Tag: middleeast

January 4, 2016 0

Saudi Arabia’s Growing Body Count

By News Desk

Amnesty International’s report, " Saudi Arabia: Appalling death sentence against Shi’a cleric must be quashed ," would claim: Evidence for all the other charges he was convicted of came from religious sermons and interviews attributed to the cleric. Amnesty International’s review of these texts confirms that he was exercising his right to free expression and was not inciting violence

December 7, 2015 0

France and Germany’s "Fight" Against the Islamic State

By News Desk

The Washington Post’s article " Obama has strategy for Syria, but it faces major obstacles ," would blatantly report that: They [the US] will increase air operations in northern Syria, particularly in the Turkish border area to cut the flow of foreign fighters, money and materiel coming in to support the Islamic State.

November 28, 2015 0

URGENT: US-Turkey Edging Up to Syrian Border

By News Desk

The Wall Street Journal in its article, " U.S. Urges Turkey to Seal Border ," reported that: The Obama administration is pressing Turkey to deploy thousands of additional troops along its border with Syria to cordon off a 60-mile stretch of frontier that U.S

November 18, 2015 0

West Leverages Paris Attacks for Syria Endgame

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The London Guardian stated in its article " Paris attacks galvanise international efforts to end Syria war " that: The Isis attacks in Paris have galvanised international efforts to end the war in Syria, with a new deadline set for negotiations between the warring parties and for a country-wide ceasefire.  There is still no sign of agreement, however, on the key question of the future of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. It should seem extraordinary to the global public that even after the attacks in Paris, the West still insists on undermining the Syrian government toward its goal of "regime change," which includes continued material support to armed militants – all of which are extremists, and many of which have either coordinated with, or fought under the banner of Al Qaeda and even the self-proclaimed "Islamic State" (ISIS). This is also considering the fact that the Syrian government is now currently engaged in battle with ISIS in and around Aleppo, and is currently threatening to sever its supply lines leading out of NATO-member Turkey’s territory