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Russia condemns Adra massacre, calls on world community to react [VIDEOS]

One of the witnesses of the Adra massacre, who spoke to RT on condition of anonymity. Still from RT video

Dec 18, 2013, RT.com WATCH VIDEO HERE Russia’s Foreign Ministry has condemned massacre in the town of Adra, 20 kilometers north of Damascus. Survivors say jihadist rebel groups executed dozens of civilians, including children, beheading them or burning them alive. “Moscow is convinced that such acts have to be decisively …

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Let Saudi Arabia Go It Alone

Dec 18, 2013, Dissident Voice On December 17, 2013, the ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Great Britain published an op-ed in the New York Times accusing the West of not having confronted Syria and Iran head-on. An ambassador is traditionally the mouthpiece of his government. But the used political rhetoric …

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Syrian Jihadist Rebels Establishing Brutal Secret Prisons In Aleppo, Amnesty Reveals

Al Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham militants are punishing Syrian civilians for disobedience, the Amnesty report says (AP Photo)

Dec 19, 2013, Huffington Post Syrian jihadist rebels are torturing and killing civilians, including children, for flouting “sharia” laws such as smoking cigarettes – and exacting the brutal punishments in a bid to replace the Assad regime with a hardline Islamic state, Amnesty International has reported. Secret jails in Aleppo …

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Does opposing western intervention in Syria make the anti-war movement “Assad apologists”?

Dec 17, 2013, Stop War UK The miserable sight of Syrian refugees in snowbound camps, desperate for food and warmth, shows the extent of the humanitarian crisis affecting millions in Syria and its near neighbours. There is no end to this war in sight. The western plans for intervention and …

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Kanayé, (Qunaya) another Christian village invaded by jihadists that impose the Islamic law

Marian shrine in the grounds of the Monastery at Qunaya, from a past winter.

Dec 16, 2013, Agenzia Fides The Christian village of Kanayé, Orontes River, in the Governorate of Idlib, has been invaded by Islamist militants that terrorize the population, threaten a massacre and have imposed the Islamic law. This is what was reported to Fides Agency by Mgr. Giuseppe Nazzaro, vicar emeritus …

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‘Turkey sent tons of arms into Syria’ [VIDEO]

  Dec 16, 2013, Press TV Turkey has sent over 47 tons of weaponry to the foreign-sponsored militants operating inside Syria since June, according to a UN report. Based on data from the UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade), Turkey sent different amounts of guns, including shotguns and hunting …

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‘Whole families murdered’: Syrian rebels execute over 80 civilians outside Damascus [VIDEO]

Dec 15, 2013, RT.com VIDEO Over 80 civilians in a town northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus have been executed by Islamist rebels, sources within the Syrian military told RT. Many others were kidnapped to be used as human shields. Government forces are continuing a large-scale operation against Jabhat …

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Syria: Bibi and Bandar Badger Obama to Support the Islamic Front

Free Syrian Army rebels fighting against Assad militias on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Maraat al-Numan, Idlib – Syria (Mustafa Karali/AP)

Dec 9, 2013, Foreign Policy Journal The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—along with certain Arab League countries, plus Turkey and Israel, have this past week reportedly committed themselves to raising nearly $6 billion to “beef up” the just-hatched Islamic …

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Peaceful protest leader in Syria disappears; Islamist rebels suspected of role

Dec 10, 2013, Washington Post One of the most prominent figures in the peaceful protest movement that swept Syria early in the country’s uprising went missing Wednesday from a rebel-controlled suburb of Damascus, prompting suspicions that she is among the scores of civilian activists and journalists who have been detained …

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