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Oct 30, 2013, Global Research The US is determined to strengthen the hand of the Syrian rebel forces in advance of any peace talks in order to change the alignment of forces. The recent violence could be part of that strategy, Brian Becker, Director of Answer Coalition, told RT. RT: …
Read More »Syrian rebels say peace talks “treasonous”
Oct 27, 2013, al Akhbar Powerful armed groups in Syria said attending peace talks or negotiating with Damascus would be an act of betrayal. The joint declaration by the 19 Islamist groups fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad cast further doubt on whether the long-delayed peace talks dubbed “Geneva 2” …
Read More »Paranoid Saudis fear US treachery
Oct 24, 2013, Press TV The Saudis are sulking big time with Washington. This is not just due to a temper-tantrum by the kingdom’s spymaster, Prince Bandar. The entire House of Saud is in ructions over what the rulers perceive as “American treachery”. When Prince Bandar bin Sultan briefed anonymous …
Read More »Syrian Peace Talks
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 …
Read More »‘Enemies may want to create anarchy in Syria’
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 …
Read More »Bankrupt at Home and Abroad, Syria Shows Washington is a Spent Geopolitical Player
Oct 19, 2013, Strategic Culture Foundation US policy on Syria could be described as «a comedy of errors» if the consequences for human suffering were not so brutal. Having largely created a quagmire of terrorism and lawlessness in Syria through covert insurgency operations over the past two and half years, …
Read More »Syria sets date for Geneva talks to end conflict
Oct 17, 2013, Telegraph A new attempt by the international community to forge a peace deal for Syria could begin late next month, according to the Syrian government. After a week of growing speculation that the long-sought “Geneva 2” peace conference had finally been agreed, Qadri Jamil, a Syrian deputy …
Read More »Ready to detonate: Saudi-backed rebels strap bombs to Geneva-2 talks
Oct 15, 2013, RT.com As Syria’s rebels refuse to take part in Geneva-2, Saudi Arabia has emerged as the primary state-backer of rebel groups now trying to escalate the Syrian conflict and topple Assad by force. When Vladimir Putin met with Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia in August, the newly …
Read More »1,500 evacuated from clashes near Damascus as major opposition group rejects Geneva-2
Oct13, 2013, RT.com Some 1,500 civilians were evacuated from a hotspot suburb of Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said. It comes as the Syrian National Council declared they wouldn’t attend peace talks in Geneva threatening to quit the National Coalition. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) said …
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