Pushback: Aaron Maté and Ben Norton discuss Syria war, US withdrawal, Turkish invasion
Aaron Maté and Ben Norton·
The Grayzone hosted its first YouTube livestream of Pushback with Aaron Maté, featuring Ben Norton. We discussed the... Read More
ISIS
Israeli attacks provoke Iran, Hezbollah – and could help jihadists
With its bombings of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, is Israel trying to stop an attack from Iran and... Read More
This celebrated Western-funded nonprofit collaborated with al-Qaeda to wage lawfare on Syria
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton·
Mainstream reporting on Syria has relied heavily on the work of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability... Read More
Behind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: How an opposition front group became Western media’s go-to monitor
Top media outlets turn to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) for figures on deaths and detentions,... Read More
ShamiWitness: How Bellingcat and neocons collaborated with ISIS’ most influential propagandist on Twitter
Top Syria regime-change hustlers and media “experts,” from Bellingcat to pro-war journalists, helped transform the @ShamiWitness account from... Read More
Genocide in Iraq: When local Sunni became ISIS and slaughtered their Yazidi neighbors
When ISIS came to butcher the Yazidis of Iraq, they simply went next door. By Rania Khalek /... Read More
How ISIS wives helped their husbands rape Yazidi sex slaves
In Iraq, captured Yazidi women were forced to work as domestic servants for ISIS families — and were... Read More
In the field with Yazidi fighters, chilling tales of genocide by ISIS – and more conflict to come
Yazidi fighters are joining the Iraqi-run Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in droves to fight ISIS, and see a... Read More
US and Gulf allies supported Islamist extremists in Syria, Qatar’s ex-prime minister admits, bolstering growing evidence
Qatar’s ex-Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani acknowledged the US and its Gulf allies backed Salafi-jihadists... Read More
Manchester bombing is blowback from West’s disastrous interventions and covert proxy wars
Blowback: How the US and UK helped bring jihadists like Manchester bomber Salem Abedi to Libya and Syria.... Read More
Videos show US govt-funded White Helmets assisting public executions in rebel-held Syria
Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal·
A new video shows the White Helmets, funded with millions of dollars by the US and British governments,... Read More
Trump’s missile attack on Syria air base helped ISIS, endangered civilians, yet hawks call for more
The Trump administration’s April 2017 bombing of Syria’s Shayrat air base effectively helped ISIS, and endangered the civilians... Read More