Lebanon
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FSA and Israel attack Syrian research center
Western media relayed disinformation by Israeli sources announcing that their army had attacked a Syrian military convoy transporting weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to the press articles, Sam-7 missiles or chemical weapons ready for deployment were allegedly part of the shipment. 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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Video: Israeli warplanes bombed research center near Damascus – Syrian state news agency
Israeli fighter jets targeted a military research center near Damascus early on Wednesday morning, Syrian state news agency SANA said citing army officials. Continue reading
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'Two killed, five injured in Israeli airstrike on Syria’s research center'
Two site workers have been killed and five others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a military research center in Jamraya, northwest of the capital Damascus, the Syrian military says. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 26 January 2013: The intimidation, dispossession and destruction of al-Maleh
26 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Invades Several Areas Near JeninIMEMC – Saturday at dawn, January 26; Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the northern West Bank district on Jenin, and detained two Palestinians. … Continue reading
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Mleeta, Khiam, Sabra, Shatila and Resistance In General By Gilad Atzmon
It was my second visit to the country. 30 years ago I crossed the Lebanese border along with an IDF convoy escorted by tanks and armed vehicles. Then I was an occupier, this time I came with only my saxophone and a desire to share my thoughts and deliver some beauty. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 7 January 2013: Desperate to break Samer Issawi hunger strike, Israel relentlessly targets his family
7 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Farawna: “Palestinian Christians, Partners In Struggle, Pain And Captivity”IMEMC – Former political prisoner, a Palestinian researcher specialized in detainee’s affairs, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, wished all Palestinian Christians a Merry Christmas and a happy new year, and stated that Palestinian Christians are partners in the struggle against Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 6 January 2013: The Case for Boycotting, Divesting, and Sanctions against Israel
6 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu Claims Abbas Is Refusing To Resume TalksIMEMC – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, continues to ignore what he called “all Israeli efforts to resume direct peace talks”, and accused Abbas of placing “impossible preconditions”. … Continue reading
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US-NATO Sponsored “Free Syrian Army” is Falling Apart. Government Forces Have the Upper Hand By Thierry Meyssan
While the French press persists in announcing the “imminent fall” of Syria and the “flight of Bashar al-Assad,” the reality on the ground has turned around completely. Even though chaos is plaguing most of the territory, the “liberated zones” have melted like snow in the sun. Continue reading
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History Repeats Itself: A “Humanitarian Intervention” in Syria – 150 Years Ago
In this article, Geneva University scholar Pascal Herren lays bare the true intentions of France under Napoleon III, which were every bit as disreputable as those pursued under Sarkozy or Hollande. He also brings to light the dire consequences that befell the peoples of the region. Continue reading
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Syria's Mobile Weapons Labs: Where Have We Heard This Before? By Peter Hart
If you were concerned that the Syria WMD stories didn’t already feel enough like the Iraq WMD reports,Washington Post columnist David Ignatius had one just for you (12/19/12). Ignatius reports that according to a Syrian defector, the Assad government’s chemical weapons are indeed on the move. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 17 December 2012: Israel approves 1,500 more settler homes in East Jerusalem
17 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In NablusIMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, different parts of the of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians including a school headmaster, and a Palestinian security officer. … Continue reading
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Damascus issues arrest warrant for Lebanon’s Hariri
The Syrian government has issued an arrest warrant for the Lebanese lawmaker Saad Hariri on charges of sponsoring Syrian militants. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 25 November 2012: ’Operation Pillar of Defense’ – Was a Crime
25 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Three Injured By Israeli Fire In Khan YounisIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at them in Al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 22 November 2012: The deadly electoral cycle in Israel
22 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center After Ceasefire Was Implemented; Palestinian Injured By Army Fire In GazaIMEMC – In what seems to be the first Israeli violation of the truce that came into effect Thursday, Israeli soldiers shot and injured a young Palestinian man near the border fence, east of Khan Younis, Continue reading
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Hassan Illeik, “How Hamas Gets Its Weapons”
Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard units specialized in smuggling weapons from Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Sudan, and other countries into the Gaza Strip are on high alert. These weapons usually begin their journey in Iranian or Syrian ports. From there, they head to Sudan, where they are transported to the Sinai in Egypt and end… 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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From Stalingrad to Gaza with Love By Gilad Atzmon
Gaza child Benjamin Netanyahu, is made of different material than Barak. Unlike Bark, who is obsessed with the banal implementation of military power, Netanyahu is concerned with the power of deterrence and he is also intelligent enough to realise that the consequences of a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip may mean the total eradication… 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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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 1 November 2012: UN finds ‘crisis of dignity’ as settlers destroy Palestine’s olive trees
1 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Kidnap Eleven In West Bank, Desecrate MosqueIMEMC – Updated: Thu 1 Nov. 13:22 Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, the West Bank Districts of Hebron, Bethlehem and Tulkarem, and Ramallah, broke into and searched several homes, searched them, and kidnapped eleven residents. The army Continue reading
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