Syria

The West, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia all have their own angles in the conflict—but Salafism and anarchy may be the big winners. "The American Conservative" —  The tale of what is going on in Syria reads something like this: an insurgency active since March 2011 has been funded and armed by Saudi Arabia and Qatar and allowed to operate out …

  Weapons industry flourishing in human misery Weapons manufacturers and their associates including politicians flourish on the misery of millions.  This is how one could describe the ongoing carnage in Syria-an ancient country of great historic and religious importance where the oppressed   people suffered for   decades under  President Bashar al Assad and his late father Hafiz Al Assad. Following the Arab Uprising which swept …

Iskanders carry 1,500-pound warhead at 1.3 miles per second Reza Kahlili served in CIA Directorate of Operations, as a spy in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, counterterrorism expert; currently serves on the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, an advisory board authorized by Congress. He is the author of the award winning book "A Time to Betray" and regularly appears …

  The Halabja poison gas attack took place on Mar. 16, 1988, during the closing days of the Iran-Iraq War, when chemical weapons were used by the Iraqi government forces in the Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan. Credit: Sayeed Janbozorgi/GFDL license UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4 2012 (IPS) – The beleaguered government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of readying …

News outlets in the West and the Gulf have lauded the U.S. elections as further proof of the vitality of "the most powerful democracy in the world". By contrast, as the year began, these same outlets described the referendum and the legislative elections in Syria as "farces" and called for the overthrow of the "dictatorship". Which is which exactly? Let’s …

  Following the re-election of Barack Obama in last week’s US presidential poll, Washington and its allies have stepped up their war drive against Syria. In the most serious escalation of the 20-month conflict in the Middle East country, the Israeli armed forces fired a missile into Syrian territory Sunday.   The strike, by an advanced Tammuz guided missile, is …