Jan 19, 2014, Reuters Syria’s political opposition said on Monday it will withdraw from international peace talks scheduled this week unless United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon retracts an invitation to Iran, President Bashar al-Assad’s main backer. Washington, however, suggested it could support Iran’s participation if it explicitly declares its support …
Read More »Respect human life and rights in Yarmouk refugee camp
The Syria Solidarity Movement calls on all combatants in and around Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria to spare the civilian population in the camp from starvation and suffering, to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and to recognize the rights of the population. We condemn the inhuman treatment of the population. …
Read More »Paris conference on Syria: US, European allies renew push for regime-change
13 Jan 2014, Alex Lantier Top US and European diplomats assembled Sunday in Paris for a two-day meeting of the so-called Friends of Syria group, renewing the push for regime-change in Damascus. The talks came amid reports that US officials are preparing renewed shipments of supplies to Syrian Islamist opposition …
Read More »Weapons Inspectors: Syrian Chemical Weapons Fired from REBEL-HELD Territory
Jan 17, 2014, WashingtonsBlog But U.S. Is Still Calling for Regime Change The head of the UN weapons inspectors said that the American case for Syrian government firing chemical weapons was weak, because the rockets can only go 2 miles … but government-held territory is much further away. Similarly, McClatchy …
Read More »Mairead Maguire Nominates Mother Agnes Mariam and Mussalaha Peace and Reconciliation movement, Syria, for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
[source: Peace People] Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross (civil name Fadia Laham) and the Mussalaha Reconciliation Initiative in Syria, has been nominated by Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate, for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. In her letter to Nobel Institute, Mairead Maguire said: ‘At a time when the world …
Read More »MIT study of Ghouta chemical attack challenges US intelligence
Jan 16, 2014, RT.com A new MIT report is challenging the US claim that Assad forces used chemical weapons in an attack last August, highlighting that the range of the improvised rocket was way too short to have been launched from govt controlled areas. In the report titled “Possible Implications …
Read More »Saudi Arabia: A Retrograde Rentier Dictatorship and Global Terrorism
Jan 11, 2014, James Petras Saudi Arabia has all the vices and none of the virtues of an oil rich state like Venezuela. The country is governed by a family dictatorship which tolerates no opposition and severely punishes human rights advocates and political dissidents. Hundreds of billions in oil revenues …
Read More »Geneva II – Washington’s Plan B for Regime Change in Syria
Jan 14, 2014, Finian Cunningham The US and its Western allies and their regional proxies, such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey, do not want to allow a genuine political process worked out by the Syrian people. The fatal problem with the Geneva II negotiations on Syria, due to open next …
Read More »Russia may hit back at KSA for Volgogard attacks
Jan 13, 2014, Finian Cunningham Russian intelligence has now reportedly obtained solid proof that Saudi Arabia was directly involved in the twin terror attacks on the city of Volgograd. The attacks killed more than 32 people and injured over 100 others. Most of the victims were civilians. According to an …
Read More »‘Geneva-2 talks is an exercise in shadow fake diplomacy’
Jan 13, 2014, Michel Chossudovsky RT: Western leaders are undertaking a last-ditch attempt to pressure the Syrian National Council into participating in the forthcoming talks in Geneva. Do you think they will succeed? Michel Chossudovsky: I think the fundamental issue is to address the nature of the conflict. The …
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