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Terror groups using chemical weapons: Syria

Dec 1, 2014, Press TV [VIDEO AT ORIGINAL LINK] Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad says foreign-backed terrorist groups are using chemical weapons such as chlorine gas in their fight against the government forces. Addressing a meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Monday, Mekdad …

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US-led airstrikes not weakening ISIL: Syrian FM

Nov 29, 2014, Press TV [VIDEO AT ORIGINAL LINK] Damascus says US-led airstrikes have failed to slow the advance of the ISIL terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, calling for pressure on Turkey to tighten its border controls. “All the indications say that [ISIL] today, after two months of coalition …

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Germany’s DW Reports ISIS Supply Lines Originate in NATO’s Turkey

Nov 28, 2014, Tony Cartalucci Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) published a video report of immense implications – possibly the first national broadcaster in the West to admit that the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) is supplied not by “black market oil” or “hostage ransoms” but billions of dollars worth …

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Russia reaffirms support of Syria’s Assad “war on terrorism”

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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