Steve Sweeney
@SweeneySteve
Award-winning, Beirut-based war correspondent/conflict journalist, commentator, filmmaker. Reports from the ground.
The man who works for a media organisation that worked flat out to destroy Corbyn and deny us a future socialist government has some gall calling out @thecanary here. His shitrag backed Saudi Arabia's record on women and gave Erdogan a column to lecture on human rights.
Keir Starmer should not go on Nick Ferrari's show (and fail to call out white supremacism while he's there) 🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝 Jeremy Corbyn should not be giving friendly interviews to The Canary in which he urges people to support them
BREAKING: I publish here for 1st time the 'D-Notice' censorship instruction sent out to media editors by the UK military after it leaked that the SAS had deployed to Cyprus for Gaza ops in Oct 2023 There's been zero information in UK media about SAS and Gaza since it was issued
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem: – "We will not be part of legitimizing the occupation in the region, and we reject normalization, which is an act of humiliation and disgrace." – "Threats will not make us surrender, and it is unacceptable to ask us to soften our…
Palestine Action is a terrorist organization and al-Qaeda is a reformed organization" - Rules Based International Order - Labour Party’s shared values with HTS and Israel: “Genocide. War. Supremacism. Terror. Butchery. Colonialism. Loot.”
British nationals have served in some of Israel’s “craziest” units in Gaza where they view Palestinians as “rats” and “animals”. Declassified gathered names and photographs of 15 Britons who have recently fought for Israel. Report by @Hamza_a96 👇 declassifieduk.org/the-british-is…
Wait til you hear what the Brits did…
As a young reporter in Northern Ireland I twice saw kids squirming on the ground in agony after being shot in the knees by the IRA. The memory still haunts me. Kneecap should be free to sing whatever they want - but why do they choose to celebrate such a vicious form of torture?
A British A400M military transport plane is currently on its way from the UK base on Cyprus, RAF Akrotiri, to Tel Aviv It left 10 minutes ago The ICC has an arrest warrant out for Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu for crimes against humanity
VIDEO | While Israel strikes Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon, it continues its systematic demolition campaign in the occupied West Bank. In Tulkarem, the Nour Shams refugee camp is witnessing the largest demolition operation in its history. (Footage: Quds News Network)
An US military C295 plane is scheduled to fly this afternoon from the UK base on Cyprus, RAF Akrotiri, to Tel Aviv It will stay in Israel for an hour before flying back The C295 can carry 71 troops and is known to be used by US special forces. It can also carry 9 tonne payload
🚨Leaked documents reveal Britain developed a secret military agreement with Israel named "Project HEZUK" aimed at countering Iran. The British public urgently needs to know whether this plan is still active. declassifieduk.org/britains-secre…
The RAF has been flying daily spy flights over Gaza for 18 months Its Shadow R1 plane collects intelligence over the besieged Palestinian territory for 4 hours - and passes it to Israel The ICC has an arrest warrant out for Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu Completely lawless
Hands off Khamenei- Solidarity with Iran 🇮🇷 protest after Friday prayers in Dahieh, Lebanon.
🔹Washington evacuates personnel from bases across the region 🔹Runs psyop claiming it told Netanyahu not to strike Iran, lapped up uncritically by a compliant media 🔹Netanyahu survives vote to dissolve Knesset meaning he remains in power until December at least 🔹Trump wanted…
BREAKING: This morning at 8.51am Keir Starmer sent a UK military Voyager KC3 air-to-air refuelling plane from the UK base on Cyprus It flew over Lebanon, Israel and Syria before turning off its transponder over Iraq It was flying in direction of Iran It’s in the sky now
The UK has been quietly expanding its secret spy base near Iran. GCHQ refuses to acknowledge it even exists. We captured a photo of it. declassifieduk.org/uk-quietly-exp…
The BBC is and never has been impartial, it serves a certain agenda and has historically played a wretched role. Simpson is one of its most loyal foot soldiers.
Thank you so much for this, Rupert. Most Brits quietly agree with you, but there are some who don’t understand what impartiality means, and think we’re being biased because we’re not biased in their favour. Best wishes.
Loyalists in Ireland: “How dare these immigrant communities move in here and not integrate!” Also loyalists in Ireland: “ No to the Irish language, down with Gaelic games. We are British, our ancestors came here as planters generations ago”
Useful info this morning: 🇮🇷has 0 nuclear weapons 🇮🇱 has up to 500 nuclear weapons 🇮🇷 has signed the non-proliferation treaty 🇮🇱refuses to sign non-proliferation treaty 🇮🇷 has welcomed IAEA international observers to inspect its nuclear programme 🇮🇱 has refused IAEA oversight
Benjamin Netanyahu’s presidential plane “Wing of Zion” took off from Tel Aviv at 11.22am this morning (local time) It landed in Athens, Greece, at 1.06pm Is Greece sheltering the war crimes fugitive who just launched an attack on Iran?