Daily Archives: April 18, 2022

2022-04-18: News Headlines

Daniel Kovalik (2022-04-18). From Iran, Syria and Afghanistan to Ukraine: U.S. Empire Sows Violence and Chaos Yet Again. covertactionmagazine.com Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconerThings fall apartThe center cannot holdMere anarchy is loosed …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-18). Ukraine: Georgian military death toll reaches nine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 17, 2022 Three more Georgian volunteers die in Ukraine warIn total, nine Georgian fighters were killed in Ukraine Three Georgian volunteers were killed and one wounded in the war in Ukraine on Saturday, Giorgi Zakarashvili, the Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine, said. Unfortunately, we received the information that there are three deceased Georgians….One is …

xinhuanet (2022-04-18). U.S. failure to appoint Australian ambassador "diplomatic insult": former deputy PM. xinhuanet.com Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-18). From Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol, Killing Civilians Is a Crime. transcend.org 12 Apr 2022 —The lies and double standards that corrupt the Pentagon's latest effort to whitewash its criminal non-compliance with the Geneva Conventions. North Americans have been shocked by the death and destruction of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the US has waged war in country after country for decades, carving swathes of destruction through cities, towns and villages on a far greater scale than has so far disfigured Ukraine.

_____ (2022-04-17). Alarm Phone, The Hotline For People In Need Of Rescue. popularresistance.org In early March, in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU announced the activation of a never-before-used directive, authorising entry to the EU of an unlimited number of people fleeing disaster. Ukrainian refugees will have the right to reside and work in the EU for one year, extendable to three, a right that refugees fleeing other recent wars, such as those in Syria and Afghanistan, have been denied. | It is not known how many people from these countries never reached European territory, having died in the attempt, drowned in the Mediterranean. Alarm Phone's network of volunteers relies on two basic t…

Anonymous669 (2022-04-17). Two People Wounded In Turkish Shelling On Christian Town In Northeastern Syria (Videos, Photos). southfront.org Image: aa.com.tr | Late on April 16, two people were wounded when the Turkish military and its proxies shelled the Christian town of Tell Tawil in the northern countryside of al-Hasakah. | Tell Tawil, which is located near the town of Tell Tamer, is held by the Syriac Military Council, a faction of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Turkish indiscriminate shelling damaged several houses as well as the town's only church. | According to the Syrian Observator…

Staff (2022-04-17). Iran President felicitates Syrian National Day to counterpart. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi felicitated the 56th Syrian National Day to President Bashar al-Assad.

SouthFront5 (2022-04-17). Military Situation In Syria On April 17, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On April 17, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 11 times: 2 — in Idlib province, 3 — in Aleppo province, 4 — in Latakia province, 2 — in Hama. | On April 17, several SDF members reportedly were killed and injured near Ain Issa as a result of artillery shelling by the Turkish-backed forces. | On April 16, two people reportedly were injured in the town of Khirbat Ghazalah as a result of a landmine explosion. | 13 PKK/YPG militant…

Staff (2022-04-17). Emir of Qatar agrees to extradite 28 Iranian inmates. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Doha announced that the Emir of Qatar agreed to extradite 28 Iranian prisoners to the country.

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