Russia and Syria Initiate the Battle to Liberate Idlib Province  by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It’s long overdue, the only part of Syria infested with many thousands of US armed, trained, funded and directed terrorists — along with Pentagon controlled northern and southern parts of the country, jihadists trained on and […]

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Russia May Increase Its Military Presence in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Tass and AP News reported the same story, picked up by the neocon/CIA house organ Washington Post, the Miami Herald, and other Western media.  At a Monday news conference in Moscow, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Caracas […]

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Lavrov and Pompeo Meet, Discuss Venezuela, Resolve Nothing by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Both officials met in Rovaniemi, Finland on the sidelines of an Arctic Council ministerial meeting. They last met at the July 2018 Putin/Trump summit in Helsinki, Finland. Ahead of their meeting, Pompeo demanded Russia “get out” of Venezuela. […]

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Pompeo Claims US Aggression Against Venezuela Would Be Lawful by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to Pompeo, US presidents have constitutional authority under Article II to preemptively attack other nations. The article states the following: “The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States…” […]

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Trump Tweets on China Roil Markets by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Overnight Sunday, Dow futures dropped over 500 points after China indicated it might cancel the next round of trade talks, following Trump’s tweets, saying: “For 10 months, China has been paying Tariffs to the USA of 25% on 50 Billion […]

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Israel Considers Premeditated Mass Slaughter and Destruction in Gaza Self-Defense by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israeli state terror against Palestinians is longstanding, official policy throughout its history. Terrorizing Hamas began after its triumph in Palestinian January 2006 legislative elections — winning majority Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) control, a largely non-functioning body […]

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Opposition to Trump Regime’s Sanctions War on Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Activists for peace, equity and justice everywhere oppose the Trump regime’s war on Venezuela by other means — flagrantly violating international and US constitutional law. In a letter to Congress last month, dozens of organizations denounced what’s going […]

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Will US Dark Forces Kill Guaido to Blame Maduro? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Eliminating him, if planned, would be the latest in a long line of false flags, a US specialty for launching wars and other hostile actions to achieve imperial aims. More on this below. Guaido was chosen for […]

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WaPo: Imposter Guaido’s Press Agent by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) At the expense of the general welfare, virtually all establishment media provide press agent services for corporate America and the US imperial agenda, its war on humanity at home and abroad, along with backing despots the US supports and wannabe ones […]

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The US Media Propaganda Machine Never Rests by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Collectively in the US, major print and electronic media resemble what Orwell called the Ministry of Truth in his dystopian “1984” novel — the ministry in charge of controlling the message, eliminating whatever conflicts with it, memory holes used […]

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