Oct 15, 2013, RT.com As Syria’s rebels refuse to take part in Geneva-2, Saudi Arabia has emerged as the primary state-backer of rebel groups now trying to escalate the Syrian conflict and topple Assad by force. When Vladimir Putin met with Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia in August, the newly …
Read More »Israel Hides Nukes Behind “Ambiguity” Wall
Oct 15, 2013, James M. Wall This week’s Geneva nuclear table talks pit Iran against the Big Five Security Council members, plus Germany. Iran sits alone at the table, seeking release from its “sanctions jail” incarceration from its jailers, the Big Five plus one nations. Israel will not be in the …
Read More »This Is What’s Planned for Syria’s Daraa
Oct 9, 2013 [translation from Arabic] Expectations arise about a raging battle might occur in Syria’s south between army units and armed groups, amid Western media reports referring to a Gulf and Western vigorous pursuit to make a breakthrough in the Syrian army field progress, ahead of any political resolution …
Read More »Obscuring the Details: A Panoramic Look at America’s Case Against Syria
Oct 13, 2013, Strategic Culture The US federal government and the various agencies, media organizations, individuals, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, lobbies, forces, and other entities that are tied to it have done everything in their power to obscure the details involving the chemical attacks in that took place in Syria …
Read More »1,500 evacuated from clashes near Damascus as major opposition group rejects Geneva-2
Oct13, 2013, RT.com Some 1,500 civilians were evacuated from a hotspot suburb of Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said. It comes as the Syrian National Council declared they wouldn’t attend peace talks in Geneva threatening to quit the National Coalition. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) said …
Read More »Israel-Saudi Arabia: An Unholy Alliance
Oct 10, 2013, Global Research Israel and Saudi Arabia are rogue states writ large. They’re two of the world’s worst. They deplore democratic values. They spurn rule of law principles. They commit horrendous human and civil rights abuses. They’re responsible for daily crimes against …
Read More »The War on Terrorism … or whatever.
Oct 7, 2013, William Blum “U.S. hopes of winning more influence over Syria’s divided rebel movement faded Wednesday after 11 of the biggest armed factions repudiated the Western-backed political opposition coalition and announced the formation of an alliance dedicated to creating an Islamist state. The al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, designated a …
Read More »‘Youngest’ Saudi militant enters war in Syria
Oct 7, 2013, RT.com The ‘youngest Saudi’ militant has entered Syria to join hundreds of foreign armed groups fighting to topple the government in Syria, with their strongest ones paving the way for al-Qaeda to rise to power. According to Arabic-language Asia News, citing sources within Syria opposition groups, a …
Read More »Saudi black op team behind Damascus chem weapons attack – diplomatic sources
Oct 4, 2013, RT.com The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital’s suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources have told a Russian news agency. “Based on data from a number of sources a picture can be pieced together. The criminal provocation in …
Read More »On the True Aims of the War against Syria
Sep 20, 2013, Strategic Culture Each expert has his own assessment of Washington’s maneuvers around Syria and his own understanding of the aims of these maneuvers. There are as many understandings of the war being waged against Syria as there are experts writing on the topic of …
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