis protested the use of the city's port as a US-NATO base. On Wednesday, the US ship Liberty Promise docked at the port and unloaded military equipment and personnel to be deployed in the ongoing "Defender Europe 21" joint military exercise in the Baltic region. The call for mobilization was given by the Alexandroupolis committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). | The landing of military personnel and equipment at the Alexandroupolis port was witnessed by US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt and Greek defense minister Nikolaos Pa…

Staff (2021-05-11). Hezbollah recognizes UK culprit in attack on Iran's consulate. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Iraqi Hezbollah announced that it recognizes the UK red-handed in the recent attack on the Iranian consulate in Karbala.

Staff (2021-05-11). 1 killed in attack on Turkish military convoy in Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — A Turkish military convoy was targeted by a rocket attack north of Idlib, killing one Turkish soldier and wounding four others.

Anonymous103 (2021-05-10). SDF Launched Anti-Terrorist Operation In Syria's Deir-Ezzor, But Deadly Attacks On Its Forces Continue. southfront.org Illustrative image, source: sdf-press.com | On Monday 9th, SDF forces launched a four-day security operation against ISIS sleeper cells in Wadi al-Ajij area in northern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The US-led International Coalition supports the operation. | According to the reports by SDF Press agency, the operation targets the ISIS sleeper cells and their weapons caches. It also aims to control the routs of smu…

Anonymous103 (2021-05-10). Israeli Helicopter Struck A House In Syria's Al-Quneitra: SANA. southfront.org Illustrative image | On May 10th, Syrian Arab News Agency reported that a helicopter of the Israeli Defence Forces had targeted a residential building in Sirya's al-Quneitra countryside. | According to SANA, one civilian was injured near the Ain al-Tina village, west of Hadar town. | According to some sources, two explosions were heard in the area. |

Anonymous007 (2021-05-10). Military Situation In Syria On May 10, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 10, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 53 times: 29 — in Idlib province, 9 — in Latakia province, 9 — in Hama province, 6 — in Aleppo province | On May 9, 6 SDF members reportedly were killed and wounded by unknown gunmen on motorcycles in Busayrah area | On May 9, clashes between Turkish-backed forces and YPG were reported west of al-Bab | On May 9, unidentified gunmen reportedly assassi…

sputniknews (2021-05-10). How White Helmet's Cashbox Mayday Profited Off Syrian Regime Change Op at Expense of EU Taxpayers. sputniknews.com Being aware of fraud allegations against the White Helmets' international cashbox, the Mayday Rescue Foundation, the Dutch government opted to keep it on the hush-hush, the newspaper de Volkskrant reported on 7 May. What's behind the supposed cover-up attempt and what else are European governments hiding?

Max Moran (2021-05-10). The Tattered Insider Histories of Our Possible Future Ambassadors. counterpunch.org On April 20, President Joe Biden remarked that the police murder of George Floyd "ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism" in American policing, and he called for action at all levels of government "to ensure that Black and brown people or anyone… [doesn't] fear the interactions with law

Jason Ditz (2021-05-10). Israel Helicopter Hits Syrian Border Town in Rare Daytime Attack. news.antiwar.com Last week, Israel attacked Syrian territory at least three separate times. The Israeli government declined all comment. They'll have a harder time maintaining ambiguity Monday, The Israeli helicopter crossed into the Syrian Golan Heights and bombed a house in the town in Khader, wounding one person. Opposition figures claimed the wounded man worked for Hezbollah, which likely is just another way of sa…

_____ (2021-05-10). US, UK, EU Barbaric Sanctions Are Killing Syrians. popularresistance.org In order to review the sanctions against Syria, we must see these sadistic, punitive measures in greater context. We must review US UK and EU neocolonialist foreign policy which invariably leads to conflict and is based on lies, in order to protect their world order which is the oppression and subjugation of sovereign states that do not comply with their need to control global resources. | On that basis the incremental and illegal sanctions now crippling the Syrian economy in its most fragile stage, post war, are an attempt by the US alliance to prevent Syria winning the hybrid war that has been waged against it…

Staff (2021-05-10). US smuggles 80 trucks of oil, wheat from Syria to Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — The American forces have reportedly smuggled 80 trucks of oil and wheat from Syria to Iraq.

Staff (2021-05-10). Israeli chopper targets a spot in southwestern Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Local sources in Syria have reported that an Israeli regime's helicopter targeted a house in the southwest of the country in the province of Quneitra.

Steven Sahiounie (2021-05-10). Syria Comes In from the Cold: Saudi-Syria Relationship Warms Up. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The Kingdom of …

Jason Ditz (2021-05-10). At Least Five Shi'ite Militiamen Killed in Israeli Drone Strike on Syria. news.antiwar.com The latest of several Israeli attacks on Syria this week, a Saturday night drone strike Israel has not confirmed the attack, which is not unusual, as it is very rare for them to comment at all on the attacks they launch against Syria. This is a typical such strike, however, targeting foreign Shi'ites primarily. | Israel likes to style thes…

Jason Ditz (2021-05-10). At Least Five Shi'ite Militiamen Killed in Israeli Drone Strike on Syria. news.antiwar.com The latest of several Israeli attacks on Syria this week, a Saturday night drone strike, Israel has not confirmed the attack, which is not unusual, as it is very rare for them to comment at all on the attacks they launch against Syria. This is a typical such strike, however, targeting foreign Shi'ites primarily. | Israel likes to style the…

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