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Japan backs Myanmar over genocide charges

Japan backs Myanmar over genocide charges

15 January 2020
The western camp finds itself divided over the Myanmar controversy. After India, Japan also maintains that there has been no genocide of the Rohingya people, but rather a counter-terrorist crackdown on the "Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army," also known by its former name Harakah al-Yaqin, or "Faith Movement."
At the press conference he gave on 26 December 2019 in Yangon (ex-Rangoon), Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar, Ichiro Maruyama, seized the opportunity to cross the T’s and dot the I’s. His (...)

Russia offers deal to Syria and Turkey

Russia offers deal to Syria and Turkey

15 January 2020
On 8 January 2020, in Ankara, Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a deal with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, for a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province. It was made public before being approved by the Syrian side.
With the United States also having secretly agreed to the ceasefire, China and Russia went along with the vote on 10 January at the Security Council of a resolution renewing the list of crossing points for the delivery of humanitarian aid inside Syria, (...)

NATO to rescue Taiwan

NATO to rescue Taiwan

14 January 2020
In the context of NATO’s expansion to the Indo-Pacific region , the Organization perceives the political protests in Hong Kong as an opportunity and the Taiwanese President, Tsai Ing-wen, as an invaluable ally.
In 1989, the United States, France and the United Kingdom had endorsed a coup d’état attempt by Zhao Ziyang. NATO and CIA strategist Gene Sharp was in Tiananmen Square in charge of orchestrating the events that turned into a confrontation and massacre. Those three Western (...)

UN suspends voting rights of 7 states

UN suspends voting rights of 7 states

13 January 2020
In accordance with a rule adopted in October 2019 by the General Assembly, the United Nations has suspended the voting rights of seven of its members and is contemplating sanctions against three others:
Comoros (at the end of the UNGA 74th session)
Gambia (presently)
Lesotho (presently)
Lebanon (presently)
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (presently)
Central African Republic (presently)
Sao Tome and Principe (at the end of the UNGA 74th session)
Somalia (at the end of the (...)

Twitter removes official Venezuelan accounts

Twitter removes official Venezuelan accounts

13 January 2020
Twitter suspended the accounts of some 40 Venezuelan institutions and high profile figures.
Over the past six months, the California-based company has closed down accounts in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Bangladesh and Spain. The company’s intended purpose is supposedly to curtail the dissemination of "state-sponsored information".
In July 2019, with reference to Venezuela, Twitter announced the need to "protect the security of the United States" in the face of a campaign "orchestrated from (...)

In Venezuela, Guaidó won’t desist

In Venezuela, Guaidó won't desist

13 January 2020
Former President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, persists in acting out his re-election to that post and, consequently, his self-proclamation as Acting President of the Republic.
As for Luís Parra, the new president of the National Assembly, he did not pursue his claim for the interim presidency.
On 7 January 2020, Juan Guaidó, who considers himself elected by his peers during an irregular session held at the El Nacional newspaper, arrived at the Venezuelan parliament to (...)

Putin visits Damascus

Putin visits Damascus

8 January 2020
President Vladimir Putin arrived at the Russia-operated Hmeimim Air Base to celebrate Orthodox Christmas with his troops. He was met there by President Bashar al-Assad, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, and the base commander, General Sergei Surovikin.
He headed next to Damascus where his Syrian counterpart took him to the Great Umayyad Mosque, a place of Christian, Jewish, Christian and Muslim worship. He meditated on the tomb of Saint John the Baptist. From there they went to the (...)

Iranian faction offers $ 80 million to assassinate Donald Trump

Iranian faction offers $ 80 million to assassinate Donald Trump

7 January 2020
A pundit speaking on Iran’s leading public television channel said that the Iranian Nation can raise 80 million dollars as a reward for anyone who assassinates President Donald Trump.
The anchor’s voice was heard over the images of millions of mourners accompanying the coffin carrying Soleimani’s remains. This message was widely picked up by the Iranian media.
It remains to be seen who the US deep state counterpart is within the Iranian (...)

Juan Guaidó loses legitimacy

Juan Guaidó loses legitimacy

6 January 2020
Certain constitutional experts believe that the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, secured his re-election through a flawed electoral process and that the President of the National Assembly should fulfil this function pending new presidential elections. It is on the basis of this questionable interpretation that the United States recognized the President of the Assembly, Juan Guaidó, as the country’s interim president.
The President of the National Assembly is (...)

NATO suspends activities in Iraq

NATO suspends activities in Iraq

5 January 2020
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has issued instructions to its personnel in Iraq to suspend all activities.
The Alliance fears a retaliatory response after the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani and officials of the Popular Mobilization Forces.

US justification for assassinating General Soleimani

US justification for assassinating General Soleimani

4 January 2020
According to the Western media, General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ élite Al-Quods force, was preparing an operation intended to win back Iraqi public opinion. [12]
In the midst of the Shiite community’s escalating protests against Iranian influence over the Iraqi political class, attacks have been allegedly carried out against US interests, triggering a US response against Iraqi protesters, which in turn ignited Iraqi nationalism to the detriment of the (...)

Whole of Middle East and US on high alert

Whole of Middle East and US on high alert

3 January 2020
General Qasem Soleimani (photo), commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s élite Al-Quods force, was assassinated by the United States at Baghdad airport (Iraq) on 3 January 2020. He was considered to be the top Special Forces soldier in the world.
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chairman of the Tehran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (Al-Hashd Al-Sha’abi), was also struck down in the course of the same operation. The Al-Hashd Al-Sha’abi constitute an army of some 80,000 Iraqis (...)

Anti-Christian shoes in Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan

Anti-Christian shoes in Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan

31 December 2019
Turkish-based footwear company FLO manufactures shoes that are designed to crush the symbol of Christianity, the cross, with every step you take.
This product is currently available over the counter in Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan.
Islam was founded by Muhammad who received a Christian upbringing. His first wife was also Christian.
When the Umayyads introduced Islam to the Levant, they were greeted in Damascus as true Christians, albeit of a new rite suitable for the Bedouins. It was only (...)

Jihadi exodus from Syria to Libya is underway

Jihadi exodus from Syria to Libya is underway

31 December 2019
In accordance with the agreement closed between the Tunisian and Turkish presidents, Kaïs Saïed and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Christmas Day, the migration of jihadists from Syria via Tunisia to Libya has begun. [15]
The pendulum has swung back, when considering that the Free Syrian Army was created by the jihadists of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), who had joined the ranks of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, then served as NATO’s footsoldiers in Libya. [16]
According to Middle East Eye, the Sultan (...)

Multi-billion dollar transfer from Lebanon under scrutiny

Multi-billion dollar transfer from Lebanon under scrutiny

30 December 2019
After a tip-off received from a Swiss source, Lebanese financial prosecutor, judge Ali Ibrahim (photo), opened an investigation into the transfer of USD 2.5 billion by 9 personalities classified as "Politically exposed persons," which took place after Lebanon had put a ban on foreign currency transfers abroad.
Parliament convened an extraordinary session, chaired by Ibrahim Kanaan in the presence of the outgoing Finance Minister, Ali Hassan Khalil, and of the Chairman of Association of (...)

France’s part in rigging OPCW report

France's part in rigging OPCW report

28 December 2019
On 27 December 2019, Wikileaks released a new batch of internal documents from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). [18] An email among them reveals that Inspector Ian Henderson’s report was pulled by order of the OPCW’s chief of cabinet Sébastien Braha. [19]
The French diplomat is an "officer of the Orient" (high ranking official of the French Foreign Affairs Ministry) who was seconded to the OPCW three months after the alleged chemical attack on Douma in order to (...)

Turkey negotiating mass transfer of jihadists towards Libya

Turkey negotiating mass transfer of jihadists towards Libya

27 December 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has entered into a military alliance with the Libyan "government of national accord" (GNA), chaired by Fayez Al-Sarraj, based in Tripoli and backed by the United Nations. Erdoğan has already arranged for the delivery of armored vehicles and drones, but has yet to deploy regular troops.
In Ankara, the Grand National Assembly is expected imminently to authorize the Turkish army to send regular soldiers to Libya.
At the same time, however, the Turkish (...)

Russia sets record straight: Poland and German Reich planned deportation of Jews as early as 1938

Russia sets record straight: Poland and German Reich planned deportation of Jews as early as 1938

25 December 2019
Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Polish Ambassador Józef Lipski (right in the photo).
Speaking to Russia’s top military officers on 24 December 2019, President Vladimir Putin said that he became acquainted with archival documents which were seized during the fall of Berlin in 1945.
They indicate that, in 1938, according to Marshal Józef Piłsudski, Poland contemplated and planned with the German Reich the deportation of Polish and German Jews to Africa.
They are, in all likelihood, related (...)

Greece ready to intervene against Turkey in Libya

Greece ready to intervene against Turkey in Libya

24 December 2019
On 22 December 2019, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Conservative lawyer Nikos Dendias, travelled to Benghazi to meet the ministers designated by the Tobruk House of Representatives and their military leader, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. He then moved on to Cairo and Cyprus.
Simultaneously, during a ceremony at the Gölcük Naval shipyard, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the decision to expedite Turkey’s submarine construction program. The 6 New Type 214 submarines which Turkey is (...)

Lightning onslaught to liberate northwestern Syria

Lightning onslaught to liberate northwestern Syria

24 December 2019
The Syrian Arab Republic launched the second stage of its offensive against the residual pocket of Al-Qaeda jihadists (now labeled the Levant Liberation Committee - Hayat Tahrir al-Cham) in Idlib Governorate.
At least 1.5 million jihadists and their families have amassed there, and hold hostage about an equal number of Syrians.
The Syrian Arab Army, covered by the Russian air force, liberated the city of Maarat al-Numan, thereby retaking the M5 motorway connecting Aleppo to Damascus.
In (...)

Libya’s UN-backed government calls for help

Libya's UN-backed government calls for help

24 December 2019
President Erdoğan received President Al-Sarraj at the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul on 15 December 2019, upsetting the balance of forces in Libya.
Pursuant to the initial plans drawn up by the Pentagon and unveiled by the New York Times, there are currently three rival governments in Libya (Rumsfeld / Cebrowski strategy) [22]. All three are supported militarily by the United States to keep them fighting against each other.
One of them has received the endorsement of the United Nations under (...)

At UNSC, China and Russia cast their 7th and 8th veto to thwart war against Syria

At UNSC, China and Russia cast their 7th and 8th veto to thwart war against Syria

22 December 2019
On 20 December 2019, for the 7th and 8th time respectively the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation vetoed a Western-sponsored UN resolution against Syria.
The resolution, introduced by Germany, Belgium and Kuwait, was deceitfully presented as authorizing “cross-border humanitarian aid.” The states now rooting for humanitarian aid are those which have slapt an embargo on all basic necessities to sustain the livelihood of the Syrian people.
The resolution flouted the (...)

The CIA and Uyghur Jihadists

The CIA and Uyghur Jihadists

16 December 2019
Munich, 16 February 2018 : World Uyghur Congress president, Dolkun Isa, and Turkey Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım.
The "Xinjiang papers", released on 16 November 2019 by the New York Times, have been spinned by the Western media as a plan to suppress Uyghur culture in China [24]. Written in Chinese, their interpretation may not be easily accessible to the Western world. In reality, China protects Uyghur culture, tolerates Muslim religion, while trying to stymie terrorist attacks and the (...)

Colonial ambitions of the European Union in the Arctic

Colonial ambitions of the European Union in the Arctic

10 December 2019
The European Foreign Affairs Council met in Brussels on 9 December 2019 to decide on its policy in the Arctic.
Unashamedly, the Council stated that it "recognises the primary responsibility of the Arctic States for the development of the Arctic but also considers that many of the issues affecting the region are of a global nature and are more effectively addressed through regional or multilateral cooperation in particular the Arctic Council and including via the UN system" (sic).
In other (...)

European Parliament spews anti-Cuba propaganda

European Parliament spews anti-Cuba propaganda

2 December 2019
On 28 November 2019, the European Parliament adopted a resolution titled "Cuba, the case of José Daniel Ferrer" (P9_TA-PROV (2019) 0073), condemning the Cuban "regime" for its violations of human rights in general and, in particular, for his treatment of the opposition leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU).
José Daniel Ferrer is a well-known dissident backed by the United States. He has already been arrested and sentenced on several occasions on charges of spying for being in the (...)

Syrian Turkmen militia supplied with German-made tanks

Syrian Turkmen militia supplied with German-made tanks

2 December 2019
The Syrian Turkmen militia, renowned for supporting the Turkish army against the PKK/YPG, has just received at least two Leopard 2A4 tanks (upgraded version featuring a digital computer).
These tanks are manufactured by the German company Krauss-Maffei, which supplied the near totality of NATO forces throughout the 1980’s. The Turkish army bought 340 of them, around 50 of which were deployed in Syria and about a dozen were destroyed in battle.
This is the first time that a militia in the (...)

Is Lebanon’s central bank a Ponzi scheme ?

Is Lebanon's central bank a Ponzi scheme ?

30 November 2019
The situation in Lebanon is deteriorating. Traffic lanes have all been reopened, but a rift has emerged between those who favour the free flow of traffic and the road blockers. The Free Patriotic Movement of President Michel Aoun, the Shiite Amal Movement of parliament speaker Nabih Berri and the Hezbollah condemn road closures; while the Future Movement led by Saad Hariri, a Sunni, the Lebanese Forces of the Maronite Samir Geagea and the Progressive Socialist Party of Walid Jumblatt, (...)

OPCW report was falsified

OPCW report was falsified

26 November 2019
Wikileaks has released an email originating from an OPCW inspector (attached document) in which he expresses his concern over the grave omissions and intentional bias of the organization’s report on the alleged chemical weapons attack in the Ghouta area of Damascus on 7 April 2018 [27].
The OPCW was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013.
This email was strongly criticized by the current Director-General of the OPCW, Ambassador Fernando Arias González of Spain, but received the approval of (...)

UK flouts UN General Assembly and High Court

UK flouts UN General Assembly and High Court

24 November 2019
The British government has failed to heed the 22 May 2019 UN General Assembly resolution enjoining it to vacate the Chagos Islands, which it occupies illegally, and hand them back to Mauritius within a six-month deadline. [34]
Approached by the General Assembly, the International Court of Justice confirmed, on 25 February 2019, the unlawful handling of the de-colonization process and the sovereignty of Mauritius over the Islands. [35] With this motion the six-month deadline was pushed up (...)

In Syria, Christian populations protected by Russian Army

In Syria, Christian populations protected by Russian Army

20 November 2019
The Russian army has deployed to Tal Tamr, in northern Syria, to protect the population from abuses at the hands of the Turkish army and the PKK/YPG Kurdish militias.
The city of Tal Tamr was annexed by the PKK/YPG to "Rojava", the state devised by the Pentagon in 2013 as part of the plan for redrawing the Middle East. At that point, the PKK-YPF proceeded to push out many Assyrian Christians, who constituted the majority, replacing them with Kurds.
For its part, the Turkish army is (...)

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