Syria
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Straining Credulity? By Alastair Crooke
The UN Secretary General was reported on March 3 saying that he had received “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in Homs after retaking control of the Baba Amr district from insurgents. Did he really believe this; or was he just “saying it”? Continue reading
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Al Qaeda “Virtue Police” Show up Along NATO Protected Turkish-Syrian Border By Tony Cartalucci
NATO-backed terrorists along Turkish-Syrian border establish Al Qaeda-style “Virtue & Vice Police,” heralding the West’s true designs for Syria. Continue reading
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Al Qaeda “Virtue Police” Show up Along NATO Protected Turkish-Syrian Border By Tony Cartalucci
NATO-backed terrorists along Turkish-Syrian border establish Al Qaeda-style “Virtue & Vice Police,” heralding the West’s true designs for Syria. Continue reading
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Libyan Scenario for Syria By Igor IGNATCHENKO
This September the British Times published an article saying the largest shipload of arms destined for Free Syrian Army came to Turkey from Libya. It stated there were 400 tons of weapons, including an unspecified number of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, grenade launchers and other arms aboard a Libyan ship the Intisaar, docked at the Turkish… Continue reading
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Video: Insurgents in Syria equipped with American arms
A newly released video shows members of an al-Qaeda-affiliated insurgent group in Syria equipped with US-made weapons, Press TV reports. Continue reading
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The Assads: Washington’s one-time favorite family in Damascus By Wayne MADSEN
Archived declassified files from the Central Intelligence Agency point to successive U.S. administrations supporting Syria’s long-serving President Hafez al-Assad, the father of current President Bashar al-Assad, as a bulwark against Arab radicals. Israel also recognized Hafez al-Assad as the “most pragmatic” of all the Arab leaders of his day… Continue reading
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New Phase of Syrian Crisis By Boris DOLGOV
he Syrian opposition abroad held a session in Qatar to form a new organization to guide their activities – the so-called National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition. It is led by elected President Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, a Sunni Sheikh, a former imam of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and an ardent opponent of Bashar… Continue reading
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West Conjures Fake “Syrian” Government By Tony Cartalucci
Predictably, the Western arranged confab in Doha, Qatar has seen the selection and approval by the US and its allies of a “new opposition coalition” to serve as the face of militants fighting inside Syria. This was in response to overwhelming international condemnation to what has become an open proxy war fought against Syria by… Continue reading
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Enemy inside the gates: Syria’s main foe is ‘foreign-sponsored terrorists’
Syrian President Bashar Assad is not caught in a traditional civil war, but is rather struggling against an extra-state-sponsored war of terrorism to bring down his government, according to Russian experts. Continue reading
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Syria’s Assad warns of apocalyptic war
In a rare interview with Russia Today TV, President Bashar al-Assad vigorously clarified his stance on the current Syrian crisis created by the West and some regional states including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar and warned them of the apocalyptic consequences of any foreign intervention in Syria. Continue reading
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Syria the Bleeding and Spreading Wound (II) By Najmuddin A. SHAIKH
Syria as my last article showed is bleeding but its neighbours too are badly affected. As Lakdar Brahimi, while in Beirut canvassing support for his proposal for an Eid Festival ceasefire in Syria warned «This crisis cannot remain confined within Syrian territory»… «Either it is solved, or it gets worse… and sets [the region] ablaze». Continue reading
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US Dumps Syrian National Council (SNC), Focus Exclusively on Arming “Al Qaeda in Syria” By Tony Cartalucci
Extremists have constituted the so-called “opposition” from the very beginning, by design, with explicit US, NATO, Saudi and Qatari funding, weapons, and support. Continue reading
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Washington “tests” new strategy on Syria By Ilya Kharlamov
The US is making new attempts to intervene the domestic crisis in Syria. Washington has made up a list of individuals and organizations it wants to see in the renewed leadership of the Syrian opposition and the new Syrian government after the victory over the “regime”. Continue reading
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Bloodbath in Syria By Alexey Pilko
It is now evident that the recent ceasefire was violated Syria by the radical opposition groups. The terrorist’s activities led to numerous victims and, what is unthinkable, the United Nations was unable to condemn them. Continue reading
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Syria: US-Backed Terrorists Mass Murder Unarmed Civilians By Tony Cartalucci
The Washington Post claims “soldiers” were executed – terrorists in video clearly refer to victims as civilian “shabih.” Victims had no weapons, uniforms, or IDs indicating they were soldiers. Continue reading
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Lebanon Bombing: Impetus for US-NATO Planned Sectarian War By Tony Cartalucci
It was, starting at least in 2007, the goal of the US, Saudis, and Israelis to trigger a region wide sectarian war with which to overrun the governments of Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. This was documented in detail in Seymour Hersh’s 2007 New Yorker article, “The Redirection” which was covered in depth in, “Syrian War:… Continue reading
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‘Turkey should show evidence for their complaint’
Syria has refuted as “absolutely untrue” Turkish allegations that a civilian plane headed for Damascus was carrying Russian-made munitions. Meanwhile, analysts doubt the Turks could have found anything compromising enough to back their claims. Continue reading
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Syria, Turkey, Israel and a Greater Middle East Energy War By William Engdahl
The battle for the future control of Syria is at the heart of this enormous geopolitical war and tug of war. Its resolution will have enormous consequences for either world peace or endless war and conflict and slaughter. NATO member Turkey is playing with fire as is Qatar’s Emir, along with Israel s Netanyahu and… Continue reading
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Syria plane intercepted by Turkey did not carry illegal cargo
The Syrian plane that was forced to land by the Turkish authorities was not carrying prohibited cargoes, the Syrian Foreign Ministry stated. Continue reading
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