Syria
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Leave Syria to the Syrians By Charles Glass
This is not a good time to be running the Middle East desk at the State Department. If you happen to be him or her, take my advice: Do nothing. Especially in Syria. Let all the think tanks and lobbyists submit their recommendations. Ask the CIA for the usual analysis. Tell the Israelis, which you… Continue reading
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Libyan Scenario For Syria: Towards A US-NATO “Humanitarian Intervention” directed against Syria? By Rick Rozoff
His order targeted among others Syrian President Bashar Assad’s brother Mahir and cousin Atif Najib and also included – in an indication that broader objectives are also being pursued however tenuous, even farfetched, the link – the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with the presidential demarche contending: “Despite the Government of Iran’s public rhetoric claiming… Continue reading
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Western media lie about Syria – eyewitness reports — RT
According to this report while media reports paint a picture of the situation in Syria as a mass public uprising brutally suppressed by the dictatorial government, the events are viewed in a totally different way by those living there. Continue reading
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Disinformation about Syria in Western Media By Joshua Landis
A number of news reports by AFP, the Guardian, and other news agencies and outlets are suggesting that Syrian security forces were responsible for shooting nine Syrian soldiers, who were killed in Banyas on Sunday. Some versions insist that they were shot for refusing orders to shoot at demonstrators. Considerable evidence suggests that this is… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 April, 2011: Special Field Report: IOF Attacks Violate International Law: 61 Killed and Injured in Three Days of Attacks in Gaza
10 April, 2011 — VTJP News Ma’an News Sources: Ceasefire deal reached in Gaza 4/10/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian sources say UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Robert Serry managed to reach a ceasefire agreement late Saturday between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza. The agreement, according to the sources,… Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war: 9 April 2011
9 April 2011 — Stop NATO NATO, Recolonization Of Africa, BRICS And Silent Lambs Post-Cold War NATO Expansion: No Neutrals Left In Europe U.S. Considers Sending Ground Troops To Libya Libya, AFRICOM And The U.S. Scramble For Africa After Libya And Ivory Coast, Obama Condemns Syria Western Nations Must Abandon Illusion Of World Domination Libyan… Continue reading
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After Libya, “Syria next piece on geopolitical chessboard” — RT
The Libyan crisis may repeat itself in Syria, believes independent journalist James Corbett, who joined RT to discuss the latest developments in the Middle Eastern country. Continue reading
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Syria: Banias Refinery Workers March for Syria and Bashar
Could it be that Syrian refinery workers thought it wise to warn imperialists not to descend on Syria to liberate their oil and jobs from them in the name of liberating them from Bashar? Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 April, 2011: Major London Retailer For Ahava Dead Sea Salts Forced To Close; Boycott Campaign Claims Credit
1 April, 2011 – VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Three Fighters Assassinated In Gaza IMEMC – Saturday April 02, 2011 – 03:22, The Israeli Air Force assassinated, after midnight on Friday night, three fighters of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, north of Khan Younis, in the southern… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 31 March, 2011: The impoverishment of Palestinian Arabs in Israel
31 March, 2011 – VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Fateh Wins Student Elections In Bir Zeit, Islamic Bloc Boycotted the Polls IMEMC – Thursday March 31, 2011 – 08:34, Dr. Mohammad Al Ahmad, the Dean of Student Affairs in Bir Zeit University, near the central West bank city of Ramallah, stated that the… Continue reading
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Libya: A sheep in wolf’s clothing? By William Bowles
I think those who have led the left in the post-WWII period are just too damn comfortable, small fish in even smaller ponds who have traded in their revolutionary inheritance for a monopoly on thought. Thus it continually fragments as they seek the ‘true path to enlightenment’, with the competing ‘isms’ endlessly fighting it out… Continue reading
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Syria: Who Backs Bashar? (videos)
Bashar al-Assad, unlike other Arab heads of state, appears to have masses of supporters, who took to the streets on 26 March 2011, as shown in the videos below. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks for 26-27 March 2011
27 March 2011 — creative-i.info Syria activists call for nationwide strike to protest bloody suppression Ha’aretz Anti-Syrian government protesters shout slogans in Damascus, Syria on Friday, March 25, 2011. Photo by: AP The activists also said that 20 protesters have been killed since Friday near the Rahman mosque in Lattkiya. State media reported that snipers… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 March, 2011: ‘Mossad snatched me, handcuffed me and hooded me’
22 March, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eight Palestinians, Including Three Children, Killed By Army Fire In Gaza On Tuesday IMEMC – Wednesday March 23, 2011 – 04:22, In the most recent wave of Israeli military escalation targeting the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources reported that eight Palestinians, including… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Daily News Roundup 26 December, 2010
26 December, 2010 — creative-i.info Banks And WikiLeaks Huffington Post The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange is silhouetted by the headlights of the vehicle he travelled in cast on a wall, as he speaks to members of the media … www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/26/banks-and-wikileaks_n_801272.html Wikileaks exposes US drug wiretap BBC News Fresh US diplomatic cables released via Wikileaks… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 May, 2010: Israeli nuclear whistleblower returned to prison for 3-month sentence
23 May 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli nuclear whistleblower returned to prison for 3-month sentence IMEMC – 23 May 2010 – Mordechai Vanunu, Israel’s nuclear whistleblower who served 18 years in prison for exposing Israel’s secret nuclear weapons production facility in Dimona, was taken back to prison Sunday after requesting… Continue reading
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War Propaganda: Western Media, Not Israeli Hasbara By Ramzy Baroud
With the dreadful threat of yet another Israeli war in the Middle East looming, Israeli propaganda machine is likely to go into full gear. Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Attack on Syria cover up
Erlich: The US massacre at Al-Sukkariya, Syria in 2008 was a clear violation of international law Continue reading
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