Syria

OPCW investigator testifies at UN that no chemical attack took place in Douma, Syria

Ben Norton·January 22, 2020

In testimony before the United Nations Security Council, former OPCW inspection team leader and engineering expert Ian Henderson... Read More

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Under US pressure, social media companies censor critical content and suspend Venezuelan, Iranian, and Syrian accounts

Ben Norton·January 12, 2020

As the US escalates its hybrid wars, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are suspending accounts and censoring content that... Read More

US military ‘owns’ 1/3rd of Syria, boasted top Biden Pentagon official, vowing to block reconstruction of ‘rubble’

Ben Norton·November 5, 2019

The head of the Middle East desk for President Biden’s Pentagon, Dana Stroul, proclaimed that the US military... Read More

By protecting Syria’s Idlib, the US created a safe haven for Baghdadi and ISIS

Dan Cohen·October 29, 2019

With the killing of self-proclaimed ISIS “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shoddy narrative pushed by US government officials... Read More

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Trump gives $4.5 million to Syria’s White Helmets, which partnered with jihadists and joined Turkey’s ethnic cleansing

Ben Norton·October 28, 2019

While touting his efforts to end US involvement in Syria, Trump approved $4.5 million more for the White... Read More

US troops are staying in Syria to ‘keep the oil’ – and have already killed hundreds over it

Ben Norton·October 23, 2019

Hundreds of American soldiers are remaining in Syria to occupy its oil reserves and block the Syrian government... Read More

The US has backed 21 of the 28 ‘crazy’ militias leading Turkey’s brutal invasion of northern Syria

Max Blumenthal·October 16, 2019

Former and current US officials have slammed the Turkish mercenary force of “Arab militias” for executing and beheading... Read More

Pushback: Aaron Maté and Ben Norton discuss Syria war, US withdrawal, Turkish invasion

Aaron Maté and Ben Norton·October 14, 2019

The Grayzone hosted its first YouTube livestream of Pushback with Aaron Maté, featuring Ben Norton. We discussed the... Read More

Elite UK military unit secretly trained by leftist regime-change advocate Gilbert Achcar and other academics

Ben Norton·October 3, 2019

Government documents show scholar Gilbert Achcar and other pro-regime-change academics have given training sessions to UK Ministry of... Read More

Pentagon-funded researcher smears ‘The Management of Savagery’ in error-filled Times Literary Supplement screed

Max Blumenthal·October 1, 2019

Lydia Wilson, a researcher at a US Department of Defense-backed outfit, has taken to the Times Literary Supplement... Read More

This celebrated Western-funded nonprofit collaborated with al-Qaeda to wage lawfare on Syria

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton·June 19, 2019

Mainstream reporting on Syria has relied heavily on the work of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability... Read More

‘Wheat is a weapon’: US gov-funded, Democrat-linked think tank proposes starving Syrian civilians to weaken Assad

Ben Norton·June 19, 2019

A fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Democratic Party-linked think tank bankrolled by... Read More

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Covert NATO initiative turns film into anti-Russia battleground

UK judge gags Palestine Action defendants to secure ‘terror’ stitch-up

UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackout

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Cómo Israel y el FBI manipularon planes de asesinato para llevar a Trump a la guerra con Irán

EEUU tiene imputación secreta contra Delcy Rodrígez, según periodista opositora

Detrás de la denuncia politizada de Washington contra Maduro: una “red” creada por la CIA y un testigo coaccionado