Dec 29, 2013, Consortium News The New York Times has, kind of, admitted that it messed up its big front-page story that used a “vector analysis” to pin the blame for the Aug. 21 Sarin attack on the Syrian government, an assertion that was treated by Official Washington as the slam-dunk …

Dec 5, 2013, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya US power in the Middle East is in decline, and American allies in the region are beginning to think of new alternatives to Washington. The Cold War never ended for America’s leaders. There should be no illusions about it, the United States has strategically …

Dec 20, 2013, Consortium News The New York Times continues to pump up the case blaming the Syrian government for the Sarin attack outside Damascus on Aug. 21, despite the collapse of its earlier front-page indictment based on the now discredited “vectoring” of two rockets which the Times suggested were launched …

  Dec 16, 2013, Global Research In August 2011, the Telegraph reported in an article titled, “Libya crisis: Rebel leaders hoping to starve Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte into submission,” that: Rebel leaders hope to starve Colonel Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte into submission, laying siege to his last remaining stronghold …

Dec 30, 2013, Finian Cunningham Saudi largesse is throwing money again – in a bid to cover up its bloodstained hands in violence hitting the Middle East and beyond. The latest public relations gimmick is the “donation” of $3 billion to the Lebanese army made by Saudi King Abdullah at …

Dec 30, 2013, Press TV Press TV talks with Ken Stone, with the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War from Ontario, regarding reports about the upcoming peace talks in Geneva.

  December 28, 2013 Dear Friends of Justice and Peace in Syria,   Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross says that although she received a warm welcome everywhere during her visit to North America, she also encountered more hostility than even in some of the opposition-held areas in Syria. This …

Dec 23, 2013, Consortium News Ake Sellstrom, the head of the United Nations mission investigating chemical weapons use in Syria, agrees that the vector analysis – at the heart of the New York Times’ indictment of the Syrian government for the deadly Aug. 21 Sarin gas attack – doesn’t stand …

Dec 21, 2013, al Akhbar Many observers are correct in noting that the Middle East is undergoing yet another seismic shift – that the Russian-brokered destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, a US-Iranian rapprochement, the diminished strategic value of Saudi Arabia and Israel, and a US withdrawal from Afghanistan will …

Dec 23, 2013, Counterpunch The war in Syria grinds on, an endless wreckage of shattered limbs and lives. The blood flows across borders, fueling the religious sectarian killing across the Middle East that is the life-blood of the Syrian conflict. Hopes rose in Syria after Obama’s last minute decision not to …