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Jordanian Fighter Pilot captured by ISIS: Malfunction or Malice?

Dec 25, 2014, NSNBC ISIS claimed that it downed a Jordanian fighter jet near the city of al-Raqqah, displaying photos of the captured pilot. The Jordanian Air Force confirmed the capture of the pilot and his identity, but claimed that the jet hadn’t been shot down. Images of the downed …

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UN: 300 cultural heritage sites destroyed, looted in Syria

Dec 23, 2014, al-Akhbar Nearly 300 cultural heritage sites have been destroyed, damaged and looted in Syria since 2011, the UN said Tuesday in a report citing satellite evidence. The report focused on 18 areas, of which six are UNESCO-listed: the Old City of Aleppo; Bosra; Damascus, the Dead Cities …

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UN details Israel helping Syrian rebels at Golan Heights

Dec 8, 2014, RT.com Israeli security forces have kept steady contacts with the Syrian rebels over the past 18 months, mainly treating wounded fighters but possibly supplying them with arms, UN observers at the Israeli-Syrian border reported. In a series of reports to the UN Security Council by the United …

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Syrian govt, opposition to meet for talks in Moscow – Assad’s aid

Dec 6, 2014, Russia Today Syria’s government and opposition will hold talks in Moscow on the resolution of the Syrian crisis, advisor to the Syrian president Bouthaina Shaaban told RT Arabic. Syria and Russia agreed that the “intra-Syrian dialogue will begin in Moscow,” Shaaban told RT Arabic during an interview …

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Terrorists in Syria to Establish a New Umbrella Organization in Turkey

Dec 4, 2014, NSNBC 73 terrorist groups operating in Syria have established a new umbrella organization called the ‘Syrian Revolution Command Council’ in Gaziantep, southern Turkey. While the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) was taking back the regions controlled by terrorist groups, the terrorists established a new umbrella organization called the …

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UN PEACEKEEPERS OBSERVE IDF INTERACTING WITH DEATH SQUAD (NUSRA) IN GOLAN

Dec 4, 2014, UN Tribune UN troops monitoring the 1974 ceasefire between Israel and Syria have witnessed interactions between members of the Israeli Defence Forces and the Al Nusra Front who have taken over a large part of the Golan Heights. The information is included in a report by Ban Ki-moon …

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Turkey-US moving closer on Syria no-fly zone: Ankara

Dec 3, 2014, AFP NATO allies Turkey and the United States are narrowing their differences over plans to create a no-fly zone along the Syrian border, the Turkish foreign minister said on Wednesday. However, his comments contrast with statements from the White House which suggest the two countries remain divided …

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Terror groups using chemical weapons: Syria

Dec 1, 2014, Press TV [VIDEO AT ORIGINAL LINK] Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad says foreign-backed terrorist groups are using chemical weapons such as chlorine gas in their fight against the government forces. Addressing a meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Monday, Mekdad …

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US-led airstrikes not weakening ISIL: Syrian FM

Nov 29, 2014, Press TV [VIDEO AT ORIGINAL LINK] Damascus says US-led airstrikes have failed to slow the advance of the ISIL terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, calling for pressure on Turkey to tighten its border controls. “All the indications say that [ISIL] today, after two months of coalition …

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