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May 17, 2014, Aina News According to a report from the website www.apsa2011.com, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) has destroyed Assyrian statues and artifacts believed to be 3000 years old. The Assyrian archaeological artifacts were illegally excavated from the Tell Ajaja site. …

*[click here if video doesn’t load] May 17, 2014, Press TV The three presidential candidates in Syria, including incumbent President Bashar al-Assad, are pressing ahead with their campaigns as the June 3 election approaches, Press TV reports. In interviews with Press TV, two Syrian presidential candidates Maher Abdel Hafiz Hajjar …

The leader of the foreign-backed Syrian “opposition” Ahmed “Assi” Jarba has visited Washington and met US President Barak Obama. Much advertised is, that “Saudi Arabia’s Syrian Man” returns with a 1.7 billion check for “US humanitarian aid”. Less advertised is that Jarba took to Washington with a Saudi blanck check for …

May 15, 2014, Press TV CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO A political commentator says General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged that the US is losing the war in Syria. “The US top general Martin Dempsey finally admits the truth that the US-funded proxy military in …

May 16, 2014, New Eastern Outlook The city of Homs has finally been retaken by the Syrian Arab Army. The scenes of devastation left behind by nearly 3 years of fighting are surreal, but residents – who have begun returning in small numbers – vow to rebuild the city. Fighting …

May 15, 2014, BBC A reporter and a photographer working for British newspaper The Times have been badly beaten while being briefly held by a rebel gang in Syria. Anthony Loyd and Jack Hill were returning to Turkey from Aleppo when they were seized on Wednesday. They were reportedly freed …

May 15, 2014, Reuters Five staff members of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been freed after being kidnapped in northwestern Syria in early January by an armed group, the aid group said in a statement on Thursday. MSF, known for sending doctors to conflict zones, said that …

May 16, 2014, Tim Anderson There is no doubt that incumbent President Bashar al Assad remains hot favourite for Syria’s June 3 elections. Even NATO’s advisers put his support at around 70%. However the country’s first competitive presidential elections in recent times threatens to add a ‘normality’ to Syria’s previously …

May 15, 2014, WSW During an official visit to Washington on Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said he regretted that Washington had not gone to war with Syria last autumn and again advanced unsubstantiated accusations that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons against the Syrian people. In …

May 12, 2014, AFP earlier attack on water lines:  FSA Terrorist rats Blow Up Aleppo’s Main Drinking Water Supply Line, Sep 2012