Oct 24, 2013, Interfax Russian citizens are aware of the Russian-U.S. agreements concerning Syria, which are supported by UN resolutions, and think the deal has helped prevent a military operation against Syria, sociologists from the Russian Opinion Study Center (VTsIOM) said. Some 68% of the respondents showed an interest in …
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 »Ramsey Clark’s visit to Syria (audio)
Sep 30, 2013, Taylor Report Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who has recently returned from Syria, recounts his meeting with President Assad, and the new peace initiatives in the region. LISTEN HERE
Read More »On the Military Alliance of Israel and Saudi Arabia against Iran
Oct 24, 2013, Strategic Culture Saudi Arabia’s ministry of defense has placed an order with the U.S. for the delivery of high-tech cruise missiles and aerial bombs totaling 6.8 billion dollars. It is expected that the contract will be signed within a month after the request is approved by Congress. …
Read More »Saudi-US Row: Prince Bandar bin ‘Sulking’ Tries Old Bribe and Threat Trick Again
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. …
Read More »The Syrian People Alone Must Decide Who Stays and Who Goes
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 …
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 »Washington Casts Blame for Expansion of Al-Qaeda on Turkey
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. …
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 »Syria: Another Illegal War of Aggression based on Manipulation and Fake Intelligence
Sep 4, 2013, Global Research “Their [pro-Israel neocon] plan, which urged Israel to re-establish ‘the principle of preemption,’ has now been imposed by (Richard) Perle, (Douglas) Feith, (David) Wurmser & Co. on the United States.” Patrick J. Buchanan, American political commentator, The American Conservative, March 24, 2003 “I wasn’t afraid …
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