Syria’s Assad says Western plots against him foiled but war not yet won
President says Russian, Iranian aid crucial to recovery of territory By Reuters – Aug 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A handout photo released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency […]
Can Syria ever be repaired when its long civil war finally comes to an end?
Syria’s conflict will end with many more casualties and many more missing than the Lebanese civil war. Vast areas of towns and cities are razed to the ground Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices 2 days ago After its titanic civil war, can Syria remain a united state? And if it does […]
Syria – An Avoidable Tragedy
by Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer Syria Conflict : How the democratic protests became a merciless war in which everyone fights against each other When the history of the Syrian War will be re-written it will not have much in common with today’s media coverage. The Syrian drama ran in three acts.: The first act […]
Syrian troops enter Aleppo’s Old City, poised for war’s biggest victory
Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – The sun rises while smoke is pictured near Aleppo’s historic citadel, as seen from a government-controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (reuters_tickers) By John Davison and Stephanie Nebehay BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria’s army and allies pushed into rebel-held parts […]
UK: Government has no strategy, no plan and only ‘phantom’ allies in Syria, scathing Commons report reveals
As ceasefire sits on the brink of collapse, MPs’ report paints a damning picture of Britain’s bombing campaign Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The Government is failing to implement its policy of making war on Isis in Syria which it was supposed to have launched nine months ago after rancorous debate. A […]
Syria conflict: US air strikes ‘kill dozens of government troops’
Share Image copyrightAPImage captionFighters of so-called Islamic State in Deir al-Zour, where they have been battling Syrian troops The US-led coalition has admitted its planes carried out an attack in eastern Syria that the Russian army says killed at least 62 Syrian troops fighting IS. The US said its […]
Jordan: How Close to Danger?
Jordan: How Close to Danger? Joost Hiltermann Muhammad Hamed/Reuters Poor Jordan. A small, economically precarious country, it shares a two-hundred-mile border with Syria. Yet unlike Syria’s other neighbors, Turkey, Iraq, and Lebanon, it rarely gets any attention in the international press. Indeed, while the world focuses on the European Union’s […]
Syria civil war: The untold story of the siege of two small Shia villages – and how the world turned a blind eye
Villages that remained loyal to the Syrian regime have paid a steep price Robert Fisk Nubl, Northern Syria @indyvoices 55 comments This is the untold story of the three-and-a-half-year siege of two small Shia Muslim villages in northern Syria. Although their recapture by the Syrian army – and by Iranian Revolutionary Guards […]
Syria conflict: Damascus remains a war zone – but some families are returning
In this subtle war, men of the Free Syrian Army are being allowed to rejoin the ranks of the government army they deserted on their return to the shattered neighbourhood of al-Qadam Robert Fisk Damascus @indyvoices Tuesday 16 February 2016 The aftermath of Russian bombing in Aleppo Ahmed Muhammed Ali/Anadolu/Getty Images “That is a […]
Ministers agree to ‘full cessation of hostilities’ in Syria within week: Kerry
Rafael Nash | Friday, February 12, 2016 Five years of conflict have killed more than a quarter-million people, created Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II and allowed the Islamic State to carve out its own territory across parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq. They will continue their […]
Mini-Republics: A Syrian Village Seeks to Survive amid Carnage
By Christoph Reuter in Korin, Syria spiegel.de Timo Vogt/randbild.de Even as war continues to rage in Syria, normal people in the country are doing their best to survive in places like the village of Korin. It has transformed into a kind of mini-republic and has […]
Kremlin says Putin ‘fully mobilized’ to tackle threat from Turkey
By Andrew Osborn and Polina Devitt1 hour ago . View photo A frame grab taken from footage released by Russia’s Defence Ministry November 26, 2015, shows Russian … http://l.yimg.com/rq/darla/2-8-9/html/r-sf.html By Andrew Osborn and Polina Devitt MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin is fully mobilized to tackle what the Kremlin regards […]
Why Admitting One Million Refugees Can Help Defeat ISIS
Source: Huffington Post By Stephen H. Dinan; Author, CEO of The Shift Network I believe the United States is in the midst of making a major and very damaging mistake in […]
Putin Plan: The Russian President’s Strategy for Syria
By Matthias Schepp in Moscow SPIEGEL.DE DPA President Vladimir Putin has been oddly quiet about the recent crash of a Russian jet in Egypt. A secret strategy paper suggests the Kremlin wants to find a political solution with the West on the issue of Syria. Pressure […]
Meet ‘The Tiger’, the commander with a crazy cult following
NOVEMBER 13, 20158:24AM He is labelled as a hero by government loyalists, but is a complex character. Nick Whighamnews.com.au “All men die, only a few will be remembered.” It’s a mantra said to be fondly used by Syria’s most notorious commander, Colonel Suheil Al-Hassan, who certainly won’t be forgotten anytime […]
Syria civil war: Civilians in Damascus pay the price for those in the provinces in conflict’s balance of horror
Syria civil war: Civilians in Damascus pay the price for those in the provinces in conflict’s balance of horror There are no good guys on either side, and the more cornered each becomes, the more they strike at the innocent by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK It’s a balance of […]
Syria: A Chronology of How the Civil War May End
Analysis STRATFOR.COM JULY 29, 2015 | 09:15 GMT An explosion rocks the Syrian city of Kobani during a reported suicide car bomb attack by Islamic State militants on a People’s Protection Unit (YPG) position, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, October 2014. (GOKHAN SAHIN/Getty […]
Syria conflict: Belgium rescues 200 Aleppo Christians
Syria conflict: Belgium rescues 200 Aleppo Christians Before the war, Aleppo had one of the biggest Christian communities in the Middle East Syria’s war Some 240 people, mainly Christians, have been brought out of Syria’s second city of Aleppo and taken to Belgium, the government in Brussels says. All the […]
Syrian class divisions growing during civil war, helping Assad regime
MARK MACKINNON LONDON — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2015 12:01AM EDT Syria is dissolving not only along sectarian lines, but also class lines, with a new report warning that the country’s economy has collapsed by more than 50 per cent through four years of bloody civil […]
Israeli Druze block ambulance with Syrian casualties
By Dan Williams5 hours ago . View photo Members of the Druze community walk next to the border fence between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan … By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Druze blocked an Israeli army ambulance they believed was transporting wounded Syrian rebels on Monday, local authorities said, […]