Jabhat al Nusra

(NEO) – The bombshell report by Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran journalist Seymour Hersh titled, “The Red Line and the Rat Line,” contains many shocking revelations for those following the West’s version of reality regarding the Syrian conflict.

 World View: New claims say Ankara worked with the US and Britain to smuggle Gaddafi’s guns to rebel groups

 
 
By Patrick Cockburn
 

 
by NICOLA NASSER
Long gone the days when the U.S.-led so-called “Friends of Syria” could plausibly claim that two thirds of Syria was controlled by rebel forces, that Syrian capital Damascus was under siege and its fall was just a matter of time and that the days of President Bashar al-Assad were numbered and accordingly he “should step down.”

Franklin Lamb
Palmyra, Homs Governorate, Syria
 

 
by PATRICK COCKBURN                          Counterpunch
(Damascus) - Islamic fundamentalists in Syria have started to destroy archaeological treasures such as Byzantine mosaics and Greek and Roman statues because their portrayal of human beings is contrary to their religious beliefs.

by Franklin Lamb

 
 
Over 80 civilians in a town northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus have been executed by Islamist rebels, sources within the Syrian military told RT. Many others were kidnapped to be used as human shields.

By Jamie Dettmer
Running from assault, abduction, and assassination at the hands of jihadists and FSA rebels, Syria’s ancient Christian community fears a religious pogrom is set to erupt.

Syria: Controversy surrounding MintPress Chemical Weapons Ghouta Report
 
 
by Phil Greaves

Syrians in Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack
 
 
by Dale Gavlak and Yahya Ababneh       MintPress News