Monthly Archives: December 2013
Release of latest U.N. report on alleged chemical weapons usage in Syria strangely low key.
On Thursday the 12th of December, the U.N. team investigating the persistent reports of alleged chemical weapons usage in Syria released their findings. And while the report has been covered by most state-corporate media outlets, it hasn’t been given a … Continue reading
On Hersh, Higgins, Whitaker and Ghouta.
A few brief thoughts on Seymour Hersh’s article on the chemical weapons attack in Syria in August: Elliot Higgins’ response to it; and Brian Whitaker’s take on things. Here are the bits from Whitaker’s article that I thought were worth … Continue reading
Guardian’s Ian Black on the latest death toll figures from Syria: spot the glaring omission.
From an article published December 2nd: ‘The UN commissioner’s statement, reported from Geneva, coincided with the publication of a new death toll of 125,835 for the last 33 months. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), based in the UK, … Continue reading
Interventions Watch 