Jan 3, 2014, Global Research Since 2011 NATO-backed armed groups have systematically attacked more than two thirds of Syria’s public hospitals, and have murdered, kidnapped or injured more than 300 health workers. The most recent example of this was the destruction of Aleppo’s specialist Al-Kindi hospital. Syria’s Health Minister Dr …
Read More »The Liberation of the Syrian City of Adra. Held Hostage by US Sponsored Death Squads
Jan 2, 2014, Global Research On my last day in Damascus our soldier friend Sam joined us for a late lunch. However he could not eat, as his stomach was churning from what he had just seen at the industrial satellite town of Adra. The Syrian Arab Army had been …
Read More »Pope Needs to Condemn US Warmongering
Jan 2, 2014, Information Clearinghouse In his annual New Year’s address, Catholic Pope Francis sounded particularly vexed when he urged an end to wars and conflict. “What on Earth is happening in the hearts of men? What on Earth is happening in the heart of humanity?” the pontiff decried to …
Read More »NYT Backs Off Its Syria-Sarin Analysis
Dec 29, 2013, Consortium News The New York Times has, kind of, admitted that it messed up its big front-page story that used a “vector analysis” to pin the blame for the Aug. 21 Sarin attack on the Syrian government, an assertion that was treated by Official Washington as the slam-dunk …
Read More »The Russian Bear steps in as the American Empire Unravels in the Middle East
Dec 5, 2013, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya US power in the Middle East is in decline, and American allies in the region are beginning to think of new alternatives to Washington. The Cold War never ended for America’s leaders. There should be no illusions about it, the United States has strategically …
Read More »NYT Replays Its Iraq Fiasco in Syria
Dec 20, 2013, Consortium News The New York Times continues to pump up the case blaming the Syrian government for the Sarin attack outside Damascus on Aug. 21, despite the collapse of its earlier front-page indictment based on the now discredited “vectoring” of two rockets which the Times suggested were launched …
Read More »UN’s Syria “Aid” Appeal is Bid to Relieve Trapped Terrorists
Dec 16, 2013, Global Research In August 2011, the Telegraph reported in an article titled, “Libya crisis: Rebel leaders hoping to starve Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte into submission,” that: Rebel leaders hope to starve Colonel Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte into submission, laying siege to his last remaining stronghold …
Read More »Saudi ‘gift’ to hide its terror hand
Dec 30, 2013, Finian Cunningham Saudi largesse is throwing money again – in a bid to cover up its bloodstained hands in violence hitting the Middle East and beyond. The latest public relations gimmick is the “donation” of $3 billion to the Lebanese army made by Saudi King Abdullah at …
Read More »Inviting Iran to Geneva II talks on Syria is essential for a political solution: Analyst
Dec 30, 2013, Press TV Press TV talks with Ken Stone, with the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War from Ontario, regarding reports about the upcoming peace talks in Geneva.
Read More »The Voice of Syria in North America: a report on the Mother Agnes tour
December 28, 2013 Dear Friends of Justice and Peace in Syria, Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross says that although she received a warm welcome everywhere during her visit to North America, she also encountered more hostility than even in some of the opposition-held areas in Syria. This …
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