Regardless of the conqueror, Syria – even if it remains united – will emerge as a devastated nation that relies on international benefactors to rebuild its infrastructure and economy. To Israel’s delight, the outcome of the conflict will leave the US and Russia, after the people of Syria, as the biggest strategic losers.
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Michel Chossudovsky: US-NATO “Economic Terrorism”: The Collapse of Syria’s Industry and Agriculture
The Syrian economy is being hit by the combined impacts of the US-NATO sponsored terrorist attacks and the economic sanctions regime. The ultimate objective of the US-NATO covert war on Syria is the destabilization of the Syria economy and the destruction of Syria as a nation state.
Israel Shells Syria and Gaza
It’s elections time! What better campaign can Netanyahu have more than Palestinian blood on his hands? He’s preparing public opinion perhaps for Cast Lead 2.
Obama Raises The Military Stakes: Confrontation On The Frontiers Of China And Russia
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.
CIA, Mossad Intervention in Syria is all about Iran [Podcast]
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
Lockerbie Libya Syria; Who To Frame Next
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.
Breaches of international law lay behind unrest on Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights
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.
Syria Shuts Down the Internet As Revolt Gains Steam
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.
Syria’s Golan Heights: Can International law forestall a Golanian intifada?
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, [...]
Arab in Worldwide Press Freedom Index 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 [...]
Miss Bahrain, Miss Arab World 2007 and Stereotypes
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 [...]
Israel’s First Madam In Lebanon
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 [...]
FAQ on the 1967 war
FAQ about the 1967 war between Arab and Israel. Debunk the myth of the war and the Israeli Occupation Forces.
40th anniversary: Say NO to Israel’s occupation
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 [...]
Worldwide Press Freedom Index 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 [...]
Did you know?
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 [...]
Nuclear war starting in 10 days?
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 [...]
Another wall for security!
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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Bridging culture by army of irregulars
Yesterday I was reading “Bloggers: an army of irregulars” by Paul Reynolds from the BBC. He talks about what big business and the mainstream media can learn from blogs : For many in the “mainstream media”, as bloggers call us, weblogs are at best a nuisance and at worst dangerous. They are seen as the [...]
Burning Butter!
This article first appeared on Global Voices. The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogsphere. The selected posts reflect different deviations in opinions and reactions related to the infamous Danish Cartoons. Dalya Younis of Geraldine Kingdom blog writes: ????.. ?? ???? ??? ?? ????? ?? ???????.. ??? ????? ?????????? ???? ?? [...]
Thief treason?
It was the worst concert I’ve ever seen. Coming out from the syrian palerlemnt house, and watching it live on TV (Arabic link): Syrian lawmakers demanded on Saturday that former Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam be tried for treason and corruption after he publicly broke with President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking from Paris, where he moved after [...]
Another journalist pen down!
A car bomb explosion killed anti-Syrian Member of Parliament and journalist Gebran Tueni in Beirut this morning. Tueni is Publisher, Chairman of the Board, General Manager and Editorialist of AN-NAHAR (Arabic) since 01/01/2000. Lebanon has been rocked by a series of bombings and assassinations since the killing of the former Prime Minister, Rafik al-Hariri, on [...]
False Freedom
Human Rights Watch released its long-awaited report on Online Censorship in the Middle East and North Africa. This report examines Internet trends and policies in the Middle East and North Africa region as they affect freedom of expression, focusing particularly on Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Tunisia. Human Rights Watch selected these four countries for closer [...]
BREAKING NEWS ~ UN report uncovers evidence of Syrian involvement in Hariri murder
A UN report cited “converging evidence” pointing at involvement by both Syrian and Lebanese senior security officials in the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri. Bloomberg – Unnamed Syrian: An unnamed Syrian living in Lebanon “who claims to have worked for the Syrian intelligence services in Lebanon, has stated that approximately two weeks after [...]
Slip of the Tongue
The young Syrian female correspondent of an Arabic-language TV network said that the Syrians “were in shock over the assassination of Brigadier General Kenaan . . . excuse me, the suicide of Brigadier General Kenaan.” [Jihad el Khazen - Dar al Hayat]
CFL ALERT: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES STRANDED AT AL-WALID BORDER BETWEN IRAQ AND SYRIA
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Palestinian refugees residing in Iraq like this little girl, pictured after fleeing to Jordan, have experienced increasing hostilty and harassment. Photo: UNHCR/A.Van Genderen Stort. Send our prewritten letter now: http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/CFLWeb/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1364 Or, write your own. ********************************* Citizens for Fair Legislation For Immediate Release October 13, 2005 ******************************** CFL [...]
Suicide Styles!
[Cartoon: Mahjoob] From right to left: Russian style, Samurai Style, French Style, and last the Syrian Style.
Syrian rights group says lawyer targeted by fake scheme
A Syria-based rights group said that state authorities “made up” a scenario involving a distraught woman who claimed that she had been beaten in order to put pressure on a prominent human rights activist and lawyer -Anwar Al Bunni.” A woman threw herself on the ground at the Damascus high court shouting that she had [...]
Check the bride at the door
Over a week ago, tens of thousands of people attended what they thought to be the biggest Palestinian wedding ever, in addition to the huge media coverage. A mass wedding ceremony sponsored by the Islamic Jihad organization in the Gaza Strip, 222 Gazan couples got married in Gaza city on Friday, 22 July 2005. But [...]
Jordan River Pollution
The Jordan River, where Jesus was reportedly baptized, is now just an extra-large toilet. Jordan River threatened by dams and sewage By Ibon Villelabeitia, Fri Jun 24, 9:08 AM ET Reuters The Jordan River, where Christians believe Jesus was baptized, is heavily polluted with sewage and is in danger of drying up after decades of [...]
Human bait: Accused teen in Syrian prison!
(AFP) DAMASCUS – A 17-year-old accused of ties to a banned Islamist group in Syria was sentenced to six years in prison by a state security court on Sunday, according to a human rights lawyer. Massaab Hariri was initially sentenced to death for allegedly belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, “but the court commuted the death [...]
Syrian-Canadian arrested
“A Syrian authorities have arrested a Syrian-Canadian returning home to Syria after years in exile.“ Canadians with dual citizenship must understand that, when in Syria, their Canadian citizenship is not recognized.
The Syrian Blog Shock!
On average, there is a new one or two blogs added to Arablogger.com directory a day. However, suddenly today I received a notification that there is 16 new blogs added. Well, first I thought of spam somehow, but when I went to check them out, to my surprise I discovered that there are 16 new [...]
Arab Discriminates Against Women. Why Is That So?
Last week, Guardian-organised event at which more than 100 young British Muslims were brought together at University College London. The delegates came from all walks of life, and held a wide range of views. The one thing that came across very clearly was that the media are often wrong to refer to “the Muslim community”, [...]
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