Tag: syria war

Obama weighs new aid for Syria terrorists; sets joint military plan with Saudis 29 March, 2014 – Shia Post The United States is considering allowing shipments of portable air defense systems to Syrian opposition groups, a U.S. official said Friday, as President Barack Obama sought to reassure Saudi Arabia’s king that the U.S. is not more »

ISIS seizes town from Nusra in Hassakeh province 31 March, 2014 – The Daily Star BEIRUT: Militants from the Al-Qaeda splinter group ISIS have taken over the town of Markada in Hassakeh province in fighting with the Nusra Front and other Islamist militias, according to pro-opposition media and an activist group. The reports said that more »

Western Imperialism’s Creative Destruction in Syria Finian CUNNINGHAM – 18 Februay, 2014 – Strategic Culture Foundation US-led Western regime change in Syria might be described as a process of creative destruction. Like Schumpeter’s economic concept of cyclical creative destruction, so too Washington’s political machinations in Syria seem to be playing out likewise. We begin with more »

Geneva conference: Russia to put an end to American illusions 21 February, 2014 – Ghaleb Kandil – Volrairenet.com U.S. bets to initiate Russian pressure on the Syrian delegation at the Geneva Conference, to bring it to change its principled positions have failed. The disappointment of Washington appeared in the results of the tripartite meeting in more »

Valued ‘Ally’ Saudi Arabia Supports Terrorism, Urges US War in Syria John Glaser 18 February, 2014 Saudi Arabia, the brutal authoritarian theocracy that the democracy-promoting Washington claims as one of its closest allies, has a bit of a history of pressuring the U.S. into Middle East wars. The 1991 First Gulf War to oust Saddam more »

“True to its origins as a Western intelligence asset, al-Qaeda is helping to create an illusion in Syria that will enable US weapons supply to the militants to continue,” Re-inventing al-Qaeda as ‘good guys,’ huh? 4 February, 2014 – By Finian Cunningham – PressTV The titular head of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has reportedly disavowed the more »

The war against Syria and the illusion of compromise By Ghaleb Kandil – 2 February, 2014 – Voltaire.net Some politicians believe that Russia and the United States agreed on compromises in the region, and that everything that happens politically and militarily in Syria is part of a scenario to implement these arrangements. In fact, international more »