UN Has Testimony That Syrian Rebels Used Sarin Gas – Investigator by Reuters (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Tom Pfeiffer) U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday. The United Nations independent commission of […]
Syria says Israel has effectively declared war after its planes bombed targets in Damascus, the second airstrikes in as many days. Egypt has condemned the Israeli airstrikes on Syria, with the Arab League also demanding action from the UN Security Council. For more on this RT speaks with Asia Times Online correspondent Pepe Escobar.
Israel used “a new type of weapon”, a senior official at the Syrian military facility that came under attack from the Israeli Air Force told RT. “When the explosion happened it felt like an earthquake,” said the source, who was present near the attack site on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday morning. “Then a giant golden mushroom of fire […]
By Tony Cartalucci Once again, Israel is “leaking” information about alleged airstrikes it claims it has conducted against Syria along the Lebanese-Syrian border. According to CNN’s “Sources: U.S. believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria,” it was stated that: The United States believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, two U.S. officials tell CNN. And: The Israelis have […]
Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade Washington’s Hidden Agenda: Restore the Drug Trade by Prof Michel Chossudovsky Author’s Note In the course of the last three years, there has been a surge in Afghan opium production. The Vienna based UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reveals that poppy cultivation in 2012 extends over an area of more than 154,000 hectares, […]
Bomb thrown at Al-Baraka police station destroys what remained of building, causes no casualties by MEO A bomb destroyed a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi early on Thursday but caused no casualties, a security source said, in a second attack targeting the building. “An explosive device was thrown at Al-Baraka police station in Benghazi, destroying what […]
Libya will join its neighbors in tackling sensitive fuel market reforms and plans to do away with all subsidies within three years, Oil Minister Abdel-Bari al-Arusi said Tuesday by Jessica Donati, Ghaith Shennib The International Monetary Fund estimates over 14 percent of Libya’s budget or about $7 billion will this year be swallowed up by subsidies for food and fuel, which […]
This eminently Bushist Obama “red line” business, applied to Syria, Iran or both, is becoming a tad ridiculous by Pepe Escobar Take Pentagon head Chuck Hagel’s tour of Israel and the “friendly” GCC (the de facto Gulf Counter-revolution Club) last week. US defense contractors had the Moet flowing as Hagel merrily congregated with that prodigy of democracy – United Arab […]
The EU Al-Qaeda Oil Consortium by Gearóid Ó Colmáin The decision of the European Union to lift the embargo on Syrian government’s energy exports by importing oil from the ‘armed opposition’ is another flagrant violation of international law. It violates the UN General Assembly declaration of 1962 on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources and is yet another violation of the […]
For Washington and its allies, the real red line in Syria is the defeat of Syrian opposition fighters. Once the opposition fighters start losing battles — and they do — alarm bells will start ringing in Western capitals by Mahir Zeynalov Last year, Washington drew a line in the sand and said once the Syrian regime uses chemical weapons, calculations will […]
Absurd “chemical weapons” claims begin to fall apart amidst NATO’s desperate bid to save its collapsing terror front in Syria by Tony Cartalucci According to the White House itself, there is no evidence that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons of any kind during the two year conflict the West itself has created and continues to perpetuate. Indeed, a […]
By Shamus Cooke Has Syria crossed the “red line” that warrants a U.S. military invasion? Has it not? The political establishment in the United States seems at odds over itself. Obama’s government cannot speak with one voice on the issue, and the U.S. media is likewise spewing from both sides of its mouth in an attempt to reconcile U.S. foreign […]
