April 30, 2022, RT.com If the Donetsk marketplace that was hit by rocket artillery on Thursday had been in a city controlled by Kiev, the names and faces of the five civilians killed would be on all major news sites. But because it was another Ukrainian attack on civilians in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the deaths and 23… Read More Ukrainian strike on Donetsk market was a terrorist act
August 22, 2021, RT.com -by Eva K Bartlett Israel again illegally bombed Syria last week, violating Lebanese airspace to do so and putting at risk the lives of untold numbers of civilians. And following this, crickets in the media, again. On Thursday, just after 11pm, Israeli missiles targeted the vicinities of Damascus and Homs, according… Read More Israel’s airstrikes in Syria are not newsworthy for Western media, as a result status quo continues & civilians suffer
I spoke yesterday with journalist & geopolitical analyst Marwa Osman on the criminal Israeli bombings of Syria yet again two nights ago, violating Lebanese airspace again to do so. Marwa noted that Israel put at risk the lives of two civilian airplanes in Lebanese & Syrian airspace, particularly the 130 civilians and flight crew on… Read More Interview with Marwa Osman on the criminal Israeli bombings of Syria yet again two nights ago, violating Lebanese airspace again to do so
*In the old city of Homs, June 2014, speaking with Zeinat and Aymen al-Akhras who endured years of hell under the rule of militant factions. In May 2014, an agreement saw the reportedly 1,200 militants bussed out of Homs (as recently happened in Aleppo), bringing peace to the neighbourhoods they’d occupied and terrorized. Excerpt from… Read More Those Who Transmit Syrian Voices Are Russian Propagandists? Monitors of ‘Fake News’ Negate Syrian Suffering
The wise words of Professor Tim Anderson: “Appreciate the difference between the Islam of Hezbollah and Iran, on the one hand, and that of the Saudis, Qatar, ISIS, FSA etc on the other – and no, it isn’t mainly to do with Sunni and Shiia …”
One day M, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, told me his story, one of discrimination, humiliation, pride, patience and dignity… and of samoud (steadfastness). M is a very charismatic and intelligent 20-something Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon’s northern city, Tripoli (Trablus). During my brief 2-day stay with his family I was greeted with that… Read More some Palestinian refugees’ stories of exile and longing
see: YajurIsmail’s area Ali’s town: al Jish Khaled’s town: Suhmata
Late afternoon sun highlights the oak trees I stand amidst, the utter quiet broken only by birds’ chirping. It is easy to forget that the southern Lebanese hilltop I’m walking on was once the base of intense resistance against the Zionist occupation forces with their bases on surrounding hilltops and occupying villages below. From 1985… Read More Mleeta: Lebanon’s Resistance Museum
Ken Stone reports back from the Canadian delegation to the Global March for Jerusalem. share.cfm?id=11583015
In Gaza 