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Trump: Obama regime ‘killed hundreds of thousands’ in Syria

Press TV – December 13, 2015 US presidential candidate Donald Trump says the Obama administration is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in Syria and Libya. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, the Republican frontrunner pinned blame for the deadly Syrian conflict and the rise of the Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri group in […]

Israel’s Syrian blues

By M K Bhadrakumar | India Punchline | December 11, 2015 At the Brookings Institution in Washington last Friday, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon gave an expose of his country’s perspectives on the conflict in Syria. Ya’alon is a former chief of staff of Israeli armed forces. His extensive remarks betrayed Israel’s acute dilemma on the […]

Turkish Tanks, Troops Uninvited ‘Occupants’ in Increasingly Irate Iraq

Sputnik – 10.12.2015 There are no security treaties between Iraq and Turkey, which is why the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq is nothing but an act of occupation, according to Razzak Muhaibis, an MP from the Iraqi political bloc Badr Organisation. In an interview with Sputnik, Razzak Muhaibis, an MP from the Iraqi political […]

Arms giants see stocks rocket after Syrian airstrikes vote

RT | December 3, 2015 The share prices of major international arms traders jumped in the wake of the British parliament’s decision to extend its aerial bombing campaign against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) from Iraq into Syria. Stock values at BAE Systems, Airbus, Finmeccanica and Thales all soared as trading began on Thursday morning, […]

UN slams airstrike on water plant in Syria’s Aleppo

Press TV – December 1, 2015 The United Nations has censured the bombardment of a water treatment plant in northwestern Syria. The Syrian state news agency SANA reported that the US-led coalition conducting airstrikes against purported positions of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Syria had bombed the water plant. “In Syria, the rules of war, […]

Lebanon, al-Nusra Front exchange prisoners

Press TV – December 1, 2015 The Lebanese army and militants from the al-Qaeda-affiliated Takfiri group al-Nusra Front have exchanged prisoners. The swap on Tuesday took place under a Qatari-mediated deal that secured the release of 16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen held captive since August 2014, when the terrorist group kidnapped them during an attack […]