Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
May 26, 2014, the National Last week, a prominent Arab archaeologist sent me a weblink to a doubly-depressing story from the Hasakeh region of north-east Syria. Bordering Turkey and Iraq, it’s long been one of the poorest areas in the country and now, with control of the area being contested …
Read More »The So-called War on Terror Is A Criminal Fraud
May 26, 2014, Prof. Michael Keefer, Information Clearing House “The so-called War on Terror is a criminal fraud, designed to frighten Americans and the citizens of its allies into supporting systematic violations of international law. It was from the outset Islamophobic both in intention and in the wars of aggression …
Read More »‘Intelligence officials from several states to discuss anti-Syria plans in Turkey’
May 26, 2014, Press TV Intelligence officials from several countries are reportedly scheduled to meet in the city of Antakya in Turkey to discuss plans aimed at stopping the progress of the Syrian army in its battle against the militants in Syria. The meeting between intelligence officials from the US, …
Read More »Syrian rebels describe U.S.-backed training in Qatar in new documentary
May 26, 2014, McClatchy [VISIT ORIGINAL SOURCE TO VIEW 2 BRIEF VIDEO CLIPS FROM THE DOC] With reports indicating that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad are gaining ground in that country’s brutal civil war, moderate Syrian rebels have told a visiting journalist that the United States is arranging …
Read More »U.S. Wars in the Middle East: Imperialism and the Battle for Water
May 26, 2014, Global Research Water is to the twenty-first century what oil was to the twentieth century: the commodity that determines the wealth and stability of nations. People who think that the West’s interventions in Iraq, Libya and Syria are only about oil are mistaken. Broadly speaking, Western interest …
Read More »The Middle East we must confront in the future will be a Mafiastan ruled by money
Apr 20, 2014, the Independent Saudi Arabia is giving $3bn – yes, £2bn, and now let’s have done with exchange rates – to the Pakistani government of Nawaz Sharif. But what is it for? Pakistani journalists have been told not to ask this question. Then, when they persisted, they were …
Read More »Syrians Slap Smelly Shoes In the Faces of Zionism and Modo-Colonialism
May 25, 2014, NSNBC In 2012, when Syrians held a referendum and adopted the by far most democratic constitution among Middle Eastern countries, they slapped a smelly shoe into the face of Zionism and Modo-Colonialism. In May 2014, Syrians unite again and extend their arms to slap an even more …
Read More »Are human rights activists today’s warmongers?
May 25, 2014, Boston Globe Almost everyone likes the idea of human rights. The phrase itself is freighted with goodness. Supporting human rights is like supporting world peace. The modern human rights movement began as a band of outsiders, fighting governments on behalf of the faceless and voiceless. President Jimmy …
Read More »British jihadists are the most bloodthirsty in Syria says rebel commander as they are blamed for beheadings and crucifixions
May 26, 2014, Daily Mail Two out three people fighting for an extreme Sunni group are foreign Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) known for beheadings and crucifixions Group considered so extreme it has even been condemned by Al Qaeda British jihadists make up the largest foreign contingent of …
Read More »Nusra says behind Homs suicide attack
May 26, 2014, al Akhbar Al-Qaeda’s Syria branch on Monday claimed responsibility for two car bomb attacks a day earlier in the central city of Homs that according to the governor killed 12 people. “God generously made it possible for the jihadists of al-Nusra Front in Homs… to break through …
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