Thursday, 18 September 2014 The UN has halted a measles vaccination campaign in northern Syria after at least 15 children died after receiving shots, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in a joint statement. “UNICEF… Read More ›
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Islamic State and Syrian regime using cluster munitions, HRW
The jihadist Islamic State (IS) has a training camp in Turkey near the Syrian border, reported Turkish media on Monday (ANSAmed) – BEIRUT/ANKARA – Islamic State jihadists have used cluster munitions in Syria in at least one location in recent… Read More ›
Islamic State orders total cover-up for women
In this July 29, 2014 photo, militants parade in Beiji, some 250 kilometers north of the capital, Baghdad, Iraq. (AP) LATEST STORIES IN MIDDLE-EAST Arab News BEIRUT: The Islamic State has imposed a strict dress code for women in eastern… Read More ›
US arms Syrian rebels with first heavy weapons, anti-tank BGM-71 TOW missiles – raising war stakes
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 7, 2014, 8:56 AM (IDT) BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile Two Syrian rebel militias judged moderate in Washington have in the last few days taken delivery and begun using – mostly in the Idlib region – the… Read More ›
Putin defies Obama in Syria as arms flow fuels Assad resurgence
A Syrian woman reacts following an air strike by Syrian government forces in the al-Sakhour district of the northern city of Aleppo on April 2. Photo: AFP Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin, condemned by NATO for annexing Crimea, is now… Read More ›
NSA spied on 122 World Leaders
Sunday 30 March 2014 Secret documents newly disclosed by the German newspaper Der Spiegel on Saturday shed more light on how aggressively the National Security Agency and its British counterpart have targeted Germany for surveillance. A series of classified files… Read More ›
Syria accuses Turkey of downing fighter jet over Syrian teritory
Sunday, 23 March 2014 Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says its armed forces have shot down a Syrian military jet which had violated its airspace. He warned such action by Syria merited a “heavy response”.
Turkey vows to protect Ottoman tomb in northern Syria from rebels
Source: Reuters – Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:37 PM Author: Reuters * Ankara says Ottoman tomb in Syria is Turkish territory * Islamist militants hold area where tomb is located ISTANBUL, March 14 (Reuters) – Turkey threatened on Friday… Read More ›
Ukrainian Crisis May Jeopardize Obama’s Plans From Iran to China
EEV: In addition to Bloomberg’s analysis, failing to abide by the Budapest referendum may result in all military agreements being looked at with skepticism. China may now be encouraged to make a move for the South China Sea. – seeking an end… Read More ›
Cody Wilson created a gun that can be download and built with a 3D printer – is he too dangerous for Britain?
The extreme libertarian is coming to London challenge the global financial system Paul Peachey Thursday, 21 November 2013 He speaks of liberty, freedom and helping society’s marginalised. His dedication to civil liberties has brought him a loyal band of followers…. Read More ›
Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic ties with US over response to conflict in Syria
Saudi Arabia is an important ally to the U.S. as it provides a secure source of oil Saudi diplomats now promise a ‘major shift’ in relations with the U.S. over inaction in the conflict in Syria Secretary of State… Read More ›
Report: Pundits for war with Syria failed to disclose defense industry ties
Posted By Brendan Bordelon On 11:19 AM 10/12/2013 In Daily Caller News Foundation | No Comments A new study shows that most of the talking heads urging war with Syria last month worked for powerful defense contractors, a fact rarely… Read More ›
Crisis: Sectarian hatred is moving from Syria into the mainstream of Turkey’s political life
Turkish Shias in fear of life on the edge Sectarian hatred is moving from Syria into the mainstream of Turkey’s political life. Patrick Cockburn explains the complex battle lines Patrick Cockburn Sunday, 6 October 2013 The poison of sectarian hatred… Read More ›
Exclusive: Iraq still using bogus bomb detectors – and thousands pay the price
More than 4,500 people have been killed since the conviction of UK businessman, James McCormick, in April Kim Sengupta Wednesday, 2 October 2013 Bogus bomb detectors are still being used in Iraq five months after a British businessman who supplied… Read More ›
Turkey shuts Syria crossing after Qaeda group storms border town
Source: Reuters – Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:17 PM Author: Reuters * Official says gate closed amid confusion on Syrian side * Clashes now stopped, mediation under way * Fighting shows deep divisions between rebel factions (Adds comments from… Read More ›
Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane’s report
Nearly half the rebel fighters in Syria are now aligned to jihadist or hardline Islamist groups according to a new analysis of factions in the country’s civil war. Opposition forces have fragmented into as many as 1,000 bands Photo: Rex Features… Read More ›
France: ‘soldier’ Hollande’s popularity hits new low
Cuts, unemployment and deficit as war moves further away 11 September, 19:11 prev next (by Tullio Giannotti) (ANSAmed) – PARIS – As the war against Assad becomes more distant on the horizon, French citizens have to deal with… Read More ›
Turkey risks war with Assad, peace with Kurds
Erdogan deploys troops on the border, 72% Turks against attack 10 September, 12:24 (by Francesco Cerri) (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, SEPTEMBER 10 – Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just been through the negative outcome of Istanbul’s competition to… Read More ›
Syrian rebels plan chemical attack on Israel from Assad-controlled territories – media
Photo: AFP A chemical attack may be launched on Israel by Syrian rebels from government-controlled areas as a “major provocation”, a number of sources have told Russian media. The news comes as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed that Syria… Read More ›
Official: US Could Increase Scale of Syria Strikes / Longer engagement, and use of Air Force Bombers
Sep. 8, 2013 – 11:49AM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | A BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from its Mark 41 vertical launch system aboard the Destroyer USS FIFE (DD-991) during Operation Desert Storm. War planners aim to unleash a… Read More ›
Syrian village ‘liberated’ by rebels… who then forced Christians to convert to Islam
Syrian rebels including al-Qaida-linked fighters have gained control of a Christian village north-east of the capital Damascus Government media has provided a different account suggesting regime forces are winning The battle is taking place in Maaloula, a scenic mountain village… Read More ›
A war the Pentagon doesn’t want
EEV: This is from the July 18th meeting. As you can easily see, Sen. McCain was already determined to go to war. By Robert H. Scales, Published: September 5 Robert H. Scales, a retired Army major general, is a former commandant… Read More ›
Compared to Syrian biological weapons, sarin is nothing – official
Photo: RIA Novosti The issue of chemical and biological weapons in Syria is creating concerns in both neighbouring and distant countries. The mere presence of such weapons in the hands of the Syrian rebels is seen as a threat in… Read More ›
Syria Nuclear Milestones and what ia a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor
Research Reactor Section IAEA Support of Research Reactor HEU to LEU Fuel Conversion Miniature Neutron Source Reactors The Chinese-built Miniature Neutron Source Reactors (MNSR, 27 kW) reactors (two in China, five abroad) are low-power, neutron source RRs used primarily for… Read More ›
Destruction of Christianity as the result of the Arab Spring
© Collage: The Voice of Russia The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime would mark the end of the Christian civilization not only in Syria, but also in the entire Middle East, experts are afraid. Already today in the region… Read More ›
Pictures emerge showing US Secretary John Kerry and President Assad dining in Syria together
Heather Saul Tuesday, 3 September 2013 Pictures have emerged showing the US Secretary of State John Kerry dining with President Bashar al-Assad, as Mr Kerry continued to push for a military strike on Syria following a suspected chemical attack…. Read More ›
State Dept Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Ordered Syria’s Chemical Strike
Posted By Elias Groll Wednesday, August 28, 2013 – 10:24 PM With the United States barreling toward a strike on Syria, U.S. officials say they are completely certain that Bashar al-Assad’s government is responsible for last week’s… Read More ›
Does Obama know he’s fighting on al-Qa’ida’s side?
Robert Fisk Tuesday 27 August 2013 ‘All for one and one for all’ should be the battle cry if the West goes to war against Assad’s Syrian regime Getty Images If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he… Read More ›
Kurdish leader – It’s not Assad, West tries to Frame Him
EEV: Still no proof of who launched the chemical attack. If anybody has any direct links to evidence of whom is at fault, please link. Monday, 26 August 2013 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would not be “so stupid” as to… Read More ›
As the West considers action against the ruling Assad regime in Syria, we must take note of a chilling warning from 1914
By Peter McKay PUBLISHED: 17:12 EST, 25 August 2013 | UPDATED: 17:12 EST, 25 August 2013 As the centenary of the 1914-1918 Great War approaches, historian Christopher Clark points out that conflict’s eerie, modern relevance. ‘The assassination of… Read More ›
Russia: Chemical attack in Syria, yet another set up by Foreign Forces and Al Qaeda
Friday, 23 August 2013 The fearsome trio US, UK and France reacted with a fury dished out by their media over an alleged chemical attack in Syria, the problem is, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, these countries reacted before… Read More ›
Syrian “rebels” executed 450 women and children
Photo: EPA Terrorists and militants of the extremist groups “Dzhebhat-en-Nusra” and “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” who are fighting against the Syrain army attempting to overthrow the president have committed a new massacre in the north of Syria…. Read More ›
Turkey: Great Kurdistan, a potential nightmare for Erdogan
Syrian Kurds toward autonomous entity, border heating up 29 July, 13:46 (by Francesco Cerri). (ANSAmed) – ANKARA – Over two years since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, the situation developing in the warn-torn country is looking increasingly… Read More ›
US-made monitoring devices detected on Iran and Sudan networks
Ellen Nakashima Tuesday, 9 July 2013 American-made devices used for internet monitoring have been detected on government and commercial computer networks in Iran and Sudan, in apparent violation of US sanctions that ban the sale of goods, services or… Read More ›
Facebook removes pic of Syrian rebel smiling with beheaded Christian
Posted By Josh Peterson On 5:48 PM 06/21/2013 In World | Facebook stumbled into the heated debate over Syrian intervention after it removed a graphic photo depicting a Syrian rebel holding the decapitated head of a Christian man over a… Read More ›
The Syrian conflict is looking like a replay of the Spanish Civil War, which paved the way for World War II.
Italian DM: Will Syria Boil Over Into Regional Conflict? Jun. 16, 2013 – 11:10AM | By TOM KINGTON | Italian Defense Minister Mario Mauro (File photo / Agence France-Presse) ROME — Italy’s new defense minister has a dire warning for… Read More ›
Turkey: ‘sultan’ Erdogan trips over 600 trees
‘People of Ataturk’ against Islamic premier’s absolute power 03 June, 19:46 (by Francesco Cerri) (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, JUNE 3 – ‘Erdogan is not all-powerful’ observes, almost with surprise, Hurriyet’s analyst Murat Yetkin. A protest which began as a… Read More ›
Israel ‘will know what to do’ over Russia missiles deliveries to Syria
S – 300. Photo: RIA Novosti Israel “will know what to do” if Russia delivers anti-aircraft missiles to Syria, its defence minister said Tuesday, in an apparent allusion to another air strike on the war-torn neighbouring country. “The deliveries have… Read More ›
UN Counters Misinformation by Media: Syrian ‘Rebels’ used Chemical Weapons, not Govt
Monday, 06 May 2013 UN human rights investigators have spoken to the victims of Syria’s civil war and gathered medical testimonies which point to the Syrian terrorists having used sarin nerve gas, while any allegations of its use by… Read More ›
Israeli strike killed 300 Syrian soldiers – news portal
The Sea of Galilee is seen in the background as an Iron Dome, a short-range missile defence system, is positioned on a hill in northern Israel, on May 5, 2013. Photo: AFP The damaspost.com news portal has quoted Syrian sources… Read More ›
‘Missiles fired at’ Russian plane with 159 passengers onboard flying over Syria
Published time: April 29, 2013 16:14 Edited time: April 29, 2013 21:46 Two missiles were reportedly fired at a Russian plane with at least 159 passengers on board that was flying over Syrian territory. Russian officials admit the jet faced… Read More ›
Child Soldiers In Syria: Sick Mascots or the New Face of Global Jihad?
posted by Versha Sharma on March 22,2013 in Sneak Peek Young kids with Ak-47s. Really young. As in toddlers. Some of the rebels in Syria’s civil war think it’s cute. Some of the pro-Assad forces are using the pictures of… Read More ›
Syrian rebels say seize UN convoy
EEV: Video Recently Added Mar 6, 2013 20:51 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Syrian rebels say they have seized a convoy of United Nations observers near the Golan Heights, according to a video posted on the Internet site YouTube… Read More ›
Provocation against Russia being prepared in Syria
Alexei Lyakhov, Konstantin Garibov Jan 11, 2013 17:59 Moscow Time Photo: EPA In separate interviews with the Voice of Russia broadcast on Thursday, a host of experts mentioned a new round of information warfare against Bashar Assad and… Read More ›
Russians man Syrian air defences
Russian military presence in Syria poses challenge to US-led intervention Advisers deployed with surface-to-air systems bolster President Assad’s defences and complicate outcome of any future strikes Julian Borger The Guardian, Sunday 23 December 2012 16.30 EST Syria crisis –… Read More ›
Top ten signs that your authoritarian regime is in trouble
Posted By Daniel W. Drezner Thursday, December 13, 2012 – 2:01 PM Ellen Barry reports in the New York Times that the Russians see the handwriting on the wall in Syria: Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia’s top envoy… Read More ›
Plane loads of cash: Flight records reveal Russia flew 30 tonnes of bank notes to Syrian regime
The logs show that a cargo plane belonging to the Syrian Air Force made eight round trips between Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport and Damascus over three months this summer Shaun Walker Monday, 26 November 2012 According to newly released… Read More ›
Israel fires into Syria for second day: “it made direct hit, believed to be on Syrian mobile artillery”
IDF says it made direct hit, believed to be on Syrian mobile artillery, in response to shell landing near post in Golan Heights Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem The Guardian, Monday 12 November 2012 12.17 EST Smoke rises after shells explode… Read More ›
“What border?”: Syria war reaches Turkey
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:42 GMT Reuters * Bombs, gunfire from Syria close to Turkish homes * Rebels push into northeast, taking frontier towns * Growing concern in Turkey at spillover of violence By Jonathon Burch CEYLANPINAR, Turkey, Nov 12… Read More ›
Syria rebels take Turkish border town, Kurds alarmed
Thu, 8 Nov 2012 23:23 GMT Reuters * Ten killed in clashes to take border town – sources * Syrian rebels have captured several border outposts * Kurds alarmed by fighting, fear of reprisals By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, Nov… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 