(2022-02-28). Russia Will Keep Coordinating With Israel Over Syria. news.antiwar.com Ongoing military coordination between Israel and Russia, an important aspect of the ongoing Syrian War and Israel's repeated attacks therein, Israel was deeply critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Russia is "unhappy" with that. The deconfliction in Syria, meant to avoid direct conflict, will continue anyhow. | While Russia could've chosen to reverse this process, either formally over Ukraine or because of Israeli viola…
(2022-02-27). Putin Assures Israel's Bennett Russia Ready to Talk to Ukraine, Says Kiev Showing 'Inconsistency'. sputniknews.com Russia summoned Israel's ambassador to Moscow on Friday top ask why Tel Aviv "supports neo-Nazis" in Kiev after Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid blasted the Russian military operation in Ukraine as a 'grave violation of the international order'.
(2022-02-27). Why is the West Silent about the Aggressive Actions of the US Armed Forces in Syria? journal-neo.org 
On February 24, the Syrian Arab news agency SANA reported that the United States was sending another military escort to Syria, which again acknowledged Washington's ongoing occupation policy in this Middle Eastern country. It has been continued since 2014 without any UN sanctions and without any permission from official Damascus authorities. The US military convoy …
(2022-02-27). US gov't knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene. multipolarista.com 
Former US Ambassador to Russia William J. Burns, who is now CIA director, admitted in a classified 2008 embassy cable that NATO expansion to Ukraine crosses Moscow's security "redlines" and "could potentially split the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene."
(2022-02-27). On Contact: Race And America's Long War. popularresistance.org The internal violence in the United States, militarized police, and the largest prison system in the world, along with America's endemic racism, are mirrored in the foreign wars that have been fought almost continuously by the United States since the end of the 19th century. These inner and outer wars, argues historian Nikhil Pal Singh, are intimately connected. The gunning down of unarmed black people in American cities is expressed outside our borders in the gunning down of unarmed Muslims in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia, often by militarized drones. The prison-industrial-complex at home…
(2022-02-27). Four Killed Or Wounded In Syrian Artillery Strikes On Turkish-Occupied Town In Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev | On February 27, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) artillery pounded the Turkish-occupied town of Afes in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The shelling killed two men and wounded two others. Syrian opposition activists claimed that the men were civilians. However, Afes is located right on the frontline with the SAA in the southeastern Idlib countryside which suggests that the casualties were in fact militants. | Afes is one of few towns in Greater Idlib that are directly occupied…
(2022-02-27). Al-Qaeda-Linked Syrian Drug Dealer Al-Jasim To Funnel Militants From Syria To Ukraine. southfront.org 
Tariq al-Jasim in the middle of his armed as seen in a video he released on February 26. | Syrian pro-opposition activists have revealed disturbing facts about a Ukraine-based Syrian businessman who vowed to fight Russian forces currently conducting a special military operation in the country. | The businessman, Tariq al-Jasim, appeared in a video announcing the formation of an armed group to fight Russian forces on February 26. | According to a reputable Syrian pro-opposition Telegram news channel, a…
(2022-02-27). Suicide Drone Hit Kurdish-Held Town In Northern Syria. southfront.org 
File image. | On February 27, a suicide drone targeted the town of Tell Rifaat in the northern Aleppo countryside, which is held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). | The drone hit the town's main hill, where troops from the Syrian Arab Army are allegedly deployed. No casualties or material losses were reported. The army is present in Tell Rifaat and several other SDF-held towns and villages in the northern Aleppo countryside to deter the Turkish military and its proxies. Several units of the Russian…
(2022-02-27). Pope, Putin and Ukraine in crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The visit by Pope Francis to the Russian Embassy in Rome on Friday, during which he spoke to the ambassador for around an hour-and-a-half, is noteworthy for a number of reasons…
(2022-02-27). Judo chiefs make Putin decision. rt.com 
The Russian President has been the Honorary President and Ambassador of the International Judo Federation since 2008 | The International Judo Federation (IJF) has suspended Russian President Vladimir Putin as its Honorary President and Ambassador, halting the role the head of state has held at the governing body since 2008. | Sports fan Putin has regularly attended judo events including the competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where he sat alongside then-UK Prime Minister David Cameron and embraced Tagir Khaibulaev after the Russian judoka won gold, and the 2018 World Championships in Baku. | Putin is…
(2022-02-27). Keynote Speech by Ambassador Qin Gang at the Commemoration for the 50th Anniversary of President Richard Nixon's Visit to China. ecns.cn