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presstv.ir – West call for Assad departure daydreaming: Russia

Russia has warned the Western powers that their call for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is like daydreaming and will only lead to more bloodshed in the Arab state.

En general från syriska flygvapnet mördades igår.

Hur har de väpnade gängen i Syrien fått tag på dessa Österrikisk-tillverkade vapen som inte används av syriska armén? – Terrorists in Syria use Steyr AUG rifles

presstv.ir – Bomb attack kills 8 civilians in Syrian capital

At least eight civilians have been killed and several others injured after a bomb attack hit Sayeda Zainab district in Syrian capital, Damascus, Press TV reports.

presstv.ir – Brahimi hopes China can play ‘active role’ to solve Syrian crisis

Brahimi said during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing on Wednesday that he hoped China “can play an active role in solving the events in Syria.”

presstv.ir – Syria rebels commute in Turkish ambulances, report says

A report says the Syrian army has detected Turkish ambulances being used as transportation vehicles for the insurgents in Syria.

english.ruvr.ru – Return of seized cargo from Syria jet still pending – official

Turkey hasn’t shed light on when it will be ready to return the seized cargo from the Syrian plane that was force-landed at an Ankara airport, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said Wednesday.
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The Syrian plane bound from Moscow to Damascus was forced to land on the Turkish soil on late October 10.

Intervju från Russia Today med, ”head of the Duma International Affairs Committee, Aleksey Pushkov” – ‘The only US policy towards Syria is to blame Russia’- Russian MP

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UPPDATERING

Syria needs an overhaul – Lavrov, Brahimi

”Implementing a workable ceasefire supposes the presence of international observers on Syrian soil. Sending them is a matter for the UN Security Council. The next Syrian mission must be considerably stronger than the last one that had to be rolled up in August.”
Mr Lavrov urged the Security Council to get down to considering concrete plans for its next Syria mission. He also pointed out that Russia is the only outside power that continues to maintain contact with both the Syrian opposition and the Syrian government. This makes it the best possible mediator in the Syrian conflict.

Intervju med Thierry Meyssan – ”Al-Qaeda-NATO nexus destabilizing Syria” – av Kourosh Ziabari för Tehran Times

This war against Syria began in February 2011, at the same time with the war against Libya, and many people are confused, because quite at the same moment, we have the revolutionary events in Tunisia, and some may think that the revolution in Tunisia is equal to the imperialist wars in Libya and Syria. Of course, when the U.S. sent some troops to Syria to wage a war, it didn’t send men in uniform; they used secret agents to make trouble inside Syria and justify an international military action. Because Russia and China vetoed their draft resolutions at the UN, they weren’t able to enter Syria with the assistance of NATO, as they did in Libya.
So they choose the plan b, and this plan was to send mercenaries with the financial aid of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and destabilize the country and to provoke a military coup d’etat inside Syria, and Ms. Clinton repeatedly talked about such a coup in Syria. But as this plan failed, we saw two big operations; one being the July 18 when they bombed the residence of the main leader of the National Security Council of Syria, and also September 26 plan when they tried, but failed, to kill the chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. A great resistance by the army hindered their plans for a military coup. So, they don’t have any other solution, and probably they will accept the peace plan of Russia.

larouche.se – Syriska rebeller har amerikansk luftvärnsteknik

Rysslands försvarsstabschef general Nikolaj Makarov rapporterade i RIA Novosti på torsdagen den 24:e oktober om hur syriska rebeller nu förfogar över bärbara luftvärnsrobotar (ManPADS), inklusive amerikansktillverkade Stinger-robotar. Generalen tillade, att Ryssland fortfarande utreder från vem artilleripjäserna kommer.
Redan i augusti hade amerikanska NBC rapporterat, att ManPADS av oklar kvantitet och kvalitet nått rebellerna, möjligtvis med Turkiets, Saudiarabiens eller Qatars hjälp, vilka varit de ivrigaste förspråkarna av militärt stöd till oppositionen.

english.farsnews.com – Armed Salafis, Wahhabis Raid Syrian Grand Mufti’s House

”A group of 50 armed Salafis attacked my house in Aleppo, they broke the doors and stole my properties,” the Syrian grand mufti said in the meeting with FNA managing-director, elaborating on the situation in Syria.
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His son, Saria Hassoun, was killed by the terrorists in an ambush in October 2011. He was shot near Ibla University on Idlib-Aleppo highway.

News Analysis från Press TV – Is Syria set to face a protracted conflict?-10-29-2012 –

slut på uppdateringen ______________

presstv.ir – Syrian air force general assassinated in Damascus

sana.sy – Lavrov: Foreign Forces Must Assume Responsibility Regarding Sides They Support in Syria, Brahimi: Bombings in Residential Areas Classified as Terrorist Acts

In a joint press conference with Brahimi on Monday, Lavrov said his talks with the UN Envoy seek to find new steps to end violence and bloodshed in Syria and launch dialogue, regretting that Brahimi’s efforts for a truce during Eid al-Adha holiday weren’t heeded.
Lavrov stressed that the sending observers or peacekeeping forces to Syria must be approved by Syrian government, and that such a decision can only be taken by the Security Council and after the Syrian government agrees to it.
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He called on all foreign forces to assume their responsibilities, specifically regarding the sides they support in Syria, stressing that the urgent issue is committing all the Syrians who are fighting each other to a ceasefire and have them initiate dialogue.
Lavrov said that sides in Syria must be pressured to send balanced signals rather than have certain sides support specific sides to perpetuate violence, stressing the need to convince these sides to commit to a ceasefire and transition to political dialogue.

presstv.ir –Turkey rules out ‘dialogue’ with Syria

Dialogue with Syria could be “legitimizing the existing regime as the violence continues,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters in a press conference on Tuesday.

Sharmine Narwani på Russia Today – US MILITARY COMMANDER QUESTIONS TURKEY STORYLINE ON SYRIA SHELLING

Hon pratar om något som inte tagits upp mycket, inte heller i alternativa medier, amerikanska militärers uttalanden om att de inte vet vem eller vilka det är som skjutit granater mot Turkiet från den syriska sidan – Origin of Syrian shells into Turkey unclear, US general says – resonemang på moonofalabama.org om vad dessa uttalanden kan betyda – Obama To Erdogan: Don’t Trick Us – kan det vara så att USA försöker dra sig ur Syrien-projektet? Mera troligt är väl i så fall att man bara vill vänta till efter presidentvalet.

Narwani har också intervjuats av Press TV – Disarming foreign-backed insurgents will lead to ceasefire in Syria: Analyst (inslaget finns av någon anledning i två versioner här är den kortare – Foreign-backed Syria insurgents used ceasefire to recharge: Analyst) – än en gång har ett försök att få till stånd en vapenvila missbrukats av de väpnade gängen, enda sättet att få slut på det ohyggliga våldet är att de som backar upp och beväpnar dessa gäng slutar upp med det.

Video från Press TV om medlaren Lakhdar Brahimis besök i Ryssland igår. Nu åker han till Kina.

TV-debatt (53 min) från Australien om Syrien – sbs.com.au – där även anhängare till presidenten får komma till tals, bl.a. mannen från Aleppo (se föregående inlägg) och Syrian Girl deltar. Ett kort klipp från denna debatt här..

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FSA gangs bomb Harem town near Turkish border (2km from Turkish border). The bombardments resulted in more than 25 deaths, a large number of wounded civilians and great damages on the residential buildings on 29-10-2012

Bilbombsraseriet fortsätter, presstv.ir – Car bomb explosion kills 10 near Damascus

The bomb went off next to a bakery on Rawda Street in the Jaramana district, 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of Damascus, on Monday, Syria’s state-run television reported.
The report added that women and children were among the casualties.

presstv.ir – Second Car bomb explosion kills several near Damascus

Several people have been killed in the second car bomb explosion hitting areas near the Syrian capital of Damascus in a day.

Videoklipp som visar förödelsen efter dagens terrordåd. Ännu en video .
presstv.ir – Syrian army defuses massive car bomb in Aleppo

Syrian soldiers on Sunday found and defused the bomb inside a suspicious vehicle in the Khan al-Assal residential neighborhood of the city, located about 355 kilometers (220 miles) north of Damascus, as they were patrolling the area, the official SANA news agency reported.
The report added that the car contained some 1,000 kilograms of explosives.

Ovärderliga kulturskatter, mycket gamla byggnader, stadsdelar och kyrkor och moskéer har förstörts i Aleppo. Rapport från en rysk journalist, Anastasia Popova – Syria: Anastasia Popova in the Syrian city of Aleppo –
En annan rysk journalist, Anhar Kochneva, som försvann för två veckor sen och misstänks vara kidnappad är fortfarande försvunnen. Att den här ryska TV-kanalen kan göra sådana här reportage kan betyda att stora delar av Aleppo är befriade från terrorist-gäng.

Morris har en ny video-intervju (bra ljudkvalitet den här gången) med mannen från Aleppo om läget.

Xinjiang jihad hits Syria

Leaders from ”East Turkestan” terror organizations have organized for members to head for Syria to participate in their quest for jihad, the Global Times has learned from Chinese anti-terrorism authorities.
The organizations include the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and the East Turkestan Education and Solidarity Association (ETESA) that push for ”independence” for China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Since May, ETIM and ETESA members have been going to Syria and linking up with organizations like Al Qaeda to fight against the Syrian government, according to China’s anti-terrorism authority.

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For 3rd Day, Terrorist Groups in Deir Ezzor, Damascus Countryside and Aleppo Continue Violations of Ceasefire

presstv.ir – Insurgents violate Syria ceasefire for third day

Insurgent groups fighting against the Syrian government continue their attacks in different parts of the country despite a temporary ceasefire being in place.
According to the Syrian sources, insurgents carried out a series of attacks in several parts of the country, including the capital, Aleppo and Dayr al-Zawr, on Sunday, violating a UN-brokered ceasefire for the third straight day.
At least three civilians, including a child, were killed in an insurgent attack in Aleppo. Terrorist groups also attacked an army checkpoint near Aleppo.

News about the Ceasefire, från 27 okt

Vesti.ru is, despite the general view that journalists are not able to report from Syria, again on site and reports on the course of the “ceasefire” in connection with the Islamic Festival of Sacrifice.
The terrorist attacks that are now almost happening on a daily base in Syria, that despite their catching of the attention by the media, however, show that the situation in the country has turned.
From the previous experience with the war in Syria, one can say that the terror has always been increasing, whenever the aggressors militarily were fallen behind.

Press TV’s News Analysis program has conducted an interview with Kevin Barrett, an author and Islamic Studies expert, from Madison, Sheikh Omar Bakri, a Salafist activist from Tripoli; and Omar Nashabi, with Al-Akhbar newspaper, from Beirut.

US, Turkey in 5-year joint military, intelligence work on Syria – Dempsey

Chairman of the US Joint Chief of Staff, Martin Dempsey, has acknowledged that the US has been sharing intelligence and military planning with Turkey over number of issues, including Syria, for the past five years.

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Det fanns ingen som helst vilja från de väpnade gruppernas sida att respektera vapenvilan som Brahimi föreslagit för denna helgen visar det sig. Många har dödats av bilbomber. Och säkerhetsrådet i FN vill inte gå på Rysslands linje och fördöma dessa attacker.
UN Security Council refuses Russia’s bid to condemn Syria attacks
Syria: US-NATO Sponsored Rebels break the Cease Fire
Terrorists Blow up Car Bomb in front of the Syriac Church in Deir Ezzor in Another Violation of Ceasefire – Car bomb hits Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr

Syrian opposition will not observe the truce: Webster Tarpley

Christof Lehmann – The Dynamics of the Crisis in Syria. Conflict Versus Conflict Resolution. (Part 2)

The majority of the Syrian population, including members of the Baath Party, the NCC, the PWP, and other reformist organizations are aware of that the Baath Party has been too slow to lift emergency laws and too slow at initiating reforms. There is however, also a broad consensus among the non-foreign backed political organizations, that Syria has had to cope with serious threats to its national security, and that reforms cannot be implemented at the cost of neglecting these concerns.
The general consensus within this apologetic discourse is that Syria, beside the armed insurgency, has been and is confronted with the following threats to its national security and integrity.

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sana.sy – Al-Jaafari: UNSC Statement Admits Existence of Foreign Parties Influencing the Armed Groups

The UN Security Council (UNSC) latest statement which supported the initiative of UN envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, to halt violence during Eid al-Adha admits the existence of foreign actors wielding influence on the armed terrorist groups in Syria, said Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari.
In a phone interview with the Syrian TV on Thursday night, al-Jaafari stressed the Security Council statement’s acknowledgment of those foreign actors by addressing a call on them to practice influence on the terrorist groups.
”This part of the [Security Council] press statement, mentioned for the first time, proves Syria’s view repeated since the beginning of the crisis on the existence of Arab, regional and international parties influencing the armed groups negatively or positively,” said al-Jaafari.
”Therefore, those parties need to be addressed,” he added.

Syria Eid ceasefire broken as fighting erupts at army base – rights group

Fighting has erupted in Syria in the first violation of a ceasefire honoring the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, a human rights group said. Rebel fighters reportedly tried to storm a military base near a highway linking Damascus and Aleppo.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that rebels had laid siege to a military base one kilometer from the highway, and that government forces had opened fire in a nearby village.

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Det är så här den syriska regeringen sagt om den vapenvila som Brahimi föreslagit – Syria announces Eid ceasefire, reserves right to respond attacks

Syria’s General Command of Army has announced nationwide truce for Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) holidays, though warning that it ‘reserves right’ to respond if insurgents don’t respect the ceasefire.
The General Command said on Thursday it would also respond to ”terrorist groups trying to reinforce their positions by arming themselves and getting reinforcements” as well as neighboring countries facilitating the smuggling of fighters across borders during that period.

Orthodox Priest Kidnapped and Executed by US-NATO Sponsored Rebels

The body of the greek orthodox priest Fr. Fadi Jamil Haddad, pastor of the church of St. Elias in Qatana, was found today in the Jaramana neighborhood (north of Damascus) not far from the place where he was kidnapped, on October 19, by unidentified armed group

US involved in supplying air defense systems to Syrian insurgents – Russia

The Russian Foreign Ministry, while not directly blaming the United States for supplying the Syrian insurgency, strongly suggested that it was involved in the logistics of the supplies.
­”True, the United States is not supplying portable anti-aircraft rockets to Syrian militants,” remarked ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich in comments that appeared on the Foreign Ministry’s website on Thursday. “But it is no secret that Washington is well-informed about the supplies of various types of weapons to illegal militant formations now operating in Syria,” he noted.
No country has confirmed the delivery of man-portable air defense systems to Syrian insurgents, but Russia is insisting on an explanation, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin told reporters in New York earlier.
”We had spoken to those who might have made such deliveries,” Churkin said. “They assured us they were (not responsible) for these activities.”

sana.sy – 60,000 Electrical Detonators, Weapons Seized in Homs

Authorities on Wednesday evening seized 60,000 electrical detonators hidden inside spare tires of a truck in Hassia area in Homs.
An official source told SANA reporter that the truck was coming from al-Jarajir village in Damascus Countryside and heading towards Manbij city in Aleppo.
The source pointed out that the detonators are used in making explosive devices.

sana.sy – Syria Demands That UNSC, UN General Secretariat and UNHRC Condemn Crimes of Terrorist Groups and Hold Them to Account

The Ministry stressed in its letters that the armed terrorist groups and their supporters are continuing the shedding of the Syrian blood in contradiction with all human values and at a by now known timing ahead of sessions held by the UNSC to discuss the situation in Syria.
Highlighting in this context the massacre committed earlier on the day in the city of Douma in Damascus Countryside, the Ministry clarified that an armed terrorist group known as ‘Liwa al-Islam’, which is led by a salafi leader called Zahran Alloush, committed ”a horrible massacre” in which Syria lost 25 martyrs, including children, women and elderly people.

Turkey Seeking to Set up Military Training Camp for Syrian Rebels in Yemen

The Turkish government asked Yemen to set up a military base for training Syrian terrorists and rebels, sources close to the Ankara government revealed on Wednesday.

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Utförlig artikel av Christof Lehmann – The Dynamics of the Crisis in Syria. Conflict Versus Conflict Resolution. (Part 1)

After 19 months of violent conflict in Syria a feasible solution seems farther removed than ever. The influx of fundamentalist Salafist or Wahabist fighters which have been streaming to Syria since the failure of two major Free Syrian Army assaults on Aleppo in June and July 2012 made it increasingly difficult to build a coherent and credible Syrian political and military opposition among the proponents of regime-change.

sana.sy – Terrorists Commit Massacre against 25 People, including 3 Children and a Woman, in Douma

The number of victims of the massacre perpetrated on Wednesday by terrorist members of the so-called ‘Liwa al-Islam’ in the city of Douma in Damascus Countryside increased up to 25 martyrs, according to the city’s locals.

Bomb blast kills 6, injures 20 in Damascus suburb

At least six people have been killed and 20 others injured in a car bomb explosion in a Damascus suburb, state TV says.

Lavrov: Russia Demands That Turkey Acknowledge Publicly that Syrian Plane Forced to Land in Turkey Didn’t Carry Any Weapons

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov demanded that Turkey acknowledge publicly that there wasn’t any kind of weapons on board the Syrian civilian plane coming from Moscow which the Turkish authorities forced to land in Ankara recently, referring to Turkey’s claims that it carried a shipment of weapons and military equipment which were later disproved.

Russian Chief of General Staff: Armed Groups in Syria Use US-Made Missiles

Russian Chief of General staff, Nikolai Makarov, stressed on Wednesday that the armed groups in Syria have Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems (MANPADS) from various foreign origins including the USA, adding that these weapons and equipment are transferred to the armed groups in various ways.
Commenting on US President Barack Obama’s instructions on providing the armed groups in Syria with MANPADS, Makarov said that the Americans have abandoned these instructions and said that they will not provide the armed groups with any weapons, however Russia has confirmed information that the armed groups in Syria have MANPADS from various foreign origins, including the USA.

Det här är viktigt att dokumentera, om det kan slås fast att vapen användes och poliser dödades redan i början av oroligheterna, mars 2011 – Syria and the Myth of the Peaceful Start of the Protests

“In an uncharacteristic gesture intended to ease tensions the government offered to release the detained students, but seven police officers were killed, and the Baath Party Headquarters and courthouse were torched, in renewed violence on Sunday.” [14]
Obviously, the unexpected kindness of the government, following both reports, was answered by the fact that, for the first time, police officers were killed by protesters, who had already brought weapons with them – apparently, they have appeared with the intent to exert violence.
The incidents in Daraa show, that the story of the supposedly non-violent protests, to which the government has responded with raw power from the beginning, belongs to the realm of fairy tales.
Although the UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has demanded the investigation of the six, in the same month, killed protesters on 22 March 2011, but she said no word about the killed police officers or the presence of “armed protesters”; she even spoke about “peaceful demonstrators” [15], and at the same time, she has prejudiced the Western reading of the events, and she also has instrumentalized the victims.

Ett inlägg med en oändlig rad med videor! på – sabinachiaburu.wordpress.com – de verkar dock vara på arabiska.

George Galloway Syria & Turkey conflict

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‘US seeks Afghanistan, Soviet -type war in Syria’, Interview with Ali Al-Ahmed, director, IGA, from Chicago

Press TV: As Lakhdar Brahimi travels around for peace, why isn’t the focus on those countries that are fueling this insurgency and waging this proxy war?
Al-Ahmed: Lakhdar Brahimi and Kofi Annan before him really have no power to enforce or to speak impartially because they are appointed by an institution that is itself is supporting the insurgency.
You are really talking about people who do not count. Their statement only counts for media purposes. But in reality, they have no place, they have no influence.
The reality is you have international intelligence services that are involved heavily – the Saudis, the Qataris, the Americans, the Turks, and others – in this situation. These are the people who make a difference, not Lakhdar Brahimi or the United Nations.
Press TV: With so much evidence and even open admission by the rebels themselves, we’re not going to see these countries involved being called to question on the international arena even though they’re violating international law by directly working toward regime change in Syria?
Al-Ahmed: Well, you will not hear that. It was shocking that the Syrian government did not bring this up openly and clearly with exception of a few times in the United Nations.
I think this is something that is really a situation where there is a lot of talk but nobody is addressing the real issue which is the involvement of several countries in fomenting the conflict within Syria, and leading to the death and injury of thousands of people. It’s an unfortunate situation but we are seeing international hypocrisy at work here.

Det som Al-Ahmed efterfrågar och som man kan hålla med om, att det talas klarspråk om vem det är som ligger bakom de väpnade gängen och terroristerna i Syrien fick vi dock prov på tidigare idag. Jag reagerade på en ny ton och mer klarspråk. Kanske har att göra med att Syrien just lämnat en lista till FN med 108 exempel på utlänningar bland de som strider mot regeringen.

sana.sy – Foreign and Expatriates Ministry Calls for Dealing Seriously with the French Role in Hindering Halt of Terrorism in Syria

Foreign and Expatriates Ministry called on the international community, particularly the Security Council, to deal with complete seriousness with the French role which is hindering the halting of violence and terrorism in Syria and encouraging terrorists to carry on with their massacres against the innocent civilians, including the terrorist attacks, the latest of which took place last Sunday in Bab Touma Square in Damascus claiming the lives of 13 Syrian citizens, mostly women and children.
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The Foreign and Expatriates Ministry emphasized that the government of the Syrian Arab Republic has tried to be calm while confronting this French interference in its internal affairs.
This interference, the Ministry said, ”was represented in daily repeated statements by the French Presidency and Foreign Ministry that carried nothing but hatred, lying and falsification regarding the events taking place in the Syrian arena.”

Syria and Iran: Exposing the Lies and Disinformation – Från mötet om Iran och Syrien i New York den 20:e okt. Flera talare bl.a. Lizzy Phelan, Ramsey Clark inleder.

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Press TV – Bomb explosion hits Syrian capital Damascus

In Syria, a bomb explosion has hit Ruknuddin district in central Damascus, with no immediate reports of casualties.

Syrian Conflict Part of Mideast ‘Geopolitical Game’ – Lavrov

“It appears that every time the hope for progress in the Syrian situation arises, somebody attempts to prevent it from calming down and deliberately fuels the continuation of the bloodshed and civil war in Syria,” Lavrov said in an interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Monday.
Lavrov cited some unspecified opposition groups as telling Russia that Western countries urge them to continue the resistance, “to fight for their rights with arms until [President Bashar al-Assad’s] regime falls.”
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Assad, who is widely viewed as a close ally of Iran, has been unfairly made “a scapegoat” in this “big geopolitical game,” Lavrov said.

Franklin Lamb berättar mer från Syrien (länk till en annan artikel av honom i förra inlägget) – Syria on the ground vs. Syria on Western airwaves

Perhaps the most often heard argument one hears in Damascus from the general population, military types and even officials involves mistrust and doubts across much of Syria that the opposition would honor a ceasefire.

Syria insurgents receive salaries in US dollars – Men 150 dollar per månad! Det kan väl ändå inte stämma?

Syrian ‘Taliban’, a surprise for NATO

One should mention that the uprising in Syria has placed the US and the EU in a quite awkward situation. Trying not to get involved in the conflict, the EU and the U.S. let the Arab League to meddle in it. So they gave carte blanche to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Arab countries which have their interests in Syria and want it to become an Islamic emirate

Lakhdar Brahimi meets with Syrian president

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Från ett möte i New York igår om fientligheterna och desinformationskampanjen mot Syrien och Iran. (en längre video , 2 tim 30 min, från mötet)

At least 10 killed, dozens injured in Damascus car bombing amid UN peace envoy visit

At least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured as a powerful blast hit Bab Touma neighborhood in the old part of Damascus, state TV reports. The explosion comes as UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is visiting the Syrian capital for talks.
Smoke is rising above what are believed to be twin car bomb explosions in front of a police station, witnesses say.
Several ambulances have been seen rushing to the scene, NMSyria Twitter user reports.
At least 10 killed, Syrian state TV reports quoted by AFP. But given that the area is usually crowded, many fear the death toll could be much higher.

Twelve Syrian troops killed in Turkey attacks: Turkish media

Turkish media say the military has fired 87 times on Syria, killing 12 Syrian soldiers in tit-for-tat attacks amid soaring tensions with the Arab neighbor.
The figures were revealed on Saturday by a report published in the daily Milliyet newspaper, which also said several Syrian tanks were also destroyed in the strikes.

Turks see US plot behind Syria unrest, report says

A report says people in southern Turkey are getting increasingly agitated over their country’s involvement in Syria, saying Ankara is merely a pawn in US plots to foment unrest in the region.
According to the Christian Science Monitor, in Turkey many blame the government for dragging the country into the conflict in Syria.

Franklin Lamb har varit på besök i Damaskus nyligen –Damascus Street Notes – Den ekonomiska krigföringen, sanktionerna från USA/EU, gör livet svårt för civilbefolkningen.

Damascus is currently calm with a few exceptions such as the Tadamon, Al-Qadam and Al-Asali neighborhoods where sporadic clashes are being discussed by friends the past two days. As with Libya last summer, many media reports are not at all accurate in depicting this city as on the edge and a panicked population.
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The sanctions, as designed for application to both Syria and Iran also violate Art. 2 (4) of the UN Charter which commands that all Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.

Syrian Perspective – De väpnade gängen trängs tillbaka alltmer, enligt hans källor i Syrien, men nya lego-krigare väller in.

This news came to us overnight from Wael in Latakia. His sources have confirmed that the Syrian army has secured the main route from Aleppo to Idlib and that mechanized armored units and mobile infantry are ”pouring through Ma’arrat Al-Nu’man. German and English terrorist enablers in Adana and Incirlik, Turkey, directed the terrorists into Ma’arra in order to block the flow of Syrian forces into the Idlib environs for what would be the final assault on the only ”terrorist-held” main city in Syria.
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Yet, Monzer, Wael, Radwan and the others in our constellation of sources repeat that the number of foreign Jihadists coming from North Africa and Afghanistan is increasing.

Turkey relies on NATO, not UN, for anti-Syria mandate: US think tank

How US Ambassador Chris Stevens May Have Been Linked To Jihadist Rebels In Syria

The official position is that the US has refused to allow heavy weapons into Syria.
But there’s growing evidence that U.S. agents—particularly murdered ambassador Chris Stevens—were at least aware of heavy weapons moving from Libya to jihadist Syrian rebels.

Tony Cartalucci – Benghazi, US-NATO Sponsored Base of Operations for Al Qaeda

Indeed, the very terrorists that have turned Benghazi into a terror emirate, with Al Qaeda flags waving freely over government buildings, and responsible for the death of a US Ambassador, are being sent to the Turkish-Syrian border where NATO member Turkey is harboring them while the US arms them with Saudi and Qatari purchased weapons.

Syria News 21.10.2012

worldmathaba.net – Syria Real News – October 20 & 21 roundup

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UPPDATERING

från friendsofsyria.wordpress.com – detsamma kan sägas om den svenska regimen, och man blir lika illamående.

By the German Journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter:
1. We support armed militia in a foreign country.
2. We secure, that the most aggressive, fanatic and worst of these armed guys can commit their massacres.
3. We accuse the government and the army of the foreign country of committing these massacres.
4. When it comes out (by UN-observers), that the massacres were committed by the armed militia, we support, we put our fingers in the ears and pretend to be deaf.
4. We put sanctions on that country, so the civilians suffer.
5. When the civilians suffer so much by the proxy war, we support, we start talking about the suffering refugees.
6. We offer with a sweet humanitarian voice, that we will give shelter to the war refugees in Germany.
7. When Germans oppose to that plan, we call them evil xenophobes.
8. When some Germans see a relation between the German politics putting fire on a region and later on deporting (= “give shelter”) to the civilians, the politicians call these critics “one sided dictatorship supporters.
9. The same German politicians, who made the Syrian civilians homeless, persecuted, raped and killed are now playing the “humanitarian philantrops”
10. Manuel has to vomit now…

Syria crisis: Turkey’s dilemma –Middle East Today-10-19-2012 – mannen som är motståndare till president Al-Assad pratar hela tiden om att Turkiet är ute efter att upprätta skyddade zoner inne i Syrien. Där man då ska upprätta flyktingläger för syrier, och som man ska försöka provocera syriska armén att angripa genom att låta de väpnade gängen gömma sig där, göra räder in mot syriska armén och sen dra sig tillbaka in i ”flyktinglägren”. Och som nästa steg ”måste” Nato ingripa för att skydda det som kallas flyktingläger? Så kan man kanske tänka sig att planerna är.

Dmitriy Sedov – The Grounding of the Syrian Liner as a Challenge to Russia

The media and diplomatic wars against Syria are raging non-stop. B. Assad, a completely moderate figure, is portrayed globally as a ruthless dictator and a butcher. In a sinister coincidence, a similar smear campaign used to be waged against late M. Gaddafi. No coverage to disprove the allegations is heard, and in today’s world being defeated on the propaganda battlefield imminently translates into the loss of geopolitical positions. The global rivalry – between civilizations and over key economic resources – is primarily played out in the realm of ideas, concepts, and images shaping the public perceptions, while the military force is mostly used to put the finishing touches on the resulting picture.

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Syria Discloses List of Foreign Prisoners

Syria has handed the United Nations a list of 108 foreign citizens arrested by the Syrian authorities over their alleged involvement in terrorism.
Syrian Permanent Ambassador to the UN Bashar Jaafari sent the list and a letter, dated October 18, to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Security Council Chairman Gert Rosenthal.
“The list explains the reasons behind each individual’s arrest in connection with their involvement in terrorism in Syria,” read the letter, which was made available to journalists late Friday.

Syrian Girl och Sharmine Narwani , som har varit i Syrien flera gånger och vars artiklar om Syrien Huffington Post vägrat publicera. Från en 48-timmars maratonsändning på –infowars.com
Artikel som det pratas om – Going Rogue: America’s Unconventional Warfare in the Mideast, Sharmine Narwani maj 2012.

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Peace envoy Brahimi arrives in Damascus: AFP

UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived on Friday in Damascus as he bids to secure a ceasefire in Syria’s 19-month conflict, an AFP journalist said.

Kaveh L. Afrasiabi – October Peace Surprise in Syria

As improbable as it seems right now, we may be on the verge of witnessing a much-welcome October surprise in Syria in the form of a three-day cease fire. After months of relentless bloodshed, the warring parties might be persuaded to pause during the upcoming Id al-Adha, starting October 25.

Syrian crisis has caused division in Turkey: Analyst, Interview with Ibrahim Moussawi, political analyst

“Living as a Christian in the Hell of Aleppo”: Besieged by “Opposition” Rebels. The Testimony of a Priest

American Sniper from Libya to Aleppo, Syria?

Intervju med en kvinna från Storbritannien verkar det som, vet inte vad hon heter, om media-krigföringens roll, särskilt i Syrienkonflikten.

worldmathaba.net – Syria Real News – October 18 & 19 roundup

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Turkiet erkänner att inget olagligt fanns ombord på det civilflygplan man tvingade ner för en vecka sen, enligt ryska utrikesministeriet – Ankara Retracts: Turkey ‘Admits’ Russian Air Cargo to Syria Was Legal

The Turkish authorities recognize the legitimacy of the cargo seized from a Moscow-Damascus passenger plane but have a problem with its processing, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
“The Turkish side does not in principle question the legitimacy of the cargo that was seized but is unhappy with the transportation notification procedure,” spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
“Our Turkish partners have now effectively retracted the initial allegations that there was ammunition on board,” he added.

Russia Today – Russia offers Washington advice – for a change in Syria

The United States should refrain from lecturing Russia regarding its policy on Syria and at the same time stop sponsoring the Syrian opposition, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
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”We also have our opinion as to what Washington should do,” Lukashevich said. ”We would like, for instance, for the United States to use its close ties with the Syrian opposition not to provide it with financial and logistics assistance.”
Lukashevich, citing the US media as his source, said Washington may wish to reconsider providing the Syrian opposition “information furnished through intelligence services, as well as the supply of arms…from the military arsenals of third nations.”
Instead, the US could ”encourage the opposition to seek a political settlement and broad inter-Syrian dialogue,” he noted.

Press TV’s News Analysis has interviewed Sharif Nashashibi , the chairman of the Arab Media Watch from London, to further discuss the issue at hand.
He is joined by two other observers: Caleb Maupin with the International Action Center from New York, and Randy Short with the Dignity, Human Rights and Peace Organization from Washington.

washingtonpost.com – U.S. secretly backed Syrian opposition groups, cables released by WikiLeaks show

The State Department has secretly financed Syrian political opposition groups and related projects, including a satellite TV channel that beams anti-government programming into the country, according to previously undisclosed diplomatic cables.
The London-based satellite channel, Barada TV, began broadcasting in April 2009 but has ramped up operations to cover the mass protests in Syria as part of a long-standing campaign to overthrow the country’s autocratic leader, Bashar al-Assad.
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Barada TV is closely affiliated with the Movement for Justice and Development, a London-based network of Syrian exiles. Classified U.S. diplomatic cables show that the State Department has funneled as much as $6 million to the group since 2006 to operate the satellite channel and finance other activities inside Syria.

voltairenet.org – ”It is illusory to believe that Syria can be broken!”, Interview with Ammar Bagdach, secretary general of the Syrian Communist Party

Turkish War Moves Strengthen Russia-Syria-Iran-Iraq Alliance

Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia: Threat of Regional, Global War

Daniel McAdams – Implosion of Syria Myths a ‘Nervous Breakdown’ for US, Allies

It is a myth that the initial peaceful protests only turned violent reluctantly after they were met with force by the regime. In fact we see plans early on to turn events in Syria toward regime change. We saw it early in the 1996 US neo-conservative “Clean Break” study for then-Prime Minister Netanyahu, which urged him to “contain, destabilize, and roll-back” Syria and other countries in the region. We saw it more recently in numerous influential think tank studies like that of Brookings’ Saban Center’s oft-cited report early this year tellingly titled, “Saving Syria: Assessing Options for Regime Change.”

Turkey stages new wargames near border with Syria

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Thierry Meyssan kommer återigen med en artikel – A Page Has been Turned: Western Retreat from Syria, NATO Packs It In. Turkey on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – där han menar att USA/Nato/väst är på väg att dra sig ur fientligheterna mot Syrien. Han har tidigt i våras sagt att väst slutade ge stöd åt de väpnade grupperna när Ryssland och Kina stoppade FN-resolutionen som skulle kunna bana väg för en Nato-attack. Och för en dryg vecka sen kom han med nya uppgifter om västs tillbakadragande. Men det är möjligt att han har rätt nu, Ziad Fadel på Syrian Perspective är inne på samma linje. Ryssland tillsammans med några andra fd Sovjetländer i försvarssamarbetsorganisationen CSTO håller på att sätta samman en stor styrka som skulle kunna gå in i Syrien som fredsövervakare. Man inledde i början av oktober en stor övning med ett scenario som liknar situationen i Syrien. I överenskommelsen från Geneve i juni, som förhandlades fram under Kofi Annan, talas det om att en fredsbevarande styrka kan sättas in om båda sidor kräver det. Free Syrian Army avslog överenskommelsen, men som opposition räknas nu de politiska partier som deltagit i möten i Damaskus på sistone.
Det borde vara svårt för väst att förhindra att en fredsbevarande styrka sätts in om Syrien och Ryssland finner det lämpligt.
Andra tecken på att väst ändrat inriktning, enligt Meyssan, skulle kunna vara att vid sex olika tillfällen har rebellgrupper inne i Syrien fått order från Nato’s sambandscentral i Turkiet om att dra sig ur städer och gruppera om på ett visst ställe för att förbereda en ny offensiv. Väl ute ur städerna är dessa grupper ett relativt lätt byte för den syriska militären! Kan det vara så att Nato gör så med flit för att bli av med dom?
Händelserna i Turkiet på senaste tiden, först oroligheterna vid gränsen och sen nedtvingandet av ett civilt flygplan, skulle kunna vara ett försök från Erdogans sida att hålla Nato/väst involverade i situationen.

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Syria ‘interested in exploring’ truce

The Syrian government is interested in exploring a ceasefire in the 19-month conflict as proposed by international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Maqdisi said on Tuesday.
But he stressed that for a halt to the violence, the rebels and their backers would need to be involved too.
“In order to succeed in any initiative, it takes two sides,” Maqdisi said in answer to a question from AFP.

Press TV – UN commission concerned about rising number of foreign insurgents in Syria

Syria army destroys weapons smuggling tunnel in Homs

British man charged over kidnapping of Dutch photographer in Syria

A British man has been arrested and charged over the kidnapping of Dutch photographer Jeroen Oerlemans and his Sunday Times colleague John Cantlie in Syria, several media report on Thursday.

US Admits Allies are Arming Al Qaeda in Syria – Began in 2007, Extremism Export: US admits arms sent to Syria find jihadists

worldmathaba.net – Syria Real News – October 17 roundup