(2021-09-08). Ambassador to US: Ukraine demands full NATO membership, not MNNA. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Markarova explains why Ukraine needs no MNNA status Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova has elaborated on why Ukraine does not need to be designated by the U.S. government as a Major non-NATO Ally. **** "MNNA is a status for countries that do not plan/cannot join NATO for political or geographical reasons. This …
(2021-09-08). French Cement Company Lost Crimes Against Humanity Case Over Paying ISIS In Syria. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 7th, French cement company Lafarge lost its court case for complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria. | The French Court of Cassation ruled that the company was guilty of paying nearly 13 million euros ($15.3m) to armed groups including the ISIS group, to keep its cement factory in northern Syria running through the early years of the country's war. | Lafarge, which merged in 2015 with Swiss group Holcim, is under formal investigation in France for its efforts to keep a fac…
(2021-09-08). Russian Warplanes Continue To Hammer Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Strongholds In Greater Idlib (Photos). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. IMAGE: AP PHOTO/VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | On September 8, a new wave of Russian airstrikes hit militants' positions in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The airstrikes targeted the town of al-Bara in the southern Idlib countryside as well as the outskirt of the town of Ma'arrat Misrin in the eastern countryside of the governorate. Both towns are known to be strongholds of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sh…
(2021-09-08). Central Syrian Insurgency: ISIS Terrorists Killed, Wounded 14 Syrian Service Members In Large-Scale Attack. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On September 7, ISIS cells in Syria's central region carried out a large-scale attack against the Syrian Arab Army and its allies in the eastern countryside of Homs. | The attack targeted a network of positions located to the east of the town of al-Sukhnah, right on the administrative border with Deir Ezzor. ISIS terrorists clashed with pro-government fighters for a few hours then withdrew back to their hideouts. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, six pro-government fighters were…
(2021-09-08). Video: Russia's Aerospace Forces in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-07). Turkish Soldier Killed In Shelling On Syria's Al-Bab (Video). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 7, a Turkish soldier was killed and four others were wounded when a military unit of the Turkish Armed Forces was shelled near the city of Al-Bab in northern Syria. | Turkey's national defense ministry confirmed the death infantry specialist Sergeant Muammer Yigit. In a statement on Twitter, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar extended condolences to the family of the martyred and the Turkish nation. | The attack occurred on a base within the Operation Euphrates Shield zone. Several…
(2021-09-07). Military Situation In Syria On September 7, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 5, Russian military police entered the Daraa al-Balad neighborhood | On September 5, the Daraa al-Balad militants started to hand over their weapons to the Syrian Arab Army | On September 5, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Fatirah area | On September 5, Turkish forces and Russian military police conducted a joint patrol near the city of Ain al-Arab | On September 5, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positio…
(2021-09-07). Casualties Reported In Rare Shelling Of Syria's Idlib City (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 7, the Syrian Arab Army reportedly shelled the neighborhoods of the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria. This is the first attack targeting the city in recent months. | The artillery shells targeted the Wadi Al-Naseem neighborhood of Idlib city . | At least one person was killed in the attack. According to some reports, the number of victims has reached 5, and several other civilians were injured, including children. The exact number of victims is yet to be verified. | So…
(2021-09-07). BBC Admits Its Douma Chemical Attack Report Did Not Meet Own Accuracy Standards. dissidentvoice.org The BBC has admitted that a documentary on an alleged chemical attack in Syria in 2018 contained serious inaccuracies, suggesting that an informant known as 'Alex', who claimed the 2018 chemical weapons attack on Douma was staged, may have been motivated by financial reward.
(2021-09-07). BBC Admits Syria Chemical Attack Documentary Had 'Serious Flaws'. strategic-culture.org By News Desk | The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) has admitted there were "serious flaws" in a Radio 4 documentary by journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou on the alleged 2018 chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma. | On 2 September, the UK national broadcaster issued a statement which read: "The ECU found that, although they were limited to one aspect of an investigation into a complex and hotly contested subject, these points represented a failure to meet the standard of accuracy appropriate to a program of this kind." | The ECU statement came in response to an official complaint by Mail on Sunday columnist…
(2021-09-07). After Syria, Libya, Karabakh wars, new Turkish drones are "heavily-armed and dangerous" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Heavily-armed and dangerous: The Akinci drone in the skiesOne should not forget that the underlying success in the Karabakh, Syria, and Libya frontiers were not merely Turkish drones, but Turkish way of drone warfare. Recently, the Turkish Armed Forces have started receiving the first batch of its new Akinci unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Designed and …
(2021-09-07). BBC Admits Documentary on Syria Chemical Attack Contained 'False Claims'. orinocotribune.com UK's propaganda outlet BBC has admitted that a Radio 4 documentary about an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, in 2018 contained serious inaccuracies. | On Sunday, the UK corporation's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) upheld a protest by The judges agreed that BBC investigative journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou's show failed to meet the "corporation's editorial standards for accuracy" by reporting false c…
(2021-09-07). A Busy Start In September For Russia's VKS Over Idlib. southfront.org 
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