Syrian civilians in Idlib are sharing this cartoon about the West's selective outrage over chemical weapons and its indifference when Syrians are killed barrel bombs
How clueless are some people that write about China? The picture used in this piece to cite Chinese scientific prowess is literally from a form that is cratering in a major debt explosion right now with the founder in the US refusing to go back to China. Like right now. https://t.co/kWi6s9ypXd
Unreal. So just to recap, the Kurds in Syria are now being attacked from all sides.
Around Afrin by Turkish army (from north &west), by FSA (north &east), by al-Qaeda linked HTS (south).
In Eastern Syria by ISIS, southeast Deir Ezzor.
China's been angling for this for a while now. PLAN has a strategic interest in egress routes from SCS to Pacific. Anti-piracy gives a nice, flexible fit that can dressed up as a public good. Duterte's opening the sluice gates, to avoid being a battleground. https://t.co/HxbnPvJYKj
We just got info from our friend working at Maxim's Catering Limited that their greedy boss is procuring tonnes and tonnes of unsustainable blue #shark fin from South Africa and Solomon Islands each year. What a dirty unethical company!
#FreedomReport: the biggest disappointment of the year is #Turkey where the #AKP regime has basically killed democracy, giving the country a 'not free' label