Archive for the ‘Syria’ Category
Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2014
Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet
28th April, 2014
While NATO member states and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC ) persist in presenting Syria as a dictatorship, the country continues its reforms. On June 3, it will elect its President of the Republic, while the war continues to ravage a part of its territory. Damascus is doing everything possible to ensure that this election is democratic and blameless, while its attackers have instructed their media to minimize the coverage and their jihadists to disrupt the procedings.
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Posted by seumasach on April 19, 2014
Under pressure from John Kerry, he was divested of the Syria dossier in February 2014.
Voltairenet
17th April, 2014
Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has, by royal decree, been relieved of his duties as national security adviser and director of Saudi intelligence services. According to the national news agency, the decision was made “at his request.”
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Posted by seumasach on April 14, 2014
“All global and regional indicators underline how Assad is there to stay. Change will come only under his leadership or his guidance. The sooner the United States realizes this the better for all concerned parties.”
Nicola Nasser
Asia Times
11th April, 2014
Long gone are the days when the so-called “Friends of Syria” could plausibly claim that two thirds of Syria was controlled by rebel forces, that Damascus was under siege and that the days of President Bashar al-Assad were numbered.
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Posted by seumasach on April 8, 2014
John Kerry, U.S. Military Clash on Approach to Syria’s Rebels
Wall Street Journal
7th April, 2014
WASHINGTON—Frustrated by the stalemate in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerryhas been pushing for the U.S. military to be more aggressive in supporting the country’s rebel forces. Opposition has come from the institution that would spearhead any such effort: the Pentagon.
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Posted by seumasach on April 8, 2014
Middle East Online
7th April, 2014
BEIRUT – Syria’s regime is no longer in danger of being toppled and the risk of the country being divided has passed, the head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said in remarks published Monday.
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Posted by seumasach on March 25, 2014
“In terms of the terrorist activity inside Iraq, we believe it’s a direct result mostly of the situation in Syria and the destabilizing impact that Syria has had on Iraq in terms of foreign fighters being able to flow into Iraq and really wreak havoc there as well. We’re working with the Iraqi Government to increase their capacity to fight these threats on their own,” she concluded.
Washington: Situation in Syria has destabilizing impact on Iraq
Iraq News
25th March, 2014
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The US Department of State denounced killing the professor and Journalist, Mohammed Shammari, in Baghdad by a guard within the Presidential Protection Forces.
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Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2014
FNA
1st February, 2014
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his recent visit to Tehran both sides underlined the need for the expansion of mutual cooperation to find a diplomatic solution to the bloodshed in Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2014
KUNA
20th February, 2014
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (KUNA) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the growing terrorism in Syria.
The two leaders discussed “the importance of close cooperation between our the two countries to address the growing terrorist presence in Syria and on the shared interest in continuing efforts to advance a political solution to the Syria conflict,” said the White House in a statement late on Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2014
Debka
19th February, 2014
The live wire of the Saudi royal house’s drive against President Barack Obama’s détente with Tehran has been dropped. Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia’s National Security Adviser and Intelligence Director, has not been seen for more than a month. He was reported by DEBKAfile’s US and Saudi sources Wednesday, Feb. 19, to have been removed from the tight policy-making circle in Riyadh.
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Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2014
“Prince Miteb and Mohammed bin Nayef, they are in charge,” the adviser said. The world will see a “new strategy for Syria—quieter, more open, not too extreme. There will be more politics to it, and probably much less military.”
Saudi Arabia Replaces Key Official in Effort to Arm Syria Rebels
Wall Street Journal
19th February, 2014
Saudi Arabia has sidelined its veteran intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, as leader of the kingdom’s efforts to arm and fund Syrian rebels, replacing him with another prince well-regarded by U.S. officials for his successes fighting al-Qaeda, Saudi royal advisers said this week.
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Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2014
Michael Collins
War is a Crime
18th February, 2014
The Syrian Arab Army may be on the verge of another set of victories that go far beyond those gained in the summer of 2013 when the Syrian army and Hezbollah took the rebel held city of Qusayr. The hotly contested battles rage in the major city of Aleppo and the much smaller mountain city of Yabrud. Major gains in either locale would be significant. Victories in both would raise questions about the various rebel factions and their ability to continue contesting for control of the country.
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