Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Nov 23, 2014, Eretz Zen The Syrian Army has been making advances in Syria’s northeastern province of al-Hasakeh, while gaining control of areas that have been withheld by various militants for a long time, most recently the Islamic State (IS, aka ISIL or ISIS). The latest advances enable the Syrian …
Read More »Telegraph Report: Syria’s Ancient and Dwindling Christian Community Facing Militant Threats
Nov 23, 2014, Eretz Zen The Telegraph’s Ruth Sherlock visits the Syrian town of Izraa, home one of the world’s oldest Christian communities, which is increasingly under threat by ongoing fighting in the region. Home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, the Syrian agricultural town of …
Read More »Ex-Opposition Leader Admits Mistake about Syrian Gov’t, Says Assad Fighting Terrorists
Nov 19, 2014, Fars News “I acknowledge that I have made a mistake in the past as I imagined that the western and Arab countries as well as Turkey wanted to help Syria and its people,” Turkish news website Ulusal quoted Khatib as saying on his account on a social …
Read More »The War in Rojava: The US and Turkish Roles in the Battle of Kobani
Nov 11, 2014, Strategic Culture Foundation A war is being fought for control over Western Kurdistan and the northern areas of Syria, including three de facto Kurdish enclaves there. The fighting in Western Kurdistan is a means to an end and not a goal in itself. The objectives of gaining …
Read More »US Never Intended to Defeat ISIS
Nov 20, 2014, New Eastern Outlook A torrent of “foiled” terror plots have recently undulated headlines across the Western World. In Rochester New York, the FBI netted a man they claimed was plotting a shooting spree targeting US service members. In Australia, over 800 security agents swooped in on 15 ISIS …
Read More »Bodyguard of Syrian rebel who defected to Isil reveals secrets of the jihadist leadership
Before joining Isil Saddam Jamal had been a drug dealer and a commander in the FSA Nov 10, 2014, The Telegraph Saddam Jamal held the mother and father at gunpoint and forced them to watch as his jihadist comrade murdered their children, one by one. The Isil commander felt no …
Read More »Fool Me Once: US Calls for Yet Another Regime Change – This Time, in Syria
Nov 13, 2014, Sputnik News The bizarre idea coming out of Washington seems to be that regime change against the democratically elected leadership of President Bashar Assad will somehow weaken the extremists and restore peace to Syria. If this fantasy becomes policy, then the US will be repeating the same …
Read More »ISIS is America’s Dream Rebel Army
Nov 10, 2014, New Eastern Outlook US policy paper reveals desire for construction of full-scale extraterritorial army to invade Syria. Such an army is being built in Iraq and Turkey and it’s called “ISIS.” The corporate-financier funded and directed policy think tank, the Brookings Institution, has served as one …
Read More »Map of regional and international influence in Aleppo
Nov 18, 2014, Al Akhbar Once again, the capital of the Syrian north finds itself the center of a proposal for an agreement among the parties to the conflict, despite the lack of any indications suggesting UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura’s proposal could become a viable agreement and …
Read More »Twenty-six Things About the Islamic State (ISIL) that Obama Does Not Want You to Know About
Nov 19, 2014, Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research The US led war against the Islamic State is a big lie. Going after ” Islamic terrorists”, carrying out a worldwide pre-emptive war to “Protect the American Homeland” are used to justify a military agenda. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) …
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