(2021-09-08). Central Syrian Insurgency: ISIS Terrorists Killed, Wounded 14 Syrian Service Members In Large-Scale Attack. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On September 7, ISIS cells in Syria's central region carried out a large-scale attack against the Syrian Arab Army and its allies in the eastern countryside of Homs. | The attack targeted a network of positions located to the east of the town of al-Sukhnah, right on the administrative border with Deir Ezzor. ISIS terrorists clashed with pro-government fighters for a few hours then withdrew back to their hideouts. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, six pro-government fighters were…
(2021-09-08). The Money That Never Arrives in Cuba. counterpunch.org With the money she earns cleaning houses in the morning and an office at night, Virgen Elena Pupo, a 47-year-old Cuban migrant, has managed to raise her family in Washington, D.C., but has not been able to help her parents in Holguín, Cuba. She is separated from her parents by more than 1,246 miles. In
(2021-09-08). Sápmi: Resisting Green Colonialism. counterpunch.org On June 23, a coalition of Sámi and environmentalist activists erected a protest camp in Nussir, the projected site of a gigantic copper mine in Sápmi, the traditional homeland of the Sámi people, northern Europe's indigenous inhabitants. Today, Sápmi is divided by the borders of four nation states: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. None of
(2021-09-08). Poland pledges to defend NATO, EU eastern flank against…Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ==== Poland accuses Belarus of "hybrid war against NATO" The Polish foreign minister [Zbigniew Rau] said…migrant crisis on the European Union's border with Belarus was a 'hybrid war' against countries on the eastern edge of NATO, including Poland and Lithuania. He also said both countries "have recently come under multiple pressures resulting from a hybrid …
(2021-09-08). Yemen War Would End Within First Year Without U.S. Support For Riyadh: Yemeni Negotiator. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | US Secretary of State condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Aramco's facilities in the southern Kingdom on September 4th."We once again urge the Houthis to agree to a comprehensive ceasefire immediately and to stop these cross-border attacks and attacks inside of Yemen, particularly their offensive on Ma'rib, which is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis and prolonging the conflict," Blinken said. | In response, Abdul Malik al-Ajri, a member of the negotiating team at…
(2021-09-08). 9/11 at 20: Two Decades of Missed Opportunities. ips-dc.org Twenty years have now passed since 9/11. | The 20 years since those terrible attacks have been marked by endless wars, harsh immigration crackdowns, and expanded federal law enforcement powers that have cost us our privacy and targeted entire communities based on nothing more than race, religion, or ethnicity. | Those policies have also come at a tremendous monetary cost — and a dangerous neglect of domestic investment. | In a
(2021-09-08). México propone a EE.UU. plan para abordar la crisis migratoria. telesurtv.net El presidente mexicano insta a su par de EE.UU. a buscar una estrategia y una nueva política en materia migratoria.
(2021-09-08). Science Saturday: Opioids provide low evidence of pain relief for migraine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Evidence that opioids provide pain relief for migraine headaches is low or insufficient, a large Mayo Clinic meta-analysis published recently in JAMA has found. However, some newer therapies, along with established migraine treatments, were associated with moderate to high evidence of pain relief. The meta-analysis — which combined results from multiple scientific studies — included 15 systematic reviews and 115 randomized clinical trials of 28,803 patients. While the researchers note that this study provides a good starting point for treatment conversations…
(2021-09-07). Mexico Supreme Court Rules Abortion Not a Crime. latinorebels.com The decision will immediately only affect the northern border state, but it establishes "obligatory criteria for all of the country's judges," compelling them to act the same way in similar cases, said court President Arturo Zaldívar.
(2021-09-07). The US Owes Reparations to Afghan Women, Starting With an Open Borders Policy. truthout.org 
My family escaped Afghanistan and resettled in the U.S. in the early 1990s, when I was a child. Even as I grew accustomed to life in the United States, I mourned the separation from my beautiful home country. Hardly a decade had passed before my new home country waged war on Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11. | From the very beginning of the war on Afghanistan Afghan women have been selectively and opportunistically used as pawns to justify military intervention and nation building. For ex…
(2021-09-07). BBC Xinjiang/Uyghur Lies Spread to Afghanistan. newatlas.report September 7, 2021 (The New Atlas) — What happens when British state media — the BBC — combines its war propaganda in Afghanistan with its anti-China propaganda in Xinjiang? New Sinophobic narratives depicting Beijing as hunting Uyghurs down far beyond its borders and for apparently no real reason. References: BBC — Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the …
(2021-09-07). Twenty Years In A Security State: FBI Responded To 9/11 By Locking Up Hundreds Of Muslim Immigrants (Exclusive For Subscribers). thedissenter.org 
John Ashcroft, who was U.S. attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2001-2005 (Photo: [Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a retrospective on this transformation in law enforcement and government. Each entry in the series will connect with whistleblower stories where possible.]Asif-ur-Rehman Saffi was arrested for an immigration violation and brought to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, Ne…
(2021-09-07). Illegal Woman: The plight of immigrants in Spain. wsws.org The film, streaming on Netflix, exposes the brutal Spanish immigration policy, and more broadly, the European and global mistreatment of immigrants and refugees.
(2021-09-07). Will Immigration Reform Be a 'Pay-For' in Democrats' Budget Proposal? latinorebels.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — A pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants hangs in the balance on Capitol Hill this week as congressional committees take the formal steps to advance the various components of Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation proposal.
(2021-09-07). New Zealand government axes emergency benefit payments to migrants. wsws.org The widening attack on the basic rights of migrants belies the veneer of "kindness" and "compassion" promoted by the Labour-Greens government.
(2021-09-07). NATO deploys "counter hybrid" team against Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Counter Hybrid Support Team arrives in Lithuania A NATO Counter Hybrid Support Team has come to Lithuania to help the country's authorities deal with the migrant crisis and other pressures from neighbors, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. [The] team of security experts "will analyze the hybrid aggression against Lithuania" and "will make recommendations …