Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Jun 3, 2014, Counter Punch US Secretary of State Kerry has pronounced the Syrian election to be a “farce”. As if on cue, National Public Radio, Associated Press, ABC and other western media have presented stories which support that claim. A closer look reveals the media has been exaggerating, distorting …
Read More »Strong support for Assad on polling day in Syria
Jun 3, 2014, Times of India On Tuesday morning, a 40-year-old woman called Ferial Mustafa whose son was tortured to death by militants in Syria cast her vote for President Bashar Al Assad at a polling booth in Gundanieh, on the outskirts of Damascus. She stood proudly beside Assad’s photograph …
Read More »Dispatches from the Election Observation Team in Syria: June 3: Election day
On election day, teams of observers were sent to Sweida, Homs, Tartous, Latakia and of course Damascus. In many cases, they were split into smaller teams at these sites, and also met with teams from other countries, including Uganda, Russia, North Korea and others. A team of parliamentarians from several …
Read More »Syrians vote in presidential election
June 3, 2014, al Akhbar Syrians lined up outside polling centers around Syria on Tuesday to cast their ballots in a presidential election that Syria’s current President Bashar al-Assad is expected to win. The first multi-candidate presidential election in Syria in more than 40 years is taking place after three …
Read More »Is Washington Planning a Terrorist Operation against Syria on the Day of the Elections?
Jun 2, 2014, Global Research With security heightened throughout Syria, the country is preparing for Tuesday’s elections. The country has largely been pacified following the retreat of terrorist opposition forces from Homs in early May. At this juncture, the crucial issue for Syria is whether a covert intelligence operation is …
Read More »Historic Syrian Election Brings Multitudes of Voters
May 30, 2014, Brenda Heard, Dissident Voice On 28 May 2014, expatriated Syrian nationals in numerous countries flocked to Syrian embassies to begin the voting process in a presidential election. With all its potential flaws, perhaps even inherent flaws, this quintessential element of democracy is still the most effective means …
Read More »The Inference from Lebanon About the Syrian Presidential Elections
Jun 3, 2014, Strategic Culture Foundation Lebanon’s Hariri-led March 14 Alliance is supported by all the undemocratic Arab petro-sheikhdoms, including the Saudi regime. In twisted terms, the March 14 Alliance has consistently been promoted by the US and French governments as a beleaguered coalition of democrats struggling to save Lebanon …
Read More »ISIL kills 102-year-old man, family in Syria
Jun 1, 2014, Yahoo News (AFP) – The most radical jihadist group fighting in Syria on Sunday killed a 102-year-old man along with his whole family in the heart of the country, a monitoring group said. The 102-year-old was shot dead in his sleep, with the Islamic State of Iraq …
Read More »27 killed in attacks in Syria’s Aleppo
Jun 2, 2014, Press TV [click HERE if above video does not load] At least 27 people have been killed in a shelling carried out by foreign-backed militants in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Some 80 more people were also injured on Monday after the militants fired more …
Read More »Militant mortar attacks on Aleppo kill 20
May 31, 2014, Press TV [click HERE if above video does not load] Twenty people have been killed in mortar attacks carried out by foreign-backed militants on Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo. The militants fired 40 mortar shells on several neighborhoods of the flashpoint city, destroying many buildings. Takfiri …
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