How Washington is positioning Syrian Al-Qaeda’s founder as its ‘asset’ Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal·June 9, 2021A PBS Frontline special is the latest vehicle in a PR campaign to legitimize rebranded Syrian al-Qaeda, HTS,... Read More
Former hostage responds to top diplomat calling Al Qaeda a US ‘asset’ in Syria Aaron Maté·April 11, 2021Lindsey Snell, a journalist who escaped Al Qaeda captivity in Syria, responds to a top US diplomat calling... Read More
By protecting Syria’s Idlib, the US created a safe haven for Baghdadi and ISIS Dan Cohen·October 29, 2019With the killing of self-proclaimed ISIS “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shoddy narrative pushed by US government officials... Read More
US greenlights missiles for al-Qaeda-linked, Turkish-backed Salafi-jihadists occupying Syria’s Idlib Ben Norton·May 31, 2019The Trump administration has approved a Turkish shipment of US-made anti-tank missiles to al-Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels fighting a... Read More
Ignored by Western media, Syrians describe the nightmare the armed opposition brought them Rania Khalek·May 15, 2017Trapped between a police state and Al Qaeda, average Syrians explain why they fear regime change. By Rania... Read More
Al-Qaeda is attacking major Syrian cities with US weapons – but you wouldn’t know that from the media Ben Norton·March 22, 2017Rebranded Syrian al-Qaeda, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has been attacking Hama and Damascus with US-made weapons — while corporate... Read More
US-armed ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels join al-Qaeda’s ‘Bin Laden Front’ in new coalition Ben Norton·February 1, 2017Salafi-jihadist rebels that were vetted by the CIA and enjoyed the backing of American neoconservatives have joined a... Read More
