US Imperialism

US Military Supported Syrian Rebel Offensive That Toppled Assad

December 23, 2024 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Bashar al-Assad, Israel, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Turkey, US Imperialism

Syrian rebel commanders have boasted that the US military helped them overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad. They acknowledged this in a report published by major British newspaper The Telegraph, titled “US ‘prepared Syrian rebel group to help topple Bashar al-Assad’”. The article revealed that a rebel group armed, trained, and funded by the United States, based in the south of Syria, collaborated with rebranded al-Qaeda in the north to jointly topple the Syrian government. According to the report, the US military helped to create a Syrian militia called the Revolutionary Commando Army (RCA).

Syria’s Fall And Anti-Imperialist Lessons

December 22, 2024 Essam Elkorghli, Black Agenda Report. Strategize! Anti-Imperialism, Israel, Syria, US Imperialism

The fast-paced unfolding of events that took place in Syria shook everyone, including the regime change and color revolution enthusiasts who hoped to destroy Syria only to deliver it on a golden plate to the Zionist entity to annex massive swaths of lands. The forceful overthrow of the government in Syria represents a colossal defeat to the Pan-Arabists in the region and those who center the Palestinian national liberation cause. This is not a rhetorical exaggeration; the demise of Syria will have direct consequences on the Axis of Resistance — given that the land bridge (Iran-Iraq-Syria-Lebanon) has been undermined — and the interconnected struggle against imperialist zionism.

Interview With Former Bolivian President Evo Morales

December 20, 2024 Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Assassination Attempt, Bolivia, Evo Morales, US Imperialism

In the early morning hours of October 27, 2024, unmarked cars shot at the car that was transporting former president of the Plurinational state of Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma, in an attempted assassination in Villa Tunari, Chapare, Cochabamba as he was making his way to the Radio Kawsachun Coca that hosts his Sunday morning shows. Immediately speculations arose that implicated the military, a possible DEA agent , the Interior Minister , the internal right wing that participated in the U.S. backed 2019 coup, the media, and the courts, among others.

No Deployment Of US Troops Or Bases In The Caribbean

December 19, 2024 Organization For The Victory Of The People, Black Agenda Report. Resist! Caribbean, Military Intervention, Trinidad and Tobago, US Imperialism, US military, Venezuela

We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the decision by Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister, Keith Rowley, and the PNM Government, to allow the deployment of US troops on Trinidadian soil. This is a grave mistake. Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana have become pawns in the US Empire’s nefarious plan to militarize the Caribbean region under the auspices of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The US claims that this military cooperation is about enhancing regional security and dealing with issues such as the trafficking of persons, drugs and weapons, and to improve the military capability of these Caribbean countries.

South Korea’s Problem: The United States

December 19, 2024 Workers World. Resist! North Korea, South Korea, US Imperialism, Yoon Seok-Yeol

Since his Dec. 3 attempt to impose martial law, mass demonstrations of hundreds of thousands of people involving the most important labor unions and popular organizations from around the country came out in the streets of Seoul demanding that South Korean President Yoon Seok-Yeol be deposed. After a popular rebellion repulsed Yoon’s Dec. 3 coup attempt, the National Assembly reversed the call for martial law, and Yoon was forced to retreat – but refused to step down. Following continuous popular demonstrations, the National Assembly finally voted on Dec. 14 with more than the needed two-thirds majority to impeach Yoon.

Privatizing Syria: US Plans To Sell Off A Nation’s Wealth After Assad

December 18, 2024 Kit Klarenberg, MintPress News. Educate! Bashar al-Assad, Hayat Tahrir al-sham (HTS), Privatization, Syria, US Imperialism

In the immediate wake of the Syrian government’s abrupt collapse, much remains uncertain about the country’s future – including whether it can survive as a unitary state or will splinter into smaller states as did Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, a move that ultimately led to a bloody NATO intervention. Moreover, who or what may take power in Damascus remains an open question. For the time being at least, members of ultra-extremist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) appear highly likely to take key positions in whatever administrative structure sprouts from Bashar Assad’s ouster after a decade-and-a-half of grinding Western-sponsored regime change efforts.

In Syria Dirty War, ‘Our Side’ Has Won

December 16, 2024 Aaron Maté. Educate! Israel, Joe Biden, Syria, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

In his first remarks on the ouster of Syrian president Basher al-Assad, President Biden made the case that he deserves a share of the credit. Assad’s “main allies” -- Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia -- “are far weaker today than they were when I took office,” Biden said. Therefore, their inability to save Assad from the Turkish-backed insurgents’ sweeping advance was “a direct result of the blows that Ukraine, Israel have delivered upon their own self-defense, with unflagging support of the United States.” Beyond the blows inflicted by US client states, Biden also noted that he had maintained crushing US sanctions; kept US troops in Syria’s northeast; “ordered the use of military force against Iranian networks” in Syria; and supported Israel’s “freedom of action” to carry out even more military strikes against similar targets.

Trump Transition Team Considering Strikes On Iran

December 15, 2024 Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com. Educate! Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Energy, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities are being seriously considered within the Donald Trump transition team, according to the Wall Street Journal. While there is no proof Tehran is trying to make a nuclear weapon, Washington and Tel Aviv are threatening to attack Iran’s nuclear energy infrastructure. “The military-strike option against nuclear facilities is now under more serious review by some members of his transition team,” the WSJ explained. “Iran’s weakened regional position and recent revelations of Tehran’s burgeoning nuclear work have turbocharged sensitive internal discussions, transition officials said.”

War Propaganda And The Fall Of Syria

December 14, 2024 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Al-Qaeda, Israel, Middle East, Propaganda, Syria, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

The rapid fall of the Syrian Arab Republic government was both a shock and a catastrophe for that region and for the world. It was incomprehensible that the state which withstood a sustained attack since 2011 from the United States, Israel, Turkey and other NATO members, and gulf monarch states such as Saudi Arabia, would collapse so swiftly. The defeat was political, not military. There was surprisingly little actual fighting on the battlefield. Russia, Syria’s most powerful ally, is engaged in Ukraine, while Turkey, Syria’s nemesis, played a two-sided game of working with its NATO allies while claiming to be negotiating in good faith with Russia.

The First Phase Of A New War Returns To Syria

December 13, 2024 Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Media, Syria, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Liberals and their Western allies, among the social-imperialist left in the U.S. and Europe, are celebrating the end of the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria after the stunning sweep across the country by so-called “rebels” led by the Al-Qaeda offshoot, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Their celebratory mood is informed by a tragic misunderstanding of what appears to be more of a coup d’etat in Syria than a military defeat. This was a coup orchestrated to replace the Syrian government with this coalition of Jihadists, which included the Turkish-supported Syrian National Army (SNA) and a coterie of depoliticized religious and gangster elements from the country’s Southeast.

How The West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani As Syria’s ‘Woke’ New Leader

December 13, 2024 Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. Educate! Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Terrorist, US Imperialism

Corporate media is heralding the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the emergence of Abu Mohammed al-Jolani as the new leader of Syria, despite his deep ties to both al-Qaeda and ISIS. “How Syria’s ‘diversity-friendly’ jihadists plan on building a state,” runs the headline from an article in Britain’s Daily Telegraph that suggests that Jolani will construct a new Syria, respectful of minority rights. The same newspaper also labeled him a “moderate Jihadist.” The Washington Post described him as a pragmatic and charismatic leader, while CNN portrayed him as a “blazer-wearing revolutionary.”

With Trump’s Re-Election, A Venezuela Invasion Could Be In The Cards

December 11, 2024 Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. Educate! Donald Trump, Military Intervention, US Imperialism, Venezuela

The re-election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States has many in Venezuela extremely concerned. From assassinations, terror campaigns, sanctions and coups, the first Trump administration tried everything short of a full-scale invasion of the country. With a cabinet full of hawks, MintPress assesses the potential for a future U.S. intervention in Venezuela. According to insiders such as Defense Secretary Mark Esper and National Security Advisor John Bolton, Trump was one of the loudest voices in the White House pushing for military intervention in the Caribbean nation. The president said that it would be “cool” to invade, as the country was “really part of the United States.”

Syria – Winners And Losers Or Both

December 9, 2024 Moon Of Alabama. Educate! Israel, Syria, Turkey, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Syria has fallen. It is now highly likely that the country will fall apart. Outside and inside actors will try to capture and/or control as many parts of the cadaver as each of them can. Years of chaos and strife will follow from that. Israel is grabbing another large amount of Syrian land. It has taken control of the Syrian city of Quneitra, along with the towns of Al-Qahtaniyah and Al-Hamidiyah in the Quneitra region. It has also advanced into the Syrian Mount Hermon and is now positioned just 30 kilometers from (and above) the Syrian capital. It is also further demilitarizing Syria by bombing every Syria military storage site in its reach.

US, UK Consider Removing HTS From Terror Blacklist

December 9, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Al-Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad, ISIS, Syria, Terrorism, United Kingdom (UK), US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

US officials are considering removing Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from the US terrorist list after the offshoot of the Islamic State of Iraq (later known as ISIS) helped achieve the long-term US goal of overthrowing the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, The Washington Post reported on 9 December. “US officials are in contact with all the groups involved in fighting in Syria, including the main group that ousted Assad, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which was once affiliated with Al-Qaeda and remains on a US terrorist list,” the newspaper wrote.

Turkey Takes Aleppo

December 9, 2024 Justin Podur, Orinoco Tribune. Educate! Al-Qaeda, Axis of Resistance, Bashar al-Assad, BRICS, Colonialism, Genocide, Golan Heights, History, Iran, Islamic State, Israel, Palestinian Resistance, Regime Change, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Turkey, US Imperialism

Before it fell under 20th century Anglo-American colonialism, Syria was the core of the Levant, encompassing (today’s) Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, the site of multireligious, multicultural cities between which people traveled and traded freely. In the countryside, peasants and herders tended an agricultural and pastoral landscape of olive and orange trees, pasture, forest, and drylands. This region was under the control of the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years (perhaps Erdogan’s dream is to take some of it back. He’s been accused of “neo-Ottoman” fantasies).

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