Jun 9, 2015, New Eastern Outlook Since ancient times an army required significant logistical support to carry out any kind of sustained military campaign. In ancient Rome, an extensive network of roads was constructed to facilitate not only trade, but to allow Roman legions to move quickly to where they …
Read More »Syria urges UN to take measures against Qatar
Jun 11, 2015, Press TV Syria has called on the United Nations to take serious and immediate measures against Qatar for its support for terrorist groups fighting the government of President Bashar al-Asad. Syria’s Foreign Ministry made the remarks on Wednesday in two identical letters addressed to the UN secretary …
Read More »Palestinian Militias Force ISIS Out of Yarmouk Camp
Jun 9, 2015, Al Masdar On Monday morning, the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) launched an assault on the defensive positions of Fatah Al-Intifada and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) at the Central Sector of the Yarmouk Camp, where they attempted to infiltrate into this industrial zone located inside …
Read More »PBS Frontline Fails the Public with “Obama at War”: A Case Study in Distortion and Bias on Syria
Jun 4, 2015, Dissident Voice -Rick Sterling Introduction Frontline is an influential television program which examines important foreign and domestic issues. The shows tend to be technically well done – combining concise writing with compelling video. Many North Americans watch and have their beliefs shaped by Frontline documentaries. Last week …
Read More »General Ayyoob Inspects Troops Ahead Of Massive Assault On Jisr Al-Shughoor; Iran Ups The Ante With 20,000 Quds Force Troops
Jun 3, 2015, Syrian Perspective When the Chief of the Syrian General Staff appears at the front, something big always happens in the aftermath. We can confirm to our readers that 20,000 members of Iran’s elite Republican Guards (Quds Force) have disembarked at Latakia as of 2 days ago. General …
Read More »Syria urges global action against Turkey ‘aggression’
Jun 6, 2015, Press TV Syria has called upon the United Nations to adopt a “prompt and decisive action” against what it described as the Turkish government’s aggression against the crisis-hit Arab country. In separate letters sent to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN Security Council, the Syrian Foreign …
Read More »NYT’s New Propaganda on Syria
Jun 3, 2015, Consortium News Exclusive: The New York Times’ new conspiracy theory about Syria is that the Assad regime is in cahoots with the Islamic State, calling those two bitter foes only “nominal enemies” and using this new story to implicitly push for another U.S.-imposed “regime change,” writes Robert Parry. By …
Read More »Israel a criminal offender at large, UN listing or not
*Farah Abu Halima, 3, severely burned by Israeli-fired White Phosphorus, January 4, 2009 (Photo by Eva Bartlett) Jun 5, 2015, RT.com -by Eva Bartlett Reports have come out that the UN was considering adding Israel to the list of “grave violations against children in armed conflict.” As detailed below, Israeli …
Read More »How has Syria’s political system changed over the course of the war?
Jun 4, 2015 -by Jay Tharappel Short Answer: In 1973 the Syrian electorate voted in favour of a constitution that institutionalised the dominance of the Baath Party. This constitution remained in effect until it was replaced by a new one, which the Syrian electorate voted for on the 26th of …
Read More »Most of ISIL terrorists recruited by US and allies: Analyst
May 31, 2015, Press TV Most of the ISIL terrorists were recruited by the United States and its allies in order to further their agenda in the Middle East, an antiwar activist and political commentator in Canada says. Ken Stone, a member of the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, …
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