World-News

Mounting evidence suggests that radical Islamist and jihadist groups, some with direct links to al-Qaeda, are increasingly in control of the opposition and ''running the show'' in key parts of the country.

http://is.gd/jLNTBH



Russian War Games Send a Strong Message Against NATO Intervention in Syria?

By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Is there a connection between events in Syria (maybe even US tension with North Korea) and Russia s impromptu Black Sea war games that started on March 28, 2013?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34496.htm



Syrian, Iraqi jihadi groups said to be cooperating

Iraqi intelligence officials say the burgeoning cooperation is pumping new life into the Sunni insurgency in their country.

http://is.gd/Uij7EY



Syrian Christians Attacked in their Ancient Homeland

With the Western-backed plan to overthrow the current Syrian government and the regional and global support being given to the Syrian opposition, including foreign hardline Jihadists who adopt Saudi Arabia s ultra-conservative Takfiri version of Sunni Islam, this reality is changing.

http://is.gd/kUN2uH



Syria in Danger of Replicating Christian Exodus in Iraq

The World Evangelical Alliance s human rights ambassador has warned that Christians are being ''chased from their homes'' in Syria.

http://is.gd/QR4SL2



Washington Escalates Syria Intervention

By Bill Van Auken

After using al Qaeda and similar forces as shock troops in a war for regime change, its intent is to fashion a new dictatorial regime based upon the remnants of Assad s security forces.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34504.htm



Jihadis In Syria Using State Of The Art Obama Supplied Weapons

Video
http://is.gd/tLEFvk



Syria conflict drawing hundreds of jihadists from Europe, says report

600 individuals from 14 countries including the UK, Austria, Spain, Sweden and Germany had taken part in the conflict.

http://is.gd/MPWbqo


From Information Clearing House



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By Desmond Tutu

How can the country be abandoned in its hour of need? Power plays have taken priority over the terrible suffering of Syrians.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34409.htm



Obama Unleashes Dogs of War in Syria

Melkulangara Bhadrakumar

The comprehensive destruction of Syria as a major military power in the Middle East means that all three major Arab powers which could offer defiance to Israel in the past and have been the repositories of ''Arabism'' at one time or another, Iraq, Egypt and Syria, have been dispatched to the Stone Age.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34426.htm



Syria s Descent: The Agony of Aleppo s Children

Channel 4 News Video Report

For Aleppo s children ''blood has become like water''. Filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen has spent several weeks meeting children facing unimaginable horror as they work in a city hospital.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34422.htm



Outsiders are killing Syrian People, destroying Churches and mosques: Christian Bishop

They kill people. They do not care about people, about human lives. And that s more important than churches and cathedrals, because if there are no people, there s no need for cathedrals.

http://is.gd/9CHnoy


From Information Clearing House



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NYT Report
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/25-1

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Confirmed: US Shipping Weapons to Syria

Al Nusra s ''Mystery'' Sponsors Revealed

By Tony Cartalucci

While the Western media has attempted in the past to feign ignorance as to where Al Qaeda s al-Nusra was getting their weapons from, it is now abundantly clear.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34412.htm



CIA aids huge arms smuggling to Syria

At least 3,500 tons of have been delivered, some ending up on the black market, with the Turkish government an active player, a media report says.

http://rt.com/news/cia-arms-smuggling-syria-796/



Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With Aid From C.I.A

With help from the C.I.A., Arab governments and Turkey have sharply increased their military aid to Syria s opposition fighters in recent months, expanding a secret airlift of arms and equipment for the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

http://is.gd/5xbOhX



Syrian Jihadist Fighters Getting Western Weapons

A Syrian rebel group the Obama administration considers a terrorist organization is managing to obtain modern anti-tank weapons meant for other groups fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad, according to regional experts.

http://is.gd/f3pWug



US training secular Syrians in Jordan, say officials

The training has been taking place since late last year at an unspecified location, concentrating largely on Sunnis and tribal Bedouins who formerly served as members of the Syrian army, officials said. The forces aren t members of the leading rebel group, the Free Syrian Army, they said.

http://is.gd/kBHa5v



Arms Shipments Rise to Syrian Rebels

By Dale Gavlak And Jamal Halaby

Mideast powers have dramatically stepped up weapons supplies to Syrian rebels in coordination with the U.S. in preparation for a push on the capital of Damascus, officials and Western military experts said Wednesday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34439.htm



Jabhat al-Nusra imposing extremist views in Syria

Residents of Aleppo and Deir Ezzor say the group is imposing its strict agenda under the cloak of providing aid to residents.

http://is.gd/yLyIOX


From Information Clearing House



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Die CIA und die Waffenlieferungen nach Syrien.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38823/1.html



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By Nile Bowie

Obama is now in a position to act on his statements and intervene more boldly and directly than the United States has already been doing since the beginning of the conflict.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34371.htm



Hands off Syria!

By Bill Van Auken
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34374.htm



''Russia Must Be Ready To Counter Threat Using Military Force'': Deputy Prime Minister

By Interfax

''Russia must show the world its firm resoluteness to defend the world and its place in it...''

http://is.gd/x6PqCB



On Capitol Hill, Calls for Attack On Syria

By John T. Bennett

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told Obama he should use air strikes and take other measures to cripple Assad s military, boost the opposition and protect Syrian citizens.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34379.htm



Obama Boosts Syria Support as Congress Pushes Military Intervention

By Samer Araabi

''The CIA is on the ground helping sort out who should get money, and they're training people in Jordan.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34398.htm


From Information Clearing House



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By Bill Van Auken

US and NATO discussions have included providing ''lethal support'' to the anti-government militias and using direct military force to impose ''no-fly zones'' in Syria.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34356.htm



Another Syrian Chalabi

By Moon Of Alabama

Parts of the Syrian exile opposition installed a new leader.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34362.htm



NATO has Syria contingency plan, top US commander

NATO forces are focusing on a ''wide range of operations'' in Syria, the US top commander in Europe told the US Senate. If called upon, the international coalition is ready to engage on the same level and in same way as it did in Libya.

http://is.gd/oBSWs5



U.S. considers no-fly-zone over Syria

U.S. States Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, said Washington is considering imposing a no-fly zone over Syria.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/03/29/U-S-considers-no-fly-zone-over-Syria.html


From Information Clearing House

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WMD in Syria? Here we go again

The Nation
by Robert Dreyfuss

03/20/13

Hawks, neoconservatives, liberal interventionists and others, truth be told, in Washington, nearly everyone except President Obama himself, seems to want to get involved militarily in Syria. The latest bugaboo: WMD. Haven t we heard that someplace before? Say, ten years ago?

http://tinyurl.com/c5guzh5


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The bloody uprising against Bashar al-Assad is creating a new wave of jihadists in Britain, with Syria now the main destination for militant Muslims wishing to fight abroad, The Independent has learnt.

http://is.gd/SYTr4r



At least 50 French citizens 'waging jihad in Syria'

As many as 80 French citizens are fighting with rebel groups in Syria, according to a report in French daily Le Figaro published Wednesday.

http://is.gd/AHFvwd



Real risk of Syria war exploding across Mideast: UN refugee agency

''I believe that if the Syrian conflict goes on and on and on, there is a real risk of an explosion in the Middle East, and then there will be no way to cope with the challenge from the humanitarian, political and security perspective,'' said Guterres.

http://is.gd/7bjVPX



France defends Syria weapons plan

France s president has defended his plan to supply arms to Syria s rebels. Speaking after an EU meeting, Francois Hollande said the rebels had given guarantees that weapons would not fall into the wrong hands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21796002



How can we find the truth about 'chemical weapons' in Syria?

The embarrassing scare stories put about by the British Foreign Office and US Department of State several months back about credible evidence of chemical weapons being prepared by the regime. Not a shred of proof was offered from the secret services who brought you Iraqi WMD. We were supposed to take it on trust.

http://is.gd/4jAnlw



British special force on Syria alert

UK special forces are being pulled out of Afghanistan ahead of a planned mission to help Syrian rebels.: SAS and SBS commanders are drawing up top secret plans to give the fighters much-needed weapons.

http://is.gd/EmIdPY



Top US general urges caution on Syria options, rebels

The United States has a less clear understanding of Syria s opposition than it did last year, the top U.S. military officer said on Monday, in comments likely to disappoint rebels hoping that America might be inching toward a decision to arm them.

http://is.gd/uDadKh


From Information Clearing House

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'Sketchy' Reports from Syria and US War Hawks Mobilize
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/20



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Syrien: Trotz beunruhigender Aussichten auf Milizenkriege halten Frankreich und Großbritannien an der Forderung fest, Waffen an oppositionelle Gruppen zu liefern.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38748/1.html

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Britain, France ready to arm Syria rebels

Opposition activists called on the two governments to provide heavy weaponry not just small arms to tilt the balance in the two-year uprising against President Bashar al-Assad s rule.

http://is.gd/h7to6g


From Information Clearing House



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In an interview with the Russian TV on Sunday, Lavrov said that Russia learned a very important lesson from what happened in Libya, voicing confidence that the west is learning this lesson now.

http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/22/2013/02/10/466530.htm



France fighting in Mali rebels it armed in Libya: Russia

The rebels France is battling in northern Mali are some of the very same fighters it helped arm in Libya, Russia s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday.

http://is.gd/jdT2k9



Syrian civilians' plight 'catastrophic'

The plight of civilians in conflict-ravaged Syria has now reached catastrophic levels, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday, adding that it was having trouble reaching those in need.

http://is.gd/zAyqtv



Russian warships head to Syria in show of power

The Russian Defense Ministry told the RIA-Novosti news agency on Tuesday that four large landing vessels were on their way to the Mediterranean near Syria, three weeks after the Russian navy conducted its biggest maneuvers in the region since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

http://is.gd/BZnwAT



Obama s Wars in Africa: Boots on the ground: 100 Military Personnel in Niger

President Obama sent about 100 U.S. military personnel to Niger to support the French mission to root out Islamists in Mali, of which he informed Congress today.

http://is.gd/i8jlNG



Washington Backs Syrian Anti-Government Terrorism

By Stephen Lendman

Make no mistake. Syria is Washington s war. It was planned years ago.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34073.htm



US deploys Predator drones to Niger: official

The United States has deployed several Predator drones to Niger to fly surveillance missions in support of French forces in Mali, a US defence official said Friday.

http://is.gd/YzRHhm



France plans military presence in W Africa after Mali war: UN sources

France has devised a scenario to station a rapid reaction force in West Africa after its war on Mali ends, UN-based diplomats privy to the plan say.

http://is.gd/PwmW9d



Who s Turning Syria s Civil War Into a Jihad?

Salafism and Anarchy May be the Big Winners.

By Philip Giraldi

Perhaps people in Washington should have been asking why Saudi Arabia and Qatar wanted to overthrow al-Assad and what kind of government they had in mind to replace him.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34137.htm



Obama Wades Deeper Into Syria s Morass

By Shamus Cooke

The destruction of Syrian society will continue, indeed, increase. Although there are plenty of non-military options the Obama administration could pursue, he s instead choosing the bloodiest course possible.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34154.htm



France says Syria balance of power must be changed

France hinted on Tuesday that it would push to get a European Union arms embargo on Syria lifted, saying the balance of power in the country had to change so President Bashar al Assad understood he could not win by military force.

http://is.gd/xvFfLu


From Information Clearing House

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With Little More Than a Note, Obama Deploys US Troops To Niger
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/22-1



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Under the cover of war and chaos, this group, which alone lacks militias of its own, is easy prey for Islamists and criminals, alike. These assaults are driving out the Christians en masse.

http://is.gd/LtEjGA



Patriarch Lahham sounds alarm over Syria s Christians

''Around 20 churches were destroyed, damaged or evacuated in the area mentioned, and prayers are no longer held there as the faithful and priests have deserted their parishes,'' said the prelate, who is based in the Metn town of Rabieh.

http://is.gd/9ehY3C



Syria: How Jihadist s Are Taking Over Syria s ''Revolution''

By Ruth Sherlock, Aleppo

Life in Syria s most populous city has become a dog-eat-dog existence: a battle for survival in a place where the strong devour the weak.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33892.htm


From Information Clearing House



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