Syria

Just minutes after Israel instructed local authorities in the occupied Golan Heights to “unlock and ready bomb shelters”, after identifying apparent “irregular activity of Iranian forces in #Syria”, and putting Israeli troops on high alert, an Israeli air strike on Syrian army positions was reported after missiles were reportedly fired from Israel above Qunaitra province in Syria, and striking Syrian army positions in the Al-Kissweh region south of Damascus, an industrial with many factories and a suspected Iranian presence.

(ZHE) — Just minutes after Israel instructed local authorities in the occupied Golan Heights to “unlock and ready bomb shelters”, after identifying apparent “irregular activity of Iranian forces in #Syria”, and putting Israeli troops on high alert, an Israeli air strike on Syrian army positions was reported after missiles were reportedly fired from Israel above Qunaitra province […]

The area I was standing in was made safe only a few days previously by the SAA victory in Douma and East Ghouta as a whole. Under the surrender terms Jaysh al Islam agreed to release all their kidnapped civilians, a number believed to be around 5000. All the families of these disappeared turned up hoping to be reunited with them, but only 200 people emerged from the tunnels. The others had all been killed.
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At their meeting at the close of April, the South Korean President Moon Jae-in gifted the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, a picture of just what an integrated Korea could achieve.
The proposed plan, ‘A new economic map of the Korean peninsula’, aims to develop three economic belts linking trade between Korea not just with China and Russia, but even to Europe.
The audacious program was promised to the citizens of South Korea during Moon’s presidential campaign as a part of his presidential program, and it now looks like it has a chance at becoming reality.

We here at BSNews have a great respect for Media Lens, particularly as our co-editor, Alison Banville, has enjoyed friendly email communication with both David Edwards and David Cromwell (with the latter for a decade)and this has proved invaluable in terms of support when the fight to expose the damage wrought by the corporate media became sometimes emotionally and psychologically […]

Crazy senators, funding freezes and selling ammo + this day in history w/H. H. Holmes hanged and our song of the day by Iceage on your Morning Monarchy for May 7, 2018.

WASHINGTON – Back in March, amid speculation that President Donald Trump would push for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, his administration froze $200 million in funds intended for “recovery efforts” in Syria. Those funds were intended to rebuild infrastructure such as roads, water lines and the power grid in areas of Syria decimated by U.S. coalition strikes.

Last Thursday, General Mattis told the US Senate Armed Forces Committee that he believes a military confrontation between Israel and Iran in Syria is becoming increasingly likely: “I can see how it might start, but I am not sure when or where”.

https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-may-7-2018-syrian-army-deliver… ISIS’ defense is rapidly collapsing in southern Damascus under a pressure from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies. Last weekend, government forces liberated the southern part of

(MEE) — An Israeli minister has warned that Israel could respond to any Iranian attack on it from Syria by toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, hinting that Israel may target Assad himself for assassination. Yuval Steinitz, an energy minister and a security cabinet minister, told Israeli news site Ynet on Monday that “if Assad allows Iran to turn Syria […]