Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Iran and Yemen by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On April 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hosted a meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts. According to Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below), they’ll focus on developments in Syria, its dire humanitarian situation, and […]

Inter-Korean Panmunjom Declaration by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) North and South Korean leaders Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in took an important step toward formally ending the Korean War and normalizing bilateral relations. It’s a long way from achieving durable peace and stability on the peninsula, but an important step in the […]

US/China Trade Talks by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Aiming to avoid a trade war, Trump is sending a quartet of trade hawks to Beijing on May 3 and 4 to meet with President Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials. His team includes US Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer, White House trade […]

Bloody Friday in Gaza’s Toll by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Great March of Return protests in besieged Gaza continued for the fifth consecutive Friday – Israeli ruthlessness unrelenting, the way it always is, brutalizing Palestinians, killing and injuring them unaccountably. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, three Gazans were killed on […]

Mattis Urges US Remain in JCPOA by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In Thursday testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee members, war secretary Mattis was asked if he believes remaining in the JCPOA nuclear deal serves US national security interests. “Yes,” he responded. He said there’s “been no decision made on any […]

Israel at War with Palestinian Journalists by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israel wants evidence of its high crimes against Palestinians suppressed. Truth-telling Palestinian journalists are vulnerable to arrest, prosecution, imprisonment or elimination. Over two dozen Palestinian journalists languish in Israeli gulag hell, enduring deplorable mistreatment. According to the Committee to Support […]

Entrepreneurial Spirit in Action by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) I spent most of my formal working life in small family business. Our operations were polar opposite predatory corporate practices. We abhorred their way of doing things. We believed honesty and other responsible practices were good business. Imagine that! We never exploited […]

Security Council Session on Deplorable Middle East Conditions by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process/Personal Representative of the Secretary‑General Nickolay Mladenov warned of escalating tensions, foreign interference, and growing risks of miscalculations in Syria, Yemen and Gaza, saying: “What happens in the Middle East today […]

Douma Eyewitnesses Debunk Fake CW Incident Narrative by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Wednesday, Russia and Syria brought 17 Douma false flag CW incident eyewitnesses to OPCW headquarters in the Hague. Their testimonies proved no CW incident occurred. No forensic evidence corroborates one. Russia’s envoy to the OPCW Alexander Shulgin issued […]

North Korean Leader’s Cross-Border Walk for Peace by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It was a historic gesture for ending decades of uneasy armistice conditions, as well as attempting to ease longstanding Korean peninsula tensions. For the first time since US aggression on North Korea in the early 1950s, a DPRK leader […]