Oct 15, 2013, Sana Prime Minister, Wael al-Halqi, stressed on Monday that the return of the displaced Syrians is evidence of their clinging to their homeland to contribute to the reconstruction process of the renewed Syria. In a press statement during his inspection tour in Jdeidet Yabous border crossing, al-Halqi …
Read More »John Kerry now says Syria’s Assad must go, situation ‘urgent’
Oct 14, 2013, Washington Times Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that Syria President Bashar Assad has no future and must be removed from power — a somewhat confusing stance given the recent praise he gave the regime for cooperating with a Russia-forged chemical weapons deal. Mr. Kerry said …
Read More »This Is What’s Planned for Syria’s Daraa
Oct 9, 2013 [translation from Arabic] Expectations arise about a raging battle might occur in Syria’s south between army units and armed groups, amid Western media reports referring to a Gulf and Western vigorous pursuit to make a breakthrough in the Syrian army field progress, ahead of any political resolution …
Read More »Obscuring the Details: A Panoramic Look at America’s Case Against Syria
Oct 13, 2013, Strategic Culture The US federal government and the various agencies, media organizations, individuals, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, lobbies, forces, and other entities that are tied to it have done everything in their power to obscure the details involving the chemical attacks in that took place in Syria …
Read More »1,500 evacuated from clashes near Damascus as major opposition group rejects Geneva-2
Oct13, 2013, RT.com Some 1,500 civilians were evacuated from a hotspot suburb of Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said. It comes as the Syrian National Council declared they wouldn’t attend peace talks in Geneva threatening to quit the National Coalition. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) said …
Read More »Syrian TV, chemical inspectors’ hotel targeted in bomb attacks in Damascus – report
Oct 13, 2013, RT.com Multiple bomb blasts have rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus, a mortar attack on Syrian TV among them, reports RT’s correspondent at the scene. Suicide bombers blew up two booby-trapped cars near the General Organization of Radio and TV in Damascus, state TV reported. The other …
Read More »Syria, Intervention and the Anti-war Movement
Oct 1, 2013, Alternatives When Barack Obama first warned Syria that its use of chemical weapons would facilitate the US decision toward military intervention in the Syrian conflict, it almost seemed like the President was implementing the first phase in a plan that would ultimately see the West intervene. To …
Read More »Red Cross workers kidnapped in Syria
Oct 13, 2013, BBC The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says gunmen have abducted six of its workers and one Red Crescent volunteer in north-west Syria. The aid agency has had no contact with the gunmen, an ICRC spokesman says. Earlier, Syrian state media said gunmen opened fire …
Read More »Syrian National Council won’t attend Geneva II peace talks
Oct 13, 2013, al Akhbar A key group within the Syrian opposition National Coalition said Sunday it would not attend proposed peace talks in Geneva and would quit the Coalition if it participated. “The Syrian National Council, which is the biggest bloc in the Coalition, has taken the firm decision… …
Read More »Time to end Israel’s nuclear weapons
Oct 2013, Zafar Bangash, Crescent Online With the Syrian government’s pledge to give up its chemical weapons, it is time to shine the light on the only nuclear state in the Muslim East: Zionist Israel. It is known to have between 200 to 400 nuclear weapons. The Zionist entity also …
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