Syria

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Obama Raises The Military Stakes: Confrontation On The Frontiers Of China And Russia

by James Petras December 14, 2011

After going from defeat to defeat on the periphery of world power and not satisfied with running treasury-busting deficits in pursuit of empire building against economically weak countries, Obama has embraced a policy of encirclement and provocations against China, the world’s second largest economy and the US’s most important creditor, and Russia, the European Union’s principle oil and gas provider and the world’s second most powerful nuclear weapons power.

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CIA, Mossad Intervention in Syria is all about Iran [Podcast]

by SR Editor December 14, 2011

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist discusses the conflict in Syria, where Western-backed instigators and a legitimate domestic opposition face off against the Assad regime

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Lockerbie Libya Syria; Who To Frame Next

by Dr. Christof Lehmann September 21, 2011

New evidence in the Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie is clearing the name of Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, who was convicted and sentenced during the Camp Zeist Trial. As many intelligence experts have suggested for years, the evidence is leading towards persons in Germany, with ties to the Palestinian Front For the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, PFLP-GC. Why is it, that the new evidence is produced now, at a time, where the USA, EU, and NATO have installed the TNC in Tripoli, and have initiated an armed insurgency into Syria in preparation of NATO´s neo-colonial ambitions in Northern Africa and the Middle East.

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Breaches of international law lay behind unrest on Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights

by SR Editor June 11, 2011

While much of the Western media have ignored the recent bloodshed on the Golan Heights, the limited reports that have been released appear to misunderstand the background to the present confrontation. Richard Lightbown explains the history.

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Syria Shuts Down the Internet As Revolt Gains Steam

by Haitham Sabbah June 4, 2011

Internet intelligence firm Renesys reported on its blog that starting at 3:35 UTC yesterday, approximately two-thirds of all Syrian networks became unreachable from the global Internet. The networks that are not reachable include, substantially, all of the prefixes reserved for SyriaTel’s 3G mobile data networks, and smaller downstream ISPs.

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Syria’s Golan Heights: Can International law forestall a Golanian intifada?

by Franklin Lamb October 23, 2009

Pressure increasing on Syria’s government to retake the Heights by force By Franklin Lamb * Nationals from nearly one-third of the 192 member states of the United Nations met in Damascus last week to discuss the Return/Liberation of the Golan Heights. An estimated 5000 researchers, Lawyers, politicians, activists, victims of Israel’s 42 years of occupation, [...]

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Arab in Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007

by Haitham Sabbah October 17, 2007

It’s time of the year for Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. With all my reservations regarding Reporters Without Borders neutrality (having doubt after knowing that France is their financial supporter, although they are an NGO!), yet, their report was always a good indicator, if not the closest to reality – at least from my experiences [...]

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Miss Bahrain, Miss Arab World 2007 and Stereotypes

by Haitham Sabbah September 30, 2007

I admit I have missed the news when it was announced end of last July, but better late than never. Honored to be Bahraini by soul for living in Bahrain for the last four years, I am very happy to know that Wafaa Ganahi, a 23-year-old teacher from the Law Faculty of Bahrain University, won [...]

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Israel’s First Madam In Lebanon

by Kawther Salam June 14, 2007

What motivates me to write about Shulamit Cohen is my encounter with her corrupt son David Kishik, whom I met years ago in the course of my journalistic work, and who turned the Israeli Military-Civil Administration Headquarter in the West Bank into a central for furthering his lucrative business transactions and private projects around land [...]

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FAQ on the 1967 war

by Haitham Sabbah May 31, 2007

This June marks the fortieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Four decades of control maintained by force of arms have enabled Israel to impose its will on the occupied territories and to remake them in its own image. Here is FAQ on the 1967 war: 1. How [...]

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40th anniversary: Say NO to Israel’s occupation

by Haitham Sabbah April 30, 2007

June 2007 marks the 40-year anniversary of Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights. The ICNP (International Coordination Network on Palestine) has launched during last year’s annual UN civil society conference on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people a global Call for Action Days on June [...]

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Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2006

In the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst. Here is the list in order from “best” to “worst”: Kuwait – 73 United Arab Emirates – 77 Mauritania – 77 Qatar – 80 Morocco – 97 Lebanon [...]

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Did you know?

by Haitham Sabbah October 11, 2006

Did you know that there are few journalists in Washington who can throw the White House off its stride? Bob Woodward is one of them. Woodward’s new book, “State of Denial,” paints a damning picture of White House policy in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion. The White House is now in full damage-control mode [...]

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Nuclear war starting in 10 days?

by Haitham Sabbah August 13, 2006

11.08.2006 Source: URL: http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/83898-Nuclear_War-0 Such was the conclusion reached in the U.S. Russian generals and political scientists disagree only about its exact starting date. Our world is on the brink of another world war. It will originate August 22nd in the Middle East. The prediction was presented not by Vagna or Nostradamus but by an [...]

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Another wall for security!

by Haitham Sabbah April 10, 2006

Saudis plan to fence off border with chaos Via: Times online Just what Iraq’s need. Saudis Arabia plan to fence off Iraq. They have invited bids for the construction of a security fence (isn’t that the same name used for what is called the Israeli Apartheid Wall?) along the entire length of its 900km (560mile) [...]

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