30th May, 2013
The Free Syrian Army, which took over control of al-Qusayr nearly a year ago, had expelled the Christian population and confiscated their homes. She has been expelled by the Syrian Arab Army, backed by Hezbollah.
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FSA massacre of Christians in Al-Duvair
Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2013
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Al Nusra caught with sarin gas
Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2013
Turkish police seizes 2 kg of sarin gas from Al-Nusra militants
31st May, 2013
In the course of its investigation into the Reyhanlı bombings (11 May 2013), the Turkish police conducted on Monday, 27 May 2013, a series of raids on the homes of Al-Nusra Front militants in Adana and Mersin. 12 suspects were arrested.
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A warning shot for Turkey-Qatar axis
Posted by seumasach on May 30, 2013
29th May, 2013
A bombing in the Turkish town of Reyhanli on May 11 killed 51 people but was largely ignored by Turkish media. Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Syrian government – with no evidence.
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Opposition in Syria slams coalition in exile ahead of peace talks
Posted by seumasach on May 29, 2013
The mess in the West only gets worse. They tried to create a respectable front organisation for the rebel rabble, but in vain. They’ll have to come up with someone to negotiate at the peace conference. Otherwise they face undisguised defeat and humiliation.
29th May, 2013
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Opposition groups on the ground in Syria slammed their counterparts in exile for undermining the rebellion and lacking legitimacy, laying bare chronic divisions among the foes of PresidentBashar al-Assad ahead of a planned peace conference.
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Russia seeks to restrain “hotheads”
Posted by seumasach on May 28, 2013
“Those systems by definition cannot be used by militant groups on the battlefield,” Ryabkov said. “We consider this delivery a factor of stabilization. We believe that moves like this one to a great degree restrain some hotheads from escalating the conflict to the international scale, from involving external forces.”
An unmistakeable reference to British foreign secretary, William Hague.
Russia slams end of EU arms embargo, calls S-300s ‘stabilizing factor’ in Syria
28th May, 2013
The failure of the European Union to agree on a new arms embargo for Syria is undermining the peace process, Moscow says. But the delivery of S-300 surface-to-air missiles may help restrain warmongers.
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Russia slams end of Syrian arms embargo
Posted by seumasach on May 28, 2013
28th May, 2013
Russia says the European Union’s decision to lift its embargo against arming Syrian rebels but not the regime will “directly harm” the prospects of holding a peace conference on the crisis.
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UK, France stand alone behind “rebels”
Posted by seumasach on May 28, 2013
“EU nations agreed to bring the arms embargo on the Syrian opposition to an end. This was the outcome that the United Kingdom wanted. It was a difficult decision for some countries but it was necessary and right to reinforce international efforts to reach a diplomatic solution(sic) to the conflict in Syria,” Hague said.
UK forces EU to lift embargo on Syria rebel arms
28th May, 2013
Europe‘s sanctions regime against Syria was plunged into uncertainty after Britain, backed by France, forced a lifting of the EU arms embargo on what it identifies as the moderate opposition to President Bashar al-Assad.
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Hassan Nasrallah donne le signal de la contre-attaque de l’Axe de la Résistance
Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2013
Pierre Khalaf
27th May, 2013
Alors que les États-uniens tentent de vider de leur contenu les arrangements de Moscou, en minant la conférence de « Genève-2 », l’État syrien et ses alliés régionaux font preuve d’une grande détermination à modifier d’une manière irréversibles les rapports de force sur le terrain. En assénant des coups de boutoirs aux terroristes, la Syrie réduit à presque rien la marge de manœuvre de Washington. Parallèlement, la Russie campe sur ses positions et refusent toutes les conditions posées par les États-unis concernant la composition de la délégation des « oppositions » syriennes et le blocage de la participation de l’Iran à cette conférence.
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Austria ready to block UK-French proposal on Syria arms
Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2013
27th May, 2013
Austrian foreign minister Michael Spindelegger said Monday in Brussels he is not willing to talk about relaxing the EU arms embargo on Syria in line with Anglo-French demands. “We [the EU] are a peace community and we would like to stay a peace community,” he noted.
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Saudis and MB clash for control of Syrian “opposition”
Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2013
Yahoo(AFP)
27th May, 2013
International efforts to end the conflict in Syria accelerate on Monday with key talks in Brussels and Paris, amid a push for a new peace conference despite growing divisions within the Syrian opposition.
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Syria Peace Conference: Who is really interested?
Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2013
“It’s clear that the US has basically moved towards the Russian position on the Geneva communiqué, which is where we were nearly a year ago,” Yezid Sayigh, Syria expert and senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Centre, told Ahram Online.
“If it (the opposition) refuses to attend, it may lose the political recognition of the Friends of Syria and receive no further material assistance,” especially from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Sayigh says. Consulting with these countries for influence in the SNC may leave the opposition “without clear, unified, and unconditional political support from either,” he argues.
It does appear that the “opposition” will be “persuaded” to attend
26th May, 2013
Amid a flurry of meetings, it is still largely undecided whether an international peace conference aimed at resolving the conflict in Syria will take place in June.
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