Editor2 (2022-07-16). John Bolton Openly Admits Role in Planning Foreign Coups. orinocotribune.com Former White House national security adviser John Bolton has openly acknowledged that he has helped the United States plan attempted coups in foreign countries. | Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, made the surprising remark while appearing on CNN to discuss Tuesday's congressional hearing on the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. | Lawmakers on the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol building accused former President Donald Trump of inciting the violence in a last-ditch attempt to remain in power after losing the 2020 election. | Bolton told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday t…

Contributing Writers (2022-07-16). Senator Black on the West's Criminal Siege and War on Syria and Syrians. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

Jason Ditz (2022-07-16). Iran Proxy Claims Iraqi PM Wants Normalization With Israel. news.antiwar.com This weekend's GCC+3 summit in Saudi Arabia is fueling some controversy in Iraq. Iraq PM Mustafa Kadhimi will attend the summit, and his rivals in pro-Iran proxy groups think he's up to something. | It's not clear how this got started, but Ketaib Hezbollah figures are claiming that some Israelis might attend the summit, expanding that to PM Yair Lapid possibly being there, and then suggesting Kadhimi There is no evidence of any of this, and Lapid almost certainly…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-15). US Plans to Train 3, 0 More Kurdish SDF Forces in Syria in 2023. news.antiwar.com US Plans to Train 3, 0 More Kurdish SDF Forces in Syria in 2023 | US-backed SDF among the largest users of child soldiers in Syria…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-15). SDF Commander Says His Forces Will Fight With Syrian Army Against Turkey All Over Northern Syria. southfront.org The Commander-in-Chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Ferhat Abdi Sahin has threatened Turkey with a full blown battle…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-15). Hezbollah Smuggled Anti-Aircraft Missiles Into Syria In Trucks Carrying UN Marks Report. southfront.org . Source: the media wing of Kata'ib Hezbollah. | Lebanon's Hezbollah had smuggled man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs) into Syria in trucks carrying the symbol of the United Nationals (UN), the Syrian pro-opposition Thiqa News Agency reported on July 12. | According to the report, the missiles were transported from Lebanon to the town of al-Qusayr in the southern countryside of Syria's Homs in three Hyundai trucks covered in canvas emblazoned with UN symbols and in crates labeled humanitarian ai…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-15). UAE Distances Itself From US-Led Anti-Iran Alliance, Says It Will Send Envoy To Tehran. southfront.org Abu Dhabi's skyline in December 2014. By Wikimedia user Wadiia. | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is working to send an ambassador to Tehran as it seeks to rebuild bridges with Iran, Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic advisor to the Emirati President, said on July 15. | Gargash added that the idea of a confrontational approach to the issues related to Iran was not something that Abu Dhabi supported."Our conversation is ongoing … we are in the process of sending an ambassador to Tehran. All these areas of…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-15). CENTCOM Announces Death Of Second ISIS Official In Recent Syria Drone Strike. southfront.org A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to another wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson). | A official of ISIS who was wounded in the

Editor (2022-07-14). Patrick Lawrence: This Week in Fake News / Artless Dodgers. scheerpost.com Mark 6: 4 There is the case of Seymour Hersh, the great investigative reporter whose work vaults across the years from the My Lai massacre to the dirty war in Syria. Sy published at The New York Times until he reported and wrote too honestly, too pithily, tooin shortclose to the truth. That is Sy's calling …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-14). Daily Round-up | Unions extend national strike against rising inflation in Panama & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode we bring you the latest from the strike in Panama, the extension of aid to reben-held areas in Syria, the impact of emissions from the US, and a WHO warning on COVID-19…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-14). Iranian Flag Raised Over Key Kurdish-Held Town In Syria's Aleppo In Message To Turkey (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 13, an Iranian flag was raised over a communication tower in the key town of Tell Rifaat in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | Tell Rifaat is held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). However, the Syrian Arab Army is known to be deployed inside and around the town. Iranian-backed Syrian forces are also present near Tell Rifaat, mainly in the Shiite towns Nubl and al-Zahraa. | It remains unclear who exactly raised the Iranian flag…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-14). Nasrallah: Hezbollah Will Prevent Israel From Extracting Gas If Lebanon Was Not Allowed To Do So. southfront.org Hezbollah will not allow Israel to extract and sell gas and oil from any naval field if Lebanon was not…

WSWS (2022-07-14). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Widespread strikes in aviation industry in Italy, France and Spain; UK rail strikes continue; 38,000 BT telecommunication workers in UK poised for first national strike in 35 years; UK bus drivers' pay strikes continue; public sector strikes spread in Lebanon; thousands of South African tax workers continue pay strike…

Staff (2022-07-14). Min. asks for more Iran-Syria coop. in urban planning field. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi called for the development of urban diplomacy and cooperation in the field of smart and waste-free cities with Syria.

Staff (2022-07-14). Over 15 powerful explosions reported on Syria-Iraq border. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — News sources early on Thursday reported that several powerful blasts hit near the border between Syria and Iraq.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-14). Mysterious Explosions Rocked Syrian-Iraqi Border Line, US & Israel Said To Be Responsible (Video). southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN REUTERS) | Late on July 13, a series of explosions rocked the border line between Syria and Iraq, according to several news sources from the two countries. | The explosions reportedly emanated from positions of Iranian-backed forces near the town of al-Bukamal that is located in the southern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor, right on the border with Iraq. At around the same time, an explosion was rep…

_____ (2022-07-14). Draft Agreement Reveals US Plan To Turn Sri Lanka Into Military Colony. popularresistance.org The full text of the five page SOFA draft — which the Americans now also call the Visiting Forces Agreement to mislead locals — has been obtained by the Sunday Times and published in full. | The text reveals incriminating details of demands made by the U.S. to accommodate their military forces and the free movement and passage for military personnel, vessels and aircraft in Sri Lankan territory. | It also raises many questions regarding the U.S. agenda for Sri Lanka and raises serious doubts on the assurances given by U.S. Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz that a U.S. military base would not be established…