(2021-07-27). Why is OPCW Chief Fernando Arias Afraid of his own Inspectors? (Part II). orinocotribune.com 
By Aaron Maté ∑ Jul 11, 2021 | Rather than address the concerns of two veteran inspectors about a Syria cover-up, OPCW Director General Fernando Arias has attacked them with false claims. OPCW sources and newly leaked material expose Arias' latest Western state-backed deceit. | The stated mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is to ensure "a world free of chemical weapons." From his executive suite at The Hague, however, OPCW Director General Fernando Arias has been on a different mission: keeping the organization free of accountability for an explosive Syria cover-up scan…
(2021-07-27). Samidoun Delegation to Lebanon Day 5: With the Democratic Popular Party in Saida. samidoun.net 
On the fifth day of the Ghassan Kanafani Brigade, the Samidoun international delegation in Lebanon, the delegation met with the Popular Democratic Party in Saida, Lebanon, incuding the General Secretary, Mohammed Hashisho and Coordinator, Rita Hamdan. The Democratic Popular Party is a historic Lebanese Marxist-Leninist political party which was actively involved in the armed Palestinian resistance, both in the south of Lebanon and in organizing in the cities. Being a Palestinian and Lebanese political party, they consider the cause of Palestine their own and central to the communist struggle within Lebanon. The P…
(2021-07-27). Lebanon Is on the Brink of Social Explosion and Breakdown. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-27). 28 July, Webinar: #DefundRacism with the Good Shepherd Collective. samidoun.net 
Wednesday, 28 July 9 am Pacific/12 pm Eastern Register to join: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rd-ysrjsqEtAsVxU4eIelOn1UN12zN0ZL Join the Justice for Palestine committee of the Syracuse Peace Council and the Good Shepherd Collective for a private webinar about a new campaign to defund "charitable" NY-based settler organizations harming Palestinian communities. We are looking to build a coalition of organizations in New York state to pressure NYS Attorney General Letitia James to open investigations into the tax-exempt status of several organizations that directly sponsor Israeli settler-colonialism i…
(2021-07-27). Gaza Market Reels from Deadly Explosion (PHOTO). palestinechronicle.com 
Palestinian government workers and volunteers began the process of removing rubble and cleaning debris resulting from an explosion that rocked an old market in Gaza City last Thursday. The massive explosion in the historic Al-Zawiya
(2021-07-27). Sudanese judoka refuses to face his Israeli opponent in ongoing Tokyo Olympics. peoplesdispatch.org Earlier, Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine had withdrawn from the tournament after he was drawn against an Israeli opponent citing his support for the Palestinian cause…
(2021-07-27). Elijah Magnier Joins Fault Lines To Discuss Palestinian Authority. thealtworld.com Elijah Magnier joined Fault Lines to discuss the authority within Palestine and the new government of Israel.
(2021-07-27). China takes tough approach to tame tutoring schools. mronline.org 
The new set of rules aim to better monitor the education market, which has been blamed for increasingly unfair competition among students.
(2021-07-27). Extreme heat waves in a warming world don't just break records — they shatter them. juancole.com 
By Scott Denning | — ( The Conversation) — Summer isn't even half over, and we've seen heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and Canada with temperatures that would be hot for Death Valley, enormous fires that have sent smoke across North America, and lethal floods of biblical proportions in Germany and China. Scientists have …
(2021-07-27). From Afghanistan to Russia and China: David Swanson talks to RT International 2021 07 26. warisacrime.org
(2021-07-27). Here is why we are boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit. mronline.org 
Social movements and scientists are staying out of the UN summit because it represents big agribusiness interests.
(2021-07-27). Belt and Road vs. New Quad for Afghanistan's Coming Boom. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-27). Afghanistan, Failure and Second Thoughts. dissidentvoice.org It is a country other powers simply cannot leave alone. Even after abandoning its Kabul post in ignominy, tail tucked between their legs, Australia is now wondering if it should return — in some form. The Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs has been sending out a few signals, none of them definitive. "We will …
(2021-07-27). Israel's War Crimes: Is the Tide Finally Turning? globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-27). Sleight-of-Hand in Baghdad: The Biden Pull-Out from Iraq that Isn't. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Mursi Abu Tawq at Al-Zaman (The Times") in Baghdad reports that President Joe Biden on Monday announced that the US combat mission in Iraq would end by December 31 of this year, beginning a new stage of military cooperation between the US and Iraq. The remarks came after a White …
(2021-07-27). All US combat troops to withdraw from Iraq by end of this year. peoplesdispatch.org The opposition in Iraq has said the decision does not go far enough as the parliament had passed a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of foreign troops from the country…
(2021-07-27). July 27 isn't Just Another Day. counterpunch.org July 27, 2021 marks the 68th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, a battlefield truce that temporarily halted combat during the Korean War. That pause continues to define the state of relations between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, North Korea) to this day. Absent a peace agreement the
(2021-07-27). Turkey makes unveiled threat to Greece over Aegean islands. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish defense minister urges Greece for disarmament of Aegean Island Turkey will not allow "any fait accompli" in the region…. Citing the militarization efforts of Greece on its islands in the Aegean, Akar said, "Our Greek neighbors have an aggressive attitude to lay claim to them as well." **** Greeks say, "There is a threat," …
(2021-07-27). Read drone whistleblower Daniel Hale's riveting letter to judge describing why he 'came to violate the espionage act'. thegrayzone.com "The truest truism that I've come to understand about the nature of war is that war is trauma," Daniel Hale wrote. This article was originally published at The Dissenter. Subscribe here. As the President Joe Biden winds down United States military involvement in Afghanistan, a conflict spanning nearly 20 years, the U.S. Justice Department seeks the harshest sentence ever for the unauthorized disclosure of information in a case against an Afghanistan War veteran. Daniel Hale, who "accepted responsibility" for violating …
(2021-07-27). On Cuba's Historic Connections to Palestinian Liberation. orinocotribune.com By Benay Blend — Jul 24, 2021 | "People be 'nuancing' and 'both-siding,' then a government is overthrown and a country falls into devastation and they are nowhere to be found." That In the case of Palestine, "both-side-ism" has a long and inglorious history. As Ramzy Baroud
(2021-07-27). Military Situation In Syria On July 27, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 29 times: 14 — in Idlib province, 9 — in Latakia province, 5 — in Hama province, 1 — in Aleppo province | On July 26, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Kansafra area | On July 26, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Safuhin and Fatirah | On July 26, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF p…
(2021-07-27). Video: The US Exploits Chaos to Expand Its Footprint in Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-27). Turkish shelling injures several Syrian civilians. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Several citizens injured in shelling attack by Turkish occupation on villages in Aleppo countryside SANA [Syrian Arab News Agency] reporter quoted local sources as saying that several artillery and rocket shells launched by the Turkish occupation forces and their terrorist mercenaries fell in the vicinity of the villages of al-Hoshariya and al-Arimah, north of al-Bab …
(2021-07-27). Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians, Including A Journalist, In Nablus. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers injured, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians, including a journalist, in Nablus city, in northern West Bank, after the army accompanied dozens of colonialist settlers into Joseph's Tomb, east of the city. Media sources said several army jeeps accompanied a few buses loaded with Israeli colonizers into the area, leading to protests. They …
(2021-07-27). Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Bethlehem. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, a young man from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Local sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, before storming and searching homes. They added that the soldiers then abducted Ahmad Salah Thawabta, from his home …
(2021-07-27). Soldiers Search Homes, Install Roadblocks In Hebron. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, several Palestinian homes, and installed roadblocks, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes in Hebron city and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. They added that the soldiers also installed roadblocks in the northern area …
(2021-07-27). Army Shoots One Palestinian, Abducts Two, in Jenin. imemc.org 
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Jenin city in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, shot a young Palestinian man and abducted two. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Jenin city from several directions and opened fire at Palestinians who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the armored military …
(2021-07-27). Israeli Colonists Start Constructing Outpost Around Palestinian Spring In Northern Plains. imemc.org 
A group of Israeli colonizers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, started the construction work of a new outpost around a water spring they fenced last Sunday. Mo'taz Bisharat, a Palestinian official in charge of the Northern Plains fire at Tubas governorate, said the colonists brought construction supplies and started the work to install their new …
(2021-07-27). Saturday 8/14: Envision & Enact: Community Thriving. indybay.org Oakland Asian Cultural Center…
(2021-07-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Skin cancer concerns for people with darker skin. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. About 1 in 5 people in the U.S. will have skin cancer during their lives. And it affects all skin colors. Reporter Jason Howland explains in today's Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/umD3Cqs91cY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 18) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Forty percent of all cancers in Caucasians…
(2021-07-27). Beijing Accuses US of Making an 'Imaginary Enemy' of China & Demands Lifting of Sanctions During High-Level Talks. orinocotribune.com Relations between Beijing and Washington are "at a standstill," said Chinese Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Xie Feng during a visit to China by the US undersecretary of state. | On Monday, July 26, Beijing accused Washington of wanting to turn China into an "imaginary enemy" to divert attention from their own domestic problems and to stifle the Asian country, reported Reuters. | "The US wants to rekindle a sense of national purpose by establishing China as an 'imaginary enemy,'" Chinese Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Xie Feng was quoted as saying on state television during the visit by US Undersecretary of State We…
(2021-07-27). The Heat: China-U.S. relations. america.cgtn.com 
High-level talks between China and the United States in Tianjin. Was any progress made in relations between the two countries?
(2021-07-27). US Attempting To Prevent China's Technological Rise. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageWashington's Innovation and Competition Act unlikely to halt China's engineering advancements. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst. | The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill banning scientists from receiving government funding if they are also involved in any Chinese-funded project. Washington's move is part of the U.S.' overall strategy of technological confrontation with China. | In the late 2000's, China adopted the 1000 Talents Program to actively recrui…
(2021-07-27). US Dollar‚Ää—‚Ääand Washington's Military Primacy‚Ää—‚ÄäLurch Closer Towards Collapse. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Jul 24, 2021 | Mao, whose legacy of victorious class struggle continues to challenge U.S. imperialism as socialist China disrupts Washington's military hegemony and neo-colonialism,
(2021-07-27). Headlines for July 27, 2021. democracynow.org California & New York City to Require Workers to Get Vaccine or Weekly Tests, CDC: Florida Accounts for One in Five of All U.S. COVID Cases, Study: Lifting of Eviction Moratoriums Resulted in Over 10,000 COVID Deaths, Tokyo Reports Record Number of COVID Cases as It Hosts Olympics, Protesters Denounce "Coup" as Tunisian President Expands Power Grab, U.S. Troops to Remain in Iraq, But Biden Says "Combat Mission" Is Ending, 57 Feared Dead as Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Libya, Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of War Crimes in Gaza Assault, Lebanese Billionaire Tapped to Be Next Prime Minister, U.S. Sends Over 2 Doze…
(2021-07-27). U.S. And Iraq Agree On Withdrawal By Year's End, As Peshmerga Forces Received Military Hardware. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 26th, US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi agreed to a formal end of the United States' combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021. | The mission has been going on for longer than 18 years. | In a joint statement issued by the United States and Iraq following technical meetings, the two countries said: "The security relationship will fully transition to a training, advising, assisting, and intelligence-sharing role, and that there…
(2021-07-27). Military Situation In Iraq On July 27, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 26, unknown aircraft reportedly attacked PMU's Imam Ali Brigades storages north of Najaf city. Three people reportedly injured | On July 27, US OIR Spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto denied any US attacks on Iraq in the last 48 hours | Iraq-US security relations will be fully transformed into training, advisory, support and intelligence roles, and by December 31, 2021, there will be no US troops in combat in Iraq, according to the US-Iraq talks statement | On July 26,…
(2021-07-27). South And North Korea Restore Hotline As Pyongyang Fails Five-Year Economic Plan. southfront.org 
The Truce village in the DMZ between the South and North | South and North Korea have restored cross-border communications, just shy over a year after they severed them. | The two countries said that the move was an attempt to rebuild trust. | The decision was announced in statements by South Korea's presidential Blue House and KCNA, the North's state media agency. | KCNA said all inter-Korean communication channels were reopened, in line with an agreement between Seoul and Pyongyang's leadership. | The Blue House said…
(2021-07-27). Military Situation In Afghanistan On July 27, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 27, clashes between Afghan Army and Taliban continued to the west and south of Kandahar city | On July 27, Taliban captured Barg-e Matal district center in Nuristan province | On July 26, Afghan Army captured Kaldar district in Balkh province | 187 Taliban terrorists were killed, 112 wounded and 2 others were arrested as a result of Afghan Army operations in Kunar, Logar, Ghazni, Khost, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Faryab, Balkh, Jowzjan, Samangan, Helmand, Takhar, K…
(2021-07-27). Military Situation In Yemen On July 27, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 232 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On July 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 10 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On July 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Majzar district | On July 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Raghwan district | On July 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an…
(2021-07-27). Ukraine Received First Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drone From Turkey. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Ukrainian Navy accepted the delivery of its first Bayraktar TB-2 combat drone on July 15th, Kiev's Defense Ministry announced. | –ù–∞–±–∏—Ä–∞—î–º–æ –≤–∏—Å–æ—Ç—É! | –ú—ñ–Ω—ñ—Å—Ç—Ä –æ–±–æ…
(2021-07-27). Politics over Science: Biden Admin Signals Intent to Force FDA Approval of COVID Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-27). Reports of intensified Azerbaijani attacks on Armenia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijani army resumes shelling of Armenian posts The Azerbaijani military has resumed its shelling of Armenian positions in Yeraskh, Ararat province, as of Monday, July 26 afternoon, the Defense Ministry reports…. In particular, the Azeri troops used various caliber weapons to fire on Armenian positions beginning from 3: 30 pm local time. ==== Azerbaijani forces target …
(2021-07-27). U.S. leads multinational military exercise with East African, Indian Ocean nations. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Exercise Cutlass Express kicks off in Djibouti Maritime forces from East Africa, West Indian Ocean nations, Europe, North America, and several international organizations began the multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2021 (CE21) with an opening ceremony held at the Doraleh Coast Guard Training Center in Djibouti, Djibouti, July 25, 2021. CE 21, sponsored by U.S. …
(2021-07-27). Effect of Ventral vs Dorsal Spinal Surgery in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We have several concerns about the recent study on the effect of ventral vs dorsal spinal surgery in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. First, fusion is not always necessary after dorsal decompression if the vertebral disk and facet joints are maintained. In a Japanese survey from 2011, decompression alone was performed in 89.4% of surgeries for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. While additional fusion is necessary with cervical kyphosis or instability, an assessment of cervical instability was not specified in the study by Dr Ghogawala and colleagues. Moreover, although exclusion criteri…