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Iran urges Qatar emir to revise Syria policy

Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2013

Gulf News

26th June, 2013

Dubai: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Wednesday urged Qatar’s new Emir Shaikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani to revise his country’s policy of backing Syrian rebel groups.

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Nusaiyf calls Arab League to prevent Qatar from arming Syrian opposition

Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2013

 

Iraqi News

26th June, 2013

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP Aliya Nusaiyf of the Hurra Iraqiya Slate called the parliament to demand the Arab League and the Islamic Conference Organization to pressurize Qatar and prevent it from arming the armed groups in Syria.

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Davutoğlu and Lavrov discuss Syria

Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2013

Davutoğlu and Lavrov discuss Syria in phone conversation, agree to meet

Hurriyet Daily News

27th June, 2013

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu had a phone conversation with his Russiancounterpart, Sergey Lavrov, June 26 as preparations for the Geneva II conference to find a path to a solution for the deadlock in Syria are ongoing.

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Fatah, PFLP-GC slam Hamas leader’s stance on Syria

Posted by seumasach on June 25, 2013

Ma’an

25th June, 2013

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah on Monday criticized Hamas leader and PLC speaker Aziz Dweik for taking sides in the Syrian conflict.

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Fiasco for “Friends of Syria” meeting

Posted by seumasach on June 25, 2013

Voltairenet

23rd June, 2013

The meeting of the “Friends of Syria” held on Saturday, 22 June, in Doha (Qatar), concluded unsuccessfully. France, the United Kingdom and the United States had announced at the Lough Erne G8 summit that they would officially be arming the Free Syrian Army. On 14 June, the latter had provided the list of weapons and ammunition they needed.

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Suppliers of Syrian “rebels” liable

Posted by seumasach on June 25, 2013

Arms deliveries to ’Syrian rebels’ equally liable for crimes committed

Voltairenet

22nd June, 2013

The delivery of weapons to Syrian rebels is in breach of UN resolutions. This enables the victims’ families to sue individually before the International Criminal Tribunal those leaders who should decide to do so, and allows Syria to file a suit against their states with the International Court of Justice.

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Iranian minister bashes Doha conference

Posted by seumasach on June 24, 2013

[The sentiments expressed by the Iranian leadership are also those of the vast majority in the UK. The empire is coming to an end in a comprehensive propaganda defeat. One only to read the comments section of the Guardian newspaper, a cheerleader for the Syrian rebels, to see this overwhelming reality- even the trolls no longer dare come out to play. You know you’re in a entirely new reality when Cameron’s main leadership rival, Boris Johnson, takes his cues from Vladimir Putin. News, if true, that Turkey has cut off supply routes to “the rebels” means their defeat is imminent and in its wake peace talks, between the West and the Assad government, those overthrow they have long sought, without pre-conditions.]

Albawaba

24th June, 2013

Iran has denounced a decision by Western and Arab countries to send weapons to Syrian rebelsfighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.

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Decision to arm rebel groups ‘dangerous’

Posted by seumasach on June 24, 2013

Good to dee the Washington Post joining the ranks of the realists and dedicating space to the words of Syria’s foreign minister, a voice of reason.

Syrian foreign minister: Decision to arm rebel groups ‘dangerous’ and will prolong war

Washington Post

24th June, 2013

DAMASCUS, Syria — The decision by the United States and its allies to arm rebel groups in Syria is “very dangerous” and will prolong the violence and killing on the ground, Syria’s foreign minister said Monday.

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UN rejects US claim on Syria chemical weapons

Posted by seumasach on June 22, 2013

PressTV

21st June, 2013

UN experts say they do not confirm the claims by the United States, France and Britain that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the militants.

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Assad might be Syria’s best option

Posted by seumasach on June 21, 2013

“Assad’s government is now the only armed force in the country still committed to preserving Syria’s territorial integrity and to its continuance as an independent nation state.”

“By upholding Syria’s rights as a nation-state, China and Russia are, contrary to most Western commentary, making the most useful contribution to the preservation of both the regional and the global peace.”

The Assad should stay viewpoint is gaining momentum in the English language press- a welcome recognition of reality.

Chris Trotter

Dominion Post

21st June, 2013

Until its actions triggered World War I, hardly anyone in New Zealand gave a damn about Serbia. Until very recently, the same was true of Syria. Even now, with images of Syria’s gruesome civil war nightly smearing the world’s television screens, I find myself reacting to the rapidly rising body count with a mixture of pity and frustration. As the angry, anguished faces of the slayers and their victims flash before me, I demand to know what could possibly be worth so much suffering? Freedom? Democracy?

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Syrie: “Le Monde” fait amende honorable après sa falsification sur Bachar al-Assad

Posted by seumasach on June 19, 2013

Allain Jules

19th June, 2013

Après notre démonstration d’hier, qui mettait en cause le journal Le Monde, pris la main dans le pot de confiture de la désinformation, ses journalistes ont été obligés de rectifier leur titre tendancieux et dépourvu d’un once de déontologie. Une belle victoire.

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