EEV: Requesting 2nd source confirmation Photo: EPA In an interview with Dale Gavlak, a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and Mint Press News, Syrian rebels tacitly implied that they were responsible for last week’s chemical attack. Some information… Read More ›
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Russia sends warships to the Mediterranean as the West prepares for possible strikes against Syria ( “a planned rotation.” )
Thursday, 29 August 2013 Russia will “over the next few days” be sending an anti-submarine ship and a missile cruiser to the Mediterranean as the West prepares for possible strikes against Syria, the Interfax news agency said on Thursday…. 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 ›
Syria: US calls on UN to withdraw experts, mission senseless
Wsj, there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use 28 August, 10:09 (ANSAmed) – NEW YORK, AUGUST 28 – The UN mission in Syria is meaningless, as there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use, US… Read More ›
Saudi takes keys away from more rogue women drivers
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:15 AM Author: Lisa AndersonMore news from our correspondents Female driver Azza Al Shmasani displays a note that she says was placed on her car by an unknown person in Saudi… 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 ›
Israeli army placed on high alert
Photo: Flickr.com/kudumomo/cc-by In a live interview on Press TV, Voice of Russia regular contributor and the owner of the Stop NATO website Rick Rozoff, citing multiple sources, stated that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been placed on high alert…. 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 ›
News of chemical weapons attack in Syria published one day before massacre happened – Islamic Invitation Turkey ***GRAPHIC/ SHOWS CHILDREN***
EEV: The video is only included by the Russian press in order to analyze the argument. Otherwise I would have omitted it. © Collage: Voice of Russia The Islamic politics and cultural website Islamic Invitation Turkey claims that several videos were uploaded… Read More ›
Foreign mercenaries in Syria intimidating Alawites, Kurds
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS MOSCOW, August 22 (Itar-Tass) – Foreign mercenaries fighting in Syria are trying to intimidate the Alawites and Kurds, committing mass murders, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich stated on Thursday. He cited the situation in Aleppo’s Karm al-Jabal … Read More ›
U.N. stops short of demanding Syria chemical attack probe
Source: Reuters – Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:02 PM Author: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council said it was necessary to clarify an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus suburbs on Wednesday but stopped short… Read More ›
Syria’s military command denies chemical weapon use
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS KUWAIT CITY, August 21 (Itar-Tass) – Syria’s military command denied the opposition’s claims that the government troops had used chemical weapons on the outskirts of Damascus. Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said such claims on the part of the… Read More ›
Disturbing report alleges killings of 450 Kurds in Syria / Kurds have begun Mobilization
Published time: August 07, 2013 04:52 Unconfirmed reports have emerged detailing a new massacre in which 450 Kurds – including 120 children – were allegedly slaughtered by al-Qaeda-linked rebels fighting against the Syrian government. The report has sparked international concern…. 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 ›
Syrian sharia committee issues fatwa against croissants
Posted By Charles Rollet On 4:03 PM 07/31/2013 In World | No Comments While the croissant-doughnut or “cronut” is all the rage in New York, some in Syria have pushed back against the famous French component of the trendy new… Read More ›
For Congress, ‘it’s classified’ is new equivalent of ‘none of your business’
McClatchy Washington Bureau Posted on Tue, Jul. 30, 2013 By Ali Watkins | McClatchy Washington Bureau last updated: July 30, 2013 05:12:33 PM WASHINGTON — ] The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reportedly gave its approval last week to an… Read More ›
RT source: Israeli strike on Syria was carried out from Turkish base
Published time: July 15, 2013 04:00 Edited time: July 15, 2013 13:00 Israel used a Turkish military base to launch one of its recent airstrikes against Syria from the sea, a reliable source told RT. Israel has been under… Read More ›
Israel attacks Syria to destroy Russian-made ‘Yakhont’ anti-ship missiles
Photo: RIA Novosti It is for the first time that Israel has used its state -of-the art submarine fleet to hit a facility on Syria’s territory. According to today’s issue of “The Sunday Times” of London, in the early hours… 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 ›
China state media blames Syria rebels for Xinjiang violence
Source: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 09:30 AM Author: Reuters Armed paramilitary policemen run in formation during a gathering to mobilize security operations in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING, July 1 (Reuters) – Chinese state… Read More ›
Dozens dead as Syrian war spreads to Sidon in Lebanon
Snipers out on the streets as Lebanese army scours city for anti-Hezbollah cleric Richard Hall Monday, 24 June 2013 Sniper fire echoed across the Lebanese city of Sidon last night as violence fuelled by the civil war in neighbouring Syria… 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 ›
EU official wants criminal penalties for joining Syrian fighting
Source: Reuters – Wed, 5 Jun 2013 07:18 PM Author: Reuters BRUSSELS, June 5 (Reuters) – European countries should make it a criminal offence to fight in foreign rebellions or receive jihadist training overseas, the EU’s counter-terrorism chief said… Read More ›
Syria: Christians greatest victims of bloodshed, Chacour
Arab Spring betrayed, danger of Sharia, says bishop 28 May, 14:25 (By Nina Fabrizio). (ANSAmed) – Haifa – Archbishop Elias Chacour, head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Israel, said Christians had suffered the greatest bloodshed since… 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 ›
Syria vows to retaliate against Israel
Photo: EPA A series of massive explosions illuminated the dark sky over Damascus early Sunday, igniting renewed claims that Israel has launched attacks into the war-torn country. Syria’s government said the explosions were the second Israeli airstrike in three days…. 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 ›
Al-Jazeera banned by Iraq over ‘sectarian bias’ in coverage
Qatar-based channel and nine other stations have licences revoked as government claims they fuel bloodshed Associated Press in Baghdad guardian.co.uk, Sunday 28 April 2013 09.56 EDT The newsroom at the headquarters of al-Jazeera, in Qatar. Photograph: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images The Iraqi… 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 ›
Israeli air strike: Syria and Iran vow to retaliate
Arab League, Egypt condem attack. But target remains unclear 31 January, 20:45 An Israeli F-15 jet fighter (archive) (ANSAmed) – BEIRUT – Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, has been quoted by US media as saying that “there… 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 ›
Syria must be defenseless for America to illegaly invade, Rated:XXX ” Russian troops are on the ground”
John Robles Jan 9, 2013 20:31 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Poised and ready to invade Syria and continue its plans for complete global military and political domination at any cost, the US is faltering and has yet to invade Syria…. Read More ›
Report: Russia Sends Landing Ships to Syria
<!—-> Dec. 30, 2012 – 11:39AM By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW— A Russian warship carrying a unit of marines has left its Black Sea port for Syria amid preparations for a possible evacuation of nationals living and working in the strife-torn… 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 ›
Report: Syrian Rebels Have New Anti-Aircraft Missiles
<!—-> Nov. 29, 2012 – 10:35AM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON — Syrian rebels have recently obtained up to 40 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, the Washington Post reported Nov. 29, citing Western and Middle Eastern intelligence officials. Some of the missiles… 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 ›
Russian expert warns of possibility of large-scale war in Middle East
Nov 24, 2012 22:17 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Turkey has asked NATO to deploy “Patriot” missiles on the Turkish side near the Turkish-Syrian border. In an interview with the Voice of Russia, Russian analyst Konstantin Sivkov said: “Deploying these missiles… Read More ›
Czech anti-chemical warfare troops are in Jordan
Posted By John Reed Wednesday, November 21, 2012 – 1:11 PM Czech troops are in Jordan, providing technical expertise in case Syria’s massive stockpile of chemical weapons is somehow unleashed by the Assad regime, rebels, or terrorists. “We… 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 ›
Israeli vehicle comes under Syria fire in disputed Golan Heights
An Israeli military vehicle has come under fire from the Syrian side of the occupied Golan Heights near the demarcation line, according to the Israeli army. Earlier the chief of the army, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz warned that Israel might… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 