DAMASCUS
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Watch: Damascus walks, April 26-28, Stores Re-Opened, Life in Streets
During my hours-long daily walks all around Damascus, I’ve been delighted to note (as always) the calm and people interacting as normal on the streets, but also the re-opening of stores. That started over a week ago, with shops (non-essential) re-opening on alternate days. As of some days ago, they are allowed to open daily… Continue reading
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Damascus life & calm
Scenes from April 21, walking through old Damascus, where shops have re-opened partially and where calm and humanity prevail Continue reading
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Beautiful Damascus streets, filmed over the days of Eid By Eva Bartlett
10 June 2019 — In Gaza As charming as these scenes are, I’ve had many tell me over the years, including recently, that holidays are tainted with massive sadness for those martyred and maimed by terrorists and in the fight against terrorism and to restore peace to Syria. Continue reading
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Syria like it really is
As with the Blitz, these attacks [by the ‘rebels’] appear completely random. Many of the shells land harmlessly, or do not explode. Others cause mayhem. On Tuesday, one struck a school in Bab Touma (St Thomas’s Gate), killing one child and wounding roughly 40. And over the past few days the volume of the bombardment… Continue reading
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Israel Bombs Syria Becomes Israel Is Only Defending Itself By Danny Schechter
An Israeli plane bombs a target in Syria. The news is passed along first to Fox News, (huh?) by someone in the Administration. It happened on a Thursday, but we find out about it late on Friday. The New York Times assigns three reporter to cover the story that goes up on the website in… Continue reading
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When Zionists and “Jihadists” Join Hands: Syria Accuses Israel of Supporting Al Nusra Rebels
The Ministry said that Israeli warplanes violated the Syrian airspace on Wednesday dawn, January 30th, 2013 sneaking from the north of Al-Sheikh Mountain, flying at a low altitude and below radars, and heading to Jamraya in Damascus Countryside where a branch of a scientific research center is located and bombarded the location. Continue reading
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West’s Syrian Chemical Weapons Canard: Prelude to Intervention
“The real concern is that the U.S. may have other plans; to provide the terrorist groups with such weaponries…to justify any foreign intervention in Syria’s internal affairs,” Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad told local media on Thursday. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 