Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Oct 13, 2014, al Akhbar Scandals mentioned in the French book Les Chemins de Damas (The Roads of Damascus) published a few days ago have begun to unfold, revealing secret events and details about how the French presidency forced the French diplomatic corps and intelligence services to comply with the …
Read More »US-Backed Hazzm Movement is Touted as a Secular and Model Rebel Group by Washington
Oct 14, 2014, Eretz Zen This video shows excerpts from videos belonging to Harakat Hazm (Hazzm Movement or Steadfastness Movement), which operates with US-backing and whose formation was announced in January 2014 in the presence of the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the “Free Syrian Army” (FSA), General …
Read More »Peace Rally: Canada Out Of Iraq
Saturday October 25, 2014 2:30 pm U.S. Consulate – 360 University Avenue (just north of Osgoode subway station) Why we say NO to Canada’s war in Iraq We have all seen the pictures and read the reports abut the brutal sectarian group ISIS in Iraq and Syria and many people …
Read More »ISIS, Turkey, and the Propaganda of Intervention
Oct 10, 2014, New Eastern Outlook -Eric Draitser Today’s headlines are filled with reports of the imminent fall of the Syrian city of Kobani to forces of the Islamic State (ISIS). There are terrifying descriptions of an imminent massacre and the looming threat to Turkey as Islamic State forces move …
Read More »As ISIS Slaughters Kurds in Kobani, the U.S. Bombs Syrian Grain Silos
Oct 10, 2014, Counter Punch -Ajamu Baraka The U.S. is conducting a curious humanitarian war against ISIS in Syria. While Kobani, the largely Kurdish district that straddles the border with Turkey is being attacked by ISIS forces and facing the very real possibility of mass civilian killings if it falls, …
Read More »As ISIS Slaughters Kurds in Kobani, the U.S. Bombs Syrian Grain Silos
Oct 10, 2014, Counter Punch The U.S. is conducting a curious humanitarian war against ISIS in Syria. While Kobani, the largely Kurdish district that straddles the border with Turkey is being attacked by ISIS forces and facing the very real possibility of mass civilian killings if it falls, U.S. military …
Read More »Kobani, Turkey and the Perfect Storm
Oct 10, 2014, Counter Punch “The fallout from Kobani reverberated across Turkey this week. There were riots across the country, from Istanbul to Ankara and the southeast including Diyarbakir, Batman, Varto, Mardin, Van and Siirt. Twenty-two protesters died between Monday and Thursday; there are curfews in six provinces; water cannon …
Read More »Eyes Finally Open to Syrian Realities
Oct 3, 2014, Consortium News -Robert Parry In late summer 2013, Official Washington was rushing to the judgment that the “evil” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had launched a barrage of missiles tipped with Sarin gas to slaughter hundreds of civilians in rebel-held neighborhoods near Damascus. It was inconceivable to virtually …
Read More »Buffer zone as part of imperialists’ plan to attack Syria
Oct 8, 2014, Crescent International The idea of a “buffer zone” on Syrian territory at the Syria-Turkish border first broached by President Recep Tayip Erdogan of Turey during his visit to the US last month has now been formally embraced by the US and Britain. As with numerous other developments, …
Read More »The myth of Assad, ISIL and extremism
Oct 7, 2014, Sharmine Narwani, RT Who is to blame for the proliferation of extremist groups in Syria? The West often points a finger at Assad and his allies, but two secret US documents tell a different story. It is difficult to find US officials directly claiming that Syrian President …
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