Journalist:
Australian journalist and WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is likely to pay a higher price than Daniel Ellsberg, who had released the Pentagon Papers about the involvement in the Vietnam war, for exposing US government lies by publishing thousands of classified documents, British journalist Patrick Cockburn has said.
Ex-Congressman Ron Paul:
Former Republican congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul has said “truth is treason” when you are dealing with an Empire.
The US administration has denied entry to a prominent Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel despite his holding of valid travel documents.
Russia:
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described the US claims against the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as baseless and futile move.
UN expert:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not guaranteed a fair trial in the United States, where he is likely to face torture and ultimately receive a death penalty, a UN torture expert has warned.
Damascus says its air defenses have intercepted some of the Israeli missiles fired at a Syrian military base near the city of Hama, while the remaining missiles hitting the target have destroyed several buildings and injured three Syrian soldiers.
Der Spiegel:
Germany’s National Security Council has reportedly approved the provision of certain weapons and arms technology to the two main aggressor regimes involved in a deadly war on Yemen, namely Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite a ban imposed earlier on arms exports to Riyadh.
Nine Jewish groups have urged US President Donald Trump to curb the annexation by the Tel Aviv regime of the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian territory sought by his close ally Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Analyst:
US President Donald Trump’s “sole objective is to make Israel great again,” according to Rodney Martin, an American political analyst.