PRESIDENT ASSAD INTERVIEW: ‘WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EGYPT IS THE FALL OF POLITICAL ISLAM’

President al-Assad in interview to al-Thawra newspaper: what is  happening in Egypt is fall of so-called “Political Islam” Jul 04, 2013 Damascus, (SANA)-President Bashar al-Assad gave a speech to Syrian al-Thawra daily published on Thursday.   The following is the full text of the speech:   Interviewer: During this difficult time of crisis, it has often…

US RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMES OF AGGRESSION IN VIOLATION OF ROME STATUTE AND UN CHARTER

US Double-standards in its Appeals to “Geneva I Convention” By Dr. Robert P. Abele On May 23, Secretary of State John Kerry threatened Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with the following statement concerning U.S. military support of Syrian rebels: “In the event that we can’t find that way forward, in the event that the Assad regime…

ROLAND DUMAS: WEST WAS PREPARING ATTACK ON SYRIA BEFORE CRISIS BEGAN

Roland Dumas to SANA: West was preparing attack on Syria before crisis started Jul 01, 2013 Paris, (SANA) – Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas revealed that there’s a plot which was devised by several western countries – primarily Britain and France – to topple the Syrian the government even before the crisis started in…

SYRIA, LA VOLUTA INTECEZZA SU GINERVA2 E L’ALLEANZA TRA OCCIDENTE E ISLAMISIMO SUNNITA

Siria, la voluta incertezza su Ginevra2 e l’ alleanza tra Occidente e islamismo sunnita. di Marco Palombo 25 giugno, nessun accordo nell’ incontro tra ONU, Russia e USA su Ginevra2 Nell’ incontro che si è tenuto martedì a Ginevra tra l’ incaricato ONU Brahimi, i viceministri agli esteri russi Bogdanov e Gatilov e la sottosegretario…

BAMBINI E RAGAZZI, VITTIME DELLA “GUERRA MONDIALE” IN SIRIA

Bambini e ragazzi, vittime della “guerra mondiale” in Siria di Pierangela Zanzottera Da quando, il 19 marzo scorso, è morto il piccolo Jaafar Ghiath Al-Nmra, 10 anni,figlio unico, insieme al diciassettenne Saaed al-Hassan nel quartiere di Al-Zahra a Homs è entrata come una scheggia di follia che ancora non si è placata. La zona è…

EYEWITNESS REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF AL-QUASYR

By Syria Report Kris Janssen, a Belgian journalist, wrote the following eyewitness account after he visited Al-Qusayr on 22 June during a visit to Syria. Al-Qusayr is a small city in Homs governate (province). It is located about 35 kilometers from the provincial capital Homs and 15 kilometres from the Lebanese border overlooking a mountainous area. Although…

NEW VIDEO OF BEHEADING OF SYRIANS LOYAL TO THEIR GOVERNMENT HIGHLIGHTS BRUTALITY OF OPPOSITION

A video purportedly showing an extrajudicial public beheading of two Bashar Assad loyalists has been uploaded onto the internet. Its authenticity has been verified by pro and anti-Assad sources, though it remains unclear who is behind the execution. In the nine-minute clip, a group of several hundred people, including men, women and children stands around…

THE MYTH OF THE SECULAR, PRO-DEMOCRACY “SYRIAN REBEL”

Even if there were secular Syrian rebels fighting for liberal democracy (and it’s not clear there are) they’d still be unworthy of support By Stephen Gowans Asked to justify his support for what his interlocutor called “Islamo-fascists,” a leftist sympathetic to the Syrian rebellion replied, “I’m not supporting radical Islamists. I support the Free Syrian…

US SENDS PLANELOAD OF EQUIPMENT, OFFICERS, TO SYRIA VIA TURKEY

SEE >> THE ROLE OF TURKEY IN THE US-NATO-ISRAELI WAR ON SYRIA TEHRAN (FNA)- Tens of retired US Army officers accompanied by a military cargo infiltrated into Syria through Turkey’s Hatay province on Sunday, informed sources unveiled, adding that the American militaries and the cargo had arrived in Hatay just this morning. “An American C-130 plane…

AT “FRIENDS OF SYRIA” MEETING, AL-NUSRAH DEMANDS INCREASE IN WEAPONS SUPPLIES

TEHRAN (FNA)- The al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusrah Front threatened the participating countries in the so-called ‘Friends of Syria’ conference in Doha on Saturday that it should be the recipient of half of arms supplies to Syria, diplomatic sources revealed on Sunday. The foreign ministers of the so-called ‘Friends of Syria’ countries held a meeting in Doha, Qatar,…

SYRIA: THE VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE

PRESIDENT ASSAD’S FULL INTERVIEW WITH JURGEN TODENHOFER PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD By Stephen Gowans His security forces used live ammunition to mow down peaceful pro-democracy protesters, forcing them to take up arms to try to topple his brutal dictatorship. He has killed tens of thousands of his own people, using tanks, heavy artillery and even chemical weapons….

JUNE 22 “FRIENDS OF SYRIA” MEETING IN DOHA: 110 OUT OF 121 MEMBERS ABSENT

Photo: There were 121 States attending the Paris summit of the Friends of Syria. It was July 6, 2012. There was talk of an imminent collapse of Syria and its wealth was already being divided up. The “Friends of Syria” are scheduled to meet on 22 June 2013 in Doha (Qatar). Discussions will focus on…