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An Israeli army 155mm mobile artillery battery is stationed near the border with Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on January 28, 2015 . AFP/Menahem Kahana Jan 28, 2015, Al-Akhbar Israeli aircraft struck alleged Syrian army artillery positions early on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, the latest in a series …
Read More »Syria’s President Speaks: A Conversation With Bashar al-Assad
Jan 26, 2015, Foreign Affairs I would like to start by asking you about the war. It has now been going on for almost four years, and you know the statistics: more than 200,000 people have been killed, a million wounded, and more than three million Syrians have fled the …
Read More »Terror attacks on Damascus, Latakia
Latakia resident Lilly Martin Sahiounie reported: “Latakia Update: Jan 25, 2015: 5:00 pm. 3 missiles struck Latakia, Syria. 2 of them hit the city center of Latakia, the traffic round-a-bout called Hotel Harroun. 2 persons dead , and 9 injured, some are children. 2 taxis were burnt up, and 14 …
Read More »Syrian priest raps Western silence after car-bomb kills 15 in Homs
Jan 23, 2015, Catholic Culture A Syrian Catholic priest has blasted the silence of the Western media after 15 people were killed, and 50 others wounded, by a car-bomb explosion in the center of the city of Homs. Father Hilal Ziad said that the January 21 explosion appeared to be …
Read More »Damascus: The Sole Resort for Medical Services in Syria
Jan 22, 2015, Al-Akhbar While the numbers of sick and wounded have increased during the Syrian war, the number of available doctors dropped significantly due to the security situation and immigration. The economic blockade has also had a major impact on the availability of medicines and medical equipment. Damascus In …
Read More »Aleppo Photographer Brings Syrian Reality to the United Nations
Jan 23, 2015, Dissident Voice, Rabble -By Eva Bartlett Twenty-six distinct photos, in black and white. Scenes of a ravaged city and the human beings within struggling to exist, let alone to find hope for the future. Gravestones of rubble. Homes looted, trashed. Civilians defending their country. Children aged beyond …
Read More »Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Ja’afari on Sovereignty, Terrorism, and the Failure of the UN
Dr. Bashar al-Ja’afari, a veteran diplomat and Syrian Arab Republic Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Al-Akhbar English/Eva Bartlett Jan 17, 2015, Al Akhbar [re-published version on author’s blog, In Gaza] On January 8, in his sparsely-furnished New York City office, the Syrian Arab Republic Ambassador and Permanent …
Read More »US is Preparing up to 5k Militants That Would Flee to ISIL
Jan 16, 2015, New Eastern Outlook Reported along the peripheries of the Western media, it was reported recently that some 3,000 so-called “moderate rebels” of the “Free Syrian Army” had defected to the “Islamic State” (ISIS). While not the first time so-called “moderates” have crossed over openly to Al Qaeda or …
Read More »Turkish military says MIT shipped weapons to al-Qaeda
Jan 15, 2015, al Monitor Secret official documents about the searching of three trucks belonging to Turkey’s national intelligence service (MIT) have been leaked online, once again corroborating suspicions that Ankara has not been playing a clean game in Syria. According to the authenticated documents, the trucks were found to …
Read More »US to Deploy 400 Troops to Train Syria Militants
Jan 16, 2015, Al Akhbar Defense officials of the United States said on Thursday the US will deploy about 400 troops in countries neighboring Syria to train “moderate” opposition fighters. The US military has not yet identified where it will draw its forces from for the training mission, expected to …
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