One can commit blasphemy against Christianity and offend Christians with impunity. It’s cool, it’s edgy, and no one is going to get hurt. But blaspheming Islam and offending Islam? That is a grave offense, punishable by law in many places and elsewhere a sure career-killer that will get you labeled as outside the realm of polite society. The unspoken subtext is that if you criticize Islam, some Muslims might kill you, and in this age of cowardice that is enough to get most people to stand down.

Borodin’s reporting recently in February was about the Russian mercenaries known as the “Wagner Group,” a highly secretive, private Russian military force that is engaged in both the Ukraine and Syria.  Many of those forces were killed in the US strike on Syria.

Many will not want to hear this, but choosing comforting fantasy over harsh reality is never productive in the long run.

One of the medical workers, who was reportedly on shift at the time, said he was surprised by the sudden influx. “Some people came here and washed people. They said: ‘Chemical attack. Chemical attack.’ We didn’t see any chemical attack symptoms,” he added. He did, however, say that there were many people with respiratory problems as a result of dust from recent bombings in the city. 

The troops will participate in the largest training exercise conducted since the end of the Cold War.

The United States nuclear submarine that took part in the attack on Syria over the alleged chemical weapons use is not allowed back in the waters near Naples, Italy, the mayor declared.

“The White Helmets is a fake organization that exists only to create propaganda for jihadists and terrorists,” Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters said.

Thousands of Marines and U.S. troops kicked off a major military training exercise that is reportedly set to include civilian evacuation operations, as well as chemical and biological drills. The drills followed the U.S.-led Anglo-alliance’s assault on neighboring Syria, which was allegedly in retaliation for a chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma.

A United Nations adviser and the founder of Street Kids International was arrested on suspicion of pedophilia after he was caught with two young children during a police raid.

As the US hints that there won’t be any more strikes on Syria, and with Russia sending even more reinforcements, Bashar al-Assad can all but claim victory over the US-backed terrorist “rebels.”