On Sunday, German newspaper Die Welt published an investigation by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh into Donald Trump’s decision to strike the Syrian government in April of this year following allegations that Bashar al-Assad’s military had committed a chemical weapons attack. Hersh’s inside sources revealed there was no intelligence linking Assad to the attack but that Trump ignored Read More…
Tag: Chemical Weapons
US Threatens War With Syria Over Chemical Attack That Hasn’t Even Happened Yet
Barely a day ago, one of the top Google searches regarding Syria was Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh’s recent bombshell that the Trump administration did not have any intelligence linking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun in April of this year — but that he went ahead and bombed Read More…
Syria Denies Plans For A Chemical Attack As Russia Slams US Warning As “Unacceptable”
The Syrian government dismissed the White House’s unsubstantiated, and bizarrely ominous late Monday night allegations that it was preparing a new chemical weapons attack. According to AP, Ali Haidar, the Syrian minister for national reconciliation, dismissed the White House’s warning and said it foreshadowed a diplomatic campaign against Syria at the U.N., according to the Read More…
White House Accuses Syria Of Planning Another Chemical Attack, Warns “Will Pay Heavy Price”
Less than three months after the US launched 49 cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase in early April, allegedly in retaliation for a chemical attack conducted by Assad forces, in an ominous statement issued with no supporting evidence or further explanation, on Monday night the White House warned that the U.S. has “identified potential preparations Read More…
Internal Communications Show Syrian War Is a Lie, Russia Not The Enemy
Newly reported communications show the US knew the president of Syria did not order a chemical weapons attack on civilians, but it continues to be one of the primary reasons for involvement there. Everything you thought you knew about U.S. involvement in Syria — and animosity toward Russia — has instead flourished from confusion wrought Read More…
Video Shows Iraqi Forces Fired White Phosphorus Into Mosul
(ANTIWAR) Multiple videos are making the rounds this week of white phosphorus artillery shells being fired into the Iraqi city of Mosul by Iraqi forces. Though the use of white phosphorus for illumination is technically legal under international law, its high temperature and toxic properties make it wholly unsuitable for use in an urban environment, and Read More…






