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Posted by seumasach on August 4, 2013
The Iranian President said what is happening in Syria is a failed attempt to undermine the axis of resistance and steadfastness against the Zionist and U.S. plots in the region through supporting terrorism and Takfiris.
A Message from President al-Assad to Iranian President on boosting strategic relations
SANA
Damascus, (SANA) – President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday sent a message to Iranian President Hassan Rohani on boosting the strategic relations between the two countries in all fields and the joint will to confront the western and U.S. plots and tools in the region which are aimed at undermining the axis of resistance.
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Posted by seumasach on August 4, 2013
The elections have been praised as peaceful and in conformity with regional standards and principles by observers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU).
Zanu-PF Headed for Landslide Victory in Zimbabwe Harmonized Elections
AllAfrica
2nd August, 2013
Zanu-PF is heading for a landslide victory in harmonized elections held on 31 July and widely praised by regional and international observers as credible and well-managed.
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Posted by seumasach on July 29, 2013
NYTimes
28th July, 2013
The new head of the main Syrian exile opposition group says he is prepared to attend a peace conference in Geneva with representatives of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria without preconditions.
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Posted by seumasach on July 27, 2013
Yahoo
27th July, 2013
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Protesters attacked offices ofLibya’s Muslim Brotherhood and the headquarters of a liberal coalition on Saturday after demonstrations sparked by assassinations in the eastern city of Benghaziturned violent, witnesses said.
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Posted by seumasach on July 27, 2013
Reuters
27th July, 2013
(Reuters) – As the Syrian civil war deepened and anti-government rebels struggled to unify their fractious forces, the White House early last year quietly convened an elite group of senior policymakers to advise President Barack Obama.
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Posted by seumasach on July 26, 2013
RIANovosti
26th July, 2013
NEW YORK, July 26 (RIA Novosti) – The forthcoming informal meeting of UN Security Council members with the Syrian National Coalition should not be viewed as the opposition group’s recognition “in any official role,” Russia’s UN envoy said on Thursday
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Posted by seumasach on July 26, 2013
Xinhua
26th July, 2013
UNITED NATIONS, July 25 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said hereThursday that there was no military solution in Syria, only a political one was possible,and he was stepping up dialogue with all involved in the Syrian conflict that hasclaimed over 100,000 lives over the past two years.
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Posted by seumasach on July 25, 2013
Catholic Culture
25th July, 2013
Criticizing Western media coverage of the Syrian conflict, an Italian journalist writing for Catholic World Report has gathered together statements from several Church leaders in the Middle East lamenting support for the Syrian rebels.
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Posted by seumasach on July 24, 2013
[I disagree with Thierry Meyssan only in his characterisation of this process as “a new Sykes-Picot agreement”. As Meyssan himself says Anglo-American imperialism is finished. Consequently, multipolarity triumphs and in particular Russian diplomacy. The US has entered into a de facto strategic partnership with Russia but this is a benign end of empire scenario rather than a new imperialist division of the world. We should not underestimate the potential within this process; the inauguration of a new post-imperial epoque of global peace.]
Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet
22nd July, 2013
You’ve probably noticed the change in tone of the atlanticist press on the Syrian issue. The “rebels”, these “champions of Freedom”, have suddenly turned into fanatical terrorists who tear each other apart. For Thierry Meyssan, there is nothing new under the sun: Washington has simply abandoned the idea of overthrowing Assad and is heading to the Geneva II conference. Next step: the loss of French influence in the region.
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Posted by seumasach on July 24, 2013
UN would like Iran in Geneva conference on Syria: Brahimi
PressTV
23rd July, 2013
UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says the United Nations “would like” Iran to attend the next Geneva conference on the crisis in Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on July 24, 2013
[“A frank and informal exchange with the National Coalition” is a diplomatic way of saying to the “rebel”leadership: “get your asses to the Geneva 2 peace conference”]
Intervention in Syria would implicate US in war crimes, warns top military officer
Irish Times
24th July, 2013
Martin Dempsey, the US’s highest-ranking military officer, has warned against intervention in the Syrian conflict. In a letter to the chairman of the senate armed services committee laying out military options, Gen Dempsey said arming and training rebels could lead to a deepening of US involvement; would cost $500 million a year initially; would risk arming al-Qaeda forces; and would implicate the US in war crimes
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