UK troops may join US plan to train Syrian rebels
Britain may send troops to train Syrian rebels who are battling both Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s forces and Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS or ISIL) militants, the Independent reports. This follows a similar […]
Any Turkish military action aggression: Syrian deputy FM
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad has warned against any military action against the crisis-hit Arab country by neighboring Turkey. The Syrian diplomat said late on Thursday that any military action by Turkey inside Syria’s […]
Sweden to become first EU country to recognize State of Palestine
Sweden’s newly-formed center-left government is set to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state, said Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. If Stockholm proceeds with the move it will be the first EU-member to officially endorse Palestinian statehood. […]
Biden blames US allies in Middle East for rise of ISIS
US Vice-President Joe Biden has accused America’s key allies in the Middle East of allowing the rise of the Islamic State (IS), saying they supported extremists with money and weapons in their eagerness to oust […]
October 4 Demonstration: Stop the Bombing of Iraq – Don’t Bomb Syria
Demonstrate against the insanity of a third Iraq war Parliament has voted for the third Iraq War. The last two have brought almost unimaginable suffering to the people of Iraq and have helped to create […]
Obama’s Plan For a ‘No-Fly Zone’ Over Northeastern Syria, After US Midterm Elections
Get ready. It’s the logical next step for central planners in Washington. Take away a country’s airspace and you’ve physically revoked their sovereignty… Reports out of Washington this week is that the Obama administration is […]
The five-point plan used to justify fighting wars is being deployed in media again
A few hours before the UK’s first air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq, the home secretary, Theresa May, warned the Tory party conference that IS could become the “world’s first truly terrorist state“. […]
Italy police fire tear gas at anti-austerity protesters
Italian police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of anti-austerity protesters in Naples, where the European Central Bank (ECB) was holding a monthly policy meeting. An estimated 4,000 anti-austerity demonstrators took […]
