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Media turns its guns on Syria
In war, truth is the first casualty THE QUOTE above is generally attributed to a Greek bloke called Aeschylus, a dramatist churning out blockbusters a good 500 years before Jesus Christ walked the earth. In the American age, however, … Continue reading
Aleppo – freedom on hold
WHY the interminable messing around about freeing the people of Aleppo from their tormentors? Since Russian air power flew to the aid of the Syrian armed forces and their allies on the ground, it appears they have had both the capacity, and the will, … Continue reading
Posted in syria news, syrian civil war, Uncategorized
Tagged Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda Syrian, Aleppo, Euphrates River, Euphrates Zelidar, Gulf States, Raqqa, syria, US, US policy
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Al sham – the name says it all
WHEN are the lads from Al-Qaeda not such a bad lot, after all? When they are having a crack at the Middle East’s last remaining secular government, it seems. That’s right, Al Qaeda – the mob who flew into the … Continue reading
Posted in Article, syria news, syria now, syrian civil war, syrian rebels, Uncategorized
Tagged Al Qaeda, Al Queada, al-Nusra, Aleppo, CIA, DAMASCUS, Iraq, ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra, Mosul, Nusra Front, syria, Syrian Government, US
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Chemical weapons, George the 2nd and pork pies
AS liberation battles gather pace in Aleppo and Mosul propagandists continue to muddy the waters. While the resistance to fundamentalist Islam in Iraq is hailed a fight for freedom by western media outlets, many of those mastheads pour scorn on … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Aleppo, Daesh Islamic State, George Bush, Global Research Publishers, Iraq, Prof Anderson, syria, war
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War is first and foremost a profitable racket
Follow the money – as Hillary Clinton and the US foreign policy establishment prepare for war against Syria, former Congressman Dennis Kucinich says observers should apply the golden rule. The former Ohio Representative said he spent 16 years at congressional hearings where “pedigreed experts” advocated for wars … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Queada Syrian, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Sergey Ryabkov, US
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Moderates – what moderates?
SOME US foreign policy analysts concede it is time for a “ruthless” look at whether CIA-backed fighters in Syria can be considered “moderate”, the Washington Post reports A senior US official told the Post this week, the battlefield performance of … Continue reading
Maaloula and Saydnaya – flowers of Syrian youth and beauty
[pb_carousel group=”1″] We visited Maaloula and Saydnaya on the same day – two Christian villages only a short drive north of Damascus Maaloula is one of the few places on earth where Aramaic is still spoken – the language that … Continue reading
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Tagged Europe, Father Dave Smith, Jabhat al-Nusra, syria, Syrian Arab Army
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What’s really going on in Yarmouk?
[pb_carousel group=”0″] I thought it might prove difficult to get to Yarmouk. My God, it’s hard enough to get into Syria at the moment! At first I thought we weren’t even going to make it out of Sydney! As soon … Continue reading
Human-shields hold their ground in Damascus
Here’s a subject that is close to my own heart – the deployment of human shields in Damascus. Thank you to my friend, Franklin Lamb, who has joined these brave souls on the front line at Qasioun Mountain, most of whom … Continue reading
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Tagged Father Dave, Franklin Lamb, Lebanon, Mount Qasioun, syria
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