Rania Khalek Dispatches from the Underclass

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/ March 19, 2020 / Leave a comment

US sanctions on vulnerable countries make coronavirus a bigger threat

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/ March 6, 2020 / Leave a comment

Turkey’s war in Idlib

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In The Now, Syria
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/ October 28, 2019 / Leave a comment

What’s really going on in Syria?

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/ July 4, 2019 / Leave a comment

Why and how sanctions kill

My latest video on how and why sanctions kill. US sanctions are killing people in Iran, Syria AND Venezuela. It’s economic terrorism and it’s deadly. It has to stop! pic.twitter.com/lHFKLKpWHy — Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) April 26, 2019

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/ March 21, 2019 / Leave a comment

Regime Change Anniversary for Libya, Syria and Iraq

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/ June 24, 2018 / Leave a comment

Syria chemical attacks: Smoke and mirrors, truth and lies

A big thanks to Al Jazeera’s Listening Post for allowing Max Blumenthal and I a platform to challenge the mainstream narrative about the war in Syria. Check out the segment.

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/ June 21, 2017 / 2 Comments

Unauthorized Disclosure — Episode 21: People’s Movement Must Be More Outspoken On Wars

If you would like to support the show and help keep us going strong, please become a subscriber on our Patreon page. Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss the rift between Saudi Arabia and Qatar and recent developments among the Gulf countries in the Middle East. They talk about the Saudi arms deal, which […]

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/ April 9, 2017 / 1 Comment

An Essential And Critical Conversation On Trump’s Hasty Decision To Attack Syria

If you would like to support the show and help keep us going strong, please become a subscriber on our Patreon page. Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola spend the full episode discussing President Donald Trump’s attack on a Syrian airbase. In the beginning, the reaction of support from media personalities, as well as Democrats […]

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/ December 21, 2016 / 3 Comments

Western media romanticized the Afghan rebels too, even as they threw acid in women's faces

I’ve been reading through old coverage of the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, when the US armed the religious extremists of the mujahideen against the Soviets. The parallels to the biased coverage of the war in Syria are striking, especially with regard to the romanticization of Islamist rebels. Many of the journalistic shortcomings documented in this New York […]

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/ December 2, 2016 / 13 Comments

Making An Example Out Of Independent Journalists Who Cover Syria

On this week’s “Unauthorized Disclosure” podcast, journalist Rania Khalek talks a bit about what she has learned while reporting in Syria. Khalek also addresses the smear attacks on her reputation, which led to her resignation from an editorial position at Electronic Intifada. It has impacted her ability to convince media outlets to publish her work while […]

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