How White Helmet’s Cashbox Mayday Profited Off Syrian Regime Change Op at Expense of EU Taxpayers

Being aware of fraud allegations against the White Helmets’ international cashbox, the Mayday Rescue Foundation, the Dutch government opted to keep it on the hush-hush, the newspaper de Volkskrant reported on 7 May. What’s behind the supposed cover-up attempt and what else are European governments hiding? … Read More >How White Helmet’s Cashbox Mayday Profited Off Syrian Regime Change Op at Expense of EU Taxpayers

Trafficking investigation launched over Philippines immigration officers sending ‘women into slavery’

The Philippines Bureau of Immigration has launched an investigation after allegations were made that officers in the department had been involved in a human trafficking operation that sends “women into slavery.” … Read More >Trafficking investigation launched over Philippines immigration officers sending ‘women into slavery’

‘Green New Deal can only happen with end of US interventions in Middle East!’ (Sunrise Movement spokesman)

Firstly, we speak to John Paul Mejia of the Sunrise Movement. He discusses why environmentalists and progressives are demanding the Line 3 pipeline be shut down, the encroachment of many of these fossil fuel pipelines on indigenous peoples’ rights, why all future permits for oil and gas pipelines should be denied, why the Line 3 pipeline … Read More >‘Green New Deal can only happen with end of US interventions in Middle East!’ (Sunrise Movement spokesman)

Syria envoy who admitted LYING to Trump about troop levels now defends his Middle East policy, says Biden should keep it

President Donald Trump’s policy in the Middle East delivered “clear results” and Joe Biden shouldn’t change it, the US ex-envoy to the anti-terrorist coalition operating in Syria and Iraq argued in the pages of Foreign Affairs. … Read More >Syria envoy who admitted LYING to Trump about troop levels now defends his Middle East policy, says Biden should keep it

Pentagon sends aircraft carrier USS Nimitz home from Middle East as anniversary of Soleimani killing looms

The USS Nimitz, the US Navy’s only aircraft carrier currently deployed near the Persian Gulf, has been sent home just a day after two B-52 bombers were sent to the area – despite supposed ‘chatter’ about a coming Iranian attack. … Read More >Pentagon sends aircraft carrier USS Nimitz home from Middle East as anniversary of Soleimani killing looms

Crises, Sanctions and Protests: How 2020 Reshaped the Arab World

While the Middle East is no stranger to political turmoil, the events of the outgoing year have aggravated many long-standing issues plaguing the region for decades, tipping economies into crisis and heralding in regional new alliances that will shape the status quo in the region for years to come. … Read More >Crises, Sanctions and Protests: How 2020 Reshaped the Arab World

Pentagon deploys nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Middle East… to deter ‘potential attack by Iran-backed militias’?

The US Air Force has deployed B-52 heavy bombers to the Middle East in a “defensive” move to “deter aggression,” the Pentagon said, as military officials hype a “potential attack” by Iraqi militia groups supported by Iran. … Read More >Pentagon deploys nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Middle East… to deter ‘potential attack by Iran-backed militias’?