Apophenia Digest #2 – 20 September 2016

Welcome to Apophenia Digest: in this episode we take a look at the latest on Western hypocrisy, propaganda and selective humanitarianism. See below for episode references and related links:

Michael Doran, William McCants, and Clint Watts: The Good and Bad of Ahrar al-Sham: An al Qaeda–Linked Group Worth Befriending

There are No Moderate Syrian Rebels

Syrian rebel eats heart, threatens regime

| US supported “Moderate rebels” using civilians as human shields |

Syrian rebels Slaughter 12 years old child 1

Syria conflict: Government helicopters ‘drop chlorine’ on Aleppo

US urges action over ‘Syrian chemical attacks’

Rebels could resort to chemical weapons, Syria warns

Third Report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons – United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism

UN Joint Investigative Mechanism Factsheet

European Union Donates €4.6 Million to UN-OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism, OPCW Special Missions in Syria

The UN Resolution which Established the Commission of Inquiry for Syria

Report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Human Rights Situation in Yemen

Yemen war: Saudi coalition ‘causing most civilian casualties’

Amnesty International: Suspend Saudi Arabia from UN Human Rights Council