(2023-06-16). Russian Fighter Jets Flew Over U.S. Garrison In Southeastern Syria After F-22 Deployment. southfront.org 
Su-35 fighter — © Marina Lystseva/TASS | On June 16, Russian fighter jets carried out a series of sorties over the United States garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | Around 200 U.S. troops are usually deployed at al-Tanf, which blocks a strategic highway linking the Syrian capital, Damascus, with Baghdad, the capital of neighboring Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition maintains a 55-kilometer no-fly zone around the garrison. | The London-based…
(2023-06-16). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: David Sirota Interviews Daniel Ellsberg (2018). levernews.com Today, on a special bonus episode of Lever Time Premium exclusively for supporting subscribers, we're re-releasing David Sirota's 2018 interview with Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who exposed the U.S. government's lies about the Vietnam War by leaking the Pentagon Papers. Ellsberg just passed away at the age of 92.After the publication of the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg was dubbed "The Most Dangerous Man in America." In his later life, Ellsberg became a vocal anti-war activist, speaking out against the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he defended other whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden and Chelsea…
(2023-06-16). Italy and EU Both Pay Billions to the MENA Region's New Strongman. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? strategic-culture.org The EU has shown the entire MENA region that is has pots of cash to prop up the most brutal dictators to prevent migrants from reaching its shores. | What word would you use to describe the EU diverting a billion euros towards the coffers of Tunisia's despot Kais Saied? 'Blackmail' seems to spring to mind. The EU, along with Italy's right-wing leader Giorgia Meloni have just signed off close to 2 bn euros in 'aid' to Tunisia — in exchange for Saied to do something about the hundreds of African migrants trying to leave Tunisia's shores in a quest to make it to Italy and then onto France before getting asylum…