Syrian President Bashar Al Assad

19th December 2015 My personal reflections on the man who has confounded Western regime change pundits and media demonization. This is the man accused of “killing his own people and murdering children” photographed with the children of Syria.  This is the man accused of sectarianism, of hating & persecuting Christians, Sunnis, & Druze photographed with…

ON THE ROAD FROM DAMASCUS

  19th December 2015 Timothy Radcliffe: The Tablet The bell rang out from the Carmelite monastery in the Syrian mountains between Damascus and Homs. It would be audible to Islamic State (IS) jihadists, whose front line is less than three miles away. It said defiantly: “We are still here.” The terrorists captured Qara, the local…

Photos from Syria: Life in Homs

Originally posted on OffGuardian:
 Eva Bartlett, a Gazan writer and photographer, posts from Homs in Syria: ? Old Homs: destroyed shops and restaurants re-opened, life returning to the heart of Homs, cleansed last year of the terrorists who targeted civilian and commercial places. Some shops open for a few months now, other more recently–the fruit…

A fire has been lit in Africa ~ By Catherine Shakdam

17th December 2015 By Catherine Shakdam for the Epic Times.  On December 15, mainstream media briefly reported that Nigeria had been hit by a wave of violence following clashes in between Shiites and the military. What most outlets failed, or rather, omitted to report is the agenda sitting behind the bloodshed. For decades now, Nigeria’s…

Why they targeted Sheikh #Zakzaky?

Originally posted on elbinawi:
Why they targeted Sheikh #Zakzaky: There are both external & internal factors on why the present Nigerian government of President Buhari is targeting Sheikh #Zakzaky. Externally there is the factor of Western imperialism & Global Zionism. These two make up what is referred to as “New World Order”. They comprises the…

Nigeria: The Hidden Genocide

  15th December 2015 On December 11th at the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine Conference,  we said goodbye to Hamad ZakZaky son of Sheikh Ebrahim ZakZaky, one of the most inspirational faith leaders on the sub Saharan continent and dedicated opponent of the illegal state of Israel and standard bearer of freedom for Palestine.…