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  Oct 24, 2013, Strategic Culture Historic allies, the United States and Saudi Arabia, are in the midst of a full-blown row, after the kingdom’s spy chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan threatened that their strategic liaison was on the rocks.  The sulking sultan is no stranger to maverick mood swings. …

Oct 23, 2013, VNN Even as mercenaries and émigrés used to destroy Syria meet under the auspices of the UK, US and France and insist on regime change despite the on the ground reality in Syria, the US-Iran negotiations have been welcomed by citizens all over the world.  The government of Saudi …

Oct 21, 2013, Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate XIII World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Warsaw, Poland Oct 2l-23, 2013 Dear Friends, In May, 2013 I led a 16-person peace delegation to Syria at the invitation of Mussalaha National Movement. What we witnessed inside Syria was not being fairly depicted …

Oct 22, 2013, Stephen Lendman Obama’s war on Syria rages. Opposition forces are divided. Kofi Annan’s March 2012 six-point plan failed. Three months later, so did Geneva I. June 2012 talks were called a “last ditch effort” to halt violence. Similar headlines followed Annan’s plan. Fighting rages daily. Obama bears …

Oct 22, 2013, al Akhbar The release of the Lebanese pilgrims who were kidnapped in Syria more than a year and a half ago was not big enough news for Western media, or even for Arab oil and gas media. The story is embarrassing for those in Western media who …

Oct 22, 2013, Arab News The warm waters of the Gulf look quiet from where I am sitting in Doha, but such tranquility hardly reflects the conflicts this region continues to generate. The euphoria of the so-called Arab Spring is long gone, but what remains is a region that is …

  Oct 21, 2013, Press TV German media reports say Takfiri militants from Germany have gathered in Syria’s “German Camp” to fight against the Damascus government. According to a report by Der Spiegel on Monday, some 200 German militants have gathered in northern Syria in what has been dubbed the …

Oct 19, 2013, Strategic Culture It is no longer possible to conceal the obvious. The West, in its attempts to remove Bashar al-Asad from power during the years of the war in Syria, has nurtured a force so sinister that its tentacles are now reaching to the Western capitals themselves. …

October, 2013, Crescent International The US plans to sell more lethal weapons to two of the most oppressive regimes in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Neither has been able to use such weapons effectively. These weapons will most likely be used by the US against innocent Muslims. …

Oct 21, 2013, Press TV Eugene Michael Jones, editor of the Culture Wars Online Magazine from Indiana, has joined Press TV to discuss the upcoming Geneva conference on Syria. What follows is a rough transcription of the interview. Press TV: This Geneva II Conference was hyped up, there is a …