Lebanon
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The Syrian Pendulum By Dmitry MININ
In recent days on the battlefield, the scales have clearly been tipping in favor of the government forces. Western strategists are faced with a choice: either admit that the attempt to establish a puppet regime in Syria has failed, or set aside all their «soft power» gimmicks and switch to an open and expensive military… Continue reading
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On the Road to Damascus: An Eyewitness Report By Antonio C. S. Rosa
I participated, May 1-11, 2013 in the Mussalaha International Peace Delegation to Lebanon-Syria alongside fellow TRANSCEND member Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire, from Ireland, and 15 others from eight countries. Keenly aware of my responsibility, especially to my newly made Syrian and Lebanese friends left behind, I shall try to report, describe, make sense of… Continue reading
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Israel Heads Closer to War on Syria By Stephen Lendman
Syria is Washington’s war. Israel’s very much involved. It abhors peace and stability. Its history reflects belligerence. It’s a direct threat. It borders Syria. Continue reading
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‘US opened Pandora’s box in Iraq, regional sectarian violence almost impossible to stop now’
“Everyone in Iraq must be terrified that the situation in Syria is spilling over into Iraq” Bambery said as Tuesday’s attacks in the country kill over 40, a day after over 70 people were murdered, escalating fears of all-out sectarian war between minority Sunnis and majority Shiites. Continue reading
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Videos: Battle for strategic Qusair: Syrian army, Hezbollah fight rebels for supply corridor
Earlier Monday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported that the army had “restored security and stability to most Qusair neighborhoods” and was “chasing the remnants of the terrorists in the northern district.” Continue reading
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Christian village breathes easier as Syrian army advances By Sammy Ketz
The advance of regime troops on the rebel stronghold of Qusair in central Syria has come as a relief for at least one village, mostly Christian, nestled on the shores of Lake Quttina. 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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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 2 May 2013: Settlers torch olive trees near Ramallah
2 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterHebron Governor Meets EU Representative In PalestineIMEMC – Thursday May 2, 2013, Hebron governor, Kamal Hmeid, held a meeting with the representative of the European Union in Palestine, John Gatt-Rutter, and informed him of the ongoing and escalating attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers in Continue reading
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The Manifesto of the Mediterranean Meeting in Tunisia
1. For more than a quarter of a century, neoliberal capitalist globalization has extended its dominance over the entire planet. The processes launched have accelerated the commodization of the world in favour of a minority and have confiscated people’s citizenship and nations’ sovereignty. They are exacerbating economic insecurity and social inequality in the North and… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 1 May 2013: Israel PM says territory not root cause of Mideast conflict
1 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterLebanon Arrests Israeli Man Who Crossed BorderIMEMC – The Al-Manar TV, run by the Lebanon-based Hezbollah Party, reported Wednesday that the Lebanese army arrested an Israeli man who illegally crossed into the country. … Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 30 April 2013: PHOTOS: The face of Israel’s discriminatory home demolition policy
30 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSeveral Palestinians Injured near NablusIMEMC – Tuesday April 30 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been injured after a group of extremist Israeli settlers hurled stones at their vehicles close to various roadblocks, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. … Continue reading
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ICH 27 April 2013: US, UK Diabolic Lie: Syria Used Chemical Arms
27 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Chemical Weapons Claims a ‘Barefaced Lie,’ says Syrian Minister By RT American accusations of chemical weapons use in Syria fall short of UN proof standards, says a UN chemical inspector. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34744.htm Continue reading
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ICH 25 April 2013: Chuck Hagel’s Amazing Overnight Transformation on Syria’s Use of Chemical Weapons
25 April 2013 — Information Clearing House Engineering Consent For Attack On Syria Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons: Chuck Hagel By AP President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons would be a “game-changer” in the U.S. position on intervening in the two-year-old Syrian civil war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34733.htm Continue reading
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Fabricated Intelligence and the WMD Pretext: Obama Heads Closer Closer to War on Syria By Stephen Lendman
A previous article discussed spurious allegations of Syrian chemical weapons use. Obama calls using them a “game changer.” He also said their use crosses a “red line.” Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 22 April 2013: Jahalin Bedouins face new eviction
22 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinians Injured As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protest In JerusalemIMEMC – Monday April 22, 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian youth was shot and injured in the face after Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinians holding a nonviolent protest in solidarity with Palestinian detainees, in Abu Dis town, Continue reading
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Syria’s Civilian Suffering – Western Imperialism Resorts to Medieval Barbarity By Finian Cunningham
The human suffering in Syria, which has escalated from crisis to disaster over the past two years, is the nefarious work of Western governments and their regional allies. It is a simple, provable, glaringly obvious truth. Yet, the thought-control Western mainstream media manage to somehow turn reality on its head, and make a virtue out… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 14-20 April 2013: Middle East / Boston / Russia-USA / Romania-oil / Kosovo / Europe / Syria
20 April 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Mediterranean: Winds of Change (I) 20.04.2013 | 11:54 | Andrei AKULOV …The recent discoveries of enormous oil and gas reserves in the little-explored Mediterranean Sea between Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Syria and Lebanon suggest that the region could become literally a «new Persian Gulf». But there is a reverse Continue reading
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The Syrian Arab Army advances in Idleb, Homs and Daraa By Pierre Khalaf
In Idleb, Homs and Daraa, the Syrian Arab Army regained the initiative, inflicting heavy losses to terrorists of Al-Qaeda and other groups created, funded, trained and armed by NATO, the United States and its Arab auxiliaries. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 17 April 2013: Israel is the only country in the world that has devised military courts for children
17 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Opens Fire At Palestinian Ambulance In BethlehemIMEMC – Wednesday evening, April 17, 2013, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian Red Crescent Ambulance while trying to provide medical care to family members, including an infant, injured by gas bombs fired by the army at their home, in Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 13 April 2013
13 April 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Israeli forces prevent visit to Samer Issawi4/13/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Israeli forces on Saturday refused to let 12 Israeli leftist visit hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi at Israel’s Kaplan Medical Center. Israeli media said two female activists were briefly detained after they tried to break into Issawi’s room. Earlier Continue reading
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