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Nov 4, OCP News Special Report by Mor Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh (Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Homs and Hama) Photographs from Mor Timotheos Matta Alkhouri (Metropolitan & Patriarchal Secretary) My brothers and sisters The peace of the Lord be with you: I present to you a glimpse of the events which have …

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Nov 5, 2013, Global Research According to Turkish press reports, Turkey’s High Command will be hosting NATO’S Invitex military exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean in a clear act of provocation directed against Syria. The Invitex-Eastern Mediterranean war games are scheduled from November 4 to 14. Deafening silence. Not a single …

Oct 31, 2013, Strategic Culture The Saudi spat with its historic Washington ally has several ways of playing out. Jilted over American «double standards» in the Middle East (how ironic is that?), senior members of the House of Saud, including intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan, have hinted that the …

Nov 4, 2013, Press TV America’s top diplomat John Kerry is not known for honesty. Recall a couple of months ago how Russian President Vladimir Putin labeled Kerry a “blatant liar” when the latter tried to deny the involvement of al-Qaeda in Syria’s charnel house. But the American secretary of …

After sources in the Obama administration said Israel was responsible for Wednesday’s attack on a Syrian missile base, an Israeli analyst warned that the US risks starting ‘a very major flare-up.’ The Israeli Air Force struck a military base near the Syrian port city of Latakia, targeting Russian-made SA 125 …

Nov 2, 2013, Press TV A political analyst says the Israeli regime needs to wage wars across the world, especially in the Middle East, to ensure its survival as the major recipient of the US military and financial aid, Press TV reports. “Israel needs constant war in order to justify …

Nov 3, 2013, Daily Star A leading Syrian rebel commander announced his resignation Sunday, in the wake of battlefield setbacks and infighting among rebel groups. Col. Abdel-Jabbar Ukaidi, the head of the Aleppo Revolutionary Military Council of the mainstream Free Syrian Army, also had harsh words for the international community …

Nov 4, 2013, Press TV Turkish authorities say they have seized a large quantity of chemicals on the country’s border with Syria, adding that the chemicals “could be transformed into weapons.” Turkey’s army said in a statement issued on Sunday that a convoy of three vehicles attempted to smuggle the …

Nov 3, 2013, Global Research In a report titled “Hezbollah shows strain of Syria war”, The Guardian’s Middle East Editor Ian Black, explains to the reader that Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah “sounds more troubled than defiant when he talks about the Syrian war these days”. Black doesn’t offer the …