WSWS (2022-03-07). US and NATO have Syria in their sights. wsws.org It is Russia's return to the Middle East as a major geopolitical player that the US is determined to reverse, as part of its war of regime change now centered in Ukraine.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-07). Experience of US fleeing Afghanistan to be repeated in Syria. en.mehrnews.com Turning to the disgraceful US fleeing Afghanistan, an advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that this fleeing will be repeated in Iraq and eastern Syria as well.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-06). Attack on military bus in Palmyra leaves many casualties. en.mehrnews.com A terrorist attack on a Syrian army military bus in the Palmyra desert in Syria in Homs province killed 13 soldiers and wounded 18 others.

Anonymous669 (2022-03-06). Mysterious Explosion Rocks US Base In Key Northeastern Syria Oil Field. southfront.org File image. | On March 6, an explosion rocked al-Omar oil fields in northeastern Syria, where the US-led coalition maintains a large base. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the explosion took place in a residential complex located right next to the US-led coalition's base. According to the London-based monitoring group, the explosion was caused by a "landmine". | Following the explosion, three drones of the US-led coalition were spotted flying over the towns of al-Shheell and al-Hawaij which are located next to…

Staff (2022-03-06). Powerful explosion reported in US military base in E Syria. en.mehrnews.com News sources reported a powerful explosion at a US military base in Syria, saying that there is a possibility of a rocket attack.

Fight Back (2022-03-06). PSUV 5th Congress held in Venezuela: Resistance, Rebirth, Revolution! fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) opened their 5th Congress, March 5, with music and a cheering crowd, followed by serious speeches of the PSUV leaders. The international delegation, including the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, with ambassadors from People's Korea, China, South Africa, Cuba, Russia, Bolivia, Palestine and Nicaragua, were welcomed by every speaker. | Diosdado Cabello, first vice-president of the PSUV, described the 1572-plus delegates representing the workers, indigenous, Afro-Venezuelan, women and youth sectors participating. Women are more than half the de…

New Atlas (2022-03-06). West Pressures Thailand to Take Their Side Against Russia. newatlas.report March 8, 2022 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — On February 28, 2022 the EU ambassador to Thailand, David Daly, would declare in a social media post that Thailand "should speak up to save our rules based international order," demanding the Kingdom of Thailand vote at the UN with the West regarding Ukraine. Accompanying his comments were the flags …

Staff (2022-03-06). Farnoosh Samadi named jury member at Beirut Women FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com Iranian director and screenwriter Farnoosh Samadi has been selected as a jury member for the short and animation section of the Beirut International Women Film Festival in Lebanon.

_____ (2022-03-06). Putin, Lenin, Imperialism And The (Real) History Of Ukraine. popularresistance.org The people of this country suffer, I've always thought, from a general ignorance of history. This is because with vast oceans for borders, and ever-friendly neighbors, and no experience of being invaded, living in a country that has always urged assimilation including the acceptance of "American exceptionalism," schooled through an educational system that avoids teaching U.S. history with any degree of credibility so as not to upset anybody, they've never been encouraged to think critically about the past. To ask questions. To raise objections—not necessarily about what happened, but about how to interpret…

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

New Atlas (2022-03-06). West Pressures Thailand to Take Their Side Against Russia. newatlas.report March 8, 2022 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — On February 28, 2022 the EU ambassador to Thailand, David Daly, would declare in a social media post that Thailand "should speak up to save our rules based international order," demanding the Kingdom of Thailand vote at the UN with the West regarding Ukraine. Accompanying his comments were the flags …

Staff (2022-03-06). Powerful explosion reported in US military base in E Syria. en.mehrnews.com News sources reported a powerful explosion at a US military base in Syria, saying that there is a possibility of a rocket attack.

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

_____ (2022-03-05). Is This Russian Propaganda? popularresistance.org We're risking a very fast, very radioactive World War 3 to defend the "democracy" of a nation whose government bans opposition parties, imprisons political opponents, shuts down opposition media, and takes all its orders from Washington due to a US-backed coup in 2014. | "Defending Ukrainian democracy" makes as much sense as "Defending Mongolian seaports". | The powers responsible for destroying Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Yemen are the same powers we're trusting to carefully navigate extremely delicate nuclear brinkmanship escalations without ending the world. | "Relax, nobody's gonna start a nuclear war…

Anonymous669 (2022-03-05). Greater Idlib: Syrian Army Artillery Rain Hell On Militant Positions. southfront.org Photo: RIA Novosti / Ulyana Solovyeva | On March 5, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled the northwestern region of Greater Idlib where many terrorist groups are present and active. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the army's artillery fired dozens of shells at the outskirts of the towns of Kansafra, Sufuhon and Fleifel in the southern Idlib countryside and the town of al-Zeyarah in the northwestern countryside of Hama. | The London-based monitoring group noted that Russian drones were flying…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-05). Military Situation In Syria On March 6, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 5, the Russian Ministry of Defence recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On March 5, clashes between YPG and Turkish-backed forces were reported near Maraanaz; | On March 5, the US coaliton sent a convoy of weapons and logistical aid consisting of 30 trucks to its military bases in Hasaka countryside; | On March 5, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kansafra village; | On March 5…

Anonymous669 (2022-03-05). Primitive Suicide Drone Hit Turkish-Occupied Area In Syria's Aleppo (Photos). southfront.org File image. | Late on March 5, a primitive suicide drone targeted al-Azraq refugee camp which is located to the west of the Turkish-occupied town of al-Bab in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The drone struck an empty house in the vicinity of the camp. The attack resulted in material losses. However, no casualties were reported. | &yum…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-05). Russia Warns Washington is Sending ISIS Fighters to Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com The Cradle Over the past two weeks Ukrainian officials have been calling for the formation of an 'international legion' of mercenaries The Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia (SVR RF) warned on 4 March that the US, along with NATO countries, are sending ISIS fighters from Syria to Ukraine. The ISIS members who are reportedly headed…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-05). US Ambassador James Story Causes More Fractures in Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com The recent meeting in Bogota between three Venezuelan opposition governors and the fake "US ambassador" to Venezuela James Story seems to be enlarging the fractures of the already divided right-wing political groups in Venezuela. The meeting has unleashed a series of criticism and hesitations amongst the opposition factions themselves. | For example, statements of José Ignacio Hernández, one of Juan Guaidó's close collaborators and "special attorney" of the so-called interim government, highlighted the discrepancies amongst right-wing sectors. Hernández dismissed the meeting between James Story and the governors…

Richard Horton (2022-03-05). [Comment] Offline: Ukraine and the lessons of Alexander Herzen. thelancet.com A pandemic. And now war. A war, the UK's Ukraine Ambassador wrote last week "on the whole of the civilised world". The burden of war falls mostly on women and children. 10 million children younger than 5 years died in conflicts between 1995 and 2015. Women and children will now be dying from preventable causes in Ukraine. The health and humanitarian crisis afflicting Ukraine has received far too little attention. Consider those forcibly displaced. Although hard to predict, as many as 5 million people, up to three-quarters of whom will be women and children, are likely to become refugees.