The siege of Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeidah launched by Saudi and United Arab Emirates-led forces at dawn on Wednesday could cost the lives of some quarter of a million people in the crowded city itself, according to a UN estimate, while threatening to kill millions more across the country through hunger and disease. Read More…
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Israeli Missiles In Alaska, US/UK Oppose Yemen Ceasefire & Congress Finally Acts But To Maintain War
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (6/16/18). I want to begin today by addressing a concern many have expressed from Read More…
Why There Won’t Be A Yemeni Version Of The ‘White Helmets’
Have you noticed the almost complete lack of video footage showing the ongoing Arab and US coalition aerial bombardment of Yemen’s key port city of Al Hudaydah? Reuters reports the following: “People are scared. The warships are terrifying and warplanes are flying overhead all the time,”university student Amina, 22, who lives near the port, told Reuters by telephone. “People Read More…
Israeli Army Wants To Shoot People In Gaza Preparing To Fly Kites And Balloons
The Israeli military is reporting that they are in the process of studying the legal implications of legally defining kites and balloons as “weapons.” This would be done so that they would have a legal pretext for shooting people in the Gaza Strip preparing to fly either. A series of incidents have occurred on the Israel-Gaza Read More…
Syria False Flag Russia Prediction, US Resumes White Helmets Funding & UN Condemns Israeli Violence
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (6/14/18). Well you know when both sides of the fake two-party divide and their Read More…
UN Votes 120-8 To Condemn ‘Indiscriminate’ Israeli Violence Against Palestinians
“We cannot remain silent in the face of the most violent crimes and human rights violations being systematically perpetrated against our people,” said the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations. Just hours after a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accused Israel of showing “blatant disregard for Palestinian lives” and committing war crimes in its massacre of over Read More…






