Lebanon

Reports of Monday night attack on Syrian base blamed on false alarm

RT | April 17, 2018 Several sources in Syria said the overnight deployment of anti-aircraft weapons at a military base was triggered by a false alarm, not an actual missile attack, as previously claimed by some media outlets. Syrian TV earlier reported a missile attack on Shayrat Airbase in Homs governorate, while a Lebanese media […]

‘US terrorist-labeling is a form of bullying on a grand scale’

RT | April 11, 2018 The Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) label is a powerful tool used by the US; it is as a form of hostage-taking in a political sense, says Brian Becker, national coordinator at the Answer Coalition. The leader of the Lebanese political party and militant group, Hezbollah, has revealed that Washington offered […]

Two Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on Syrian airbase – Russian MoD

RT | April 9, 2018 Two Israeli F-15 fighters targeted Syria’s T-4 airbase in Homs province, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. The jets fired eight guided missiles, but five of them were shot down before they hit the airfield. In a statement on Monday, the Russian military said: “Two Israeli Air Force F-15 […]

The Lebanon/Israel Border: Reasons for Peace… Excuses for War!

“No pictures!” growls a burly Lebanese army captain, looking me deliberately in the eyes from not three feet away across his Major’s desk, while pointing directly at my Nikon. “No pictures!” he repeats, now staring at my translator. Since we are both seated in his office deep within the heavily armed perimeter of the army’s southern command, scores of heavily armed soldiers all around us, and these being the only words of English so far spoken by him, there was no doubting his sincerity on this point.

ISIS Seizes Deir ez Zor Oil Field from US backed Kurds in US Held Territory?!

  Who in their right, rational mind would believe that ISIS actually seized a Deir ez Zor Oil Field from the US backed Kurds? In territory that the US occupies, having built multiple bases in that territory, having all those bases filled with both PKK/YPG & coalition troops?  What kind of hard core drugs would one have to have sniffed, snorted or popped to believe that absolute nonsense. If SAA so much as comes close to their oil fields, or look sideways at them, they are bombed to smithereens!

Facebook Blocks Hezbollah’s Electoral page for Second Time

Al-Manar | March 29, 2018 Facebook on Wednesday blocked Hezbollah’s electoral page for the second time within 24 hours. “Facebook administration has blocked our page for the second time within 24 hours,” ‘Nahmi Wa Nabni’ (We Defend, Establish), the official name of Hezbollah’s campaign on social media said in a statement. ‘Nahmi Wa Nabni’ is […]

Blitzkrieg Bolton, Trumps New National Security Adviser

I am pleased to announce that, effective 4/9/18, @AmbJohnBolton will be my new National Security Advisor. I am very thankful for the service of General H.R. McMaster who has done an outstanding job & will always remain my friend. There will be an official contact handover on 4/9.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 22, 2018