Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

War on Syria: Is a photo able to prevent the US-led attack?

 
(Syria News) – Something remarkable has happened. The New York Times, the most influential newspaper in the United States, has published a photo on its front page on Thursday that may be able to prevent the attack on Syria.

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

“Bandar ibn Israel”

By Sharmine Narwani
 
The recent acts of political violence in the Middle East’s Levant are not unrelated.

UN Official, Syrian Rebels Used Sarin Nerve Gas, Not Assad’s Army
Carla del Ponte, a member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria. 2013/REUTERS/Denis Balibo
 
by Paul Ebeling
Testimony from victims now strongly suggests it was the rebels, not the Syrian  government, that used Sarin Nerve Gas during a recent incident in the revolution-wracked nation, a senior UN diplomat said Monday.

  Syria: Christians take up arms for first time
A fighter with the Free Syria Army (FSA) fires his weapon during skirmishes in the contested neighborhood of Izza in the northern city of Aleppo. Photo: Zac Baillie/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
By Ruth Sherlock, Carol Malouf in Beirut