White Helmets Archives | The Grayzone

Coronavirus stimulus bill funds State Dept/USAID operations that once helped trigger polio outbreak in Syria

A look at recent USAID schemes from Pakistan to Syria shows US empire can be very hazardous to... Read More

US drops false charge against journalist Max Blumenthal

The US government has dropped a false charge of assault against The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal stemming from... Read More

White Helmets Whitewash: founder’s death, OPCW scandal lift mask on al-Qaeda’s ally in Syria

Aaron Maté

The recent death of White Helmets founder James Le Mesurier, and an unfolding cover-up at the OPCW of... Read More

White Helmets jihadists Idlib Syria flag

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

Ben Norton

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

Blowback: US-armed ‘moderate rebels’ slaughter Kurds in Syria

Aaron Maté

Amid outrage over Turkey’s atrocities against Kurdish civilians northern Syria, Max Blumenthal discusses how some of the Syrian... Read More

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

Max Blumenthal

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

Top scientist slams OPCW leadership for repressing dissenting report on Syria gas attack

Aaron Maté

MIT rocket scientist Theodore Postol has accused the OPCW leadership of overseeing “compromised reporting” and ignoring evidence that... Read More

Exclusive emails show how the White Helmets tried to recruit Roger Waters with Saudi money

Max Blumenthal

The Syria Campaign, the PR firm behind the White Helmets, tried to recruit Roger Waters by inviting him... Read More

Another video shows US gov-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

British gov-funded outlet offered journalist $17,000 a month to make propaganda for Syrian rebels

Rania Khalek

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

Gareth Porter

Reporters who rely on the White Helmets’ leader in Aleppo ignore his record of deception and risk manipulation.... Read More

How the White Helmets became international heroes while pushing US military intervention and regime change in Syria

Max Blumenthal

Created by Western governments and popularized by a top PR firm, Syria’s White Helmets are saving civilians while... Read More

Pushback

In Navalny poisoning, rush to judgment threatens new Russia-NATO crisis

NBA All-Star David West on the walkout and standing up to racism, exploitation

‘We live in a right-wing country’: Malaika Jabali on Kenosha, rebellions, and the election

Red Lines

US & allies ignore Colombia political assassinations

Venezuela captures ‘US spy’ allegedly plotting to sabotage oil refineries

US govt & Democrat-tied troll farm boosts Bolivian coup regime, meddles in Mexico, Venezuela

En Español

Cómo el testimonio de un espía de la policía amenaza la narrativa oficial del atentado de la AMIA

Entrevista con dirigente Sandinista Carlos Fonseca Terán en el 41 aniversario de la revolución en Nicaragua

El escándalo de sobornos petroleros expone el doble juego corrupto del ‘procurador general’ de Guaidó

White Helmets

Coronavirus stimulus bill funds State Dept/USAID operations that once helped trigger polio outbreak in Syria

US drops false charge against journalist Max Blumenthal

White Helmets Whitewash: founder’s death, OPCW scandal lift mask on al-Qaeda’s ally in Syria

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

Blowback: US-armed ‘moderate rebels’ slaughter Kurds in Syria

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

Top scientist slams OPCW leadership for repressing dissenting report on Syria gas attack

Exclusive emails show how the White Helmets tried to recruit Roger Waters with Saudi money

Another video shows US gov-funded White Helmets assisting public executions in rebel-held Syria

British gov-funded outlet offered journalist $17,000 a month to make propaganda for Syrian rebels

How a Syrian White Helmets leader played Western media

How the White Helmets became international heroes while pushing US military intervention and regime change in Syria