2021-06-03: News Headlines

Anonymous007 (2021-06-03). Military Situation In Syria On June 3, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On June 3, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 40 times: 20 — in Idlib province, 10 — in Latakia province, 8 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On June 2, several people were wounded in a car explosion in Jarablus city | On June 2, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled YPG positions near Minnagh Airbase | On June 2, ISIS claimed responsibility for an IED attack targeting a SAA vehicle nea…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-03). Central Syrian Insurgency: ISIS Attacks Continue Despite Russian, Syrian Airstrikes. southfront.org Illustrative image | More than 110 airstrikes have targeted ISIS hideouts in Syria's central region, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on June 2. | At least 100 of the airstrikes were carried out by warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), while the rest were conducted by Syrian military helicopters. The airstrikes targeted hideouts of ISIS cells in the outskirts of the towns of al-Sholah in western Deir Ezzor and al-Sukhnah in eastern Homs. | "Russian reconnaissance planes flew over d…

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-03). Heading toward summit: new NATO narrative depicts Russia as threat to world peace. mronline.org In recent months all U.S. geographical and several other military commands have branded Russia an adversary in all parts of the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from South America to North Africa, from West Asia to Eastern Europe, from cyberspace to outer space. | June 3, 2021…

WSWS (2021-06-03). Iranian ship, petrochemical plant hit by fires amid threats from Israel. wsws.org Tensions have mounted in the context of an imminent change of government in Israel and continuing talks in Vienna on reviving the Iran nuclear deal.

Karl Grossman (2021-06-03). The Nuclearization of Space. counterpunch.org "BACK TO THE FUTURE NASA'S NEW NUCLEAR VISION" was the headline emblazoned on the cover this past month of the leading U.S. aerospace trade publication, Aviation Week & Space Technology. "More than sixty years after the U.S. began serious studies into nuclear propulsion for space travel, NASA is taking the first steps on a new

teleSUR (2021-06-03). Argentina To Start Large-Scale Production of Sputnik V Vaccine. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti informed that COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccines will be soon produced in the South American nation, following the approval by the Russian Gamaleya Institute of the doses' samples produced in Richmond labs. | RELATED: | Vizzotti confirmed that the three batches of the vaccine components 1 and 2 were able to meet the standards, so progress will be made in importing a…

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-03). Pentagon to Use War Games to Smuggle Weapons to Ukrainian Army, Extremist Formations for War in Donbass: Russian Defense Ministry. globalresearch.ca Today's TASS cites …

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-03). NATO chieftain blasts Belarus and Russia, hails German troops in neighboring Lithuania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO chieftain blasts Belarus and Russia, hails German troops in neighboring LithuaniaRick Rozoff June 22, 1941: Nazi Germany unleashes history's largest invasion force (three million troops) against Soviet Russia along an 1,800-mile front stretching from the Arctic Ocean to the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov into the Caucasus. Germany …

WSWS (2021-06-03). Vasily Grossman's Stalingrad: A Soviet masterpiece about World War II appears in English for the first time. wsws.org The English translation of Stalingrad will not only finally introduce a broad readership to a masterpiece of world literature, but it will also help new generations, especially young people, to understand the enormous impact of the October Revolution.

John Feffer (2021-06-03). Democracy: On the Precipice? juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus) — If we extrapolate from the current trend lines, democracy will be gone in a couple decades, melted away like the polar ice. But although down, democracy is not out. By John Feffer | June 2, 2021 Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarussian dictator, snatches a dissident from midair. Military strongman Assimi …

Joshua Hanks (2021-06-02). 'Lab leak' conspiracy signals: New Cold War against China. workers.org Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Shortly after the Dec. 30, 2019, announcement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Authority that a dangerous new respiratory infection had been detected in the Chinese city, conspiracy theories began to spread faster than the novel coronavirus itself. One which . . . |

Anonymous669 (2021-06-02). Greater Idlib: Militants Fired Anti-Aircraft Missile At Russian AEW&C Aircraft. southfront.org A-50 aircraft. IMAGE: Marina Lystseva/TASS | On June 2, militants in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib fired a missile at a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that was on a mission over the region. | The missile missed the aircraft, which was identified by some sources as an Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) plane. At least one A-50 is

Anonymous669 (2021-06-02). Russia Suspended Salaries Of Daraa Ex-Rebels Who Refused To Fight ISIS In Central Syria. southfront.org Screen grab from a video by RT showing Russian troops in Busra, the stronghold of the 8th Brigade. | Russia has suspended the salaries of former rebels in the southern Syrian governorate of Daraa because they refused to step up their efforts against ISIS in the country's central region, Syrian sources revealed on May 30. | Daraa's former rebels joined the fight against ISIS in central Syria in

German-Foreign-Policy (2021-06-02). "The Green Cold War" against China. globalresearch.ca Important article first …

Lawrence Wittner (2021-06-02). How John Hersey Blew the Whistle on the Reality of Nuclear War. dissidentvoice.org In this crisply written, well-researched book, Lesley Blume, a journalist and biographer, tells the fascinating story of the background to John Hersey's pathbreaking article Hiroshima, and of its extraordinary impact upon the world. In 1945, although only 30 years of age, Hersey was a very prominent war correspondent for Time magazine—a key part of publisher …

Gareth Porter (2021-06-02). Eisenhower Rejected Military Chiefs' Demand for Nuclear War on China, Classified Account of '58 Taiwan Strait Crisis Reveals. globalresearch.ca Fearing a new …

Jon Schwarz (2021-06-02). Why Now Was the Right Time to Release Top-Secret File on Nuclear Weapons. zcomm.org The document about a 1958 crisis shows officials eagerly making the case for atomic warfare against China…

Brian Terrell (2021-06-02). "If There Are Enough Shovels to Go Around:" Surviving the Nuclear Threat. counterpunch.org "Dig a hole, cover it with a couple of doors and then throw three feet of dirt on top. . . . It's the dirt that does it. . . . . If there are enough shovels to go around, everybody's going to make it." This bit of cheery advice was offered by Thomas K.

Global Research News (2021-06-02). Selected Articles: Vaccine Researcher Admits 'Big Mistake,' Says Spike Protein Is Dangerous 'Toxin'. globalresearch.ca By Today Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu chaired and addressed a Defence Ministry Board Session at the National Centre for State …

Anonymous669 (2021-06-02). Former Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Commander Confirmed Meeting With British Intelligence Representative. southfront.org Illustrative image | A former commander of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has confirmed that the group leader Abu Mohamad al-Julani met with Jonathan Powell, a representative of the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6. | The Russian

Anonymous103 (2021-06-02). New Concern For Moscow: Sudan To Review Agreement On Construction Of Russian Naval Base. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Sudan has announced its intention to review the agreement with Russia on the construction of a naval base in the. | On June 1, the Chief of Staff of the armed forces of Sudan, Muhammad Osman al-Hussein n his interview that was broadcasted by the Blue Nile TV channel, announced that the agreement with Russia on the construction of the naval base would be reviewed because of some provisions of the document that could harm the security of t…

teleSUR (2021-06-02). Russian Parliament Approves Quitting Open Skies Treaty. telesurenglish.net The Russian Federation Council, or the upper house of parliament, passed a bill on Wednesday to withdraw from the arms-control Treaty on Open Skies. | The decision was made in response to the U.S. pullout from the pact in November 2020, head of the chamber's International Affairs Committee Grigory Karasin said in a statement. | RELATED: | He criticized the U.S. move for significantly undermining the balance of interests and hurting the treaty…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2021-06-02). The Putin-Biden Summit: Is Putin Walking into a Propaganda Trap? globalresearch.ca Before we give …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-02). Pentagon to Use War Games to Smuggle Weapons to Ukrainian Army, Extremist Formations for War in Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff Today's TASS cites Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, warning that the U.S. and NATO will exploit this year's Sea Breeze military exercise in Ukraine to smuggle advanced weaponry and munitions to the nation's armed forces and fascistic paramilitaries and mercenaries of the infamous Azov Battalion and similar units….

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-02). Pentagon to use war games to smuggle weapons to Ukrainian army, extremist formations for war in Donbass: Russian Defense Ministry. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pentagon to use war games to smuggle weapons to Ukrainian army, extremist formations for war in Donbass: Russian Defense MinistryRick Rozoff Today's TASS cites Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, warning that the U.S. and NATO will exploit this year's Sea Breeze military exercise in Ukraine to smuggle advanced weaponry and …

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