Here's Syria's Official Statement About That Downed Helicopter
Provided the following is genuine (since it was published on Facebook, it is hard to determine its authentiticy), it represents the official statement of the General Command of the Syrian Armed Forces,...
View ArticleThis Enormous Syrian Refugee Camp Is Now Jordan’s Fifth Largest City [PHOTOS]
The Syrian Civil War has been raging for over two years now and, with it, has come devastation to Syria's civilian population. Since the war began in 2011, Syrians have been fleeing their borders....
View ArticleNew Reports Details Exactly How Russia Proliferates Weapons
I would like to highlight a truly excellent report that came out this month on shipborne Russian international arms transfers. The Odessa Network details the network of Ukraine-based companies that are...
View ArticleFox News Gets An Interview With Bashar Al-Assad
Fox News interviewed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, the second such interview Assad has granted to American media in the past month. The interview, conducted by contributor Dennis...
View ArticleAll Of These Major Countries Helped Syria Get Chemical Weapons
It's now pretty clear that chemical weapons were responsible for hundreds of deaths in Syria Aug. 21.It's also pretty clear that the blood is indirectly on the hands of those same nations who are...
View ArticleNow Assad Wants $1 Billion (And A Year) To Dispose Of His Chemical Weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday it would cost about $1 billion to get rid of Syria's chemical weapons under a plan agreed to by Russia and the United States last...
View ArticleJohn McCain's Response To Vladimir Putin's Op-Ed Is Finally Here, And It Is...
In a much-anticipated response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's op-ed in The New York Times last week, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) delivered a blistering op-ed in the Russian publication Pravda in...
View ArticleJohn McCain's Pravda Op-Ed Reveals How Hard Putin Has Trolled Him
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has published an op-ed with Russian website Pravda that posits itself as a worthy response to Vladimir Putin's anti-military intervention New York Times op-ed published last...
View ArticleHere's The Full, Extremist-To-Moderate Spectrum Of The 100,000 Syrian Rebels
Who are the approximately 100,000 rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al Assad?Assad claims that “80 to 90% of those [the Syrian government is] fighting belong to al Qaeda."U.S. Secretary...
View ArticleOH GREAT: Now There's A Civil War Within The Syrian Civil War
The Syrian opposition is on the verge of its own civil war after clashes broke out Wednesday between Syrian rebels affiliated with al-Qaeda and others affiliated with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the...
View ArticlePutin's Victories On Snowden, Syria, And Sochi Are All Shallow
Vladimir Putin's having a hell of a summer. Before writing the most talked-about New York Times op-ed in months, he embarrassed his chief rival, the United States, by harboring its most high-profile...
View ArticleEXPERTS: Russian Rebels In Syria Pose 'Serious' Threat To 2014 Olympics
Islamist rebels from the Russian Caucasus who are fighting alongside Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Syria could pose a serious security threat to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, analysts say.Russia has...
View ArticleIran's President Calls Out US For 'Brute Force' Diplomacy
In what amounts to a dressing down of U.S. foreign policy, newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani runs the risk of looking like the sober man in the room.Following Vladimir Putin's lead,...
View ArticleHere's The Moment Syria Decided To Build A Massive Chemical Weapons Arsenal
Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman has published a comprehensive history of "the Israeli-American efforts to penetrate the Assad regime."The reports details several subterfuges, sabotages,...
View ArticleThe Chemical Weapons Deal Is A Huge Gift To Assad, Russia, And Iran
In the short term, the White House's decision to strike a deal with Russia over Syria's chemical weapons bailed President Barack Obama out of a Syria use-of-force vote that he was likely to lose.But in...
View ArticleArmy Vet Accused Of Fighting With Al Qaeda In Syria Gets Plea Deal
Army vet first accused of backing Al-Qaida in Syria fighting gets time served in plea dealMcLEAN, Va. (AP) — An Army veteran accused of fighting alongside an al-Qaida-affiliated group of Syrian rebels...
View ArticleHere Are Some Of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Facilities Monitored By Satellites...
Even though it did not suggest responsibilities, the recent UN report about the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on Aug. 21, 2013 confirmed that the attack was conducted...
View ArticleIt's Been A Bad Week For Anyone Who Wants America To Keep Ruling The World
The last week has seen dramatic shifts in the U.S. position on Syria, the Middle East region and perhaps the world. A couple weeks back I predicted imminent TLAM strikes on the Assad regime’s chemical...
View ArticleSyrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad's Instagram Account Makes Him Look Like...
What do you know about Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad?He's a dictator. His government has condoned the kidnapping, raping, torturing, and killing of the Syrian people. He has allegedly ordered...
View ArticleTunisian Girls Are Coming Home Pregnant After Performing 'Sexual Jihad' In Syria
A number of girls from Tunisia have become pregnant after traveling to Syria to participate in "sexual jihad,"according to Lotfi Bin Jeddo, Tunisia's Interior Minister.The girls “are (sexually) swapped...
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