Assad Invited U.S. Intervention: Ghadban
Al-Nahar (Lebanese newspaper)
September 2, 2013
American decision-makers have concluded that the U.S. is able to absorb all possibilities,
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American decision-makers have concluded that the U.S. is able to absorb all possibilities,
Some loyalists might give up on the regime if the strike is serious, and will hold it responsible
World leaders warn against military action without a U.N. mandate
A military strike on Syria might deter the Assad regime from using chemical weapons again, but it is unlikely to be a game changer in the course of the Syrian conflict
Remarks made during a meeting with the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman
A quick tour of the coverage by the U.S media of the Syrian issue
Iran’s campaign aims at masquerading their aggressive behaviour towards the Syrian people and deceiving the Iranian public
Bashar’s maternal uncle and cousins, the Makhlouf family, head the security and telecommunications sectors, a major cash cow. Cousin Hafez Makhlouf heads the General Intelligence Directorate in Damascus, where Iyad Makhlouf works as well
America has waged many wars, but has never been able to achieve its political objectives from any of them: Assad
Hussein said that the west will not intervene militarily because it is not in Israel’s interests
Iran believes the alleged gas attack in Ghouta was carried out by terrorists
The basic repercussion would be a ball of fire that would burn not only Syria but the whole Middle East, Assad’s Minister of Information has said
The Syrian army believed that what happened in Ghouta was a media war, following an official justification classifying yesterday’s massacres as being mere images carried by channels “that are partners in the bloodshed” affecting the Syrian people
On Sunday, a Hezbollah commander was killed in fighting near to the Syrian capital
It once seemed like Syrian President al-Assad would quickly fall in Syria’s uprising, but increased Russian and Iranian support, and now the coup in Egypt, have given him a new lease on life
The Lebanese people must realize their fate has become dependent on Iranian expansionist schemes in the region, Coalition says
Iran believes dialogue can not be held with terrorist extremists
The Syrian Jewish population was distributed between Damascus, Aleppo and Qamishli; most left after the regime lifted an emigration ban on all Jews in 1992
Khalid Saleh, the Head of Media Office of the National coalition, held his weekly press conference. Below are the transcript as distributed by the Coalition.
Head of Kurdish Democratic Union Party says Iran agrees to transitional administration for Western Kurdistan
