Covert Israeli Raid in Syria to Foil an ISIS Plot? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to Vanity Fair, citing unnamed experts on Israeli intelligence, a month after Trump’s inauguration, “two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters flew low across Jordan and then, staying under the radar, veered north toward the twisting ribbon […]

Power Struggle in Lugansk, Ukraine? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) A Lugansk People’s Repubic (LPR) power struggle appears underway. Fort Russ reported “(a)round 200 unidentified armed men took control of several government buildings…including the Prosecutor General’s Office…” Streets reportedly were blocked, images showing armed men in unmarked uniforms and armored vehicles […]

US Forces to Stay in Syria After ISIS Defeated by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Wednesday, the Washington Post said US forces intend staying in Syria indefinitely.  “(E)xpanding its goals (is planned)…beyond routing the Islamic State to include a political settlement of the country’s civil war, a daunting and potentially open-ended […]

No Thanks for Thanksgiving Under Trump by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) One day there may be reason to give thanks. How can there be now with endless US wars raging, force-fed austerity on ordinary Americans, poverty the nation’s leading growth industry, real unemployment at Depression-era levels, police state laws destroying fundamental […]

Ratko Mladic’s Sham Trial and Conviction by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Western-controlled  International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was charged with delivering victor’s justice, polar opposite the real thing. In March 2016, it wrongfully convicted Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on multiple counts of genocide in Srebrenica, war […]

Washington Uses Sanctions Like Weapons of War by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) All unilateral US sanctions imposed on other nations are flagrantly illegal. The Vienna-based International Progress Organization calls itself “an international non-governmental organization that enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is associated […]

Hundreds More Yemeni Children Malnourished Weekly by US/Saudi Blockade by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Yemen is Obama’s war, planned and orchestrated in Washington, escalated by Trump, waged by Saudi terror-bombing, aided by more of the same from US drones, warplanes and ground operations. Conditions are gravely compounded by genocidal land, sea […]

ISIS Nearly Defeated in Eastern Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, “(t)he western bank of the Euphrates River will be soon fully liberated by the government forces under the command of the legendary Syrian General Sukhel…complet(ing) the operation to destroy the remaining ISIL (presence) in eastern […]

Mugabe Resigns: An Era in Zimbabwe Ends by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Rather than face removal from office by impeachment, Mugabe resigned after leading Zimbabwe since 1980 – first as prime minister, mostly as president. After saying he’d preside over the ruling ZANU-PF’s congress in December on Sunday, he tendered his […]