Sep 14, 2013, Press TV   Over the past few days, there has been a tremendous wave of optimism that it may be possible for war with Syria to be averted. Unfortunately, it appears that a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria is extremely unlikely. Assad is certainly willing …

September 13, 2013, Global Research President Bashar al-Assad gave a speech to Rossiya 24 TV channel.  Following is the full transcript of the interview largely focusing on the issue of chemical weapons Interviewer: Why did Syria agree to the Russian initiative which proposes handing over its chemical weapons to the …

Sep 13, 2013, Truthdig In the wake of an apparent break in the march to a wider war, the reality of a nuclear dimension in Syria remains largely unspoken. There are at least five key reasons why American military intervention in Syria’s civil war could go nuclear: (1) There’s a …

September 13-15, 2013,  Counterpunch by FRANKLIN LAMB Damascus. At the height of the war scare here in early September, a group 9 primarily Sunni, Christian, and Alawite students and activists, led by a charismatic and agnostic pro-Hezbollah Lebanese Shia woman from Hermel in Lebanon’s North Bekaa Valley, set up a …

International Action Center Statement  Response To Obama’s Speech: Accelerate The Antiwar Movement! The President’s speech Tuesday night repeated all of the lies the United States has been telling about Syria to justify war — and shows that war may be delayed, but is not off the table. The biggest lie being told …

September 12, 2013, RT.com While the Obama administration pays lip service to the Russian solution, there is no reason to believe that Washington will take its finger off the trigger. In a recent interview with CBS, Syrian President Bashar Assad warned that the United States should “expect everything” if it …

Sep 10, 2012, Dissident Voice by Paul Larudee If there was ever any doubt about the purpose of intervention in Syria, it has been dispelled as hoards of lobbyists from AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, including 250 Jewish leaders, descend upon Capitol Hill.  Their mission is to make …

Sep 10, 2013, RT.com The frantic spin of the millisecond is that the White House is taking a ‘hard look’ at the Russian proposal for Bashar Assad to place Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal under UN control, thus at least postponing another US war in the Middle East. Oh, the joys …

Sep 11, 2013, Counterpunch by JOHN PILGER On my wall is the front page of Daily Express of September 5, 1945 and the words: “I write this as a warning to the world.” So began Wilfred Burchett’s report from Hiroshima. It was the scoop of the century. For his lone, …

September 7, 2013, Mondoweiss During the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria on September 3, Secretary of State John Kerry and Senator John McCain both cited a Wall Street Journal editorial by Elizabeth O’Bagy to support their assessment of the Syrian rebels as predominately “moderate,” and potentially Western-friendly. “She …