Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Nov 27, 2014, Al Akhbar Russia asserted Wednesday it would continue to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his war on “terrorism,” reaffirming, however, Moscow’s unwavering disapproval of coercive violence being used to solve the Syrian conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Syria’s …
Read More »Libya Then and Now: An Overview of NATO’s Handiwork
Nov 22, 2014, Global Research -Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya In 2011, as the entire world watched the Arab Spring in amazement, the US and its allies, predominantly working under the banner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), militarily overran the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The peaceful …
Read More »Ex-Opposition Leader Admits Mistake about Syrian Gov’t, Says Assad Fighting Terrorists
Nov 19, 2014, Fars News “I acknowledge that I have made a mistake in the past as I imagined that the western and Arab countries as well as Turkey wanted to help Syria and its people,” Turkish news website Ulusal quoted Khatib as saying on his account on a social …
Read More »Map of regional and international influence in Aleppo
Nov 18, 2014, Al Akhbar Once again, the capital of the Syrian north finds itself the center of a proposal for an agreement among the parties to the conflict, despite the lack of any indications suggesting UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura’s proposal could become a viable agreement and …
Read More »Syrian Staunch Attack Against Israel and Qatar
Nov 17, 2014, Nizar Abboud Diplomatic exchange at the UN. Syria accuses Israel and Qatar of supporting armed terrorist groups inside Syria and in Syrian Golan.
Read More »UN resolutions prolong agony of Syrians: Damascus envoy
Nov 18, 2014, Press TV [VIDEO at original link] Syria’s envoy to the UN has slammed the Security Council’s approach to terror threats in his country, saying its “politicized” anti-Damascus resolutions merely increase the sufferings of Syrian people. During a Monday speech at the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja’afari said the …
Read More »US was wrong to say Assad must go: Kissinger
Nov 15, 2014, Press TV Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has admitted that Washington’s scenario to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been a mistake. “It was wrong to say from the beginning that Assad must go — although it is a desirable ultimate goal,” Kissinger said in …
Read More »‘ISIS Sees Turkey as Its Ally’: Former Islamic State Member Reveals Turkish Army Cooperation
Nov 7, 2014, Newsweek A former member of ISIS has revealed the extent to which the cooperation of the Turkish military and border forces allows the terrorist group, who now control large parts of Iraq and Syria, to travel through Turkish territory to reinforce fighters battling Kurdish forces. A reluctant …
Read More »Obama authorizes 1,500 more troops to Iraq
Nov 7, 2014, RT.com President Barack Obama authorized the US military to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq on Friday. That would nearly double the American military presence in the country. He also requested $5.6 billion for the fight against the Islamic State The additional troops will expand the military’s …
Read More »McCain set to control US defense policy in powerful Senate role
Sen. John McCain previously served as the Armed Services Committee’s ranking member. Nov 6, 2014, Press TV Senator John McCain, one of the loudest critics of President Obama on foreign policy, is expected to chair the powerful Armed Services Committee in the new Republican-controlled Senate. McCain, the Republican Party’s presidential …
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