February 05, 2017 – Tim Hayward Most of us living outside Syria know very little of the country or its recent history. What we think we know comes via the media. Information that comes with the endorsement of an organisation like Amnesty International we may tend to assume is reliable. …
Read More »U.S.-Armed ‘Moderate’ Syrian Rebels Join Al-Qaeda’s ‘Bin Laden Front’ in New Coalition
February 1, 2017, ALTERNET – Ben Norton The fighters were vetted by the CIA and enjoyed the backing of neoconservatives in Washington. So-called moderate rebels in Syria that have been vetted and previously armed by the U.S. government and its allies have officially partnered with al-Qaeda’s rebranded local affiliate in …
Read More »Please support Tulsi Gabbard’s courageous initiative on Syria
Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has been the lone voice in Congress to defy the warmongers and propagandists urging the US to spend more taxpayer dollars and put more American lives in harm’s way in order to overthrow Syria’s legally constituted government. She is not afraid to say that US actions …
Read More »Astana meeting on Syria ‘hopefully good basis for Geneva talks’ – Putin
January 25, 2017 – RT Tuesday will be “a good basis” for the upcoming Geneva peace talks due February 8. “We very much hope that the negotiations in Astana will become a good basis for the continuation of the negotiation process in Geneva,” Putin said ahead of talks with the …
Read More »Syrian Army Pushes Daesh Terrorists 12.5 Miles From Palmyra – Source
January 26, 2017 – Sputnik News The Syrian government’s forces pushed back Daesh terrorists some 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from the T-4 airbase near the city of Palmyra, a military source told Sputnik on Wednesday. BEIRUT (Sputnik) — According to the source, after Bir al Fukar area and the mountain range in Al-Sharife region …
Read More »What will be the cost of Aleppo victory for Damascus?
January 26, 2017 – Fehim Taştekin, ALMONITOR ALEPPO, Syria — As I was walking around the fortress of Aleppo last week, some officials were hoisting the Syrian flag. They insisted that I photograph it. One soldier saluted while others raised the flag. Next to a nearby staircase, a giant poster …
Read More »Quds Arabi daily says Jordanian Operation’s Room has been closed; repression of pro-opposition Syrian “activists”
January 26, 2017 – The Mideastwire Blog Translated in today’s Daily Briefing by our Mideastwire.com (for a free trial email info@mideastwire.com) http://www.alquds.co.uk/?p=664502 On January 25, the Qatari-owned Al-Quds al-Arabi daily carried the following report by its Amman Office Chief Bassam Bdareen: “The Jordanian political compass is about to change, though …
Read More »United States Reset Has Begun
January 24, 2017 ECLINIK LEARNING – Covert Geopolitics So far, the newly inaugurated Trump administration is doing as expected. The White House has just signed an EO withdrawing from TPP Trade Deal, and it is now sharing intelligence information regarding the specific locations of Daesh terrorists in Syria. The Trans-Pacific …
Read More »US intervention in Syria? Not under Trump
January 24, 2017 Gareth Porter – Middle Easy Eye The Trump administration may recognise that the Syrian army is the only institution committed to resisting terrorism in its country A new coalition of US-based organisations is pushing for a more aggressive US intervention against the Assad regime. But both the …
Read More »Mini-Primer on Syria by a former Assist. Attorney-General NY & Oregon
Robert Roth is a retired public interest lawyer. He enforced consumer fraud and protection law as an assistant attorney-general for New York (1981-1991) and Oregon (1993-2007). Download his mini-primer of key facts and misinformation on the Syria conflict. RobRothSyriaPrimer_v3.4
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