Eva Bartlett breaks down the dizzying array of information surrounding the mounting humanitarian crisis in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta. With accusations abound, parsing the reality on the ground is becoming more challenging by the day. GHOUTA, SYRIA — On February 20, from Amman, Jordan, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Geert Cappelaere, issued a Read More…
Eva Bartlett
Abduct, Imprison, Repeat: Israel Systematically Imprisons Palestinians On False Or No Charges
People around the world are rightfully outraged by Donald Trump’s recent effective handing over of Jerusalem to Israel. Behind the scenes, out of sight, an outrageous and illegal practice continues, the alleged “only democracy in the Middle East” on a near-daily basis abducts Palestinian men, women, and children under false pretexts (or no charges at all), using sham Read More…
Photo-Report: The North Korea Neither Trump Nor Western Media Wants The World To See
What we hardly ever see in articles on North Korea is the human side, some of the faces among the 25 million people at risk of being murdered or maimed by an American-led attack. I was part of a small delegation that visited the DPRK, with the intent of hearing from Koreans themselves about their Read More…
Syria War Diary: Order Returns To Western Cities, Civilians Recount Horrors Of Rebel Rule
In revisiting Madaya and al-Waer after their reclamation by the Syrian army, it soon became clear from Bartlett’s conversations with residents, just how distorted the reporting of corporate media about their fate under “rebel” control had been. HOMS, SYRIA — In the last year, the Syrian cities of Aleppo and Madaya have become familiar to the Read More…
Syria War Diary: What Life Is Like Under ‘Moderate’ Rebel Rule
Since the liberation of Aleppo, and the restoring of peace to Madaya and al-Waer, most Western media have gone silent on the areas, even though it is now possible to visit all of them and hear from civilians who lived under the rule of ”moderate rebels,” which is exactly what journalist Eva Bartlett did. In Read More…
Eva Bartlett Meets Father Of Iconic Aleppo Boy, Who Says Media Lied About His Son
MintPress sat down with the father of the now-infamous Aleppo boy, Omran Daqneesh. Omran’s father, Mohammad Daqneesh, says his son was exploited by Syrian rebels and the media for political gain. HOMS, SYRIA — On the evening of Aug. 17, 2016, an event that has yet to be adequately explained occurred in the Qaterji District Read More…