On March 19, I spoke with Alex Christoforou, co-founder of The Duran, an independent media site providing geopolitical analysis on a range of issues. As Alex and co-host Alexander Mercouris have been providing regular updates and analysis on the Russian military operation in Ukraine, I thought viewers and listeners could benefit hugely from recording a conversation with Alex. He discusses the origins of the current military operation in Ukraine, developments on the ground, the complete whitewashing of the last eight years of Ukraine's bloody war on the people of the Donbass, and parallels in reporting on Syria and Ukraine, Western propaganda on both, and military strategies around liberating both of al-Qaeda and other terrorists (Syria) and N*zis and allied extremists (Ukraine). These are perspectives you won't hear in Western corporate media, or even from many professed anti-Imperialist commentators. Follow Alex and Alexander at:https://t.me/thedurancomhttps://theduran.locals.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexChristoforou https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexanderMercourisRealhttps://rumble.com/c/theduranhttps://odysee.com/@theduranhttps://www.bitchute.com/theduran RELATED LINKS: https://twitter.com/Louis_Allday/status/1503696873542012934 *My (2019) Donbass war report & playlisthttps://www.mintpressnews.com/under-fire-from-ukraine-everyday-life-in-the-donetsk-peoples-republic/262363/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqtiZC-4QZC3VvabZMbM0FbOcwBoLdGBT *On imprisonment, torture, assassination of journalists & civilians in Ukraine https://www.mintpressnews.com/interview-journalist-kirill-vyshinsky-ukrainian-prison/262498/ https://www.stalkerzone.org/?s=mariupol%20torture *Media whitewashing crimes of terrorists in Syria & Ukraine https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the-mainstream-media-whitewashed-al-qaeda-and-the-white-helmets-in-syria/5624930 https://zeroanthropology.net/2014/09/11/the-terrorism-we-support-in-syria-a-first-hand-account-of-the-use-of-mortars-against-civilians/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2021/ * “Moderate 'rebels'” massacring Syrians from the start https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/deconstructing-the-nato-narrative-on-syria/ *Israel arming neo-N*zis in Ukraine, Israel arming & aiding terrorists in Syria https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/rights-groups-demand-israel-stop-arming-neo-nazis-in-the-ukraine-1.6248727https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-gives-secret-aid-to-syrian-rebels-1497813430https://www.mintpressnews.com/welcome-to-hadar-a-village-under-siege-by-syrian-rebels-and-israeli-forces-alike/244569/ *Exploiting children for war propaganda (Syria)https://www.rt.com/op-ed/392976-exploitation-children-propaganda-syria/https://www.rt.com/op-ed/408618- ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X_9JwcyPq8

The Israeli army widely used white phosphorous on densely inhabited civilian areas throughout the Gaza Strip, including on homes, schools, hospitals and a UN storage warehouse during the 23 days of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in 2008 2009. https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/white-phosphorous-mutilated-and-murdered-family-members/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/documenting-israels-use-of-white-phosphorous-and-widespread-destruction/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/long-burning-fires-white-phosphorous-on-sheikh-rajleen/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/next-time-it-will-hurt-more/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_sK87XjEDc