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Meet The Japanese Tourist Who Is Vacationing On The Front Line Of The Syrian...
Japanese trucker Toshifumi Fujimoto is bored with his humdrum job, a daily run from Osaka to Tokyo or Nagasaki hauling tanker loads of gasoline, water or even chocolate.Yet while the stocky, bearded...
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The US Is Waging An All-Out Proxy War With Russia In Syria
Let's call it what it is: a proxy war.Ben Brumfield of CNN reported that U.S. troops arrived in Turkey today to man Patriot missile systems. The systems themselves are officially NATO property, but the...
View ArticleVideo Claims To Show An Impressive Rebel Tank Strike In Syria
Free Syrian Army rebels are laying siege to Assad's Taftanaz airport, which they claim he uses to mount helibourne assaults on rebel positions.This video claims to have caught a direct hit from a rebel...
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Any Political Settlement In Syria Could Prolong The Civil War
In recent weeks international players have called for a political settlement to the ongoing civil war in Syria. It's been part of an attempt to end widespread violence and prevent a sectarian war...
View ArticleWhy Syria Is Different From All Of The Other Arab Spring Uprisings
Arab Spring: Time from protests beginning to the president resigning or being killedEgypt: 17 daysTunisia: 28 daysLibya: 8 monthsYemen: 9.5 monthsSyria: 22 months and countingThere’s a little variation...
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US Officials: Syria 'Has Chemical Weapons That Could Be Used Within Two Hours'
Syria has armed dozens of bombs with sarin gas and other chemical weapons that could be used to target opposition less than two hours after President Bashar al-Assad issues orders, US officials have...
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Assad Made A Brilliant And Brutal Move To Beat Back Syrian Rebels
In the past few months we've heard reports of advances by Syrian rebels that have put the regime on its heels, but the gains may instead be a tactical move by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.Victor...
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Assad's Public Appearance On Sunday Could Be His Last
The appearance of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before his people and the world on Sunday was his first since June 2012, and it could be his last.His speech, translated fully here, seemed an...
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A Steady Stream Of Foreign Fighters Is Increasingly Vital To Syrian Rebels
The other day we detailed how the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime may have purposely allowed rebel advances to consolidate resources and force the opposition to administrate the suffering...
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This Week Al-Nusra Showed They'll Either Win Or Destroy The Syrian Revolution
It appears Jabhat al-Nusra — the most fearsome Syrian rebel fighting force — led another successful attack as the opposition captured its first major military airport, Zeina Karam of The Associated...
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REPORT: Assad Has Left Syria For A Warship In The Mediterranean
After nearly two years of conflict and 117,000 displaced Syrians the UPI reports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family may have left the country to live aboard a warship manned by Russian...
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Refugees Are Fleeing Mass Rapes In Syria
Rape is being used as a weapon of war in the Syrian conflict to such an extent that many refugee families are citing it a as a primary reason to flee, according to a new report.The study of the nearly...
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ASSAD: ‘I Will Win, Even If Damascus Is Destroyed’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remains as defiant as ever, even as rebels assault the last major government military installation in the country's north.Ivan Watson and Raja Razek CNN report that...
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Russians Fleeing Syria Describe A Bleak Situation In Damascus
Russians fleeing the civil war in Syria described miserable conditions on the ground, Thomas Grove of Reuters reports."The Free Syrian Army is getting closer. We've been left without money, without...
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Inside The All-Female Unit Of Syria's Paramilitary Force
At 40 years of age, Abir Ramadan joined the all-female unit of Syria's new paramilitary force, pledging loyalty to Bashar al-Assad in the armed struggle against those seeking to topple the...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Dodges Question About Covert Arms Shipments From Benghazi
We've covered the possibility that the CIA Annex in Benghazi was conducting covert operations aimed at arming Syrian rebels with heavy weapons (SA-7 missiles to counter Assad's air campaign).At Hillary...
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RUSSIA TO WEST: We Told You Not To Overthrow Qaddafi!
On Wednesday Russia blamed Western countries for creating the current turmoil in Africa by arming Libyan rebels, Timothy Heritage and Gabriela Baczynska of Reuters report. "Those whom the French and...
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REPORT: Saudi Arabia Sent 1,200 Death Row Inmates To Fight In Syria
A leaked internal memo shows how Saudi officials commuted 1,200 death row inmates under the condition they go and fight against Assad in Syria, according to the Assyrian International News Agency. From...
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Putin Says Shame On The Western World
On Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Western countries created the current turmoil in Africa by arming Libyan rebels to topple the Qaddafi regime.On Thursday Russian President...
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The Syrian War Has Arrived At Assad's Coastal Retreat
Local people describe it as a distant growl, an ever-present rumble, just to the north. A reminder that war is now at their doorstep.It has been this way for two months in Latakia. The port city had...
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