Monthly Archives: August 2023

2023-08-06: News Headlines

Chris Hedges (2023-08-06). The continuity of the lie. indybay.org The U.S. public has once again been wheedled into sinking billions into another endless war. The script by which the pimps of war usually lure us into one military fiasco after another – including Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and now Ukraine – always remains the same. "Freedom and democracy are at risk. Evil must be vanquished. Human rights must be protected."

Anonymous103 (2023-08-06). Military Situation In Syria On August 6, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2023-08-06). Four Syrian Officers, Soldiers Killed In Attack By Turkistan Militants In Northern Lattakia. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Early on August 6, four service members of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) were killed in an attack by the al-Qaeda-affiliated Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) in the northern Lattakia countryside, according to Sputnik. | The attack targeted a key position of the SAA in Mount Nabi Yunis, a field source told the Russian news agency, adding that militants from the TIP managed to reach the position due to the rough terrain and heavy fog. | Syrian pro-government activities iden…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-06). In Video: Russian Airstrikes Wipe Out HTS Headquarters In Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org File image. | On August 6, video footage showing recent Russian airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib surfaced online. | The airstrikes, which took place on

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-06). Syrian and Russian aviation destroyed terrorist headquarters in Syria. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The Russian and Syrian Air Forces bombed the central command of the Al-Nusra terrorist organization in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, some 300 kilometers northwest of the capital.

Pepe Escobar (2023-08-05). Syria: A Tale of Plunder and Resurrection. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Jul 31, 2023 | While the wholesale theft of Syria's natural resources continues under the watch of illegal US troops, the Russian project of resurrecting ISIS-destroyed Palmyra stands as a stark reminder that ruins can rise again — if Syria's friends help pave the way. | he war on Syria has vanished from the collective West ethos. Yet it's far from finished. Multitudes across the Global Majority may feel the deepest empathy towards Syrians while acknowledging not much can be done while the Western Minority refuses to leave the stage. | In parallel, there are slim chances the New Develo…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-08-05). Syria and Iran create joint bank. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) The governments of Syria and Iran announced the creation of a joint bank and the adoption of national currencies in commercial exchanges between the two countries, according to media reports here.

Anonymous103 (2023-08-05). Military Situation In Syria On August 5, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On August 5, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On August 5, Russian warplanes struck positions of Turkish-backed militants near Idlib; | Five Kurdish militants were killed in northern Syria, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense; | On August 4, unknown assailants targeted an SAA checkpoint in Abukamal. An SAA serviceman was killed; | ISIS confirmed the death of its le…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-05). ISIS Carried Out 206 Attacks, Killed 435 People In Syria This Year: Monitoring Group. southfront.org File image | ISIS has carried out 206 attacks and killed 435 People in Syria since the start of the year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said in a report released on August 5. | The London-based monitoring group said that 104 of the terrorist group's attacks took place in Syria's central region, which is controlled by government forces. The operations claimed the lives of 192 service members and pro-government fighters as well as 157 civilians. In addition, 20 terrorists were killed while taking…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-05). Russian Airstrikes Hit Militants Positions In Syria's Greater Idlib After Warnings (Photos). southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On August 5, a series of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is controlled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups. | At least four airstrikes targeted the western outskirts of Idlib city, where several headquarters, training camps and ammunition depots of HTS are known to be…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-05). Syria demands to monitor Israeli nuclear weapons. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Damascus demanded today to pressure Israel to unconditionally join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, since its nuclear program constitutes a threat to the stability of the region and the world.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-05). US forces kidnap a civilian in Syria. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) US troops illegally present in Syrian territory carried out today a new operation in which they arrested a person in the northeast of this nation.

Anonymous669 (2023-08-05). U.S.-Led Coalition Violations Of Syria's Airspace Are Increasing. southfront.org A General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | United States-led coalition's fighter jets and drones violated Syria's airspace 28 times during the past day, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, said on August 4. "Aircraft of the so-called U.S.-led international anti-terrorist coalition continue to create dangerous situations in the sky over Syria, infringing upon Syria's airspace and violating deconfliction…

JANET (2023-08-05). 'Cuba will never renounce its socialist system of social justice' — Speech by Cuban Ambassador to U.N. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead August 2, 2023 New York City The following slightly edited talk was given by Ambassador Gerardo Peñalver, the Permanent Representative of Cuba at the United Nations and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a solidarity event held July 29 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks that helped spark the Cuban Revolution, which took power in 1959. Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations, Gerardo Peñalver, July 29, 2023. (WW Photo: Monica Moorehead) The event was held at The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational…

_____ (2023-08-06). No Justice for Lebanon Three Years After Tragic Beirut Port Blast. strategic-culture.org Lebanese authorities have failed time and again to hold anyone responsible for the 2020 explosion that decimated the Lebanese capital | Join us on , , and . | Three years have passed since the city of Beirut was nearly turne…

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2023-08-04: News Headlines

Chris Hedges (2023-08-04). The continuity of the lie. indybay.org The U.S. public has once again been wheedled into sinking billions into another endless war. The script by which the pimps of war usually lure us into one military fiasco after another – including Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and now Ukraine – always remains the same. "Freedom and democracy are at risk. Evil must be vanquished. Human rights must be protected."

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2023-08-04). Are They Really Fighting Terrorists? U.S. Occupation Forces in Syria Receive New Weapons for a Future Conflict with Syrian and Russian Forces. globalresearch.ca

Pepe Escobar (2023-08-04). Syria: A Tale of Plunder and Resurrection. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-08-04). In Video: Russian Airstrikes Destroy Militant Stronghold Near U.S. Garrison In Syria's Al-Tanf. southfront.org File image. | Russian warplanes have carried out airstrikes against a militant hideout located near the United States-led coalition garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf. | Video footage of the Russian airstrikes surfaced online on August 3. However, it is still unclear when exactly the airstrikes took place. The coalition and Syrian opposition media didn't report any attack on the garrison or nearby areas in recent days. | Around 200 U.S. troops are usually deployed at…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-04). ISIS Says HTS Killed Its Leader In Northwestern Syria, Not Turkey. southfront.org The former hideout of ISIS leader Abu al-Hussein. Source: the Anadolu Agency. | On August 3, ISIS said that its former leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurshi was killed in the northwestern Syria region of Greater Idlib by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), denying that he was neutralized in a Turkish special operation. | In a voice message released by the official al-Furqan Media, the terrorist group's spokesman Abu Hudhaifa al-Ansari said that al-Hussein was killed in "direct…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-04). SDF Commander, Three Fighters Killed In Turkish Drone Strike On Northeastern Syria (Video). southfront.org A Bayraktar TB2 combat drone. Source: Baykar. | Late on August 3, a Turkish combat drone targeted a vehicle of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the town of Haram Shikhu in the northern countryside of Syria's al-Hasakah. | In a statement, the SDF acknowledged that one of its military commanders, Aram Mohamad Ibrahim, was killed in the Turkish drone strike along with three of its fighters. Two other fighters were also wounded in the strike, according to the group. | This was the f…


Editor (2023-08-04). DC Uniparty kills House resolutions to end U.S. emergency powers in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen. mronline.org In a massive show of support for limitless executive power, Congress rejected legislation that would have terminated national emergency powers allowing Washington to wage war across the Middle East. These same emergency powers give the president the power to lift bans on testing biological weapons on U.S. citizens.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-04). Terrorists prepare suicide attacks on Syrian and Russian forces. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) The extremists stationed in the northern province of Idlib are preparing suicide attacks on Syrian and Russian civilian and military targets, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Friday.

Anonymous103 (2023-08-03). Military Situation In Syria On August 3, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On August 3, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On August 3, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF near Tal Tamar. Five people were wounded; | On August 3, Turkish authorities deported 31 Syrian people to northern Syria via Tal Abyadh crossing; | On August 3, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kansafra; | On August 3, SAA artillery shelled posi…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-03). In Video: Syrian, Russian Forces Conduct Nighttime Military Exercise. southfront.org Screengrab. Source: the Russian Ministry of Defense. | The Russian military group in Syria and the elite 25th Special Mission Forces Division of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) had held a joint nighttime military exercise in the Hama governorate, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on August 3. | In a statement, the ministry said that the exercise mimicked an attack to liberate a settlement that was occupied by terrorists. | The joint attack began with a series of airstrikes by Su…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-03). U.S.-Led Coalition Fighter Jets And Drones Violated Syria's Airspace 14 Times: Russian MoD. southfront.org

Anonymous765 (2023-08-03). ISIS Steps Up Attacks In Central Syria. southfront.org |


Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-04). Niger suspends military cooperation with France. plenglish.com The spokesman for the junta, Amadou Abdramane, said in a statement broadcast on television that the security and defense cooperation agreements with France were cancelled, given that country's attitude regarding the situation in Niger. | He also announced a decree declaring the end of the functions of the Nigerian ambassadors in France, the United States, Togo and Nigeria. | Abdramane also condemned the initiative to carry out a military intervention and the announcement of a package of sanctions imposed by organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which issued an ultimatum fo…

Staff (2023-08-03). Venezuela's Vice President Participates in India—Latin America Conclave. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, arrived in the Republic of India to participate in the Ninth Conclave of the Industrial Confederation of India and Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in the city of New Delhi. | Upon reaching India this Wednesday, August 2, the vice president was received by the Venezuelan ambassador to India, Capaya Rodríguez González, together with various diplomatic representatives of that nation. | The conclave will be held in th…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-04). Niger suspends military cooperation with France. plenglish.com The spokesman for the junta, Amadou Abdramane, said in a statement broadcast on television that the security and defense cooperation agreements with France were cancelled, given that country's attitude regarding the situation in Niger. | He also announced a decree declaring the end of the functions of the Nigerian ambassadors in France, the United States, Togo and Nigeria. | Abdramane also condemned the initiative to carry out a military intervention and the announcement of a package of sanctions imposed by organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which issued an ultimatum fo…

Staff (2023-08-03). Venezuela's Vice President Participates in India—Latin America Conclave. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, arrived in the Republic of India to participate in the Ninth Conclave of the Industrial Confederation of India and Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in the city of New Delhi. | Upon reaching India this Wednesday, August 2, the vice president was received by the Venezuelan ambassador to India, Capaya Rodríguez González, together with various diplomatic representatives of that nation. | The conclave will be held in th…

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