Syria
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Britain conspiring to kill any hopes of breakthrough in future Syria talks
British Foreign Secretary William Hague, whose country has a long hand in interfering in other countries’ internal affairs, is seeking to kill any hope of possible talks between Syrians even before they start. Continue reading
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Syria: al-Qusayr liberated
The Syrian army, backed by members of Hezbollah, liberated the city of al-Qusayr. 80,000 Christians had fled their homes for more than six months, under the threat of mainly foreign jihadists, supported by NATO and the GCC. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 20 May 2013: Dutch probe sends warning to firms abetting Israel’s crimes
20 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterP.A Security Arrests A PFLP Leader In NablusIMEMC – Palestinian sources reported that Palestinian security officers kidnapped, on Monday evening, one of the political leaders of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), from his home, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Continue reading
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ICH 20 May 2013: “This Is An Outrage For All America”
20 May 2013 — Information Clearing House Syria Has No Reason To Use Chemical Weapons By Patrick Cockburn The Syrian army has no need to use it as a terror weapon because artillery, aerial bombardment and death squads are quite enough to frighten people into taking flight. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35020.htm Continue reading
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Covert Israeli Forces Inside Syria Within Rebel Ranks? Israeli Military Vehicle Seized: Report
Media sources confirm the seizure of an Israeli military vehicle in Al Qseir inside Syrian territory, pointing to the presence of covert Israeli forces operating within the ranks of “opposition” rebel forces. 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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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 19 May 2013: BBC airs Israeli ’Independence Day’ propaganda presented as documentary
19 May 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Israeli troops storm Awarta near Nablus, detain Palestinian man5/19/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) – Israeli forces stormed the northern West Bank village of Awarta south of Nablus on Sunday and detained a young Palestinian man, locals told Ma’an. They added that Israeli military vehicles stormed the village at midday Continue reading
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Week in Review: The Pentagon’s War on America and the Imminent Global Recession
19 May 2013 — Global Research Israel Mulling Plot to Assassinate Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, Global Research News, May 19, 2013 The Israeli regime’s security bodies are working on a plot to assassinate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by the help of terrorist groups and armed rebels in the country after Damascus showed strength and months of Continue reading
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ICH 18 May 2013: Israeli Special Forces in Syria
18 May 2013 — Information Clearing House Bashar al-Assad: ‘I’m Here To Stay’ By Martin Chulov Bashar al-Assad has used a rare interview to warn the United States and Russia that their efforts to bring about talks will do little to halt the civil war laying waste to his country, and that he has no intention Continue reading
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Syria : One Year After the Houla Massacre. New Report on Official vs. Real Truth By Adam Larson
A week from now it will be one year since the world first heard about the horrors of a place in Syria called “Houla.” On the afternoon and evening of Friday, May 25, 2012, a reported 108 civilians were massacred there. They were executed inside their homes, with guns and “sharp tools,” and maybe a… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 17 May 2013
17 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center17 Palestinians Injured In The Al-Arroub Refugee CampIMEMC – Friday, May 17, 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that 17 Palestinians have been injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs fired by Israeli soldiers invading the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Continue reading
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ICH 17 May 23013: “Astoundingly Disturbing” Obama Claims Power to Wage Endless War Across the Globe
17 May 2013 — Information Clearing House Mystery Sponsor Of Weapons And Money To Syrian Mercenary “Rebels” Revealed By Tyler Durden The tiny gas-rich state of Qatar has spent as much as $3bn over the past two years supporting the rebellion in Syria, far exceeding any other government. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34989.htm Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 12-18 May 2013: Syria / Venezuela-US / Libya / Gold / Pakistan
18 May 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Can There be Rapprochement in Syria? (II) 18.05.2013 | 12:04 | Najmuddin A. SHAIKH New routes for supplying the Syrian opposition with arms have now been opened through Jordan. Qatar is said to have expended $3 billion for providing arms to the opposition and assistance to the Syrian refugees. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 16 May 2013: Israel’s Racist and Ethnocentric View
16 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Kidnapped 28 Children In The first Half Of May, Dozens InjuredIMEMC – 293 Palestinian Children Kidnapped In The First Quarter Of 2013 According to reports by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, and the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in Silwan in occupied Continue reading
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ICH 16 May 2013: 75 Years in Prison For Videotaping Police
16 May 2013 — Information Clearing House Engineering Consent For Attack On Syria? Syrians Describe Effects of Alleged Gas Attack Video A BBC news team has travelled to a town in northern Syria which eyewitnesses claim has been attacked with poisonous gas. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34967.htm Continue reading
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Syria: how the violence began, in Daraa By Tim Anderson
There is no doubt that there was popular agitation in Syria in early 2011, after the events in Egypt and Tunisia. There were anti-government and pro-government demonstrations, and a genuine political reform debate. However the serious violence that erupted in March 2011 has been systematically misreported, in line with yet another US-NATO ‘regime change’ agenda. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 15 May 2013: Nakba survivor: ’If you wanted to live, you left
15 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterClashes, Injuries, Reported In HebronIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported that dozens of Palestinians have been injured during clashes that took place with Israeli soldiers in Kharsa village, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli army sources said that four soldiers have been injured. Continue reading
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Action Alert: Iraq Then, Syria Now? New York Times, sarin and skepticism
During the run-up to the Iraq War, the New York Times amplified erroneous official claims about weapons of mass destruction (FAIR Action Alert, 9/8/06). Looking at the paper’s coverage of allegations of chemical weapons use by Syria, some of the same patterns are clear: an over-reliance on official sources and the downplaying of critical or… Continue reading
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ICH 15 May 2013: The Posterior of Fascism
15 May 2013 — Information Clearing House Israeli Official Hints At More Attacks On Syria, Warns Assad Not To Respond By Barak Ravid “If Syrian President Assad reacts by attacking Israel…he will risk forfeiting his regime,” a senior Israeli official told the New York Times on Wednesday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34956.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 14 May 2013: Gaza: a Lie Agreed Upon
14 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterBarghouthi: “Right Of Return, A Sacred Right”IMEMC – In a statement released from his prison cell, detained Palestinian political leader, Marwan Barghouthi, stated that May 15, marks the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, when Israel was established in the historic land of Palestine, over the ruins Continue reading
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