Daily Archives: July 11, 2021

2021-07-11: News Headlines

sputniknews (2021-07-11). Second US Base Near Syrian Oil Field Comes Under Attack, Local Media Say. sputniknews.com On Saturday, a US defence official confirmed that American troops had come under 'indirect fire' by unknown forces in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province, with the attack taking place at a base situated near the Conoco gas field, home to a large portion of Syria's energy riches, and illegally seized by US forces and their local allies.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-07-11). US base in Syria's al-Omar oil field targeted by missiles. en.mehrnews.com News sources reported another missile attack on a US base at the al-Omar oil field in eastern Syria on Sunday.

_____ (2021-07-11). Axis Of Resistance Responds To Biden's Aggression. popularresistance.org Richard Medhurst: "The Americans have come under attack in numerous places in Iraq and Syria in the last 24 hours. It appears to me, and I think anyone would agree, to be a coordinated move by the resistance. So I am going to show you what has taken place. So you had three attacks that took place. One was at the Ain al Asad Air Base. You may recall that this is the air base that the Iranians fired at after Trump assassinated General Suleimani. There were no casualties because they actually warned the Americans in advance. It was more of a warning, a retaliation without casualties. And this is the strategy that is…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-11). Military Situation In Syria On July 11, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On July 10, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 37 times: 21 — in Idlib province, 7 — in Latakia province, 7 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On July 10, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Josef area | On July 10, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Barah area | On July 10, an SDF member was killed by unidentified persons in Jazrat al-Buhamid…

Anonymous669 (2021-07-11). Two Attacks Targeted US Bases In Northeastern Syria In Last 12 Hours (Video). southfront.org File image. | Two attacks have reportedly targeted US bases in northeastern Syria where American troops are occupying all gas and oil fields. | Early on July 11, several explosions were heard at a US base in the CONICO gas factory in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. | The US-led coalition and its main proxy in northeastern Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), ignored the incident. However, a US defense official confirmed a few hours later that there was an "indirect fire attack" on the US base. | The unnamed officia…

Anonymous669 (2021-07-11). 150 Syrian Militants To Be Deployed In Libya: Monitoring Group. southfront.org Illustrative image. | More than 150 Turkish-backed Syrian militants are preparing for deployment in Libya, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on July 10. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the militants will replace others who will return to Syria before July 15. The plane that will take the new batch from Turkey to Libya will carry other militants home on its return flight. | "The rotation of [Syrian] mercenaries is being done regularly, every 15 days … [Turkey] has been keeping the…

Aaron Maté (2021-07-10). Pressed for Answers on Syria Cover-up, OPCW Chief Offers New Lies and Excuses (Part I). orinocotribune.com By Aaron Maté — Jul 2, 2021 | Facing growing outcry, OPCW Director General Fernando Arias went before the UN and told new falsehoods about his organization's Syria cover-up scandal — along with more disingenuous excuses to avoid addressing it. | In the two years since the censorship of a Syria chemical weapons investigation was exposed, the head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Fernando Arias, has vigorously resisted accountability. | Arias has refused to investigate or explain the extensive manipulation of the OPCW's probe of an alleged April 2018 chlorine attack in…

Editor2 (2021-07-10). Nicaragua — Varieties of Neocolonial Solidarity. orinocotribune.com By Stephen Sefton — July 6th 2021 | Just as in 2018, Nicaragua is once again the subject of the kind of mass international bad faith news coverage and perception management more usually associated recently with US and allied government offensives against Bolivia, Cuba, Iran, Syria and Venezuela. In Nicaragua's case the current offensive is aimed at influencing the country's elections scheduled for next November 7th. Currently, all the opinion polls show that, should President Daniel Ortega stand again for election, he and his FSLN party will win easily with over 60% support against around 20% for the the cou…

Stephen Sefton (2021-07-10). Nicaragua — Varieties of Neocolonial Solidarity. orinocotribune.com By Stephen Sefton — July 6th 2021 | Just as in 2018, Nicaragua is once again the subject of the kind of mass international bad faith news coverage and perception management more usually associated recently with US and allied government offensives against Bolivia, Cuba, Iran, Syria and Venezuela. In Nicaragua's case the current offensive is aimed at influencing the country's elections scheduled for next November 7th. Currently, all the opinion polls show that, should President Daniel Ortega stand again for election, he and his FSLN party will win easily with over 60% support against around 20% for the the cou…

Anonymous669 (2021-07-10). Muslim Al-Shishani To Leave Greater Idlib After Refusing To 'Bend The Knee' To HTS' Al-Julani. southfront.org Junud al-Sham leader Muslim Abu Walid al-Shishani. | Infamous Chechen leader Muslim Abu Walid al-Shishani has dissolved his group, Junud al-Sham, after refusing to "bend the knee" to Abu Mohamad al-Julani, leader of al-Qaeda's Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Syrian sources reported on July 9. | Last month, HTS

Anonymous669 (2021-07-10). ISIS Cells Assassinated Local Official, Executed SDF Spy In Deir Ezzor (Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | ISIS cells continue to operate against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and their affiliates in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. | Late on July 9, gunmen believed to be members of the terrorist group shot and killed Khalid Saleh al-Dubisi in the town of al-Kasrah, according to the Hawar News Agency. | Al-Dubaisi was a member of al-Kasrah's local council which is a part of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), the executive wing of the SDF. AANES offici…

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-10). Global Times editorial on U.S. departure from Afghanistan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesJuly 9, 2021 Hasty, panic withdrawal from key Afghan base shows US irresponsibility Excerpts From Afghanistan to Syria and Iraq, the US has left countless messes to the world and committed a series of "crimes against humanity" in the name of the "war on terrorism." The security, economic and political situation of the entire …

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