How a Free Syrian Army unit uncovered the rebels’ Israeli connection and switched sides
Before the Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel group the Golan Brigade was targeted for destruction by Israel and... Read More
Jabhat al-Nusra
CNN hired top al-Qaeda propagandist for award-winning Syria documentary and wants to cover its tracks
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton·
Star CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward worked with al-Qaeda “media man” Bilal Abdul Kareem to gain access to extremist... 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
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
Ignored by Western media, Syrians describe the nightmare the armed opposition brought them
Trapped between a police state and Al Qaeda, average Syrians explain why they fear regime change. By Rania... Read More
I visited Al Qaeda’s Syrian stronghold and saw how US backing of ‘moderate’ rebels is bolstering jihadists
Journalist Lindsey Snell reports from inside Idlib, al-Qaeda’s Syrian stronghold. By Lindsey Snell / AlterNet I spent a... Read More
Is Trump rescuing al-Qaeda’s ‘heartland’ in Syria?
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton·
Only Western intervention can save Syria’s beleaguered al-Qaeda-affiliated rebels in Idlib. By Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton /... Read More
Al-Qaeda is attacking major Syrian cities with US weapons – but you wouldn’t know that from the media
Rebranded 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
Salafi-jihadist rebels that were vetted by the CIA and enjoyed the backing of American neoconservatives have joined a... Read More
Media’s favorite Gulf monarchy-funded ‘experts’ admit Syria war made Al-Qaeda ‘mainstream’
The media’s favorite “experts” admitted at the US-funded Atlantic Council that the Western dirty war made Al-Qaeda’s extremist... Read More
British gov-funded outlet offered journalist $17,000 a month to make propaganda for Syrian rebels
Emails reveal that the Revolutionary Forces of Syria (RFS) media office, a popular source for the mainstream Western press,... Read More
How a Syrian White Helmets leader played Western media
Reporters who rely on the White Helmets’ leader in Aleppo ignore his record of deception and risk manipulation.... Read More