Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who has recently returned from Syria, recounts his meeting with President Assad, and the new peace initiatives in the region. LISTEN HERE
Read More »Syrian Army Ends Opposition Siege on Aleppo
Oct 8, 2013, al Akhbar Today, October 8, the Aleppo-Salamiyeh road will be opened to civilians and convoys carrying supplies and fuel, ending the weeks-long siege imposed by opposition militants on the city. According to sources on the ground, the move will usher in a new phase of military operations …
Read More »The War on Terrorism … or whatever.
Oct 7, 2013, William Blum “U.S. hopes of winning more influence over Syria’s divided rebel movement faded Wednesday after 11 of the biggest armed factions repudiated the Western-backed political opposition coalition and announced the formation of an alliance dedicated to creating an Islamist state. The al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, designated a …
Read More »Massacres That Matter – Part 2 – The Media Response On Egypt, Libya And Syria
Aug 29, 2013, Media Lens Corporate media coverage of atrocities in Egypt, Libya and Syria has closely matched US-UK government interpretations and priorities. While the US government has refused to describe what was very obviously a military coup in Egypt on July 3 as a coup, many media have also …
Read More »Massacres That Matter – Part 1 – ‘Responsibility To Protect’ In Egypt, Libya And Syria
Aug 27, 2013, Media Lens The ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P), formulated at the 2005 UN World Summit, is based on the idea that state sovereignty is not a right but a responsibility. Where offending states fail to live up to this responsibility by inflicting genocide, ethnic cleansing and other crimes …
Read More »Humanitarian Wars and Their NGO Foot-Soldiers
Oct 5, 2013, Information Clearinghouse In February, 2011, Soliman Bouchuiguir told a lie. It was a big one. As the head of the Libyan League for Human Rights, Bouchuiguir initiated a petition that was eventually signed by 70 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) demanding that the US, EU, and UN “mobilize the …
Read More »‘Youngest’ Saudi militant enters war in Syria
Oct 7, 2013, RT.com The ‘youngest Saudi’ militant has entered Syria to join hundreds of foreign armed groups fighting to topple the government in Syria, with their strongest ones paving the way for al-Qaeda to rise to power. According to Arabic-language Asia News, citing sources within Syria opposition groups, a …
Read More »‘No sarin detected in West Ghouta environment, only in human samples’ – UN’s Angela Kane
Oct 3, 2013, RT.com SEE ALSO: GRTV VIDEO: How the Syrian Chemical Weapons Videos Were Staged The Full ISTeam Report The Chemical Attacks in East Ghouta Used to Justify a Military Intervention in Syria [PDF] The Chemical Attacks in East Ghouta Used to Justify a Military Intervention in Syria One Nun …
Read More »Lost Cruise fears save Obama on Syria
Oct 3, 2013, Asia Times US President Barack Obama’s reversal on the bombing of Syria took the world by surprise. For a long time, he was talking about the use of chemical weapons by Bashar Al-Assad’s regime being “a red line”. There was a feeling that Obama’s talk about chemical …
Read More »Saudi black op team behind Damascus chem weapons attack – diplomatic sources
Oct 4, 2013, RT.com The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital’s suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources have told a Russian news agency. “Based on data from a number of sources a picture can be pieced together. The criminal provocation in …
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