French Magazine Reports That Western Militaries Have Begun Preparing For...
France is preparing its special forces for a mission in war-torn Syria, French weekly magazine Le Point reports.The mission would only involve a relatively small amount of special forces, and a number...
View ArticleThese Russian Warships In Syria Are A Prime Example How The Kremlin's...
Recently there have been multiple reports that Russia may be backing away from its support of Syrian President Bash al-Assad, but Moscow's warships seem to be singing a different tune.Agence...
View ArticleSyria Says News Of Its Chemical Weapons Preparation Is Totally Untrue
Unnamed U.S. officials told NBC News that the Syrian military has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin nerve gas into aerial bombs to potentially use in the country's civil war.But Syria says the...
View ArticleHere's Why The West Will Almost Certainly Intervene In Syria
The U.S. is likely to formally label Syrian fighters with the Al Nusra Front a 'terrorist' organization, and effectively set back any possible victory over Bashar Al-Assad.Unless, of course, the West...
View ArticleSyrian Opposition's Best Frontline Fighters Are About To Be Declared...
The U.S. State Department is planning to designate the al-Nusra Front— a highly effective jihadist Syrian rebel group — as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Elise Labott and Tim Lister of CNN report....
View ArticleThere Isn't A Ruler In The World Who Wants To Use Chemical Weapons
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said "intelligence we have raises serious concerns" that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be prepared to use sarin gas in the country, and U.S. officials say...
View ArticleSee What Happened When Angelina Jolie Met With Syrian Refugees
Angelina Jolie meets with Syrian refugees in Jordan who had fled from conflict in their home country.UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie travelled to the Jordan - Syria border to meet frightened and...
View ArticleHere's A Homemade Tank Using A Playstation Controller To Fire At Assad's Troops
A good friend in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal business once told me how I could use a Glade Plug-In as the trigger on a victim-operated Improvised Explosive Device, so it comes as no surprise when I...
View ArticleThe US Finally Admits To Sending Heavy Weapons From Libya To Syrian Rebels
The Obama administration has decided to launch a covert operation to send heavy weapons to Syrian rebels, Christina Lamb of The Sunday Times of London reports.But that covert operation may have already...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Are Fighting Assad's Forces Less Than A Mile From The...
There are reports of clashes between Syrian rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assadless than a mile from the presidential office in Damascus, Dana El Baltaji of Bloomberg...
View ArticleNearly 1 in 10 Syrian Rebels Are Now Terrorists In The Eyes Of The US
The State Department has designated Syria's al-Nusra Front— a highly effective jihadist Syrian rebel group — as a Global Terrorist organization because of its direct links to al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI),...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Pledge Allegiance To Newly Named 'Terrorist' Militant Group
Rebel groups across Syria are defying the United States by pledging their allegiance to a group that Washington will designate today a terrorist organization for its alleged links to al-Qaeda.A total...
View ArticleFemale Journalist Held In Syria Faces Possible Execution At Hands Of FSA
The captors of a journalist in Syria are threatening to execute her tomorrow (13 December) unless their demands for a $50m ransom are met.Anhar Kochneva, a reporter with Russian and Ukrainian dual...
View ArticleIntense Pictures Of The Syrian Rebel Group Blacklisted By The US
On Tuesday the U.S. designated Syria's al-Nusra Front as a Global Terrorist organization because of its direct links to al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and then recognized the mainstream Syrian National Council...
View ArticleIt Says A Lot About The Syrian Regime That It's Now Firing Scud Missiles...
Various news outlets, including this paper, are reporting that the beleaguered regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has, beginning Monday, fired six Scud missiles from Damascus towards rebel...
View ArticlePhotographer In Syria Describes The Moment He 'Felt The Horror Of This War As...
Associated Press photographer Narciso Contreras describes the harrowing situation on the ground in Aleppo and tells the story behind some of his powerful images. He was interviewed by Jim Powell.I have...
View ArticleUS Sends Troops And Missiles To Turkey As Syrian Conflict Escalates
"Western officials" are now reporting that Syrian soldiers have loaded a truck with chemical weapons for possible use, according to the Washington Post.This comes with other reports that beleaguered...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Pulled Off A Lethal Fake-Out On Assad
A Syrian parliamentarian and eight members of the security forces were killed in a Damascus suicide bombing Wednesday, and al-Arabiya reports that the attack was reportedly carried out by the al-Nusra...
View ArticleThis Is What Assad's Scud Missile Attacks Look Like On The Ground
Mangled heaps of metal stretch for hundreds of metres (yards) from a crater in what was an olive grove in northwestern Syria. Rebels say they now face a new enemy: Scuds.According to the insurgents, at...
View ArticleIran: Patriot Missiles In Turkey First Step To Next World War
Planned deployment of US-made Patriot missiles in Turkey is a "provocative" action which could bring about "uncalculated" results, Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday."The deployment of Patriot...
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