{"id":12498,"date":"2018-05-02T13:19:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T12:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=12498"},"modified":"2018-05-23T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T10:04:07","slug":"foreign-affairs-news-and-op-ed-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/foreign-affairs-news-and-op-ed-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign affairs news and op-ed round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/foreign-affairs-news-and-op-ed-round-up\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12501\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Leaders-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Leaders-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Leaders.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>A round-up of recent foreign affairs stories mostly from alternative media. All links will automatically open in a new tab. No need to &#8216;Right-Click&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>01\/05\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article200978.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syria: The Cycle of Lies\u00a0by\u00a0Thierry Meyssan (on VoltaireNet)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>01\/05\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/may\/01\/syria-rebuke-western-inaction-military-intervention-assad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s taken a week for Diana Darke to slag off &#8216;That Trip&#8217; she went on to Syria with Baroness Cox, whom she doesn&#8217;t even name!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>01\/05\/2018<br \/>\nSometimes it is really hard for those of us who support the State of Israel:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/may\/01\/christians-in-jerusalems-old-city-under-threat-from-settlers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians in Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City &#8216;under threat&#8217; from settlers<\/a><br \/>\nAnd PM Netanyahu digs out some really old news for Donald Trump: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-43952196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel says Iran hid nuclear arms programme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>30\/04\/2018<br \/>\nPeter Hitchens:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk\/2018\/04\/waiting-for-the-opcw-how-to-read-the-next-report-on-alleged-chemical-weapons-atrocities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waiting for the OPCW: How to Read the Next Report on Alleged Chemical Weapons Atrocities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>28\/04\/2018<br \/>\nDouma: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article200944.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17 eyewitnesses testify before the OPCW (on VoltaireNet)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>30\/04\/2018<br \/>\nEx-ambassador Craig Murray says journalists told not to mention a certain MI6 minder of Sergei Skripal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmurray.org.uk\/archives\/2018\/04\/where-they-tell-you-not-to-look\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where They Tell You Not to Look<\/a><\/p>\n<p>28\/04\/2018<br \/>\nCraig Murray again. It becomes stranger and stranger: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmurray.org.uk\/archives\/2018\/04\/probable-western-responsibility-for-skripal-poisoning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Probable Western Responsibility for Skripal Poisoning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>28\/04\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article200956.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cement giant Lafarge &#8216;working for French Secret Services in Syria&#8217; <\/a>by Thierry Meyssan\u00a0 (Voltaire.net)<\/p>\n<p>27\/04\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oBgMhZMlrzM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Hardtalk: Stephen Sackur talks to Fares Shehabi, Aleppo businessman and MP in Syria (YouTube)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2018\/04\/28\/video-bbc-interview-with-mp-for-aleppo-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Off-Guardian&#8217;s report on Sackur vs Shehabi is here)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>26\/04\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2018\/apr\/26\/iaaf-doctor-calls-for-intersex-category-athletics-caster-semenya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAAF doctor calls for intersex category in athletics within five to 10 years (Guardian)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>24\/04\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hart-uk.org\/news\/statement-caroline-cox-recent-visit-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;That Trip&#8217;: Statement from Caroline Cox on her recent visit to Syria<\/a><\/p>\n<p>24\/04\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article200905.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The fiasco of the bombing raid on Syria <\/a>by Thierry Meyssan (cyber warfare and priorities)<\/p>\n<p>24\/04\/2018<br \/>\nAntiwar.com: <a href=\"https:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/paul\/2018\/04\/23\/what-will-weapons-inspectors-find-in-syria-and-does-it-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Will Weapons Inspectors Find in Syria\u2026 and Does it Matter?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>23\/04\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article200813.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Skripal Affair: A Lie Too Far? by Michael Jabara Carley (on VotaireNet)<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12511\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/foreign-affairs-news-and-op-ed-round-up\/wo24-apr-gareth-syria-grand-mufti\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12511\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wo24-APR-Gareth-Syria-Grand-Mufti-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"In Syria on 'That Trip:' l-r: Reverend Andrew Ashdown, Syriac Patriarch, Grand Mufti of Syria, Rt Rev Michael Langrish, Canon Giles Fraser, ano.\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wo24-APR-Gareth-Syria-Grand-Mufti-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wo24-APR-Gareth-Syria-Grand-Mufti-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wo24-APR-Gareth-Syria-Grand-Mufti-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wo24-APR-Gareth-Syria-Grand-Mufti.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Syria on &#8216;That Trip:&#8217; l-r: Reverend Andrew Ashdown, Syriac Patriarch, Grand Mufti of Syria, Rt Rev Michael Langrish, Canon Giles Fraser, ano.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>23\/04\/2018<br \/>\nDavid Pilkington at The Way: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theway.co.uk\/news\/was-the-syrian-chemical-attack-a-hoax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Was the Syrian Chemical attack a Hoax?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>23\/04\/2018<br \/>\nGareth Browne was on &#8216;That Trip&#8217;:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/world\/mena\/the-crazy-club-inside-the-british-propaganda-trips-that-seek-to-legitimise-assad-s-barbarism-1.724176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0The \u2018crazy club\u2019: Inside the British propaganda trips that seek to legitimise Assad\u2019s barbarism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>20\/04\/2018<br \/>\nGiles Fraser was on &#8216;That Trip&#8217;:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unherd.com\/2018\/04\/im-unrepentant-trip-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why I\u2019m unrepentant about my trip to Syria<\/a><\/p>\n<p>20\/04\/2018<br \/>\nYes! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/george-soros-funded-foundation-questions-future-in-hungary-viktor-orban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soros-funded foundation questions future in Hungary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>19\/04\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/britain-friendship-assad-syria-former-ambassador-civil-war-lord-green-airstrikes-theresa-may-a8313116.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Britain should &#8216;move in the direction of friendship&#8217; with Bashar al-Assad, former UK ambassador to Syria says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>19\/04\/2018<br \/>\nRichard Bacon MP: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/apr\/19\/open-letter-us-congress-trump-iran-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An open letter to the US Congress: don\u2019t let Trump rip up the Iran deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>18\/04\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theduran.com\/will-armenia-be-the-next-victim-of-western-backed-regime-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Armenia be the next victim of western-backed regime change? (theduran.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>09\/04\/2018<br \/>\nPeter Hitchens on Khan Sheikhoun: <a href=\"http:\/\/hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk\/2018\/04\/rushing-to-judgement-over-syria-some-previous-experiences.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rushing to Judgement Over Syria &#8211; some previous experiences<\/a><\/p>\n<p>29\/03\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Lords\/2018-03-29\/debates\/822A9791-B3F0-49B7-BDAF-31ADB67C27E7\/Syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This debate on Syria in the House of Lords took my eye. Scroll down to the speech by Lord Dykes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>28\/03\/2018<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-27838034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC on Islamic State in maps; includes IS fighters by nationality (Read this. You will be surprised)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>21\/12\/2016<br \/>\nYes, it&#8217;s way back, but this letter to The Times from three former UK ambassadors to Syria is worth reading and commending. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mickhartley.typepad.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/syrian-ambassadors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The man whose blog features it hates them for suggesting the UK leaves Syria alone.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We&#8217;ll really appreciate your support<br \/>\nClick below to join Christian Voice and stand up for the King of kings<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P1OVTZ-gb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3940\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Join Today!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Join_donate_Logo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>Click on the social media links below to share this post:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A round-up of recent foreign affairs stories mostly from alternative media. 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