Dave DeCamp (2022-02-11). Military Officials: Civilian Toll in Syria Raid May Be Higher Than Initially Thought. news.antiwar.com US military officials told reporters on Thursday that there could have been more civilian casualties than initially thought in the recent special operations forces raid in northwest Syria that targeted an ISIS leader. When the raid first happened, President Biden and the Pentagon said ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi blew up himself, his wife, …

Jason Ditz (2022-02-11). 18 Fighters Killed in North Syria Clash, Airstrikes. news.antiwar.com In NE Syria, ISIS was involved in both incidents, first getting into a fight in Deir Ezzor and killing nine people allied with the pro Kurdish forces in the area. | Later, ISIS targets in the deserts of Hama and Raqqa were targeted by Russian airstrikes. Nine ISIS were killed and 22 others were wounded, some gravely. | Big ISIS operations in January have many on edge, and more airstrik…

South Front (2022-02-11). Video: Israel Bombs Syria Again. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …

Staff (2022-02-11). Top diplomat outlines Russian frustration. rt.com Russia is always painted as the bad guy, its ambassador to Austria insisted in an interview with RT | The West is happy to back Kiev militarily and politically without regard for the consequences, and will always act as if Russia is in the wrong, Moscow's ambassador to Austria has claimed. | In an exclusive interview with RT this week, Dmitry Lyubinsky said that despite intense diplomatic work between Russia and Western nations, his counterparts always present a united front of support for Ukraine in public. "Naturally, we are in close contact with our partners in the Austrian Foreign Ministry, and we are meet…

Editor2 (2022-02-10). Millions of Dollars in Arms Sales to ISIS Originated in Turkey: Report. orinocotribune.com Several Syrian-born Turkish citizens and members of the Uighur extremist Turkistan Islamic Party have been linked to the scheme | A report by Turkey's Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) on the freezing of assets belonging to people linked to ISIS has revealed that for several years the most important supply chain of ISIS's military arsenal was based in Turkey. | According to the report, millions of dollars in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipment and tons of improvised explosive devices (IED) were sent to ISIS through three construction companies in Mersin, a port city in southern Turkey. | Based on i…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-10). Nine SDF Fighters Killed In Two Separate ISIS Attacks In Syria's Deir Ezzor. southfront.org File image. | Nine fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were reportedly killed in two separate attacks by ISIS cells in Deir Ezzor. | Late on February 9, a group of ISIS terrorists infiltrated a key position of the SDF near the town of al-Shheell in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The terrorists captured five fighters of the SDF's Deir Ezzor Military Council who were manning the position. | The five fighters were executed on the spot by the terrorists, who later shared footage showing…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-10). Satellite Images Show Damage At Syrian Research Center, Air Defense Base After Israeli Strikes. southfront.org FILE PHOTO An Israeli F-16 fighter jet © Amir Cohen / Reuters | New satellite images revealed that the The images show damage at a complex of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) that's located in the suburb of Jamraya, some five kilometers to the…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-10). One soldier killed and five others injured in twin airstrikes by Israel inside Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has carried out hundreds of unprovoked air strikes inside Syria since the war in the country began in 2011. For most of these attacks, Israel has illegally used Lebanese airspace in complete disregard of international laws and the UN charter…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-10). More Than 30 ISIS Terrorists Killed Or Wounded In Russian Airstrikes On Central Syria. southfront.org Su-25 aircrafts in Syria. FILE IMAGE: Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry Press and Information Office/TASS | On February 10, at least nine terrorists of ISIS were killed when warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) targeted hideouts of the terrorist group in Syria's central region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). | The London-based monitoring group said that the hideouts were located in the outskirts of the town of Ithriyah in the eastern Hama countryside and near the town of al…

Asa Winstanley (2022-02-10). Cambridge students disrupt Israel's racist ambassador. electronicintifada.net Tzipi Hotovely was "whitewashing apartheid."

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-10). U.S. backing its claims on Russian territory, Japan slams Russia over "changing status quo" with Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersFebruary 9, 2022 Japan parliament resolution on Ukraine condemns changing status quo with force See: Two-front offensive: U.S. ambassador Emanuel insists Russian islands belong to Japan Japan's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on rising tensions over Ukraine, denouncing any attempt to change the status quo by force and urging Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-10). Retired U.S. commander discusses weapons sent to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformFebruary 9, 2022 Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges, ex-Commander USEUCOMDiplomacy has to be backed by a strong military capability Ukrainian interviewer: General, you were recently in Kyiv, came here and spoke together with four former U.S. ambassadors, General Breedlove. What event was that, a week ago? Hodges: This was a delegation of five former ambassadors. …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-10). Georgia: Ambassador oversees U.S. proxy army in Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ministry of DefenseFebruary 10, 2022 Juansher Burchuladze met with Kelly Degnan The Minister of Defense of Georgia Juansher Burchuladze hosted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Georgia Kelly Degnan. The sides discussed the security environment in the region and the threats posed by Russia. Talks focused on current issues …

Staff (2022-02-10). French administrative court refuses to order expulsion of Georges Abdallah: Continue the struggle for freedom! samidoun.net We republish the following statement of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra in response to the ruling of a French administrative court, which rejected a legal request to order the expulsion of Georges Abdallah from France to Lebanon. Abdallah, a Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine, has been imprisoned in France for over 37 years. The struggle …

Asa Winstanley (2022-02-10). Cambridge students disrupt Israel's racist ambassador. electronicintifada.net Tzipi Hotovely was "whitewashing apartheid."

Kit Klarenberg (2022-02-09). Propagandist for Syria terror proxies compromised Amnesty International, leaked docs show. thegrayzone.com Amnesty International was listed as a client of a professional propagandist for Syrian terror groups backed by the UK and US governments — the same militias once condemned by Amnesty. This December, The Grayzone exposed how a shadowy communications firm, Valent Projects, enlisted a prominent YouTube influencer to front a covert state-sponsored influence operation designed to undermine critics of London's pandemic policies. That company was founded by Amil Khan, a veteran of long-running and lavishly funded UK Foreign Office information …

_____ (2022-02-09). The Endless Failure Of The Syrian War. popularresistance.org The recent rush of news reports about Balkan, Middle East and East European states scrambling to reestablish ties with Damascus would appear to signal the effective collapse of the decade-long Western policy of war, sanctions and isolation to end the rule of Bashar al-Assad's Baath regime in Syria. | Syria's southern neighbor Jordan opened its land border to trade in September as a precursor to a gas pipeline project that will run through its territory from Egypt to Lebanon. King Abdullah even took a phone call from Assad, much to the chagrin of the pundits on Syria whose opinions have formed the background music…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-09). Civilian Casualties Reported Following Turkish Drone Strikes On Northeastern Syria (Videos). southfront.org Bayrakdar TB2 UCAV, source: ssb.gov.tr | On February 9, Turkish combat drones targeted two vehicles to the west of the town of Amuda in the northern countryside of Syria's al-Hasakah. | The first vehicle, which was reportedly carrying fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was targeted as it was moving on Amuda-al-Darbasiyah road, while the second vehicle, which was carried civilians, was hit near the town of Bherah. | According to the Hawar News Agency, the strike on the second vehicle…

TASS (2022-02-09). Syrian serviceman killed, five injured in Israeli missile strike — agency. tass.com The agency also reported some damage on the ground…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-09). Heavy Losses Reported After Syrian Army Strike On Turkey's Proxies In Northern Aleppo (Videos). southfront.org Photo: RIA Novosti / Ulyana Solovyeva | On February 9, four Turkish-backed militants were killed or wounded when the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) targeted the Abu al-Zandin crossing in the northern countryside of Aleppo. | The crossing was targeted with precision-guided munitions, most likely anti-tank guided missiles or guided artillery rounds. | The pinpoint strike killed a militant of the Malik-Shah Division, a faction of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, and wounded at least three others. Two truck-mounted heavy machine gu…

_____ (2022-02-09). Is the American Legacy Media a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'? strategic-culture.org Not since the Vietnam War — when liberals behaved like peaceniks and not the Neocon country cousins they've become — has the media seriously scrutinized the US government's arguments for military exploits abroad. | From the oilfields of Iraq, to the mountains of Afghanistan, to Trump's classic head fake in Syria when a few missiles demolished a deserted airfield, triggering NBC host Brian Williams to get all choked up over "the beauty of our weapons," the MSM has dutifully played water boy to Uncle Sam's overseas misadventures. Somewhere, somehow along the way Americans inherited a Fourth Estate that…

Jason Ditz (2022-02-09). Israel Attacks Syrian Air Defenses, One Soldier Killed. news.antiwar.com After an errant Syrian anti-aircraft missile exploded over the occupied West Bank, Israel carried out a substantial attack against Syrian air defenses, Syria explained the initial fire as targeting "hostile targets." It Syria reported so…

Staff (2022-02-09). Syrian defenses confront Israeli missile attack on Damascus. en.mehrnews.com Syria's air defenses have intercepted and confronted an Israeli regime's missile attack on Damascus' countryside.

Anonymous669 (2022-02-09). 80 Russian Airstrikes Hit ISIS Hideouts In Central Syria Within 72 Hours: Monitoring Group. southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | Between February 6 and 8, more than 80 Russian airstrikes hit hideouts of ISIS cells in Syria's central region, according to the London-bases Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The latest wave of airstrikes targeted hideouts located in the outskirts of the town of al-Resafa in the southern Raqqa countryside. | The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) intensified their combat operati…

Anonymous103 (2022-02-09). Military Situation In Syria On February 9, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On February 9, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 2 times: 1 — in Latakia province, 1 — in Hama province; | On February 9, Israeli warplanes On February 9, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Kabani…

sputniknews (2022-02-09). Russia Strongly Condemns Israeli Airstrikes in Syria. sputniknews.com DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – Russia strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes in Syria and considers them illegal according to international law, Russian Ambassador to Damascus Alexander Efimov told Sputnik.

Anonymous669 (2022-02-09). Six Soldiers Killed Or Wounded In Israeli Strikes On Syria (Videos, Photos). southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN — REUTERS) | Early on February 9, two waves of Israeli strikes targeted military positions around the Syrian capital, Damascus, in a new escalation."Around 12: 56 of today's morning, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression with salvos of missiles launched from the southwest of [the Lebanese capital] Beirut, and around 1: 10 it carried out an aggression with ground-to-ground missiles from the direct…