Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Nov 12, 2014, Eretz Zen Robert Fisk, the Independent’s long-standing Middle East correspondent, discusses during an interview on ABC’s (Australia) Lateline, his view of the current situation in Syria after returning from a trip there. He states that the Syrian Army has become the sole strongest institution in Syria, where …
Read More »Stealing Palestine: Who dragged Palestinians into Syria’s conflict?
Palestinian “volunteer forces” stand guard while NGOs tend to Yarmouk camp residents receiving food aid, medical assistance and evacuation.Palestinians didn’t jump into the fray in Syria. They were dragged into it – violently and reluctantly. Here is the story of how and why Palestinians and their 14 refugee camps became …
Read More »Media Black-Out on Arab Journalists and Civilians Beheaded in Syria by Western-Backed Mercenaries
Yara Abbas [Sharmine Narwani’s moving article on the young Syrian journalist.] Oct 26, 2014, Eva Bartlett, Zero Anthropology [republished at Global Research, Information Clearing House, Rabble.ca] Who outside of Syria knows the names Yara Abbas, Maya Naser, Mohamed al-Saeed…? The corporate media has inundated us with news of the …
Read More »Drones in Iraq and Syria: What we know and what we don’t
Nov 7, 2014, Chris Cole, Drone Wars UK Over the past 3 months US, UK and other forces have carried out airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria using manned aircraft and drones. There is little public available information as yet about the impact of these strikes on the ground . …
Read More »‘ISIS Sees Turkey as Its Ally’: Former Islamic State Member Reveals Turkish Army Cooperation
Nov 7, 2014, Newsweek A former member of ISIS has revealed the extent to which the cooperation of the Turkish military and border forces allows the terrorist group, who now control large parts of Iraq and Syria, to travel through Turkish territory to reinforce fighters battling Kurdish forces. A reluctant …
Read More »Syrian government forces retake gas field from Islamic State
Nov 6, 2014, Reuters Syrian government forces and allied armed groups recaptured a gas field from Islamic State fighters on Thursday, a monitoring group said. The Sha’ar gas field in central Syria has changed hands four times since July, when Islamic State fighters first seized it and killed about 350 …
Read More »Obama authorizes 1,500 more troops to Iraq
Nov 7, 2014, RT.com President Barack Obama authorized the US military to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq on Friday. That would nearly double the American military presence in the country. He also requested $5.6 billion for the fight against the Islamic State The additional troops will expand the military’s …
Read More »McCain set to control US defense policy in powerful Senate role
Sen. John McCain previously served as the Armed Services Committee’s ranking member. Nov 6, 2014, Press TV Senator John McCain, one of the loudest critics of President Obama on foreign policy, is expected to chair the powerful Armed Services Committee in the new Republican-controlled Senate. McCain, the Republican Party’s presidential …
Read More »West Re-Arms Nusra – Mainstream Media Continues Coverup
Nov 6, 2014, Activist Post On a number of occasions, I have documented in relative detail how ISIS, ISIL, Al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, and the FSA are not only small divisions of the same fighting force but also how they are entirely controlled by NATO and Western intelligence agencies. Indeed, the documentation …
Read More »Turkey-bound ships take militants to Iraq, Syria: Interpol [VIDEO]
Nov 7, 2014, Press TV *watch video at Press TV Foreign terrorists are increasingly going to Turkey through booking tickets on cruise ships to join Takfiri groups in neighboring Syria and Iraq, Interpol has warned. “Because they know the airports are monitored more closely now, there’s a use of cruise …
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