Please join us on Wednesday, June 18th for a meeting reporting on a historic event Election in Syria: Unity & Sovereignty vs U.S.-coordinated Division & Domination   Hear from 5 U.S. activists and journalists who were observers of the Syrian election – Judy Bello, Joe Iosbaker, Paul Larudee, Jane Stillwater, …

Jun 13, 2014, New Eastern Outlook All roads lead to Baghdad and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is following them all, north from Syria and Turkey to south. Reading Western headlines, two fact-deficient narratives have begun gaining traction. The first is that this constitutes a “failure” of …

Jun 7, 2014, James Petras, Global Research On May 2014 President Obama delivered the commencement address to the graduates of United States Military Academy at West Point.  Beyond the easy banter and eulogy to past and present war heroes, Obama outlined a vision of past military successes and present policies, …

  Jun 11, 2014, Press TV Takfiri militants in Iraq have released pictures of militants bulldozing a barrier between the Iraqi-Syrian border, symbolizing their goal of uniting forces in the two countries. The al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) posted the pictures online on Wednesday following their advance …

Jun 9, 2014, the Independent Islamic fundamentalists have opened new fronts in their battle to establish an Islamic state across Iraq and Syria as they launch attacks in cities which were previously under the control of the Baghdad government. A multi-pronged assault across central and northern Iraq in the past …

Jun 10, 2014, Reuters A six-week offensive by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against rival Islamists in eastern Syria has killed 600 fighters and driven 130,000 people from their homes, a monitoring group said on Tuesday. ISIL, which is battling to control a huge area of …

  Jun 9, 2014, Press TV Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued a decree granting a ‘general amnesty’ for crimes committed during the Syria crisis which erupted in 2011. Syrian TV said on Monday that al-Assad’s decree covers all crimes committed to date. Syria’s justice minister has said that the …

Jun 9, 2014, Antiwar.com For a long time, Free Syrian Army (FSA) complaints about US aid were that they weren’t sending enough weapons. Now that the spigot is loose, the FSA’s leadership is being forced to rethink its old position. FSA Brigadier General Abdelilah al-Bashir, one of the top leaders …

Jun 10, 2014, Paul Larudee, Dissident Voice Ironically, one of the factors that made the Syrian presidential election a success is the six million displaced Syrians that chose to seek refuge within Syria rather than flee to neighboring countries.  These are persons that escaped from “rebel” zones to government areas, …

Jun 11. 2014, al Akhbar The organization known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is no doubt among those who have benefited the most from the Syrian conflict. Contrary to the impression one might have at first glance, ISIS has lost next to nothing in Syria. Although …