TASS (2022-03-01). Russia views US decision to expel 12 diplomats as hostile act — Ambassador. tass.com Russian diplomats were hit again, Anatoly Antonov stressed…

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Syria's UN Envoy: Escalation in Ukraine Stems From West's Non-Compliance With Obligations to Russia. sputniknews.com Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Putin stated that its goal was the "demilitarization" and "denazification" of Ukraine in order to protect people "who for eight years have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime." In response, the West initiated a massive campaign to put pressure on Russia.

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Tel-Aviv to Vote Against Russia at UN but Israelis Say it Will Jeopardise Country's Security. sputniknews.com Over the years, Israel and Russia have coordinated activity when it came to Syria, where it did so to avoid potential clashes in the skies over Syria. Additionally, Russian authorities have been playing a pivotal part in mediation between Israelis and the Palestinians.

sputniknews (2022-03-01). US Could Transfer Terrorists From Syria to Ukraine Amid Russian Op, Damascus Says. sputniknews.com DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – US special services could send members of Daesh*, as well as other terrorist groups in Syria, to Ukraine, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Bashar Jaafari told Sputnik.

Ann Brown (2022-02-28). White CBS Reporter On Ukraine: This Is Not Iraq Or Syria, This Is A Civilized European Country. moguldom.com CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has apologized after he said on air during a Feb. 25 broadcast that the war in Ukraine can't be compared to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan because the Eastern European nation is more "civilized." Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine, D'Agata, who is white, said that Ukraine "isn't a place, with all …

Jason Ditz (2022-02-28). Russia Will Keep Coordinating With Israel Over Syria. news.antiwar.com Ongoing military coordination between Israel and Russia, an important aspect of the ongoing Syrian War and Israel's repeated attacks therein, Israel was deeply critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Russia is "unhappy" with that. The deconfliction in Syria, meant to avoid direct conflict, will continue anyhow. | While Russia could've chosen to reverse this process, either formally over Ukraine or because of Israeli viola…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-28). Western media goes white nationalist, calls Ukraine more 'civilized' than Iraq, whitewashes US wars. multipolarista.com Media outlets are calling Ukraine "civilized," emphasizing that its people are white European Christians, while ignoring or whitewashing the US military occupations of Syria and Iraq, Western-backed Saudi bombing of Yemen, and constant Israeli attacks on Syrians and Palestinians.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-28). Ukraine praises role of Turkish combat drones in fighting with Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahFebruary 28, 2022 Turkey-made drones helping fight against Russia: Ukrainian envoy Turkey-made Bayraktar drones have been very efficient in Ukraine's battle against invading Russian forces, Kyiv's ambassador to Ankara, Vasyl Bodnar, said Sunday. *** The battle-tested unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have already proven their capabilities in Libya, Syria and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Turkey has …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-28). Indian students document abuse by Ukrainian soldiers over nation's UN vote. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Times of IndiaFebruary 28, 2022 Facing Ukrainian ire after India's UN move: Students Even as the Indian government ramped up its evacuation efforts and the foreign secretary called the Ukrainian ambassador to emphasise India's concern for citizens trapped in the war zone, several medical students alleged that they were harassed at checkpoints on Ukraine's …

Jason Ditz (2022-02-28). Russia Will Keep Coordinating With Israel Over Syria. news.antiwar.com Ongoing military coordination between Israel and Russia, an important aspect of the ongoing Syrian War and Israel's repeated attacks therein, Israel was deeply critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Russia is "unhappy" with that. The deconfliction in Syria, meant to avoid direct conflict, will continue anyhow. | While Russia could've chosen to reverse this process, either formally over Ukraine or because of Israeli viola…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Putin Assures Israel's Bennett Russia Ready to Talk to Ukraine, Says Kiev Showing 'Inconsistency'. sputniknews.com Russia summoned Israel's ambassador to Moscow on Friday top ask why Tel Aviv "supports neo-Nazis" in Kiev after Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid blasted the Russian military operation in Ukraine as a 'grave violation of the international order'.

_____ (2022-02-27). Why is the West Silent about the Aggressive Actions of the US Armed Forces in Syria? journal-neo.org On February 24, the Syrian Arab news agency SANA reported that the United States was sending another military escort to Syria, which again acknowledged Washington's ongoing occupation policy in this Middle Eastern country. It has been continued since 2014 without any UN sanctions and without any permission from official Damascus authorities. The US military convoy …

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). US gov't knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene. multipolarista.com Former US Ambassador to Russia William J. Burns, who is now CIA director, admitted in a classified 2008 embassy cable that NATO expansion to Ukraine crosses Moscow's security "redlines" and "could potentially split the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene."

_____ (2022-02-27). On Contact: Race And America's Long War. popularresistance.org The internal violence in the United States, militarized police, and the largest prison system in the world, along with America's endemic racism, are mirrored in the foreign wars that have been fought almost continuously by the United States since the end of the 19th century. These inner and outer wars, argues historian Nikhil Pal Singh, are intimately connected. The gunning down of unarmed black people in American cities is expressed outside our borders in the gunning down of unarmed Muslims in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia, often by militarized drones. The prison-industrial-complex at home…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-27). Four Killed Or Wounded In Syrian Artillery Strikes On Turkish-Occupied Town In Greater Idlib. southfront.org © Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev | On February 27, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) artillery pounded the Turkish-occupied town of Afes in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The shelling killed two men and wounded two others. Syrian opposition activists claimed that the men were civilians. However, Afes is located right on the frontline with the SAA in the southeastern Idlib countryside which suggests that the casualties were in fact militants. | Afes is one of few towns in Greater Idlib that are directly occupied…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-27). Al-Qaeda-Linked Syrian Drug Dealer Al-Jasim To Funnel Militants From Syria To Ukraine. southfront.org Tariq al-Jasim in the middle of his armed as seen in a video he released on February 26. | Syrian pro-opposition activists have revealed disturbing facts about a Ukraine-based Syrian businessman who vowed to fight Russian forces currently conducting a special military operation in the country. | The businessman, Tariq al-Jasim, appeared in a video announcing the formation of an armed group to fight Russian forces on February 26. | According to a reputable Syrian pro-opposition Telegram news channel, a…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-27). Suicide Drone Hit Kurdish-Held Town In Northern Syria. southfront.org File image. | On February 27, a suicide drone targeted the town of Tell Rifaat in the northern Aleppo countryside, which is held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). | The drone hit the town's main hill, where troops from the Syrian Arab Army are allegedly deployed. No casualties or material losses were reported. The army is present in Tell Rifaat and several other SDF-held towns and villages in the northern Aleppo countryside to deter the Turkish military and its proxies. Several units of the Russian…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-02-27). Pope, Putin and Ukraine in crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The visit by Pope Francis to the Russian Embassy in Rome on Friday, during which he spoke to the ambassador for around an hour-and-a-half, is noteworthy for a number of reasons…

Staff (2022-02-27). Judo chiefs make Putin decision. rt.com The Russian President has been the Honorary President and Ambassador of the International Judo Federation since 2008 | The International Judo Federation (IJF) has suspended Russian President Vladimir Putin as its Honorary President and Ambassador, halting the role the head of state has held at the governing body since 2008. | Sports fan Putin has regularly attended judo events including the competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where he sat alongside then-UK Prime Minister David Cameron and embraced Tagir Khaibulaev after the Russian judoka won gold, and the 2018 World Championships in Baku. | Putin is…

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). Keynote Speech by Ambassador Qin Gang at the Commemoration for the 50th Anniversary of President Richard Nixon's Visit to China. ecns.cn