(2022-10-04). Cholera and US Sanctions Killing Syrian Civilians. orinocotribune.com By Steven Sahiounie Sep 29, 2022 | On September 23, the Al Qaeda-occupied area in Idlib Province reported the In the northeast region of Syria controlled by the US-backed SDF, a Kurdish mi…
(2022-10-03). Russia's State Duma Approves Annexation of Ukrainian Territories. news.antiwar.com On Monday, Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, unanimously approved a measure to formalize the absorption of the Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine. Russia is annexing areas it controls in the Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the breakaway Donbas republics on Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR and LPR) following referendums. Russian President Vladimir …
(2022-10-03). Iran's Protests: A Different View From The Ground. popularresistance.org Setareh Sadeghi, an Esfahan, Iran-based scholar and teacher, provides Max Blumenthal with a view of Iran's protests against the country's morality police and the death of Mahsa Amini never heard in US mainstream. Sadeghi explains that while many Iranians oppose the morality police, the protests have failed to spread far outside Tehran, and have relied heavily on social media amplification from the outside – including from neoconservative elements hell bent on regime change – to magnify the impact of the protests. Sadeghi also addresses the impact of US sanctions on Iranian women, and details civil disobedience by…
(2022-10-03). Mahan air dismisses reports of bombing threat on its flight. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) — Iranian Mahan Air has rejected earlier today's reports on a bombing threat onboard the Tehran-Guangzhou flight as fabricated and part of the propaganda campaign against Iran.