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Chemical Weapons In Syria? BBC Panorama Relies On Questionable Research
This is a press release issued by the Global Network for Syria (Corresponding author Baroness Cox <carolinecox1@outlook.com>) A joint investigation by BBC Panorama and BBC Arabic claimed to show how chemical weapons have been used by the Syrian Government as … Continue reading
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Statement on impending US, UK and French military intervention in Syria
The following is the text of a statement issued 30 August 2018 by The Global Network for Syria. It is posted here on the Network’s behalf. The signatories and contact details follow the statement. We, members of the Global Network … Continue reading
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Alleged Chlorine Attacks in Syria 2014-18
Briefing note: the alleged chemical attack in Douma on 7 April 2018, and other alleged chlorine attacks in Syria since 2014 By Paul McKeigue, Jake Mason, David Miller, Piers Robinson Members of Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media 1 … Continue reading
Chemical Attack in Douma: a false pretext for escalating war against Syria?
Update 28 April – the appearance of 17 witnesses at the OPCW meeting at The Hague all testifying to a complete absence of chemical weapons or victims at the clinic has been accepted by non-Western observers as close to definitive proof. … Continue reading
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The Guardian, White Helmets, and Silenced Comment
The Guardian recently published an article claiming that critical discussion of the White Helmets in Syria has been ‘propagated online by a network of anti-imperialist activists, conspiracy theorists and trolls with the support of the Russian government’. Many readers were … Continue reading
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Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack: Guest Blog Featuring Paul McKeigue’s Reassessment
In this post, Professor Paul McKeigue analyses the recent report of the UN-OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism into the chemical incident in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, in April 2017. In the light of its findings, he compares the likelihood of two scenarios: … Continue reading
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White Helmets in Syria: some questions for our government
What should we – members of Western publics – think about the White Helmets? There is currently great controversy between journalists who present them unproblematically as heroes[1] and others who view them as problematically associated with terrorists.[2] There is evidently … Continue reading
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