2023-05-31: News Headlines

Calla Mairead Walsh, Hampton Institute. (2023-05-31). Biden Calls Cuba 'Terrorist'; People Demand US Terrorism Against Cuba End. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, May 23rd, the State Department reported that Cuba — along with Iran, Syria, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Venezuela — are not "not cooperating fully" in the United States' supposed fight against terrorism. The Biden administration officially designates Cuba as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" (SSOT), as well as Iran, Syria, and the DPRK. | Literally 0% of Americans view Cuba as a serious threat, and the Biden administration has provided no evidence of Cuba supporting terrorism in any way. Cuban and American officials even met earlier this month in Havana to discuss cooperati…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-31). UN appeals for aid for war-torn Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Around 70% of Syria's population—over 15 million people—depends on humanitarian aid for their survival, according to the UN. The country's economy has been severely hurt due to a decade-long war and sanctions imposed by the US and its allies, with the situation worsening since the disastrous earthquake in February…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-31). Five Palestinian Fighters Killed In Alleged Israeli Strike On Lebanese-Syrian Border (Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | On May 31, five members of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command (PFLP-GC) in Lebanon were killed in a blast that was blamed on Israel. | The blast occurred at the entrance of a base belonging to the front in the town of Qousaya in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, near the border with Syria. | Anwar Raja, a PFLP-GC official, said that the deadly blast was caused by an Israeli strike. He revealed that ten…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-31). In Video: Russian Airstrikes Hit HTS Command Post In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org A Russian Su-24 aircaft on a runway at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria. © Maksim Blinov / Sputnik | On May 30, a new wave of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, where the Turkish military maintains a large presence. | The airstrikes reportedly destroyed a command post of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater Idlib, located near the town of Bzabor in the southern countryside of Idlib. Footage that surfaced on Twitter show…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-31). ISIS Cells Carried Out Ten Attacks, Killed 27 People In Central Syria Past 30 Days: SOHR. southfront.org ISIS cells in Syria's vast central region carried out ten attacks against government forces and civilians over the last 30…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-31). Syrian BUK-M2E Systems Shot Down Two Glide Bombs During Last Israeli Attack On Damascus. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Syrian air defenses intercepted two out of six guided glide bombs launched by Israeli fighter jets during the May 28 attack on Damascus outskirts, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, revealed. | According to Gurinov, two Israeli F-16 fighter jets carried the airstrikes from the airspace of the occupied Golan Heights, launching six GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs."The Syrian air defense…


Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-31). Syria appoints permanent representative to Arab League. plenglish.com Damascus, May 31 (Prensa Latina) President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree on Wednesday in which he appointed Hussam el-Din Ala, former permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, as Syria's delegate to the Arab League.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-31). Syria: United States lies when it claims concern over Syrians. plenglish.com Damascus, May 31 (Prensa Latina) The US administration claims to be concerned about the situation of the Syrian people but in reality is the cause of their suffering, denounced the Syrian delegate to the UN, Bassam Sabbagh.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-30). US Increases Sanctions on Syria After Damascus Rejoins Arab League. news.antiwar.com The US on Tuesday imposed new sanctions on Syria for the first time since the country was brought back into the Arab League as part of a normalization push between Damascus and regional governments. According to the Treasury Department, the US sanctioned two Syrian money service businesses that are accused of helping the government of …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). Military Situation In Syria On May 30, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On May 30, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 3 times: 1 — in Idlib province, 2 — in Latakia province; | On May 30, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nuran; | On May 29, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Maarat Naasan; | On May 30, Russian warplanes struck positions of Turkish-backed forces in Bzabur; | On May 30, the Russian Military Police and Turkish force…

Mark Taliano (2023-05-30). Video: Crimes Against Syria. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-31). US Flies Bombers Over Bosnia Amid Secession Threats. news.antiwar.com The US flew two B1-B bombers over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday in a show of force meant as a warning to Milorad Dodik, the leader of the semi-autonomous Serb republic within Bosnia, known as Republika Srpska. Dodik has been threatening to declare independence due to a dispute over a property law. US Ambassador to …


Rick Rozoff (2023-05-30). Serbia urges NATO Quint to reason with its separatist, terrorist offspring. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tanjug/B92May 30, 2023 Vuƒçiƒá warned the ambassadors of the Quint countries: "It's high time…" President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá, met with the ambassadors of the Quint countries. The meeting is with representatives of the United States of America, Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany, as well as the head of the European …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-30). US Kicks Kosovo Out of Military Drills Over Its Treatment of Ethnic Serbs. news.antiwar.com The US ambassador to Kosovo, Jeffrey Hovenier, announced Tuesday that Washington was kicking Pristina out of the US-led Defender Europe military exercises over its treatment of the ethnic Serb population of northern Kosovo. The move was a punishment for Kosovo trying to forcibly install ethnic Albanian mayors in three Serb-majority towns. The mayors won office …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). Military Situation In Kosovo On May 30, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On May 30, Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian President met with Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko, Russian Ambassador to Belgrade; | On May 29, 30 NATO peacekeepers including 11 Italian contingent and 19 Hungarian contingent were wounded during unrest in the municipality of Zvecan; | 52 Serbs were wounded, three of them heavily, while one was wounded with two gunshots by Albanian special forces, according to the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic; | Demonstrators staged protests out…

Peter Boyle (2023-05-31). Erdoğan's unfair election win poses grave danger for democracy and the Kurds. greenleft.org.au Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's win in the May 28 second round of the Turkish presidential elections has sent a wave of concern and dread through democratic circles and the large Kurdish minority, reports Peter Boyle.

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-30). Serbia urges NATO Quint to reason with its separatist, terrorist offspring. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tanjug/B92May 30, 2023 Vuƒçiƒá warned the ambassadors of the Quint countries: "It's high time…" President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá, met with the ambassadors of the Quint countries. The meeting is with representatives of the United States of America, Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany, as well as the head of the European …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-30). US Kicks Kosovo Out of Military Drills Over Its Treatment of Ethnic Serbs. news.antiwar.com The US ambassador to Kosovo, Jeffrey Hovenier, announced Tuesday that Washington was kicking Pristina out of the US-led Defender Europe military exercises over its treatment of the ethnic Serb population of northern Kosovo. The move was a punishment for Kosovo trying to forcibly install ethnic Albanian mayors in three Serb-majority towns. The mayors won office …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). Military Situation In Kosovo On May 30, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On May 30, Aleksandar Vucic, Serbian President met with Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko, Russian Ambassador to Belgrade; | On May 29, 30 NATO peacekeepers including 11 Italian contingent and 19 Hungarian contingent were wounded during unrest in the municipality of Zvecan; | 52 Serbs were wounded, three of them heavily, while one was wounded with two gunshots by Albanian special forces, according to the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic; | Demonstrators staged protests out…

Peter Boyle (2023-05-31). Erdoğan's unfair election win poses grave danger for democracy and the Kurds. greenleft.org.au Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's win in the May 28 second round of the Turkish presidential elections has sent a wave of concern and dread through democratic circles and the large Kurdish minority, reports Peter Boyle.

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