Syria
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Carter-Ruck’s accusations against Syria
British law firm Carter-Ruck isued a report, on 20 January 2014, accusing the “current Syrian regime” (sic) of war crimes and crimes against humanity, in other words two day before the opening of the Geneva 2 Peace Conference. Continue reading
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Media Spin Machine in High Gear: Top Three Media Lies About the Syrian Peace Talks By Shamus Cooke
The media spin machine is again kicking into high gear, perfectly timed to accompany the “Geneva II” Syria peace talks. The lies are necessary to give the Obama administration an upper hand in the peace negotiations, which are not being used to pursue peace, but instead, to accomplish the Obama administration’s longstanding goal of Syrian… Continue reading
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Syria Peace Conference: the Obama’s Administration Orwellian Subterfuge By Ajamu Baraka
It is difficult to call this week’s gathering in Montreux, Switzerland, a “peace conference” on Syria, since the U.S. and its allies are determined to change the regime by force of arms. Washington has forged an “unholy alliance with its “Wahhabi allies from Saudi Arabia and al-Qaeda,” who act as America’s “boots on the ground.” Continue reading
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“Geneva II” and the US regime-change drive in Syria By Patrick O’Connor
Wednesday’s opening of talks on the Syrian crisis was dominated by the Obama administration’s insistence that the purpose of the “Geneva II” discussions was to remove President Bashar al-Assad and install a pro-US puppet government. In the manner of a colonial overlord, US Secretary of State John Kerry declared, “We see only one option, negotiating… Continue reading
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Geneva II – Syrian Foreign Minister: “The West Publicly Claims to Be Fighting Terrorism, Whilst It Is Covertly Nourishing It.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Syrian Arab Republic, SYRIAN – steeped in history for seven thousand years. ARAB – proud of its steadfast pan-Arab heritage despite the deliberate acts of aggression of supposed brotherly Arabs. – Deputy Premier, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Walid al-Moallem. Continue reading
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US Feigns “Horror” Over Cooked-Up Report on Syrian War They Engineered
As with every Western-backed conference assembled regarding Syria, dramatic fabrications revealed just ahead of proceedings are intended to give them and their predetermined outcomes both gravity and “urgency.” Upcoming “peace talks” to be held in Switzerland are no exception. A report cooked up by the unelected dictatorship in Qatar is based on an anonymous source,… Continue reading
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Preparing Geneva-2 By Thierry Meyssan
Damascus – The last days of a war are always the deadliest. Routed armies avenge their defeat by committing futile atrocities, as we have seen in Adra where the tortures inflicted on loyalist workers have nothing to envy those committed during the fall of the Third Reich. But the situation is exacerbated by the collapse… Continue reading
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Syria: European Union attempts to sabotage Geneva-2
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who had invited Iran Monday night withdrew his invitation Tuesday morning. Indeed, the delegation of the Syrian opposition had responded by canceling its attendance. To justify his retraction, Ban hypocritically evoked Iran’s refusal to endorse the Geneva I communique, which Iran can not do because it wasn’t there. Continue reading
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As Geneva talks open, US advances trumped-up torture charges against Syria By Alex Lantier
With Geneva II international talks on the Syrian war set to open today in Switzerland, US media yesterday trumpeted unsubstantiated charges of torture and murder against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by international human rights prosecutors. Continue reading
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With Syria talks in disarray, UN yanks invitation to Iran By Bill Van Auken
The US, Britain and France, together with their so-called “rebel” stooges based in Turkey, have opposed the participation of Iran, which is, together with Russia, the closest ally of the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad. The major Western powers see Tehran’s presence as inimical to their main goal in convening the talks, which is… Continue reading
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Missile Experts: White House Made False Claims Over Syrian WMD Use
Threatened with a possible impeachment procedure should he go to war over unverified WMD claims Obama was forced to go to Congress to ask for support. But the people of the United States were against another war in the Middle East and Congress, despite heavy lobbying from the Zionists, declined to act. Offered a deal… Continue reading
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MIT study of Ghouta chemical attack challenges US intelligence
A new MIT report is challenging the US claim that Assad forces used chemical weapons in an attack last August, highlighting that the range of the improvised rocket was way too short to have been launched from govt controlled areas. Continue reading
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Syria’s Hospitals targeted by NATO-backed Armed Groups By Prof. Tim Anderson
Since 2011 NATO-backed armed groups have systematically attacked more than two thirds of Syria’s public hospitals, and have murdered, kidnapped or injured more than 300 health workers. Continue reading
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Syria Chemical Weapons: Who was behind the East Ghouta Attacks? By Yuram Abdullah Weiler
By design, the final report of the United Nations Mission to investigate allegations of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic did not address the question of who was responsible for the August 21, 2013 gas attack in the suburbs of Damascus. Continue reading
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Case Against Syria’s Assad Falls Apart
Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh recently destroyed America’s claim that it was clearly the Syrian government which carried out the chemical weapons attacks. Now, the U.N. weapons inspectors have quietly retracted one of their main claims implying that Assad we behind the attack. Continue reading
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Syria: The UN is Turning Butchers into Partners for Peace By Ali Mallah
The UN now appeals for help to deal with the refugee crisis in Syria. Two of the main perpetrators of the crisis, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have been asked to provide help by the organization. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, France, the UK and the USA are the same countries that brought death and destruction to… Continue reading
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Russia: Aug. 21 Syria Chemical Attack Was 'Staged'
Russia’s ambassador told the council that the dramatic Aug. 21 attack that led to Syria agreeing to give up its chemical stockpile was “staged” and a “large-scale provocation.” Continue reading
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UN Syrian Chemical Weapons Report Exposes Washington’s Lies By Patrick O’Connor
The release of a United Nations chemical weapons inspectors’ report pointing to multiple sarin gas attacks carried out by so-called “rebel” forces further exposes the Obama administration’s lies about Syrian government responsibility for an August 21 chemical shelling of the Ghouta area outside of Damascus. Continue reading
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Syria: Media Disinformation, War Propaganda and the Corporate Media’s “Independent Bloggers” By Phil Greaves
A glaring example of one of the major pitfalls emerging in supposed “new media” has arisen during the conflict in Syria. Most notably in the form of YouTube blogger, and self-proclaimed weapons expert Eliot Higgins, aka “Brown Moses”. The clique of highly ideological analysts, think-tankers and journalists Higgins’ regularly works with and consults – alongside… Continue reading
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Video: Number of Foreign Mercenaries in Syria Much Higher than Estimates
Press TV talks with Michel Chossudovsky, from the Center for Research on Globalization from Montreal, regarding the figures released by Foreign Policy magazine about the number of foreign militants fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria. Continue reading
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