Syria missile strikes

A deep analysis of the world-wide drive towards war, featuring news reports, documents, background material and analysis This New Cold War dossier provides background material for readers seeking [...]

“What we should do is go and persuade our governments not to go and drop bombs on people. And certainly not until we have done all the research that is necessary so that we would have a clear [...]

It’s not just leftists and alternative bloggers who oppose the official US line on Israel. A significant section of the US military and intelligence establishment, long ignored by media [...]

Airstrikes by the US-led coalition in Raqqa, Syria, probably breached international humanitarian law and potentially amount to war crimes, according to a report by Amnesty International that is [...]

Opposition to the US strategic position in the Middle East is not confined to leftists, Putin-lovers and cult bloggers. Divisions go deep into the US military; no matter how much they wish to [...]

Canada’s state-run CBC is a constant and virulent voice favouring regime-change war in Syria. So it was something of a surprise to hear evidence which counters the claims of a chemical [...]

The charge that news reports which contradict official state narratives are ‘fake’ and should be suppressed is a comon theme of internet censorship. A frequent justification is that [...]

By the editors, 3 May 2018. A selection of documents, news reports and analysis on the background to the April 14th missile strike on Syria by the USA, France and UK, dealing with the evidence [...]

This critical analysis of an influential reporter with a reputation for liberalism goes to the heart of the contradictions within anglophone reportage on Syria. These have reached crunch point [...]

What did the 14th April missile strike on Syria achieve? How effective was the defence, and how are we to judge the rival claims of the US, Syrian and Russian defence ministries? This in-depth [...]