28th February 2016 Heading to Geneva. The UN Human Rights Commission to present the case against the Saudi-led coalition for the use of illegal Cluster Bombs in Yemen’s densely populated civilian areas. A short statement written to accompany a harrowing video depicting the suffering of the Yemeni people that is being largely ignored by the…
Originally posted on Mideast Shuffle:
In January, I was interviewed by the conservative Iranian publication Javan about the shifting balance of power in the Levant and Persian Gulf. We looked at Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Russia and the many moving parts of US foreign policy. The interview was published today, one month later, in Farsi here. I must note that…
27th February 2016 Rev. Andrew Ashdown 21st Century News ” ‘Freedom?’ I hate the word ‘Freedom’. ‘Freedom’ to me means guns and bullets, suicide bombings and killings. I have deleted the word from my vocabulary. Don’t talk to me about ‘freedom’. We had peace before they brought us ‘freedom’.” I was sitting in an old…
Rev. Andrew Ashdown 21st Century Wire “What the government and Russian army are doing is fighting Takfiris. Few civilians are left there [Aleppo], but we know there has been collateral damage. That is sad, but war is dirty and everyone is guilty. But the government is not targeting civilians.” That evening I joined a group…
26th February 2016 Written by Vanessa Beeley for 21st Century Wire “The Syrian people have fought for five years against any partition plans for Syria. The Syrian people do not want any partition in Syria and I am sure they will succeed to keep the territorial integrity and unity of Syria.” Dr Bouthaina Shaaban,…
Originally posted on Levant Report:
(Image Source: Wiki Commons) IT IS NO SECRET that Saudi Arabia, along with its Gulf and Western allies, has played a direct role in fueling the fires of grinding sectarian conflict that has kept Syria burning for the past five years. It is also no secret that Russian intervention has…
Originally posted on OffGuardian:
by Thierry Meyssan, for VoltaireNet; translation by Pete Kimberely The best-kept secrets must be revealed in the end. The mafia cartel which governs Bulgaria has been caught supplying drugs and weapons to Al-Qaïda and Daesh, at the demand of the CIA, both in Libya and Syria. The affair is all the…
21st February 2016 Published by SANA Damascus, SANA – President Bashar Assad asserted that the cessation of military operations requires preventing the terrorists from using it to improve their position, as well as preventing other countries, especially Turkey, from sending more recruits, more terrorists, more armaments, or any kind of logistical support to terrorists, adding…
21st February 2016 Written by Jeffrey Sachs for Huffington Post In the Milwaukee debate, Hillary Clinton took pride in her role in a recent UN Security Council resolution on a Syrian ceasefire: But I would add this. You know, the Security Council finally got around to adopting a resolution. At the core of that…
21st February 2016 This is a war driven by ego, ambition and the macho determination of Tayyip Erdogan to destroy Bashar al Assad. Napoleon dreamt of riding an elephant into Central Asia, a turban on his head and an emerald in the turban. Of what does Tayyip Erdogan dream? Walking into the Umayyad mosque in…
The Wall Will Fall 