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Mossad vs Assad? ‘CIA death squads behind Syria bloodbath’

Posted by seumasach on November 22, 2011

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President says Turkey against foreign intervention in Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 21, 2011

Today’s Zaman

21st November, 2011

Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said his country does not favor foreign military intervention in Syria to end the ongoing crackdown in the neighboring country, indicating that a solution to the current stalemate should be found within Syria.

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Russia’s Lavrov condemns West’s position on Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 21, 2011

Today’s Zaman

21st November, 2011

Russia’s foreign minister has described the stance of Western nations on how to stop violence in Syria as “a political provocation.”

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Russia sends warships to Syrian waters

Posted by seumasach on November 20, 2011

PressTV

19th November, 2011

Russia is sending its warships to Syrian waters in a move aimed at preventing any foreign attacks against Syrian territories.

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Russia: Foreigners working against Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 18, 2011

PressTV

18th November, 2011

Russia says ‘some foreign countries’ are trying to exacerbate the situation in Syria to make pretext for their interference in the Middle Eastern country’s internal affairs.

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Tarpley-Report from Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2011

Tarpley.net

15th November, 2011

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Syria and Iran: the great game

Posted by seumasach on November 7, 2011

Alastair Crooke

Guardian

4th November, 2011

This summer a senior Saudi official told John Hannah, Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, that from the outset of the upheaval in Syria, the king has believed that regime change would be highly beneficial to Saudi interests: “The king knows that other than the collapse of the Islamic Republic itself, nothing would weaken Iran more than losing Syria.”

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The ‘great game’ in Syria

Posted by seumasach on October 22, 2011

Alistair Crooke

Asia Times

22nd October, 2011

This summer, a senior Saudi official told John Hannah [1], former United States vice president Dick Cheney’s former chief-of-staff, that from the outset of the Syrian upheaval in March, the king has believed that regime change in Syria would be highly beneficial to Saudi interests: “The king knows that other than the collapse of the Islamic Republic itself, nothing would weaken Iran more than losing Syria,” said the official.

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The Christians of the Orient stand up against the new Western colonialism

Posted by seumasach on October 14, 2011

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

14th October, 2011

The war against Syria, planned by the United States, France and the United Kingdom for mid-November 2011, has been blocked in extremis by the Russian and Chinese vetoes at the Security Council. According to Nicolas Sarkozy, who informed the Maronite Patriarch of the matter during a stormy meeting at the Elysée Palace on 5 September 2011, the plan contemplates the expulsion of Middle East Christians by the Western powers. In this context a press campaign is underway in Europe to accuse the Christians of the Orient of collusion with the dictatorships. Mother Agnès-Mariam of the Cross, mother superior of the monastery of James the Mutilated in Qara (Syria) responds to this war propaganda.

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Aljazeera prepares mock-ups of Syrian towns

Posted by seumasach on October 10, 2011

Aljazeera prepare de fausse images de la Syrie

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

7th October, 2011

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La télévision syrienne a diffusé, jeudi 6 octobre 2011, une émission spéciale avec Thierry Meyssan. Le président du Réseau Voltaire a tiré les leçons de son expérience en Libye.

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Russia vows to prevent repetition of ‘Libya scenario’

Posted by seumasach on October 5, 2011

RIANovosti

5th October, 2011

Moscow will oppose any attempt to “abuse” UN Security Council decisions to achieve the overthrow of “undesirable regimes,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

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