War

Millions of pounds worth of British aid to  war stricken Syria may have ended up in the hands of ISIS, according to a Government report. The revelation was made in a December report by the Department for International Development (DFID), a British government institution responsible for administering foreign spending According to the Mail Online, the DFID admits that ‘the most serious risk’ to its programmes in the war-torn country is ‘from the large scale diversion of aid, including for the purposes of terrorism’.

Iranian soldiers supporting President Bashar al-Assad have suffered their heaviest losses in a single-day fighting Islamist Syrian rebels near Aleppo, according to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Trade Arabia reports: Russia meanwhile said that a truce in Aleppo itself had been extended until Monday. Islamist forces seized Khan Touman village, about 15 km southwest of Aleppo, on Friday and dozens of people were reported to have been killed in the fighting. The attack was launched by an alliance of Islamist insurgents known as Jaish al-Fatah, including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.

US analyst Daniel R. DePetris asks why Washington is hesitant to release the secret 28 pages of the 911 report. The conclusion is that the 28 pages are irrelevant in linking Saudi Arabia with Al Qaeda and the September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001. The link between the Saudis and Al Qaeda has been documented from before the attacks up until now with terrorist activities in Syria. If anything in the missing 28 pages of the 9/11 Commission Report implicates the Saudis, it is the fact that the pages are missing.

Many believe the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt when he said “Presidents are selected, not elected.”   People have come to realise that elections are rigged, our votes do not count, and this is especially true as each year candidates for public office seem more like walking, talking billboards than human beings. Does democracy even exist anymore? From Collective-Evolution: Stating that “presidents are selected, not elected” isn’t too farfetched, especially when you are a former president yourself.

The US government has most likely acted to prevent the Syrian government’s armed forces from recapturing the city of Aleppo from the al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front, according to Richard Black, US Senator for the State of Virginia On Friday, Black said: “It is clear to me that what is happening is we are trying desperately to slow down the Syrian army’s advance, which is on the verge of crushing al-Nusra and liberating Aleppo once and for all” al-Nusra Front Sputnik News reports: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated that the United States was attempting to create a safe-zone