(2021-08-15). Military Situation In Syria On August 15, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 14, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 30 times: 14 — in Idlib province, 9 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On August 15, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Fafertin village | On August 14, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions in Dardarah area in north of Tal Tamar | On August 14, artillery of Turkish-backed…
(2021-08-15). In Somalia, The US Is Bombing The Very 'Terrorists' It Created. popularresistance.org This July, the Biden administration picked up where Trump left off and began bombing Somalia, a country with a gross domestic product of less than $6 billion and a poverty rate of 70 percent. But why? | The official reason provided by the Pentagon was that the Somali National Army needed air support in its operations to counter al-Shabaab. But the actual reason was that Somalia is geo-strategically important to US empire. | Successive US administrations have cycled through a myriad of excuses to either bomb the country or to arm its dictators: Cold War politics, "humanitarian intervention," anti-piracy, and more…
(2021-08-15). Juvenicide: A Crime of the Multidimensional War in Colombia. orinocotribune.com By María Fernanda Barreto — Aug 12, 2021 | At the beginning of the 1990s as the victor of the "cold war," which in reality had very hot expressions, the United States, having established itself since the second post-war period as the head of the capitalist empire, also consolidated itself as the greatest political and military power, and became the axis of the unipolar world. That had been the objective of the struggle against communism, which justified all wars in a supposed defense of peace that, it was said, only capitalism could sustain. | That was at least the idea that was sold to world public opinion,…
(2021-08-15). Why Is America Getting A New $100 Billion Nuclear Weapon? popularresistance.org America is building a new weapon of mass destruction, a nuclear missile the length of a bowling lane. It will be able to travel some 6,000 miles, carrying a warhead more than 20 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It will be able to kill hundreds of thousands of people in a single shot. | The US Air Force plans to order more than 600 of them. | On September 8, the Air Force gave the defense company Northrop Grumman an initial contract of $13.3 billion to begin engineering and manufacturing the missile, but that will be just a fraction of the total bill. Based on a Pentagon report cited…
(2021-08-14). Afghanistan: If Biden Won't Sign Off Air Strikes Against the Taliban, Then the Pundits Might Be Right About Kabul Falling Soon. strategic-culture.org But he might just. The US president is hesitating and he must be considering the scenario of reinstating the Taliban in Kabul with Russia and Iran helping it with its governance this time around. | Many might argue that at the heart of good journalism lies the ability to ask difficult, if not obvious questions to our leaders. Remarkably, with Joe Biden's numerous press conferences on the subject of Afghanistan and America's pullout of its troops, not one American journalist was able to ask the simplest question of Biden, which is the only real issue which matters. Will the US support the Afghan government with a…
(2021-08-14). Does China's Rise Really Threaten the U.S.—Or Just Its Sociopathic Power Elite, Who Want to Keep Ruling the World Even If It Drags Us Into WW III? covertactionmagazine.com Government-sponsored "fake news" is brainwashing the American public into accepting a new U.S./NATO-sponsored Cold War with China. A massive blitz …
(2021-08-14). Three Bodies Found Days After Mi-8 Helicopter Crashed Into Lake In Kamchatka, Russia. southfront.org 
In this photo released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, emergency personnel work near the site where a helicopter carrying tourists crashed at Kurile Lake in the Kronotsky nature reserve on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The helicopter carrying tourists crashed Thursday into the deep volcanic crater lake on the peninsula in Russia's far east, leaving multiple people missing. Officials said several people survived. (Russian Emergen…
(2021-08-14). FM says Russia waging war in Ukraine, defends ethnic cleansing. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba responds to Lavrov: Outrageous is war waged by Russia in eastern Ukraine ==== Ukraine's Zelensky tells Russian speakers to leave country ==== In response to the statement by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba called outrageous the war that the Russian Federation brought to eastern Ukraine. **** …