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Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé are acquitted

Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé are acquitted

18 January 2019
On 15 January 2019, the International Criminal Court ruled that Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé, former President and Minister of Youth respectively of the Ivory Coast, should be acquitted.
Proceedings had been commenced against the two for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
During the post-electoral crisis of 2010- 2011, the UN Security Council considered that these two men had hung to power by violence and ordered international sanctions to be imposed on them. They were (...)

France will give to Iraq 1 000 million euro

France will give to Iraq 1 000 million euro

17 January 2019
Following the Head of US Diplomacy, Mike Pompeo, his French partner ‎Jean-Yves Le Drian also made a visit to Bagdad. His visit coincided with the visit of King Abdallah II of Jordan. ‎
To everyone’s surprise, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that France – while in the throes of a financial crisis – will give to Iraq 1,000 million euro (1 150 millions US dollars). This will go to participating in Iraq’s reconstruction following the war against the Islamic Emirates ‎‎(Daesh). ‎ (...)

Ten countries of the Lima Group recognize the manipulation orchestrated by the US against Venezuela

Ten countries of the Lima Group recognize the manipulation orchestrated by the US against Venezuela

17 January 2019
Confronted by the evidence revealed by the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, about the maritime incident provoked by the US transnational ExxonMobil , 10 out of the 12 member states of the Lima Group have withdrawn article 9 of the joint communiqué. Under this article, the Group had denounced an alleged Venezuelan provocation, which placed in danger security in the region.‎
Only two countries – Canada and Paraguay – did not make the necessary correction. For the governments of Canada (...)

The Economic Summit of the Arab League and the case of Moussa Sadr

The Economic Summit of the Arab League and the case of Moussa Sadr

12 January 2019
The Economic Summit of the Arab League was due to be held in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on 19 and 20 January. However at least two issues raise doubts whether it will go ahead:
First, there is an intense battle between the member states of the Arab League on the convenience of the Syrian Arab Republic becoming a member again;
Second, the Lebanese Party Amal, established during the Lebanese Civil War by Iranian Imam Moussa Sadr, is opposed to a Lebanese delegation attending the (...)

Resumption of tension in Palestine

Resumption of tension in Palestine

12 January 2019
On the announcement of a potential definitive separation between Transjordan and Gaza, relations between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas continue to deteriorate despite the attempt at Egyptian mediation.
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, went to Cairo where he met the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi. Nothing seems to have come out of this meeting. During the final press conference, President Abbas maintained his position that the United States should be taken out of (...)

Affaire ExxonMobil: Nicolas Maduro publishes his evidence

Affaire ExxonMobil: Nicolas Maduro publishes his evidence

10 January 2019
According to the US transnational ExxonMobil, on 22 December 2018 the Venezuelan navy expelled two ships that were carrying out prospecting works in the territorial waters between Venezuela and Guyana. Venezuela and Guyana are disputing to which of them these waters belong. On the faith of this communiqué, Guyana, followed by the United States and finally the Lima Group have condemned this military action by Venezuela.
According to Para 9 of the Lima Group’s Declaration on 4 Jan 2019, the (...)

Collaboration between Egypt and Israel

9 January 2019
On 6 January 2018, the US television channel, CBS, broadcast an interview with Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi as part of their programme “60 minutes”, In this interview, President al-Sissi declared “that his army is working with Israel to fight terrorists in the North of Sinai”.
CBS’s announcement that it planned to broadcast this interview had alarmed the Egyptian ambassador to Washington. The latter had asked that the interview not be aired, a request that fell on deaf ears. (...)

Brexit: London assumes its new colonial policy

Brexit: London assumes its new colonial policy

4 January 2019
The British Government has chosen its post Brexit strategy. On 30 December 2018, the Defence Minister, Gavin Williamson gave an interview to the Sunday Telegraph, in which he denounced what has been the policy since 1956.
In 1956, a British-French military expedition supported by Israel, seized the Suez Canal. However the United States and Russia forced their allies to withdraw. This fiasco marks the end of European colonization and the beginning of the progressive withdrawal of European (...)

Revelations on the “Deal of the Century”

Revelations on the “Deal of the Century”

4 January 2019
At the end of October 2018, when Avigdor Lieberman was still the Israeli Minister of Defence, he unveiled to the Palestinian Authorities, the principles of the US Peace Plan for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestine conflict. So announced the Saudi newspaper, Al-Hayat.
Liberman has denied all this information.
the sovereignty of the Palestine People would be recognized but it would not be linked to a territory.
Transjordan and Gaza would be treated distinctly; a small part of (...)

Nato is preparing a wave of attacks in Europe

Nato is preparing a wave of attacks in Europe

4 January 2019
Several sources, situated in different countries are signalling to us that Nato is preparing a wave of attacks in several EU member states.
During the « années de plomb » (that is from the end of the sixties to the end of the eighties), Nato Secret Services implemented the “strategy of tension”. This consisted of organizing bloody attacks, attributed to extremists in order to instil a climate of fear and to prevent governments of national alliance, including the communists, taking root. At (...)

Declaration of the Lima Group

Declaration of the Lima Group

Lima (Peru) | 4 January 2019
The governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Santa Lucia, faced at the beginning of 10 January 2019 of the illegitimate presidential period of the regime of Nicolas Maduro (2019-2025) in Venezuela, declare as follows:
1. They reiterate that the electoral process that took place in Venezuela on 20 May 2018 lacks legitimacy. This is because it did not take place with the participation of all Venezuelan (...)

Attempts to assassinate Assad and Israeli negotiations

Attempts to assassinate Assad and Israeli negotiations

3 January 2019
According to an anonymous official, cited abundantly in the Israeli press, General Aviv Kochavi (director of military intelligence from 2010 to 2014 and Tsahal’s future Chief of Staff) had probably organized several attempts to assassinate the elected Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.
General Kochavi (see photo) thought that if Assad was eliminated, then Tsahal could invade Syria and destroy the Iranian bases there.
On the contrary, according to the same official who does not wish to be (...)

The complexities of Syria’s readmission to the Arab League

The complexities of Syria's readmission to the Arab League

2 January 2019
The Arab League will hold its Economic Summit on 19 and 20 2019 in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
This could be the occasion for the Syrian Arab Republic to be readmitted to the Arab League. Syria had been excluded from the Arab League because it violated its by-laws in November 2011.
However, Damascus has indicated that it was for the Organization to rule on whether Syria should be readmitted and not for Syria to plead for its reintegration.
Lively debates took place within the League (...)

US withdrawal opens the question of the Coalition’s war crimes

US withdrawal opens the question of the Coalition's war crimes

2 January 2019
Following the announcement that the US was withdrawing its troops from Northern Syria, Syrian and Russian experts have declared that at long last it would be possible to draw up an accurate evaluation of the war crimes perpetrated by the Coalition.
This alliance is formed of 74 States, and includes France and the United Kingdom among them. Notably, the Alliance has bombarded Raqqa under a carpet of bombs killing almost all the inhabitants of this city which was under Daesh occupation.
The (...)

Turkey reveals the position of French troops in Syria

Turkey reveals the position of French troops in Syria

2 January 2019
Andolu, the official Turkish press agency, has published a map that reveals the military bases of the French troops in Syria.
From the beginning of the 2005 Anglo Saxon operation against Syria, in particular from the beginning of the military operations against the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011, France has been hoping to re-establish a mandate over its former colony. This plan had been clearly articulated by President François Hollande during a trip to the United Nations Headquarters in New (...)

On the request of the pro-US Kurds the Syrian Arab Army enters Manbij

On the request of the pro-US Kurds the Syrian Arab Army enters Manbij

2 January 2019
From 2014 – 2016, the city of Manbij, in the governorate of Aleppo, has been occupied by Daesh. It has been freed by pro-US Kurds supported by the International Coalition. In June 2018, the US entrusted the management of the city to the “Military Council of Manbij” and organized common patrols there with Turkey.
Although they are seeking “libertarian communalism” of the US anarchist Murray Bookchin, the authorities of Manbij have implemented a policy of the forced Kurdization of the city. Even (...)

Israel took two civil flights as hostage

Israel took two civil flights as hostage

2 January 2019
On Christmas Day, Tsahal has managed to strike a land target in Damascus. And how? By using two passenger planes flying over Lebanon as shields for their bombings. Both the Syrian and the Russian etats majors confirmed this at the same time.
Syria would not have been able to strike down the Israeli bomber planes without putting the lives of the passengers on the civil flights in danger. An analogous event occurred on 17 September 2018 with a Russian military observation plane.
In Beirut, (...)

The Nemmouche trial

The Nemmouche trial

2 January 2019
The trial of Mehdi Nemmouche, charged with the massacre at the Jewish Museum in Brussels (24 May 2014) has just begun in Belgium.
Nemmouche was arrested in Nice (France) with a bag containing a beret and weapons. This resulted in him being identified as the assassin. However from day 1, he has protested his innocence. Detained for four years, he finally has the opportunity to present his defence.
Confirming our hypothesis , he declared to the court that he found the bag and that he (...)

Arab League gets ready to admit Syria to its membership once again

Arab League gets ready to admit Syria to its membership once again

2 January 2019
In Cairo the Arab League is getting ready to admit the Syrian Arab Republic once again to its membership. The latter had been excluded in 2011, in violation of the League’s own by-laws.
Syria is one of the founding members of the League. It had been excluded from it at the request of President Barack Obama. Obama’s specious justification was that Syria was a dictatorship repressing its people, but his real motive was part of a secret operation aimed at destroying state structures.
At the (...)

Saudi Arabia will fund the reconstruction of Syria

Saudi Arabia will fund the reconstruction of Syria

2 January 2019
According to President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia could providing the core funding for reconstructing the Syrian Arab Republic.
Over the last seven years, Saudi Arabia has spent more than 500 billion dollars to bring down the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The only reason Saudi Arabia had criticized him was because he was not Sunni. Furthermore, Saudi Arabia was willing to accept that the Republic remains intact and that his vice president succeeds him.
The Saudi decision was taken (...)

Anti-air protection fails to stop Israel bombing a target in Syria

Anti-air protection fails to stop Israel bombing a target in Syria

2 January 2019
Christmas Day (2018): Tsahal managed to bomb a target in Syria despite new anti-air protection. This is the second time that the aeronautical military is operating in Syria following the deployment of the S-300 missiles, state-of-the-art missiles and the coordination system: Polyana D4M1.
The Israeli planes fired missiles from Lebabon’s air space in the direction of an airport in the capital of Syria, just as the city was celebrating the birth of Christ for the first time since the end (...)

US Forces evacuating Syria

US Forces evacuating Syria

21 December 2018
The spokespersons for the White House and the Pentagon, Sarah Sanders and Dana White respectively, have confirmed that President Donald Trump had a conversation with his Turkish Partner Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after which he gave the orders for US personnel to evacuate Syria.
The Department of State personnel will leave this country in less than 24 hours. The personnel of the Department of Defense - around 4000 men of which only 2000 are present in an official capacity – will evacuate in under (...)

The Japanese Army is now as strong as it was in the Second World War

by Valentin Vasilescu

The Japanese Army is now as strong as it was in the Second World War

Bucharest (Romania) | 21 December 2018
Like Germany, Japan has recovered the right to hold a genuine army. But, in contrast to Berlin, which lacks modest plans, Tokyo has gradually built up specific military equipment and modern weapons that allow it to project itself as a military power, anywhere in the world.

Why is the United States suddenly withdrawing from Syria?

by Valentin Vasilescu

Why is the United States suddenly withdrawing from Syria?

Bucharest (Romania) | 21 December 2018
The US Air Force is condemned to defeat if it confronts the Syrian Arab Army, which now has in its possession Russian anti-air materials, the best in the world. The US’s only viable option is to leave, sparing itself any humiliation.
History is repeating itself. Once before, in Iraq, the United States had used Kurdish combattants, promising them a State before letting them be massacred by Saddam Hussein. Today the US lets other Kurds to whom it has also promised a State, face up to Turkey alone. _ In a few months the war will be over. After eight years of fighting and tens of thousands of Islamist mercenaries being sacrificed, Nato’s dream of destroying Syria’s state structures will have failed.

The Aim of the Global Pact on Migration

by Thierry Meyssan

The Aim of the Global Pact on Migration

Damascus (Syria) | 17 December 2018
While seven states have already refused to sign the Global Pact on Migration, (which it is claimed was drafted in their interests), Thierry Meyssan revisits the history of this document and the philosophy which inspired its authors. The two strands of thought that thread this document together are the philosophies of Karl Popper and states releasing all control of their borders.

Grand Jury called to rule on the presence of explosives in the World Trade Centre on 11 September 2001

Grand Jury called to rule on the presence of explosives in the World Trade Centre on 11 September 2001

17 December 2018
The Lawyers Committee for 9/11 Inquiry was set up in New York in February 2018. In April 2018, it filed a 52 page petition and 57 pieces of evidence before the Attorney General (the A-G) of the Southern District of New York. After the six month statutory period had elapsed, the A-G appointed a Grand Jury to examine the brief.
At this stage, the Lawyers Committee is not challenging Bush’s version of the 9/11 attacks. It is not stating an opinion on the impact of two planes that crashed into (...)

Operation “Timber Sycamore” continues

Operation “Timber Sycamore” continues

14 December 2018
Operation “Timber Sycamore”, initiated by President Barack Obama was privatized a little before the election of President Donald Trump. It is now coordinated by the investment fund KKR (established by Henry Kravis and whose military activities are led by the former head of the CIA, General David Petraeus).
“Timber Sycamore” is the most important arms trafficking operation in History. It involves at least 17 governments. The transfer of weapons, meant for jihadist organizations, is carried out (...)

Unesco presented with a complaint against France and Turkey

Unesco presented with a complaint against France and Turkey

14 December 2018
The Syrian Arab Republic has filed a complaint with UNESCO (the UN body dealing with Education, Science and Culture) against France and Turkey, charging them with looting cultural assets belonging to the Syrian people.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that the French and Turkish armies supervised searches on the territories that they occupied (Manbij, Afrin, Idlib, Hassaké and Raqqa). They looted archeological treasures that they then sent abroad.
Furthermore, at the beginning of the (...)

Ukraine reveals the motive behind the incident at Kertch

Ukraine reveals the motive behind the incident at Kertch

14 December 2018
In 1997, Ukraine and Russia concluded a Treaty of Friendship which entered into force in 1999. This document was supposed to be automatically renewed every 10 years unless it was denounced by one party or the other.
In October 2018, Ukraine decided to denounce this treaty. Then it organized the incident at Kertch. Furthermore, President Petro Poroshenko gave his administration the task of listing all the agreements concluded with Russia and identifying those that he should denounce.
One (...)

António Guterres and the “fakes news” of the Pact on Migration

António Guterres and the “fakes news” of the Pact on Migration

14 December 2018
More than 150 states have registered for the conference on the adoption of the Global Pact for sure, orderly and regular migration of Marakesh [Note: the reference document in English is entitled Global Pact but the UN translates it as the World Pact].
In his introductory remarks, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, took great pains to denounce the “false information” on the Pact. In particular, he emphasized that the text is not binding and it will not limit state sovereignty. (...)

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