Jan 24, 2014, Shamus Cooke The media spin machine is again kicking into high gear, perfectly timed to accompany the “Geneva II” Syria peace talks. The lies are necessary to give the Obama administration an upper hand in the peace negotiations, which are not being used to pursue peace, but …

    Jan 25, 2014, Michel Chossudovsky The Western media, Amnesty International and various other self proclaimed humanitarian organizations are running a war propaganda campaign against Syria following the release of thousands of photographs. This slur of disinformation focusing on alleged atrocities committed by the Syrian government has coincided in …

Jan 25, 2014, Oriental Review The idea of Montreux” – the idea of engaging in a peace process and national dialog in Syria under international mediation – died before it could be born.  A nasty intrigue, involving the UN Secretary-General and the employment of such petty chicaneries as delaying the …

Jan 23, 2014, Michel Chossudovsky The Western media has tacitly acknowledged, faced with overwhelming evidence, that the opposition rebels have not only committed countless atrocities, they were also behind the chemical weapons attack of August 21.  In the wake of these tragic events, a new dribble of media disinformation is …

Jan 22, 2014, Stephen Gowans A report sponsored by one of the Syrian insurgency’s major weapons suppliers claims to provide (as the New York Times puts it) “new visual corroboration that Mr. Assad’s government is guilty of mass war crimes against its own citizens.” Based on photos of dead detainees …

Jan 23, 2014, Christian Science Monitor The government of Syria has long used torture, collective punishment, and horrific detention conditions as a response to domestic threats to its power. When times are bad, like now or during the Sunni Islamist insurgency that challenged Hafez al-Assad’s government in 1982, the number …

  Jan 24, 2014, BBC Syria’s warring parties are beginning formal peace talks in Geneva for the first time since the conflict began three years ago, but they will not be face-to-face. The government and rebel delegations will sit in separate rooms, and conduct negotiations through the UN mediator. Diplomats …

Jan 23, 2014, Global Research Wednesday’s opening of talks on the Syrian crisis was dominated by the Obama administration’s insistence that the purpose of the “Geneva II” discussions was to remove President Bashar al-Assad and install a pro-US puppet government. In the manner of a colonial overlord, US Secretary of …

Jan 22, 2014, Global Research Montreux, (SANA) – The international conference on Syria, Geneva2, kicked off on Wednesday morning with the participation of Syria’s official delegation, headed by Deputy Premier, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Walid al-Moallem. Minister al-Moallem said at the opening session of the conference:    Ladies and Gentlemen, On …

  Jan 22, 2014, Press TV US Secretary of State John Kerry has once again called for regime change in Syria, insisting that President Bashar al-Assad should not be part of a transitional government. “We see only one option, negotiating a transition government born by mutual consent,” Kerry said in …