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9 Reasons Why Military Intervention In Syria Is A Bad Idea
The barbarity of Assad's regime in Syria has generated an understandable urge for a quick military solution, perhaps similar to our approach in Libya (arming rebels, providing safe havens, supporting...
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Barbara Walters Tried To Get The Aide Of Syrian Dictator Assad A Job With...
Barbara Walters, the grande dame of American television news, has been forced to apologise after it emerged that she had tried to use her influence to further the career of a former leading aide of...
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Why Russia And China Do Not Act On Syria
In a recent interview with the Business Insider, I said that "problems in Iran and Syria are 'wonderful for the Russian economy.'" I meant it. Adam Taylor's article, "For all the bluster, these three...
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There's Been Another Horrific Massacre Of Children In Syria
Just last week the horrific massacre of 116 people (including 49 children) in Houla, Syria, led us to wonder if the massacre would mark a turning point in Western understanding of the conflict. Now...
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Are The US And Al-Qaeda On The Same Side In Syria?
The Houla massacre in Syria has drawn international attention and humanitarian groups are now calling for western intervention to end the bloody civil war. However, rebels have strong support from...
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Huh? The Syrian Government Is The Main Supplier Of Weapons To The Rebels
JABAL AL-ZAWIYA, Syria — At the Free Syrian Army base here, a group of men led a nervous prisoner from his cell to a car waiting outside. A few hours later, the rebels returned alone, with a trunkload...
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CARTOONS: It's About To Get Even Worse For Greece
This week's cartoons show two crises that continue to get worse despite outside efforts to help. Greece is free falling while leaders scramble to come up with a master plan. There is no grand plan in...
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Bashar Al-Assad Employs A Gang Of Steroid-Pumping 'Ghost' Killers
The recent massacres of women and children taking place in Syria are the work of a group of steroid-fueled mercenaries who are fiercely loyal to Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, reports Lee Moran of...
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Russia Is Sending Attack Helicopters To Syria; 'Will Escalate The Conflict...
Russia is sending combat helicopters into Syria, according to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. Clinton said the U.S. is concerned as the helicopters "will escalate the conflict quite dramatically,"...
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Russia Is Printing Money For Syria To Pay Government Expenses
Syria is using a new currency printed in Russia to pay its soaring deficit, reports Suleiman Al-Khalidi of Reuters. Four Damascus-based bankers told Reuters that the new cash has entered circulation...
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COLD WAR REDUX: Russia Defends Helicopter Sales To Syria, Accuses US Of...
Rhetoric about Russian weapons transfers so Syria is stirring up, following U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's announcement that Moscow is sending in attack helicopters that "will escalate the...
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These Are The 15 Most Peaceful Nations In The World
Yesterday, the Institute for Economics and Peace released their annual Global Peace Index (GPI), ranking 158 nations based on their levels of peacefulness. Click here to see the top 15 countries >...
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The Drumbeat For An International War In Syria Is Building
Yesterday afternoon CNN aired a series of heartbreaking images from Syria: Gruesome close-ups of toddlers alleged to have been killed by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. I looked up from my...
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PROFESSOR: US Intervention In Syria Would Look A Lot More Like Iraq Than Libya
Cornell professor David Siddhartha Patel teaches comparative politics with a focus on Middle Eastern politics, Islamic institutions, and political culture. He's been watching the violence in Syria...
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Russia Is Arming Syria For A Civil War
Josh Tucker from The Monkey Cage asked me to comment on the Russian helicopters supposedly heading to Syria. Here’s what I wrote: Hillary Clinton's statement that Russia is supplying Syria with attack...
View ArticleThis Scary Video Was Smuggled Out Of Syria's Most Devastated City
Max Fisher of the Atlantic points to this recently released video of an incredible scooter ride through Homs, the city in Syria that has seen near constant shelling for months now. Homs is the same...
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Syrian Military Says It Shot Down A Turkish Fighter Jet
The Syrian military has admitted to shooting down a Turkish fighter jet over the Mediterranean Friday, the BBC reported: A Syrian military statement said that an "unidentified air target" had...
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Turkey Has Called For A NATO Meeting Over Its Jet That Was Shot Down By Syria
This is interesting and perhaps worrisome... Turkey has demanded that a NATO meeting be convened after one of its jets was shot down by Syria on Friday, the BBC reports. The Turkish jet was shot down...
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These First-Person Accounts Of Torture In Syrian Prisons Are Terrifying
Since the beginning of anti-government protests in 2011, the Syrian government has arrested thousands of people, allegedly subjecting them to torture and imprisonment without due process. A disturbing...
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The Mainstream Media Is Biased And Wrong On Syria
Friday, we read in the New York Times and elsewhere about one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s most important supporters and allies having defected. The impression one gets is that Assad’s...
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