Doctor: ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’ Dozens of people, including at least ten children, have been killed in what is suspected to be one of the deadliest chemical attacks in Syria in years, multiple activist groups say. Airstrikes hit the rebel-held city of Khan Sheikhoun in I[...]
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BREAKING NEWS: Syria gas attack reportedly kills dozens, including children
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany Plead with Trump to Show Compassion for the Syrians
Jewish Holocaust survivors who fled Nazi Germany and other countries as children have a request for President Donald Trump: “Keep the doors open to refugees.” In a letter to Trump released Monday, more than 200 family members and survivors of the Kindertransport ― a program that sent around 1[...]
MiG Crashes Off of Russia’s Antique Aircraft Carrier
A Russian MiG-29k jet just crashed during its debut off the Syrian coast The jet crashed in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to land on Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, the Russian Ministry of Defense said Monday in a statement. As Russia’s lone aircraft carrier and the Russian navy’s flagshi[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Russian/Iranian Coalition Takes a Major Hit in Syria
Idrees Ahmad FACEBOOK Against all odds and without any support, Syrian rebels have broken the siege of eastern Aleppo. Over a quarter million people will once again have access to food and medicine.[...]
July 28th, 2016 - 9:16 am § in Misc.
A Good Deed By Israel
Israel opens up border to offer humanitarian aid in Syria[...]
Sputnick News: Assad the Peacemaker
Syrian President Bashar-al-Assad called the recent truce in Syria a “glimmer of hope” and assured that his government will make every effort to maintain the ceasefire, the Syrian leader said in an interview with the ARD TV channel. Assad also promised “full amnesty” to repre[...]
February 29th, 2016 - 1:42 am § in Misc.
Russian Planes Over Syria
(Der Spiegel, abstracted) Remember the Cuban missile crisis? Syria is the Cuba of 2016 and the risk of an international confrontation there is growing by the day. … Moscow and NATO member state Turkey are squaring off in the Syrian conflict, and the potential consequences for the trans-At[...]
February 21st, 2016 - 9:02 am § in Misc.
The media are misleading the public on Syria
Abstracted form a Boston Globe:OPED by Stephen Kinzer The Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press. Reporting about carnage in the ancient city of Aleppo is the latest reason why. For three years, violent militants have run Aleppo. Their[...]
February 20th, 2016 - 10:13 am § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPH: Refugees
In this image released by World Press Photo titled “Reporting Europe’s Refugee Crisis” by photographer Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times which won the first prize in the General News Stories category shows refugees arriving by boat near the village of Skala on Lesbos, Greece, 16 November[...]
February 13th, 2016 - 2:22 pm § in Misc.
Does anybody remember the Spanish Civil War?
Saudi Arabia sends troops and fighter jets to military base in Turkey ahead of intervention against Isis in Syria Saudi Arabia is sending troops and fighter jets to Turkey’s Incirlik military base ahead of a possible ground invasion of Syria. The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu[...]