(2021-08-16). Saakashvili Claims Afghans Lost Because They Had No Will To Fight "Unlike Georgians" southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Strategic genius former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that a Taliban victory was expected in Afghanistan after the Americans left. | However, in his opinion this isn't because the Afghan Army were understaffed and underequipped, but rather because the Afghan people had "no will to fight". | The Americans couldn't help Kabul's forces, because they didn't want to really fight and protect their country."Ten years ago I said that as soon as the Americans leave Afghanistan, the fa…
(2021-08-16). Turkish-Backed Militants Seize Relief Organizations' Houses, Impose Illegal Tolls In Syria's Idlib, Aleppo Countrysides. southfront.org 
A family of farmers harvests maize in rural Aleppo in Syria. Source: WFP/Marwa Awad | Written by Khaled Iskef. | Armed groups sponsored by Turkey carry on oppressive practices that exploit citizens by usurping their properties on one pretext or another. | It has come to a point where they have taken over houses built by the Relief Organizations (ROs) to shelter displaced people. At the same time, they imposed tolls on locals in return for allowing them cultivate their own farmland. | Moreover, sources has indi…
(2021-08-16). Military Situation In Syria On August 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 16, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 23 times: 11 — in Idlib province, 5 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On August 15, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Mariyan | On August 15, clashes between SAA and former rebels were reported in Daraa city | On August 15, Turkish-backed forces arrested two civilians in Afrin and took them…
(2021-08-16). Is the End of the Blockade Against Venezuela Here? orinocotribune.com As the process of dialogue between Venezuelan government delegations and opposition factions advances, support increases for lifting illegal sanctions imposed against Venezuela by the White House and European Union, even within the centers of North American power, the United States Congress. | In support, congresspeople from the Democratic Party, the party to which President Joe Biden belongs, sent a letter formally asking the president of the United States to end unilateral coercive measures against the South American country. | The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza Montserrat, reported publication of t…
(2021-08-16). France Has Gone to the Extreme with the "Health" Pass. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-16). Art and Exile in the Third Republic. thenation.com Art and Exile in the Third Republic…
(2021-08-16). German federal and state governments escalate policy of mass infection by reopening schools and dismantling public health measures. wsws.org The threat of a renewed wave of mass death in Germany will increase over the coming weeks as millions of students return to school after the summer holidays.
(2021-08-16). Train drivers organize two-day strike in Germany for better pay and benefits. peoplesdispatch.org Train drivers under the leadership of the Union of German Locomotive Drivers (GDL) have demanded a pay rise of 3.2% by 2022 and a one-time COVID-19 allowance of EUR 600 (USD 706)…
(2021-08-16). Striking train drivers in Germany: "The system has been cut to the bone" wsws.org Train drivers and conductors who paralysed large parts of the German railway system last week spoke to the WSWS about their struggle.
(2021-08-16). Scale of forest fire devastation in Greece threatens to ignite social and political unrest. wsws.org Both climate change and the failure of essential services to respond to its deadly effects are the consequence of the anarchic capitalist mode of production, which views environmental destruction as one of the costs of doing business.
(2021-08-16). Challenge to Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme dismissed by Supreme Court. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
A and B v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and another [2021] UKSC 27 On appeal from [2018] EWCA Civ 1534 The claimants in the case were victims of human trafficking with unspent convictions in Lithuania. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) provides compensation to victims of crime, apart from where they have unspent criminal convictions …
(2021-08-16). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: It's like a Code Red hospital alert. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases is underway in the U.S. The delta variant continues to spread, the lambda variant is showing up, and some people are refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or wear face masks. "My message today is a hospital term and that's Code Red," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "It is Code Red in the U.S. and for the globe regarding…
(2021-08-16). Was the space race just about reaching the moon first? peoplesdispatch.org We all think the US won the space race as they went to the moon. It seemed like it was a race, and there was ONE WINNER — the US — and it was over with Apollo astronauts landing on the moon. | But what about the rockets that still power all our satellite launches? What about the rocket engines that power these rockets? Are we aware that most rockets that the US today uses to power its military and civilian space programs use Russian engines? | Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about this fascinating history of humanity's space exploration efforts.
(2021-08-16). Ukraine Building "Mosquito" Naval Fleet With Allies, Because Russia "Stole" Its Old One. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia "stole" Ukraine's Navy, according to MSM Still, with the United States' help it will build a "mosquito" fleet, featuring small, fast, and stealthy short-range patrol and fast attack craft in a sort of arsenal similar to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. | The…
(2021-08-15). UN Security Council To Hold a Session on Afghanistan on Monday. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Norwegian and Estonian delegation to the United Nations (UN) called for an urgent meeting of the Security Council (UNSC) to debate the situation in Afghanistan. | RELATED: | The meeting will take place on Monday morning with the attendance of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who last Friday called on the Taliban to stop fighting and start a dialogue with the government. | "The message fro…
(2021-08-15). Russia ready to cooperate with Afghanistan's interim government – embassy in Kabul. tass.com
(2021-08-15). 15 August, Den Haag: March for Palestine. samidoun.net 
Sunday, 15 August 3 pm Het Plein, Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands Info: www.instagram.com/p/CSURK7CNqHI/ Make noise for Palestine! A call to groups and individuals across The Netherlands: the Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah have called for August to be an international month of action in the streets, and we shall respond. Following protests across the world, […] | The article
(2021-08-15). Central Syrian Insurgency: ISIS Shot Down Russian Drone Over Homs Desert. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On August 15, ISIS announced that its fighters had shot down a Russian drone over the Homs desert in Syria's central region. | The drone, an Orlan-10, was allegedly shot down with heavy machine guns a day earlier. Amaq, ISIS' main news agency, shared a photo of the drone's wreckage. | Click to see full-size image. | The Orlan-10 has a flight duration of 16 hours and a range of 140 km. The drone can be equi…
(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). Why the West Funds Terrorism. strategic-culture.org 
It is clear that the declared "enemy" in this "War on Terror," is not what we were led to believe, and increasingly, it is beginning to look like the enemy may in fact be, anyone who resists this global agenda. | "I believe in a cruel God who made me in his image and who in fury I name." | — Iago, in Verdi's Opera Othello | On June 22, 2021, Bulgarian journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva published an expose titled "
(2021-08-15). Online events with Amory Lovins, Lisa Wells, Mickey Huff, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, etc. indybay.org Here are some 18 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 12 Noon today, August 11th), featuring people such as Jeremy Lent, Carol Anderson, Amory Lovins, Eyal Press, Lisa Wells, Mickey Huff, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Ireland (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
(2021-08-15). Greed and Consumption: Why the World is Burning. zcomm.org All the conferences, pledges and politicking will not put out a single fire, neither in Italy nor anywhere else in the world.
(2021-08-15). No need for evacuation of Russian embassy in Kabul, says mission. tass.com The Taliban movement guarantees the safety of the Russian Embassy in Kabul, Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban's political office told TASS earlier on Sunday…
(2021-08-15). Dystopian "Great Reset": "Own Nothing and Be Happy", Being Human in 2030. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on November 9, 2020 | The World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, Switzerland, brings together international business and political leaders, economists and other high-profile individuals to discuss global issues. …