By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

Syria’s de facto leader, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, also known as Ahmed al-Sharaa, said in an interview published on Sunday that it may take up to four years to hold elections and three years to draft a new constitution. Continue reading “Syria’s De Facto Leader Says It Will Take Four Years To Hold Elections”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

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Germany’s outgoing authorities appear to be using a deadly Christmas market attack, perpetrated by a Saudi national in the town of Magdeburg, to push for more surveillance, including by introducing new systems based on biometrics. Continue reading “Germany Uses Magdeburg Christmas Market Attack to Justify Push for Biometric Surveillance Expansion”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

The true purpose of Ukraine’s surprise offensive into the Russian agricultural region of Kursk has been hotly debated since it was launched in August.  The complete failure of the 2023 “counter-offensive” led many to believe that Ukraine’s rumored troop shortages were far worse than initially reported.  Some believed that the Kursk offensive was designed to allay fears among allies that Kyiv was no longer capable of taking ground from the Russians. Continue reading “Failing Kursk Offensive May Backfire On Ukraine As Russian Troops Mass Near Sumy”

By David Krayden – The Post Millennial Health 'experts' warn against 'rise' in Bird Flu, encourage Biden's FDA to authorize vaccine for 'vulnerable people'

Health “experts” are again warning of a potential impending pandemic unless governments immediately unleash a program of testing and vaccination—first for the most “vulnerable”— against bird influenza. On Sunday, Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as President Donald Trump’s Covid response coordinator in his first term of office, told CNN that it was presumptuous to guess that there are only 63 cases of bird flu in the US. Continue reading “Health ‘experts’ warn against ‘rise’ in Bird Flu, encourage Biden’s FDA to authorize vaccine for ‘vulnerable people’”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

CNN cited an unnamed US official to report that the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 in Kazakhstan, which was traveling from Baku to Grozny before suddenly veering off course towards the Caspian Sea, might have been caused by Russian air defenses mistakenly firing on it.

Continue reading “Were Ukraine’s Reckless Drone Attacks Responsible For The Azerbaijan Airlines Tragedy”

By The Cradle

Israeli forces stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza on 27 December, evacuating people at gunpoint and setting the facility ablaze after brutal attacks on the hospital’s vicinity. Continue reading “Israeli army sets fire to north Gaza’s last functioning hospital”

By The Cradle

US and UK warplanes launched a new round of airstrikes on the Yemeni capital late on 27 December, targeting the 21 September park in the Maeen district of Sanaa, according to Yemen’s Al-Masirah TV. Continue reading “US, British jets rain fire on Yemeni capital in new late night attack”

By KIT KLARENBERG – The Grey Zone

In the name of building a “moderate opposition,” London established a social service and media network in areas controlled by HTS, benefitting the group it branded as a dangerous Al Qaeda affiliate.

Continue reading “Leaked files show secret UK Syria project boosted Jolani’s HTS”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

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“The GEC is dead – long live the GEC!” That would be one way to summarize the situation around the US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) that has formally shut down. Continue reading “Global Engagement Center Officially Shuts Down, but Censorship Efforts Likely To Persist Through State Department Offices”

By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial

Gang-affiliated teen kidnaps 14-year-old, ties him to tree, disembowels him 2 weeks after Seattle judge released suspect from custody: prosecutors

A violent teen with an extensive criminal history has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 14-year-old boy, tying him to a tree, and disembowling him at a park in Everett, WA, a city located just north of Seattle. The suspect was released from custody by a Seattle judge just two weeks prior to the alleged offense despite the prosecutor’s objections. Continue reading “Gang-affiliated teen kidnaps 14-year-old, ties him to tree, disembowels him 2 weeks after Seattle judge released suspect from custody: prosecutors”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

The short-lived era of Elon Musk’s Twitter being a semi-“free speech platform” came to an end on Friday after Musk started banning right-wing critics of his who vocally opposed his plan to radically expand Indian immigration. Continue reading “Elon Musk Launches Twitter Purge, Bans Critics of His Push to Expand Indian Immigration”

By Wall Street Apes

5 gun shops in Arizona are being sued by the Mexico Government for “actively facilitating the trafficking of firearms that empower the cartels — A cartel without firearm is just a gang” Continue reading “It’s clear Katie Hobbs must have DEEP connections to The Mexico Cartel. Arizona armed The Cartel”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The Pentagon said on Monday that the US has more troops deployed in Iraq than it has been disclosing, an admission that comes after it revealed there are significantly more US troops in Syria than the US has said. Continue reading “Pentagon Admits It’s Been Lying About the Number of Troops in Both Iraq and Syria”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The Israeli military has almost completely destroyed the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, once one of the most densely populated places on earth, turning it into a “ghost town,” Haaretz reported on Sunday. Continue reading “Israel Has Turned Jabalia Refugee Camp Into a ‘Ghost Town’”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

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The UK’s communications regulator Ofcom will in January come out with requirements that online platforms will have to meet in order to enforce age verification, expected to be “highly accurate.” Continue reading “UK’s Ofcom to Enforce Age Verification Using Facial Recognition Under Online “Safety” Act”