As Baghdad reels from a wave of suicide bombings claimed by Islamist extremists which have killed and wounded over 400 in the past week, there are lessons to be learned from how the media deals with these terror attacks – whether they are in the Middle East or in the heart of Europe.
Semantics and social media narratives are crucial battlegrounds in the war against terrorism.
Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday received a letter from U.S. Senator for the State of Virginia Richard Black a letter in which he said
It’s the leaders of the Gulf countries, Turkey and the America that should stand trial, because they supplied the arms. The weapons that killed my son came from them. To me, all the people who were killed at their hands are like my son. Every Syrian that died in this war is my son……….Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun
The Middle East conflict – war in Syria and Iraq – has already spilled over.
No one is safe from the terrorist attacks, neither East, nor West.
President al-Assad: “Syrian people have been confronting terrorists ‘practically single-handedly’ for years… involvement of the Russian Air Force in the operations against terrorism in Syria has helped in halting the spread of the terrorist organizations”
Image: Caspian Sea: the Buyan-M Corvette “Uglich” launches a 3M-54 Kalibr missile
Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that the West still deals with terrorism in a hypocritical way.
Talking before heads and members of public organizations; vocational syndicates; and chambers of industry, trade, agriculture and tourism, President Assad added.. they call it terrorism when it hits them, and revolution, freedom, democracy and human rights when it hits us.
Bashar al-Assad interview: ‘Show me the proof of regime chemical attack’
Damascus, (Sana) – President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Le Figaro. Following is the full text:
