Sep 18, 2013, Daily Star MAALULA, Syria: “Maalula, city of culture and history, welcomes you,” reads a sign at the entrance to Syria’s best known Christian town. But any semblance of welcome evaporates once inside Maalula. The army is fighting an invisible enemy, and an AFP team narrowly escaped sniper …
Read More »Militants destroy Jewish mausoleums in Syria
Sep 24, 2013, Press TV Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Syria have destroyed several Jewish mausoleums in the historical town of Tadouf in the northern city of Aleppo. Militants reportedly demolished a number of the most ancient Jewish mausoleums in the town. Foreign-backed militants have so far destroyed many religious sites in …
Read More »Questions Plague UN Report on Syria
Sep 23, 2013, al Akhbar A senior United Nations official who deals directly with Syrian affairs has told Al-Akhbar that the Syrian government had no involvement in the alleged Ghouta chemical weapons attack: “Of course not, he (President Bashar al-Assad) would be committing suicide.” When asked who he believed was …
Read More »John Kerry Supports Al Qaeda in Syria, in Violation of US Anti-terrorism Laws
Jun 5, 2013, Global Research “The United States and its allies are not seeking a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis. If they were seeking a solution they would disengage in terms of their support to al-Nusra, which is a terrorist organization. Their actions are not only a violation of …
Read More »US anti-war delegation returns from Syria
Sep 21, 2013, Press TV Early friday morning, a group of U.S. Anti-War activists returned from a trip to Syria. The delegation that visited Syria included Sara Flounders of the International Action Center, former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia Mckinney, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clarke, John Parker of Workers World Party, …
Read More »Syria: Controversy surrounding MintPress Chemical Weapons Ghouta Report
Sep 22, 2013, Global Research On Friday 20th September, the corporate media’s favourite “YouTube Syria analyst” and self-proclaimed “weapons expert” Eliot Higgins – aka “Brown Moses” – released a statement on his blog from the Associated Press correspondent Dale Gavlak; in response to his queries …
Read More »“What about Israel’s nuclear weapons?” asks Putin
Sep 21, 2013, MEMO Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the big question that has been the elephant in the corner as the debate continues about Syria’s possession and use of chemical weapons: What about Israel’s nuclear weapons? Putin was speaking in defence of Moscow’s position on the Syrian crisis, …
Read More »Gas missiles ‘were not sold to Syria’
Sep 22, 2013, the Independent While the Assad regime in Damascus has denied responsibility for the sarin gas missiles that killed around 1,400 Syrians in the suburb of Ghouta on 21 August, information is now circulating in the city that Russia’s new “evidence” about the attack includes the dates of …
Read More »Attack on Syria Planned Nearly Two Decades Ago
Sep 16, 2013, Foreign Policy Journal Now the world looks on again in confusion and fear as the USA extends its dialectical strategy of “controlled crises” over one of the few remaining redoubts of independence form the “new world order”: Syria. Again the lines of opposition are drawn between Russia …
Read More »West Attempts Syria Cover Up – Claims “Twitter Donations” Behind Rise of Al Qaeda
Sep 22, 2013, Tony Cartalucci In the latest, and perhaps most absurd attempt yet by the West to cover up direct aid, arms, and funding it has been sending to Al Qaeda throughout the duration of the Syrian conflict, the Washington Post now claims “Twitter donations” have somehow managed to outpace …
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