Jan 20, 2014, Nile Bowie Preconditions placed on attending the Geneva 2 conference insisted on by the United States are detrimental to building a conducive environment for ending the fighting in Syria. Despite months of effort by diplomats and the international community, the long-awaited Geneva 2 peace conference is in …
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Jan 21, 2014, Guardian Bashar al-Assad’s key international allies in Moscow and Tehran have reacted angrily to the UN’s decision to rescind Iran‘s invitation to this week’s peace talks on the crisis in Syria. The UN hastily withdrew its surprise invitation after pressure from the US and a threat that …
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Jan 19, 2014, Reuters Syria’s political opposition said on Monday it will withdraw from international peace talks scheduled this week unless United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon retracts an invitation to Iran, President Bashar al-Assad’s main backer. Washington, however, suggested it could support Iran’s participation if it explicitly declares its support …
Read More »13 Jan 2014, Alex Lantier Top US and European diplomats assembled Sunday in Paris for a two-day meeting of the so-called Friends of Syria group, renewing the push for regime-change in Damascus. The talks came amid reports that US officials are preparing renewed shipments of supplies to Syrian Islamist opposition …
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Jan 17, 2014, WashingtonsBlog But U.S. Is Still Calling for Regime Change The head of the UN weapons inspectors said that the American case for Syrian government firing chemical weapons was weak, because the rockets can only go 2 miles … but government-held territory is much further away. Similarly, McClatchy …
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[source: Peace People] Mother Agnes Mariam of the Cross (civil name Fadia Laham) and the Mussalaha Reconciliation Initiative in Syria, has been nominated by Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate, for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. In her letter to Nobel Institute, Mairead Maguire said: ‘At a time when the world …
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Jan 16, 2014, RT.com A new MIT report is challenging the US claim that Assad forces used chemical weapons in an attack last August, highlighting that the range of the improvised rocket was way too short to have been launched from govt controlled areas. In the report titled “Possible Implications …
Read More »Jan 11, 2014, James Petras Saudi Arabia has all the vices and none of the virtues of an oil rich state like Venezuela. The country is governed by a family dictatorship which tolerates no opposition and severely punishes human rights advocates and political dissidents. Hundreds of billions in oil revenues …
Read More »Jan 14, 2014, Finian Cunningham The US and its Western allies and their regional proxies, such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey, do not want to allow a genuine political process worked out by the Syrian people. The fatal problem with the Geneva II negotiations on Syria, due to open next …
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Jan 13, 2014, Finian Cunningham Russian intelligence has now reportedly obtained solid proof that Saudi Arabia was directly involved in the twin terror attacks on the city of Volgograd. The attacks killed more than 32 people and injured over 100 others. Most of the victims were civilians. According to an …
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Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
