5th March 2016 Update from Aleppo: “Water started to return to Aleppo city yesterday, after around 2 months of lack of water supply to the city. It was a deal between the Syrian government and Da’esh, where each side was controlling the flow of water to the other side. Da’esh in al-Bab village can’t have…
5th March 2016 Short update from inside Aleppo. Thank you to all these people who have kept the truth flowing from inside Syria… “On the 2nd of March, we thought that the ceasefire is over. Heavy clashes started mid day in Aleppo city and didn’t end till evening. First the government held sides had…
2nd March 2016 The following is an update from a friend inside Aleppo, it is unedited and their identity is withheld for their own security. – Ceasefire agreement: Aleppo city is much more calmer since the beginning of the agreement, beside some violations took place the first hours of the agreement, and yesterday at 21:50,…
Vanessa Beeley 21st Century Wire OpEd “The UN World Food Program (WFP) aids for the restricted Syrian civilians in Deir Ezzor city have landed mostly in ISIS controlled territories, a source in the city’s administration said Thursday.” A report in ALALAM states that WFP food drops have landed predominantly in ISIS held territory, despite UN claims…
1st March 2016 Rev. Andrew Ashdown 21st Century Wire “Syria’s triumph over terrorism and maintaining the secular identity of Syria is what will bring back a good relationship with Europe. It will also solve the problem of refugees and it will restore peace. Nothing can be achieved without getting rid of terrorism.” ~ Dr Ali…
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,…
The Wall Will Fall 