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The international community can observe a new round of implementation of information warfare technologies. Renewed tools of the Goebbels propaganda play an important role in this phenomenon. The global elites and their pocket media utilize them in different parts of the media landscape. Khan Shaykhun Chemical Attack An alleged chemical attack took place in the Syrian village of Khan Shaykhun controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) on April 4. The attack resulted in notable casualties among local population. From 70 to 100 people were killed, according to different sources. Immediately following the incident, various humanitarian organizations, media activists and mainstream media outlets blamed forces of the Assad government for the civilian causalities arguing that Damascus had conducted a chemical attack with no proofs. Media used emotional reporting style in order to create a hysteria and to oppress attempts to look crit...

Pro-governnment forces, led by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Tiger Forces, have recaptured the villages of Drobyah al-Kabira and Jirah Kabir south of the Jirah Military Airport in the eastern Aleppo countryside. The villages had been controlled by ISIS. By capturing Drobyah al-Kabira village, the SAA started advancing via the road heading to the strategic ISIS-held town of Maskana de-facto located between the provinces of Raqqa and Aleppo. It’s a mid-term goal of the government advance in the area. Yesterday, the ISIS-linked news agency Amaq published photos showing clashes with the SAA in the vicinity of the Jirah Military Airport. Today, ISIS has claimed that it managed to destroy an SAA tank with an ATGM in the village of Khawaldeh in the eastern Aleppo countryside. Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image According to unconfirmed reports, the Desert Hawks Brigade have mo...