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      Feb 14, 2014, Strategic Culture The United States’ narrative on Syria dramatically changed during the past fortnight. President Barack Obama has publicly discussed the military option on Syria.  An unseen hand would seem to have stealthily reshuffled the order of the heap of Syrian files stacked up …

  Feb 12, 2014, the National When a rebel was shot and severely wounded during a new offensive on Syria’s southern front, his colleagues knew the only hope of saving his life was to get him to Israel. The rebels called their contact on the Syrian side of the frontier, …

Feb 15, 2014, al Akhbar A second round of peace talks between Syria’s warring sides broke off Saturday without making any progress and without a date being set for a third round, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said. “I think it is better that every side goes back and reflects on …

Feb 13, 2014, Media Max Sharmine Narwani is a political commentator and analyst of Mideast geopolitics, and has travelled to and written extensively about Syria since the start of the conflict three years ago. Her commentary on the Middle East has been published in Al Akhbar English, The New York …

Feb 14, 2014, Antiwar.com Rebels Have Repeatedly Threatened Attacks on Civilian Airlines Officials have confirmed that Saudi Arabia intends to provide Chinese-made anti-aircraft missiles to rebel factions in Syria soon in a move to “tip the balance” against a Syrian military which has enjoyed air superiority. Shoulder-mounted “manpad” missiles have …

Feb 12, 2014, Palestine Chronicle Syria’s al-Qaeda-linked group Jabhat al-Nusra has began pulling out of a Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in southern Damascus, according to Al Jazeera sources. Palestinian fighters started to replace the armed rebels of Jabhat al-Nusra on Tuesday, following a deal reached a day before that …

A human tragedy has unfolded in the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus. The Syria Solidarity Movement notes the following points regarding Yarmouk camp: 1 ) Yarmouk refugee camp was the largest gathering place for Palestinians in pre-war Syria: a centre for education, cultural pursuits, and political activity. However, there are …

Dec 11, 2013, Kevin Barrett Whenever a big, media-hyped attack or atrocity happens, the mainstream media always says the same thing: “The bad guys did it.” And who are these “bad guys”? The enemy-du-jour of the powers-that-be. The authorities blamed 9/11 on “radical Muslims.” They blamed the Boston Marathon, Sandy …

Feb 5, 2014, Antiwar.com The last few days of the Geneva II peace talks took place under the shadow of US arms transfers to Syrian rebels, with a lot of fear that the US was trying to undermine the deal. The talks ended with no deals, but a plan to …

Feb 4, 2014, Press TV An independent Jordanian news agency says the United States and the Israeli regime are working on a joint plan to occupy southern Syria. The JBC News said the militant groups, which the US calls moderate opposition, will help occupy two regions in southern Syria. The …