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Dec 17, 2013, Stop War UK The miserable sight of Syrian refugees in snowbound camps, desperate for food and warmth, shows the extent of the humanitarian crisis affecting millions in Syria and its near neighbours. There is no end to this war in sight. The western plans for intervention and …

  Dec 16, 2013, Press TV Turkey has sent over 47 tons of weaponry to the foreign-sponsored militants operating inside Syria since June, according to a UN report. Based on data from the UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade), Turkey sent different amounts of guns, including shotguns and hunting …

Dec 15, 2013, RT.com VIDEO Over 80 civilians in a town northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus have been executed by Islamist rebels, sources within the Syrian military told RT. Many others were kidnapped to be used as human shields. Government forces are continuing a large-scale operation against Jabhat …

Dec 9, 2013, Foreign Policy Journal The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—along with certain Arab League countries, plus Turkey and Israel, have this past week reportedly committed themselves to raising nearly $6 billion to “beef up” the just-hatched Islamic …

Dec 10, 2013, Washington Post One of the most prominent figures in the peaceful protest movement that swept Syria early in the country’s uprising went missing Wednesday from a rebel-controlled suburb of Damascus, prompting suspicions that she is among the scores of civilian activists and journalists who have been detained …

Dec 9, 2013, Jonathan Cook Seymour Hersh publishes his latest, illuminating essay on the machinations of the US security state, this time in regard to Syria. Hersh makes a very convincing case that the US had no credible intelligence that August’s chemical weapons attack in Ghouta using sarin was carried out …

  Dec 8, 2013, London Review of Books Barack Obama did not tell the whole story this autumn when he tried to make the case that Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the chemical weapons attack near Damascus on 21 August. In some instances, he omitted important intelligence, and in others …

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Dec 7, 2013 Mother Agnes Mariam talking about conditions to release Ma’aloula’s kidnapped nuns. Mother Agnes-Mariam of the Cross is Mother Superior at the Monastery and Convent of St. James the Mutilated in Qara, Syria. Gunmen attacked her vehicle in May, 2013. Much of the population in the towns and …

Dec 2, 2013, CBC Mother Agnes speaks of her humanitarian work in Syria, including negotiating with armed rebels for the evacuation of Syrian civilians and clergy in “rebel”-held places like the Maaloula, and of her work towards reconciliation, Mussalaha in Arabic. LISTEN HERE Part 3, starts at ~6:58 min-14:15   …