View From Syria: Soldiers React to Looming US Strike
Today, in light of the Western threats to the Syrian people, the “combatants” on the ground have different attitudes on the matter
Today, in light of the Western threats to the Syrian people, the “combatants” on the ground have different attitudes on the matter
We are facing a new Obama whom we did not know during his first term and the first year of his second term
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
Italy insists on consensus at the U.N. Security Council
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
The two groups agreed that Syria should be named the “Syrian Republic” instead of the “Syrian Arab Republic”
The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity, Kerry
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
Top military chiefs from western and Arab countries are meeting in Amman to discuss the situation in Syria
Jamil says he believes international intelligence behind the attack
Muqdad resigned in protest, citing dissatisfaction with the Coalition’s work
Ironically, the regime’s newest attack falls one year to the day since Obama issued his “red line” threat
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
The group released a preliminary list naming the founding members, including 72 activists so far.
Failure to reach the affected areas is a failure of the U.N. mission at its inception
The Syrian government dismissed the reports as baseless and untrue
Ugaidi pointed out inconsistencies in the Coalition’s condemnations
The NCC denied attempts of the both sides of the conflict to “distort the policies of the Commission”
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