Shaaban Dismisses Change in Russian Stance as Baseless
SANA (State news agency)
December 5, 2014
Shaaban says Syria can play a key role in combating terrorism
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Shaaban says Syria can play a key role in combating terrorism
“We are running the ground battles against [ISIS], and we have noticed no change, especially with Turkey providing direct support to these regions.” Bashar al-Assad told Paris Match. The Syrian Observer republish the interview as it appeared in SANA
The Arab League and its countries are completely absent from the Syrian events
Jaafari cited media reports documenting the role of the Saudi and Qatari regimes in supporting terrorist organizations in Syria
The minister outlined damage to health infrastructure caused by terrorism
Circumstantial differences, as well as U.S. support, explain the difference in success
Minister says Syrians will not forget that the Turkish regime has supported, financed, armed and harbored terrorists
The Syrian opposition also complains that President Barack Obama’s administration doesn’t allow them to attend meetings with senior officials
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem spoke to Al-Akhbar unreservedly, and tells the reporter to“publish whatever you see fit from what I said. I will let you judge the situation”
The regime is now trying to lift the blockade imposed by Syrian rebels and Islamist fighters on the neighborhoods and nearby villages still loyal to Assad in Aleppo, as well as seizing the military initiative in the rest of northwestern Syria
Steinmeier says it is not easy to deal with the issue of hundreds of Europeans and Americans who have been joining ISIS
Video shows a parachute carrying food and medical aid, while an ISIS fighter says it is the American aid to Kurdish fighters
When a certain tribe joined the Nusra Front and became its leader, it was isolated. Other tribes refrained from joining the organization, since tribes usually refuse to be led by rival tribes at any cost
Moscow, Tehran and Damascus hope that fighting ISIS will help restore the regime’s legitimacy and Iran also wants a place in the new regional system that is emerging
Shortsighted policy results in ineffective airstrikes with no partner on the ground
Why does Ankara refuse to play a decisive role and leave the area open to others —is it afraid of military involvement?
A decision expected shortly could turn the table of the war
The number of the innocents killed worldwide by the American invention of terrorism is the largest ever
Hospital manager says the facility was better off before joining the Coalition
The American president just wanted to relieve the pressure on regional and international allies, and pull the rug out from under his close rivals in the Democratic Party and his Republican rivals on the eve of the midterm elections and nearly two years before the presidential election
