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Syrian Army Detains French, British, Belgian, Dutch, Qatari Officers in al-Qusseir

By   /  May 21, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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FNA | ABNA Assim Qansou, a representative of the socialist party in Lebanon’s parliament, told the Lebanese al-Nashrah newspaper that during the battle in al-Qusseir city, the Syrian army has arrested tens of French, British, Belgian, Dutch and Qatari officers. The EU’s anti-terror chief said in April that hundreds of Europeans are now fighting with [...]

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Russian Med fleet returns – an unintended consequence

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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There was a lot of distraction in the news last week, particularly the flank attack moves on Obama that obscured a huge development in the Mid East… the first return of the Russian Pacific Navy for Mediterranean deployment since 1992.

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How Qatar seized control of the Syrian revolution

By   /  May 19, 2013  /  Conflict, World  /  No Comments

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As the Arab world’s bloodiest conflict grinds on, Qatar has emerged as a driving force: pouring in tens of millions of dollars to arm the rebels. Yet it also stands accused of dividing them – and of positioning itself for even greater influence in the post-Assad era.

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Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Aid Assad in Syria

By   /  May 18, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said Thursday.

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Mystery Sponsor Of Weapons And Money To Syrian Mercenary “Rebels” Revealed

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

Sponsor Of Weapons And Money To Syrian rebels revealed

By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge Previously, when looking at the real underlying national interests responsible for the deteriorating situation in Syria, which eventually may and/or will devolve into all out war with hundreds of thousands killed, we made it very clear that it was always and only about the gas, or gas pipelines to be exact, [...]

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Israel Hints at New Strikes, Warning Syria Not to Hit Back

By   /  May 16, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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By Mark Lander | NY Times In a clear warning to Syria to stop the transfer of advanced weapons to Islamic militants in the region, a senior Israeli official signaled on Wednesday that Israel was considering additional military strikes to prevent that from happening and that the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, would face crippling consequences if he [...]

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Qatar, allies tighten coordination of arms flows to Syria

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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By Amena Bakr & Mariam Karouny | Chicago Tribune Qatar, which has taken a lead in arming the Syrian opposition, is coordinating with the CIA and has tightened control of the arms flow to keep weapons out of the hands of al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters, according to rebels and officials familiar with the operation. With Britain [...]

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‘Rapid descent into sectarian violence’: Video shows Syrian rebel biting into soldier’s heart

By   /  May 14, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

Rebel fighters fire at government forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on May 12, 2013

By RT Rebel fighters fire at government forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on May 12, 2013. (AFP Photo) A disturbing video which shows a Syrian rebel commander cutting the heart out of a soldier and biting into it shows that the country’s civil war has rapidly descended into sectarian violence and revenge [...]

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America’s War on Syria: Another Anti-Assad False Flag?

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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By Stephen Lendman | BLN Since early 2011, Obama’s been waging proxy war on Syria. Imported death squads masquerade as freedom fighters. The scheme’s familiar. It repeats. It reflects US imperialism’s dark side. In the 1980s, CIA-recruited Mujahideen fighters battled  Afghanistan’s Soviet occupiers. Ronald Reagan called them “the moral equivalent of our founding fathers.” He characterized Contra [...]

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Syria Condemns Turkey Bombings as Acts of Terrorism and warns Israel about the Golan

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  In Other News, News, World  /  No Comments

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By Christof Lehmann | nsnbc Syria´s Minister of Information, Omran al-Zoubi has condemned the bombings in the Turkish city al-Rihaniya by all human and moral standards as an act of terrorism, and offered condolences to the Turkish people and wished a full recovery for the injured. Al-Zoubi denounced Turkish accusations of Syrian involvement and issued [...]

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18 killed, 22 injured as explosions rock Turkish town on Syrian border – officials

By   /  May 11, 2013  /  Breaking News, News, World  /  No Comments

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RT Eighteen people were killed and 22 injured when several explosions struck a city in southern Turkey, near the border with Syria, Turkish media reported quoting officials. It remains unclear how many explosions took place with conflicting reports of two and four blasts emerging.”Two car [bombs] were set off in front of the municipality,” Interior Minister [...]

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In eastern Syria oil smugglers benefit from chaos

By   /  May 11, 2013  /  Conflict, News, World  /  No Comments

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Todays Zaman In Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zor, a network of tribes and smugglers has exploited the chaos of war to create an illicit oil trade that makes European hopes of buying crude from President Bashar al-Assad’s opponents a distant prospect. Powerful Sunni Muslim tribes have deployed armed fighters around oil production facilities and [...]

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