January 25, 2017 – RT Tuesday will be “a good basis” for the upcoming Geneva peace talks due February 8. “We very much hope that the negotiations in Astana will become a good basis for the continuation of the negotiation process in Geneva,” Putin said ahead of talks with the …

January 26, 2017 – Sputnik News The Syrian government’s forces pushed back Daesh terrorists some 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from the T-4 airbase near the city of Palmyra, a military source told Sputnik on Wednesday. BEIRUT (Sputnik) — According to the source, after Bir al Fukar area and the mountain range in Al-Sharife region …

January 26, 2017 – Fehim Taştekin, ALMONITOR ALEPPO, Syria — As I was walking around the fortress of Aleppo last week, some officials were hoisting the Syrian flag. They insisted that I photograph it. One soldier saluted while others raised the flag. Next to a nearby staircase, a giant poster …

January 26, 2017 – The Mideastwire Blog Translated in today’s Daily Briefing by our Mideastwire.com (for a free trial email info@mideastwire.com) http://www.alquds.co.uk/?p=664502 On January 25, the Qatari-owned Al-Quds al-Arabi daily carried the following report by its Amman Office Chief Bassam Bdareen: “The Jordanian political compass is about to change, though …

January 24, 2017 ECLINIK LEARNING – Covert Geopolitics So far, the newly inaugurated Trump administration is doing as expected. The White House has just signed an EO withdrawing from TPP Trade Deal, and it is now sharing intelligence information regarding the specific locations of Daesh terrorists in Syria. The Trans-Pacific …

January 24, 2017 Gareth Porter – Middle Easy Eye The Trump administration may recognise that the Syrian army is the only institution committed to resisting terrorism in its country A new coalition of US-based organisations is pushing for a more aggressive US intervention against the Assad regime. But both the …

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21Wire The Syrian Law Journal interviews Kamal Alam “The war in Syria has divided the political and military establishment in the West, especially in the UK and US. Perhaps no other war since World War II has raised so many divisions and cracks in Western policymaking.” One subject of key …

 Tulsi Gabbard’s Facebook Page Earlier this week I told Tucker Carlson why passing the #StopArmingTerrorists bill, HR 258, is good for our country and good for our security. This is not a partisan issue — it is an issue important to all Americans.  Click here to see video.  

The Syria Solidarity Movement bids a final farewell to  Archbishop Hilarion Capucci The Syrian, Palestinian and Arab world together mourn the loss and celebrate the life of Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, a resistance figure of towering stature for freedom, dignity and independence until the end of his 94 years. He was brought …