Staff (2023-07-06). Syria's Missing: New U.N. Body Will Investigate Disappearance of 130,000 People in 12-Year Civil War. democracynow.org The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to establish an independent body to investigate what happened to more than 130,000 people who went missing during the conflict in Syria over the last 12 years. The Syrian government opposed the resolution, along with Russia, China, Belarus, North Korea, Cuba and Iran. "This is one of the most painful chapters in the Syrian crisis," says Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president and CEO of the medical nonprofit MedGlobal, as well as a former medical school classmate of President Bashar al-Assad.

Staff (2023-07-06). How Syria Profits from Trafficking Captagon, Highly Addictive Amphetamine Propping Up Assad Regime. democracynow.org We speak with BBC Arabic correspondent Rasha Qandeel, whose new documentary investigates Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's role in producing the highly addictive amphetamine known as Captagon and how this is impacting his relations with other states in the region. "This is going to be a main factor in a lot of changes in the Middle East," says Qandeel, who notes that curbing the drug trade has already played a role in recent moves by Arab states to normalize relations with Syria.

Amy Goodman (2023-07-06). New UN Body Will Investigate Disappearances During Syria's 12-Year Civil War. truthout.org The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to establish an independent body to investigate what happened to more than 130,000 people who went missing during the conflict in Syria over the last 12 years. The Syrian government opposed the resolution, along with Russia, China, Belarus, North Korea, Cuba and Iran. "This is one of the most painful chapters in the Syrian crisis… |

Anonymous103 (2023-07-06). Military Situation In Syria On July 6, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 6, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On July 6, five militia members were killed in clashes between Turkish-backed forces in Ras al-Ain; | On July 5, three Russian warplanes intercepted three US drones in northeastern Syria, according to the US Air Forces Central Command; | On July 5, clashes between the SAA and gunmen from the town of Tafas resulted in the death of a gu…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-06). Israel Attacked Targets Near Syria's Damascus Overnight — Report. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | A series of Israeli airstrikes hit targets near the Syrian capital, Damascus, late on July 5, according to the Ynet news website. | Syrian media didn't report any attacks or explosions near Damascus. Yent said that the Syrian military did not use air defenses against the airstrikes as it normally does. According to the Hebrew news website, the alleged airstrikes targeted warehouses storing "advanced Iranian weapons." | I…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-06). U.S. Drones Violated Russian-Syrian Drills Area, Almost Got Shot Down (Video). 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). | The United States has claimed that Russian fighter jets harassed its drones over Syria, while Russia said that the drones were flying in an area where joint drills with the Syrian military are taking place. | Russian fighter jets harassed American combat drones on an anti-ISIS mission over Syria, the U.S. military said late…

Editor (2023-07-06). As We Celebrate Independence, the US Stifles Freedoms Around the Globe. scheerpost.com

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-07-06). Syrian and Russian armies carry out joint maneuvers. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Arab Army and the Russian Armed Forces began today joint military maneuvers, the first of their kind this year, and will last six days, in the east of the northern Syrian province of Aleppo.

_____ (2023-07-06). Mongolia and India — an unusual but ambitious partnership. journal-neo.org Mongolia is currently putting the finishing touches to its preparations for a visit by the Speaker of the House of the People, the lower house of India's Parliament, which will take place from July 6-9 this year. The visit was announced in a meeting between India's ambassador to Mongolia and the speaker of the State […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Anonymous669 (2023-07-06). Israeli Army Shells South Lebanon After Rare Rocket Attack (Video). southfront.org An Israeli artillery unit on the Gaza border during Operation Breaking Dawn, in an image published by the military on August 9, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces) | On July 6, a rocket launched from Lebanon's South governorate, the heartland of Hezbollah, at the Israeli-occupied village of Ghajar. | The Israel Defense Forces said it was in response carrying out artillery strikes against the area where the rocket was launched. According to Lebanon's Al-Manar TV, linked to Hezbollah, at l…

Messages from Syria (2023-07-04). Video: Crimes Against Syria. globalresearch.ca

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-07-04). Mainstream Media Colludes with U.S. Government to Conceal Source of Syria's Heartbreaking Humanitarian Crisis. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-07-04). Military Situation In Syria On July 4, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 4, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On July 4, two SAA servicemen were killed by an IED explosion near al-Harra; | On July 3, the Russian Military Police and Turkish forces conducted the joint patrol on the outskirts of Ain al-Arab; | On July 3, the Russian Military Police conducted patrol in the Amuda area; | On July 3, the SAA sent large military reinforcements to Dar…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-04). Syria denounces plans to prevent return of refugees. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Mekdad on Tuesday said some Western countries are implementing plans aimed at deepening the problems in Syria and hindering the natural return of displaced persons to their country.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-04). Mossad spy ring busted in Turkey, 11 arrested. peoplesdispatch.org Following months of surveillance, the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) discovered a "ghost cell" made up of 56 special operatives working for the Israeli Mossad. The operation, divided into nine different smaller networks, was reportedly working to gather intelligence against Hezbollah, Syria, and others…

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-07-04). They Lied About Afghanistan And Iraq; They Are Lying About Ukraine. popularresistance.org The playbook the pimps of war use to lure us into one military fiasco after another, including Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and now Ukraine, does not change. Freedom and democracy are threatened. Evil must be vanquished. Human rights must be protected. The fate of Europe and NATO, along with a "rules based international order" is at stake. Victory is assured. | The results are also the same. The justifications and narratives are exposed as lies. The cheery prognosis is false. Those on whose behalf we are supposedly fighting are as venal as those we are fighting against.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-04). Foreign ministers of Russia and Syria reiterate positions of support. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of Syria, Faisal Al-Mekdad, and Russia, Sergei Lavrov, ratified their positions of mutual support in international forums, infront of the challenges facing their nations.

ecns.cn (2023-07-04). China's envoy: IAEA report not 'license' for Japan to dump radioactive water. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao urged Tokyo on Wednesday to stop its ocean discharge plan, saying the assessment report of the International Atomic Energy Agency cannot be used as a "license".

ecns.cn (2023-07-04). Chinese ambassador to U.S. calls for better Sino-US ties. ecns.cn Xie Feng, Chinese ambassador to the United States, met on Monday with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, calling for efforts to bring Sino-U.S. relations back onto the right track.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-04). Venezuelan Foreign Minister attends NAM's meeting in Azerbaijan. plenglish.com On his Twitter account, the head of Venezuelan diplomacy indicated that the NAM is "the largest movement of countries that maintains its struggle for a new fair world order." | In the audiovisual accompanying the message, Gil pointed out that this will be the last encounter of the Bolivarian Republic as a member of the troika, unfolding that in 2024 Uganda will assume the pro tempore presidency of the bloc. | Accompanied by the Caracas' Ambassador to Azerbaijan Christopher Martinez, the minister explained that the delegation he presides will fulfill a work agenda within the NAM and another parallel agenda with b…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-04). Why Israel Is Afraid of Hezbollah. orinocotribune.com By As'ad AbuKhalil — Jun 30, 2023 | The emergence of a disciplined resistance movement in Lebanon not only brought military defeat to Israel and the rise of Hezbollah, it heralded a new era of Arab assertiveness. | Israel is in trouble. Its military-strategic doctrine — predicated on the use of massive force to subjugate the Arab population — has resulted in successive massacres intended to instill fear in the hearts of all Arabs. In his book The Revolt, former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin admitted this brutal practice was official Zionist policy. | But times have changed, and Israel doe…