Daily Archives: June 17, 2021

2021-06-17: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-06-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Workers in two main unions strike together in Greece over anti-labour laws; CaixaBank workers in Spain strike against job losses while unions negotiate jobs away; General strike in Lebanon as economy in free fall destroys living standards; Lesotho garment workers' pay strike continues into week four.

Jason Ditz (2021-06-17). Israeli Tanks Attack, Destroy Syrian Outpost Near Border. news.antiwar.com Syrian media is reporting an Israeli attack on an observation post in Qahtaniah. There was no indication why the site was attacked, though Israel attacks Syria often. Israeli drones reportedly ha…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-17). Israeli Tanks Shelled Syria's Al-Quneitra Post Frequently Visited By Senior Hezbollah Commander. southfront.org A Merkava IV tank. FILE PHOTO: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Early on June 17, Israeli battle tanks shelled a Syrian military post in the vicinity of the town of al-Qahtaniyah in the southern al-Quneitra countryside.

Anonymous669 (2021-06-17). Greater Idlib: Syrian Army Strikes Inflicted More Losses On Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | Syrian Arab Army (SAA) strikes continue to inflict human and material losses on al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies in on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | On June 17, two militants of HTS were killed and several others were wounded as result of Syrian artillery strikes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The strikes targeted the towns and villages of Ehsim, al-Bara, Ablin, Balshoon, Josef, Abadeta, Arnaba, Fatterah, Fleifel, Benin…

Anonymous007 (2021-06-17). Military Situation In Syria On June 17, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 17, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 31 times: 16 — in Idlib province, 11 — in Latakia province, 2 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On June 17, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Barah village | On June 17, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Zayzun village | On June 16, clashes between the SDF and Turkish-backed forces were report…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-17). ISIS Cells Stepped Up Operations In Central Syria, Attacked Army Supply Trucks. southfront.org Illustrative image | ISIS cells have attacked several trucks moving supplies and equipment for the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies in Syria's central region. | The trucks were targeted by two separate attacks near the town of Uqayribat in the eastern countryside of Hama on June 15. According to ISIS news agency, Amaq, two trucks were destroyed in the first attack, while only one was destroyed in the second. | The terrorists used improvised explosive devices in both attacks. Amaq claimed that several Syrian service memb…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-17). US, Israeli Policies Drive Houthi — Hezbollah Defense Pact as Yemen Feels Palestine's Pain. libya360.wordpress.com Ahmed Abdulkareem SANA'A, YEMEN — A young groom in his early twenties, Zaid Abdullah al-Shareif, took to the stage adorned in traditional Yemeni wedding attire. He wasn't just announcing his marriage though. Zaid, holding a replica of the famous sword of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, a historical figure revered for his character and battlefield prowess,…

_____ (2021-06-17). Israel on the Defensive: Congressmen Demonstrate Their True Allegiance. strategic-culture.org Ilhan Omar was right on all points, but still she had to surrender to the force majeure of Israel and its host of allies in the U.S. Congress. | It is interesting to observe that the many atrocities carried out by Israel and its surrogates in Lebanon and Palestine through the years, which have killed thousands of civilians, have not aroused the ire that is being witnessed as a result of the recent attack on Gaza, which killed less than 300. That many of the dead were children and infrastructure in the already devastated Strip was deliberately targeted explains part of the anger, but there is something more fundam…

Staff (2021-06-17). Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez in Qatar to Strengthen Bilateral Relationship. orinocotribune.com The Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, arrived in Qatar this Tuesday, June 15, on an official visit with the aim of strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries and addressing other issues of interest related to the bilareal agreements on economy, oil, and customs. | The senior official of the government of Venezuela was received by the Venezuelan ambassador in Qatar, Giuseppe Angelo Yoffreda Yorio. During this visit as part of the Peace Diplomacy promoted by President Nicolás Maduro, Rodríguez is expected to address various issues within the framewor…

_____ (2021-06-17). Putin-Biden Summit 'Seems Thin'. popularresistance.org The results of the Putin-Biden summit today in Geneva seem to be thin. The meetings were expected to last for 4 to 5 hours but ended after little more than 2 hours. | During his press conference President Vladimir Putin said that the talks were constructive. He lauded Biden as very experienced politician and said that they had two hours of face time. | There were a few results: | The ambassadors of both sides, who had been recalled from Washington and Moscow, will return to their posts. | There will be new expert rounds about cybersecurity. | There may be talks about an exchange of prisoners. | There will be new…

Staff (2021-06-17). Iranian embassy in Japan ready for Presidential elections. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) — Iranian ambassador in Tokyo said that the embassy is poised to hold Iran Presidential election on Friday, July 18.

Vijay Prashad (2021-06-16). The coup that is taking place in Peru. mronline.org While by all accounts, Pedro Castillo won the second round presidential elections, his adversary has refused to concede, and many fear that tensions could escalate with the help of Peru's loyal right and the newly appointed U.S. ambassador. | June 16, 2021…

_____ (2021-06-16). Sanctions On Syria — A Silent Death And Killing Hope. popularresistance.org Sanctions are very often described, by those enforcing them, as "non-lethal" measures. I would argue that sanctions, when used as a brutal and vindictive component of a neo-colonialist hybrid war strategy, are arguably more devastating than a military war. When they are imposed by global super-force nations against target nations like Syria, in conjunction with a proxy war that has been fomented and sustained by the same nations, it becomes as much a weapon of mass destruction as the terrorist/mercenary armies these US aligned nations have unleashed upon the Syrian people. Thus it is almost impossible to speak ab…

_____ (2021-06-16). Sanctions on Syria — a silent death and killing hope. popularresistance.org The US Coalition is effectively following a policy of collective extermination of the Syrian people by military and economic means. This is a crime against Humanity, a war crime and a flagrant violation of the right to life and a life of dignity. Syria is a member of the United Nations, these coercive unilateral measures targeting the people of Syria are a violation of the UN Charter.

Anonymous007 (2021-06-16). Military Situation In Syria On June 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 16, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 36 times: 16 — in Idlib province, 12 — in Latakia province, 6 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On June 15, clashes between ISIS and SAA were reported in the Bushri mountain area | On June 15, one person was killed and four others injured in a car bomb explosion in Kafr Janneh village | On June 15, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-bac…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-16). Syrian Artillery Hammered Another Turkish Post In Greater Idlib (Videos, Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | On June 16, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) hammered a Turkish military post in the southern part of the Greater Idlib region. | According to several pro-opposition sources, including the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, several shells landed in the vicinity of…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-16). Chaos Continues In Turkish-Occupied Areas: Two Killed, Four Wounded In New Afrin Attack (Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from a video showing the aftermath of the recent blast in Afrin, Syria. | On June 15, two people were killed and four others were wounded in yet another blast in the Turkish-occupied Syrian area of Afrin in northern Aleppo. | The blast was reportedly caused by a booby-trapped vehicle that blew up near Kafr Janneh junction to the northeast of Afrin's city center. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, one of the two casualties was the driver of the booby-trapped vehicle. He is yet to…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-16). Turkey Arrested Senior ISIS Commander During Intelligence Operation In Syria. southfront.org Kasim Guler, aka Abu Usame al-Turki. Source: the Anadolu Agency. | The Turkish National Intelligence Organization, Mƒ∞T, has arrested a senior Turkish commander of ISIS during a recent operation inside Syria, the According to the state-run news agency, the Mƒ∞T launched an operation to capture Kasim Guler, also…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-16). In Video: Locals Intercepted, Stoned US Forces Convoy In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org Screen grab from the video shared by the Syrian Arab News Agency. | On June 15, civilians supporters of the Damascus government intercepted a patrol of the US-led coalition in the town of Farfara in the northern al-Hasakah countryside in Syria's northeastern region. | The civilians blocked the town's main road and stoned US military vehicles. Eventually, the patrol was forced to retreat from the town. | "The people of Farfara town confronted an American patrol consisting of four armored vehicles accompanied by a car of SDF [Sy…

Howard Lisnoff (2021-06-16). The Streets Are Empty. counterpunch.org Hardly anyone gives a damn about military adventures anymore. When the US continues its presence in war-torn Syria, when US global presence expands across the world with over 700 military bases, when NATO pushes against the borders of Russia, when US military strategy calls for encircling China ("This is no exercise-US wants to encircle China

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-06-16). Russia, US bear special responsibility for strategic stablity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) — Vladimir Putin said after the Geneva summit that Russia and the United States have reached an agreement to return one another's ambassadors to their respective diplomatic postings.

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