Raqqa

5/10/19 Chris Woods on the Civilian Casualties in Raqqa from US-led Airstrikes

by Scott Horton | May 10, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Airwars' Chris Woods joins the show to discuss the recent findings that coalition airstrikes recently killed over a thousand civilians in Raqqa. The UN also estimates that although most residents were able to escape the city, 70% lost all their property in the...

US-Led Bombing Campaign in Syria Killed 1,600 Civilians and Left Raqqa ‘Most Destroyed City in Modern Times’: Study

by Steven Woskow | Apr 28, 2019 | Blog

Julia Conley at Common Dreams reviews the results from a study conducted by Amnesty International and Airwars. The report—"Rhetoric vs. Reality: How the 'Most Precise Air Campaign in History' Left Raqqa the Most Destroyed City in Modern Times"—is detailed on...

8/10/18 Oliver Imhof on Civilian Casualties in Iraq

by Scott Horton | Aug 13, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Airwars reporter Oliver Imhof joins Scott to talk about all the Iraqi casualties from coalition drone bombing and artillery strikes. Because of the difficulty and danger involved in getting into these war zones, the numbers are hard to verify, but almost certainly...

US, UK and France 'Inflicted Worst Destruction in Decades on Raqqa'

by Patrick Cockburn | Jun 7, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Air and artillery strikes by the US and its allies inflicted devastating loss of life on civilians in the Isis-held city of Raqqa, according to an Amnesty International report. It contradicts claims by the US, along with Britain and France, that they precisely...

4/27/18 Samuel Oakford on the Atrocities Committed in Mosul and Raqqa

by Scott Horton | Apr 27, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Airwars reporter Sam Oakford returns to the show to discuss his latest work, "Raqqa: A City Destroyed Then Forgotten" and "They're Still Pulling Bodies out of ISIS' capital." Scott begins by asking—what do we know about Mosul and the coalition assault to take the city...

News Roundup 3/15/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog

Rand Paul will oppose the nomination of Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel. [Link] Larry Kudlow will be Trump's new top economic advisor. [Link] Congress rejected a Right to Try bill. [Link] Oklahoma will start using nitrogen gas in executions. [Link] Google will ban ads...

News Roundup 2/13/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog

An Oklahoma judge gave a woman a lenient jail sentence because she sterilized herself. [Link] Trump introduces a $4.4 trillion budget. The budget includes a $1.4 trillion in infrastructure spending. [Link] Trump also plans to expand the US nuclear weapons arsenal....

How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual “War on Terror”

by Gareth Porter | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

The speech by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on January 17 laying out a series of conditions that would make it possible to withdraw US troops from Syria confirmed what had already been revealed by the Pentagon itself: The Trump administration is planning to keep US...

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