News/Politics

Israel still angling for attacks on Syria and Iran
Netanyahu and Obama at the United Nations, 2011. (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
 
by Jonathan Cook
Counterpunch

Fox News Interviews Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

 

 
The interview was conducted Tuesday, September 17th, by former Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a Fox News contributor, and Fox News Channel Senior Correspondent Greg Palkot.
 

Al Qaeda Backed Syrian Rebels Decapitate Young Boy (Warning: Graphic)

 
 by Michael Lotfi

 The Menace of Israeli Warplanes
 
By Brenda Heard
As we chase the latest headlines and grow dizzy from the daily crises of the Middle East, sometimes we overlook the persistent problems.  Perhaps the element of continuance makes them frustrating, perhaps just boring.  But to ignore the drip-drop of Israeli belligerence toward Lebanon is to shrug off the impunity by which it persists.

Israel’s History of Chemical Weapons Use
 
 
By Dr. Elias Akleh
 

Anger in Damascus Funerals Held for Christian Victims of Violence in Village of Maaloula

Hundreds of Christians who have fled the fighting in the ancient Syrian town of Maaloula have gathered in Damascus for the funeral of three of their neighbors.   Syrian Christians feel betrayed by the west, and are furious because of the west’s support for the Syrian opposition which is mainly dominated by foreign mercenaries linked to Al-Qaeda..

Exclusive Interview with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
Veterans News Now Editor’s Note : Consider the contrast in the mellow, intelligent and measured statements by Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, and the pompous, boisterous, condescending, belligerent (and hollow) rhetoric by United States Secretary of State John Kerry!!

No More War for Israel?   The People Against the 800 Pound Gorilla

by JEAN BRICMONT and DIANA JOHNSTONE
The past ten days have seen what could be the start of an historic turning point away from endless war in the Middle East.  Public opinion in the United States, in harmony with the majority of people in the world, has clearly rejected U.S. military intervention in Syria.

President al-Assad’s speech to Rossiya 24 TV channel

 
Damascus, (SANA), September 13, 2013 – President Bashar al-Assad gave a speech to Rossiya 24 TV channel. Following is the full text of the speech.
Interviewer: Why did Syria agree to the Russian initiative which proposes handing over its chemical weapons to the international community? Why so rapidly?

“Go Tell It on the Mountain, From the Peaks of Qasioun!”

 
by FRANKLIN LAMB
Damascus.