In the ten days leading up to February 14th, Russia reportedly carried out more than 700 airstrikes on ISIS cells in Central Syria. This is an impressive number, but the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights claimed that as a result only 33 ISIS terrorists had been killed. According to the same report, the Syrian Arab Army had more significant losses – 56, but it is being targeted by almost every “moderate” and “radical” party on the battlefield.
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Grayzone reporter talks Xinjiang, COVID-19 and western media
8 minutes readIn recent years, the U.S. and China have wrestled on several major international issues – from human rights to international trade – that reflect as much about their differences in political philosophy as the latter’s rise. CGTN’s Zeng Ziyi recently talked to Ajit Singh, journalist and contributor at The Grayzone, about what he learned from reporting on Xinjiang, the role of western media, as well as what he calls the U.S.’ new “Cold War” with China.
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Inside America’s Meddling Machine: NED, the US-Funded Org Interfering in Elections Across the Globe
7 minutes readIn this Grayzone special, Max Blumenthal attends a Capitol Hill gathering of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and explores the group’s destabilizing global campaign to meddle in other countries’ affairs. The report covers the NED’s interference in foreign elections in Russia and Mongolia, its participation in coup attempts from Haiti to Venezuela to Nicaragua, and its escalating public relations efforts against China and North Korea. Help us create more videos like this by donating to Grayzone: https://www.patreon.com/Grayzone
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DANIEL DUMBRILL—In today’s episode I sit down with Max Blumenthal to discuss his book “The Management of Savagery”, his documentary on the NED, US foreign policy and propaganda.
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STEPHEN LENDMAN—Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) slammed phony US support for free expression, assembly and peaceful protests.
It’s at a time when when its ruling authorities increasingly crack down on fundamental freedoms, tolerating no opposition to their hardline, anti-democratic rule.
MZ referred to orchestrated anti-Russia rallies for two straight weekends, more likely ahead in the spring.
Calling them “provocati(ve),” she stressed that their goal aims to destabilize the country, adding:
“These attempts are doomed to failure,” what the US-dominated West knows but pursues anyway.