New study documents over 1,600 killed in US siege of Raqqa, Syria
The killings in Raqqa, like those in Mosul, Iraq, constituted massive war crimes committed in the so-called war against ISIS.
Bill Van Auken•
The US destruction of Raqqa, Syria and Mosul, Iraq
Thousands of Syrians buried in the rubble six months after US destruction of Raqqa
The same media and governments endlessly denouncing Syrian and Russian government atrocities ignore the US war crimes in Raqqa.
Will Morrow•
Washington’s war crimes in Syria
UN war crimes investigators found that the US military has inflicted a “staggering loss of civilian life” with its relentless airstrikes in and around the Syrian city of Raqqa.
Bill Van Auken•
Iraqi sources place real death toll in US-led siege of Mosul at 40,000
The sheer scale of the killing makes the siege one of the greatest war crimes of the post-World War II era.
Bill Van Auken•
James Cogan•
Bill Van Auken•
James Cogan•
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Thousands of Syrians buried in the rubble six months after US destruction of Raqqa
The same media and governments endlessly denouncing Syrian and Russian government atrocities ignore the US war crimes in Raqqa.
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US massacring hundreds of Syrian civilians every week in Raqqa
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Syria charges Washington with war crimes in siege of Raqqa
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US-trained Iraqi troops ordered to “kill anything that moves” in western Mosul
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Iraqi sources place real death toll in US-led siege of Mosul at 40,000
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One week after Mosul’s “liberation,” horror of US siege continues to unfold
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