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Oct 29, 2013, RT.com The rebels used chemical weapons in north-eastern Syria near the border with Turkey on Tuesday, a Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen reported. The toxic shell exploded near a Kurdish defense forces’ checkpoint close to the border with Turkey in the city of Ras al-Ayn al-Hasakah. The attack …

Oct 17, 2011, Jeremy Salt As insurrection in Syria lurches towards civil war, the brakes need to be put on the propaganda pouring through the Western mainstream media and accepted uncritically by many who should know better. So here is a matrix of positions from which to argue about what …

Oct 26, 2013, Press TV Head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says over 210 German militants have travelled from the country to Syria since the Syrian conflict started nearly three years ago. “There are well over 210 people, that we know of, who have gone to Syria,” said Hans-Georg Maassen, …

Oct 23, 2013, Stephen Gowans The Friends of Syria—an 11 country coalition ranged against the Syrian government—favors what it calls a “democratic” transition in Damascus. There are multiple problems with this. The coalition says that the current president, Bashar al-Assad, must have “no role in Syria.” How odd that an …

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 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 …

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 …

Oct 18, 2013, Global Research The Pentagon plans to sell $10.8 Billion worth of military weapons to its closest allies in the Middle East besides Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the Pentagon will sell Saudi Arabia and the UAE, two of …

Oct 16, 2013, Washington Post Several dozen rebel groups in southern Syria have broken with the main political opposition group in exile, a local commander said in a video posted Wednesday, dealing a potential new setback to Western efforts to unify moderates battling President Bashar Assad’s regime. The Turkey-based Syrian …