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UN observers confirm rebels in possession of tanks in Syria ‘s largest city

Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2012

Xinhua

1st August, 2012

DAMASCUS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — The UN Supervision Mission in Syria said it’s deeply concerned about the situation in Aleppo city, confirming that the armed rebels, for the first time, are in possession of heavy weapons including tanks.

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Syrian troops storm rebels command center in Aleppo

Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2012

PressTV

1st August, 2012

Syrian troops have stormed armed groups’ command center in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 150 terrorists fighting against the government.

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Former Blackwater mercenaries training FSA terrorists

Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2012

America’s “War under the Table” in Syria:

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Calm restored in most parts of Aleppo

Posted by seumasach on August 1, 2012

PressTV

1st August, 2012

Calm has been restored in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo as Syrian security forces have cleared most areas of the city of foreign-backed armed gangs, Press TVreports.

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Syrian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs send two letters to UNSC and UN Secretary Gen.

Posted by seumasach on July 31, 2012

Counterpsyops

31st July, 2012

 

Two letters addressed to the head of the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary General.

The Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said that during the past few days, armed terrorists carried out attacks against civilians, public and private properties in Syria, particularly in Damascus and Aleppo.

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The next stage in the destruction of Syria

Posted by seumasach on July 31, 2012

Shamus Cook

Worker’s Compass

29th July, 2012

The U.S. media has made its intentions clear: the “rebels” attacking Syria’s government must have more support to advance Syria’s “revolution.” This was the result of the much-hyped advance of Syria’s rebels into the country’s two largest cities, which the western media portrayed as a defining moment in global democracy. But “journalists” like these have blood on their hands, with much more in the works.

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Inside Syria: Aleppo’s Christians arm against Islamists

Posted by seumasach on July 31, 2012

Global Post

31st July, 2012

ALEPPO, Syria and BEIRUT, Lebanon — As evidence mounts that foreign Islamist jihadis are fighting alongside Syria’s increasingly radicalized rebels, Christians in Aleppo and elsewhere are taking up arms, often supplied by the regime

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Iran: Syria our friend in resistance, we won’t allow enemy to advance in

Posted by seumasach on July 31, 2012

Al-Manar

31st July, 2012

Iran said on Tuesday that Syria was the Islamic Republic’s friend in Resistance, stressing it would not allow the enemy to advance in.
However, Iran said that there was still no need to directly intervene.

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Syria: The Vultures Are Circling

Posted by seumasach on July 30, 2012

Neocons call for ‘safe zones,’ Washington contemplates intervention

Justin Raimondo

Antiwar.com

27th July, 2012

The way she talks, one would think Hillary Clinton is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian rebels:

“The Obama administration is weighing its options for more direct involvement in the Syrian civil war if the rebels opposing the Assad regime can wrest enough control to create a safe haven for themselves, U.S. officials said.

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China’s Navy in the Mediterranean?

Posted by seumasach on July 30, 2012

And one thing is certain: the transit of PLAN and Russian vessels in the area is not coincidental — it is clearly meant as a deterrent against intervention by Western powers in the Syrian crisis.

Exactly. This is an audacious and timely move by China

The Diplomat

30th July, 2012

For the first time since China’s re-emergence as a power to be reckonedwith, Western powers are being confronted with scenarios involving the risk of clashes with Chinese military forces outside the Asian giant’s backyard.

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U.S. Evangelicals see political, religious cause in Syria conflict

Posted by seumasach on July 30, 2012

“We need the help of the international community…otherwise only the weapons will dictate the destiny of my country.”

The international community in question with regard to defending Syria’s Christians is that led by Russia and China. US Christians should welcome the news of the dispatch of a Chinese naval vessel to Syria.

Swampland

27th July, 2012

Catholic Father Paolo Dall’Oglio of Syria’s Mar Musa monastery stood before Rock Springs Congregational United Church of Christ in Arlington, Virginia, on July 23 and pleaded for U.S. intervention in his homeland’s escalating civil war. Already half of Syria’s two million Christians have fled, he said, comparing the exodus of Christians to the one out of Iraq. “It is already too late—but we must do something to save what can be saved,” he told the 250 Christians and Muslims in attendance. “We need the help of the international community…otherwise only the weapons will dictate the destiny of my country.”

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