US Supported ISIS Using Chemical Weapons in Mosul
Stephen LendmanISIS - ICRC Middle East director Robert Mardini said patients treated in nearby Irbil show "clinical symptoms consistent with exposure to a blistering chemical agent."
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Geneva IV Talks on Syria Off to a Rocky Start
Stephen LendmanSyria
Geneva IV Peace Talks on Syria Begin
Stephen LendmanSyria
Israel Again Terror-Bombs Syria
Stephen LendmanIsrael
Netanyahu Rejected Secret US Peace Plan
Stephen LendmanIsrael - Despite including recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and cooperation with regional Arab nations as part of the deal, imperatives Netanyahu demands, he rejected the proposal, claiming inability to get his coalition partners to go along.
US Terror-Bombing Syria with Toxic DU Munitions
Stephen LendmanSyria - America uses banned depleted uranium (DU) weapons in all its wars, ongoing since first developed during the Vietnam era.
Lavrov and Tillerson to Meet in Germany
Stephen LendmanUS/Russia relations - On Thursday, they'll meet and discuss bilateral issues of mutual concern for the first time at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Bonn - ahead of July's G20 summit.
Netanyahu Meets Trump in Washington
Stephen LendmanIsrael - When US and Israeli leaders meet, nothing beneficial for Palestinians follows, their fundamental rights paid lip service to alone.
Resumption of Syria Peace Talks
Stephen LendmanSyria - Despite no contacts with US officials so far, Sergey Lavrov hopes prospects for conflict resolution are "more favorable" with Obama's obstructionism no longer an issue. Negotiating with John Kerry accomplished nothing.
Israeli War Minister Wants Arab Citizens Out of Israel
Stephen LendmanIsrael - Ultranationalist Israeli war minister Avigdor Lieberman is part of the nation's lunatic fringe - actively promoting Arab hatred, violence and bloodshed.
Trump Blowing Smoke on Possible Israeli/Palestinian Peace Deal
Stephen LendmanTrump
Trump Offends Palestinians
Stephen LendmanTrump - It wasn't the first time, for sure not the last. Earlier he threatened punitive action against Palestine if it sues Israel in an international tribunal.
Assad Dubious About US Help in Combating Terrorism in Syria
Stephen LendmanSyria - Syria is Obama's war, launched for regime change, wanting a key Israeli rival eliminated, Iran isolated regionally, perhaps ahead of longstanding plans to replace the Islamic Republic with pro-Western despotism.
CIA Chief Pompeo Awards Saudis with Medal for Combating Terrorism
Stephen LendmanSaudi Arabia
NATO Supports Kiev's Putschist Regime, Trump Suggests It
Stephen LendmanUkraine
Ireland to Recognize Palestinian Statehood
Stephen LendmanIsrael - Israel is its own worst enemy. Its new land grab law is the latest example - stealing privately owned Palestinian land for exclusive Jewish development and use.
Russia's UN Envoy on Iran and Ukraine
Stephen LendmanIran and Ukraine - Washington officials notoriously dissemble. Their Russian counterparts speak with refreshing candor - straight talk on vital issues, not US-style double-talk and Big Lies.
Israeli Legislation Authorizing Palestinian Land Theft OK With Trump
Stephen LendmanIsrael - Trump's one-sided support for Israel approves of apartheid ruthlessness far worse than South Africa's - a rogue state committing slow-motion genocide against millions of Palestinians, besides its many other daily high crimes.
Iran Denounces Hostile US Posturing, Begins Major Defense Drill
Stephen LendmanIran - Iranian First Vice President Is'haq Jahangiri responded to Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, putting the Islamic Republic on notice and outrageously calling its government "the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the worl
Trump on Israeli Settlements
Stephen LendmanIsrael - Under international law, Israeli settlements are flagrantly illegal. Fourth Geneva prohibits "(i)ndividual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Pow
Trump v. Iran
Stephen LendmanIran - Iran hasn't attacked another country in centuries. It threatens none now. It's vilified for its sovereign independence.
Trump Orders Plan to Defeat ISIS
Stephen LendmanTrump - America created ISIS and virtually all other terrorist groups. They operate because of foreign support, used as imperial foot soldiers in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Federal Judge Stays Trump Order Temporarily Banning Muslim Immigration
Stephen LendmanTrump - Trump's anti-Muslim executive order was politically motivated, unrelated to protecting national security or preventing terrorist threats to America.
World Reaction to Trump's Muslim Ban
Stephen LendmanTrump - Temporarily banning immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Syria targeted indefinitely, drew harsh responses from world leaders and others.
The Best Way to "Knock Hell Out of ISIS"
Stephen LendmanTrump - Defeating ISIS and other terrorist groups begins by ending all support. Stop recruiting, arming, funding, training and directing their fighters. They can't exist without foreign support except in very weak form easy to roll over and eliminate
Putin/Trump Deal to Carve Up Syria? Not Likely!
Stephen LendmanSyria
Israel Intends Large-Scale Palestinian Land Theft
Stephen LendmanIsrael - Israeli settlements flagrantly violate international law. Over 600,000 settlers occupy stolen Palestinian land.
Israeli Double Standard on Terrorism
Stephen LendmanIsrael
Israeli Abuses Against Palestinian Children in 2016
Stephen LendmanIsrael - Israel treats Palestinian children as abusively as adults. Last year was no exception, nor is relief in prospect ahead.
Obama Obstructing Syria Peace Talks
Stephen LendmanObama - In his waning days in office, Obama seems determined to intensify US adversarial relations with Russia, obstruct Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan later in January, and who knows what else - more evidence of a rogue leader, his tenure r
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