Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Nov 27, 2014, Al Akhbar Russia asserted Wednesday it would continue to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his war on “terrorism,” reaffirming, however, Moscow’s unwavering disapproval of coercive violence being used to solve the Syrian conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Syria’s …
Read More »Qatar training Syria rebels as Muallem seeks political solution in Russia
Nov 26, 2014, Al Akhbar At a desert base, Gulf state Qatar, with the help of the United States, has been covertly training the so-called “moderate” Syria rebels to fight the Syrian army and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group as well as other extremist groups for …
Read More »Libya Then and Now: An Overview of NATO’s Handiwork
Nov 22, 2014, Global Research -Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya In 2011, as the entire world watched the Arab Spring in amazement, the US and its allies, predominantly working under the banner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), militarily overran the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The peaceful …
Read More »Syrian Army Gets Closer to ISIL Centers in Raqqa after Liberating ISIL-Held Areas in Hasakeh [VIDEO]
Nov 23, 2014, Eretz Zen The Syrian Army has been making advances in Syria’s northeastern province of al-Hasakeh, while gaining control of areas that have been withheld by various militants for a long time, most recently the Islamic State (IS, aka ISIL or ISIS). The latest advances enable the Syrian …
Read More »Telegraph Report: Syria’s Ancient and Dwindling Christian Community Facing Militant Threats
Nov 23, 2014, Eretz Zen The Telegraph’s Ruth Sherlock visits the Syrian town of Izraa, home one of the world’s oldest Christian communities, which is increasingly under threat by ongoing fighting in the region. Home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, the Syrian agricultural town of …
Read More »Ex-Opposition Leader Admits Mistake about Syrian Gov’t, Says Assad Fighting Terrorists
Nov 19, 2014, Fars News “I acknowledge that I have made a mistake in the past as I imagined that the western and Arab countries as well as Turkey wanted to help Syria and its people,” Turkish news website Ulusal quoted Khatib as saying on his account on a social …
Read More »The War in Rojava: The US and Turkish Roles in the Battle of Kobani
Nov 11, 2014, Strategic Culture Foundation A war is being fought for control over Western Kurdistan and the northern areas of Syria, including three de facto Kurdish enclaves there. The fighting in Western Kurdistan is a means to an end and not a goal in itself. The objectives of gaining …
Read More »US Never Intended to Defeat ISIS
Nov 20, 2014, New Eastern Outlook A torrent of “foiled” terror plots have recently undulated headlines across the Western World. In Rochester New York, the FBI netted a man they claimed was plotting a shooting spree targeting US service members. In Australia, over 800 security agents swooped in on 15 ISIS …
Read More »Bodyguard of Syrian rebel who defected to Isil reveals secrets of the jihadist leadership
Before joining Isil Saddam Jamal had been a drug dealer and a commander in the FSA Nov 10, 2014, The Telegraph Saddam Jamal held the mother and father at gunpoint and forced them to watch as his jihadist comrade murdered their children, one by one. The Isil commander felt no …
Read More »Fool Me Once: US Calls for Yet Another Regime Change – This Time, in Syria
Nov 13, 2014, Sputnik News The bizarre idea coming out of Washington seems to be that regime change against the democratically elected leadership of President Bashar Assad will somehow weaken the extremists and restore peace to Syria. If this fantasy becomes policy, then the US will be repeating the same …
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