Tag Archives: DAMASCUS

Why Syria?

Posted on January 17, 2024 by fatherdave

It was great to catch up with Rev. Dr. Stephen Sizer while I was in the UK in September 2023. We did the interview in a pub – The Titanic – in Southhampton. Having made nine trips to Syria during … Continue reading →

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Al sham – the name says it all

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Jim Maher

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 →

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Moderates – what moderates?

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Jim Maher

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 →

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Mother Agnes helps evacuate civilians from the besieged rebel-held city of Moaddamiyah

Posted on November 2, 2013 by fatherdave

It seems that Mother Agnes has aroused the ire of those favouring US intervention in Syria. Some have even stooped so low as to suggest that in this latest life-saving initiative Mother was acting under orders of the head of Syria’s … Continue reading →

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