30 nov

UPPDATERING

Syriens FN-ambassadör igår – Mr. Bashar Ja’afari Security Council Media 29.11.2012 – English and Arabic

Christof Lehmann – Terrorists target Syrian Internet, Telephones and Journalists

Syrians in Syria as well as abroad became seriously concerned when all telephone and internet connections were disconnected at 12 o’clock CET. The websites of the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA and other Syrian media have been targeted for months but the sudden and total blackout was unprecedented and caused widespread speculation.
According to some sources the blackout could have been an initiative by the Syrian government acting on concerns that some explosive devices might be triggered by cell phones or internet. Others speculated that NATO had begun implementing a plan to substitute Syrian radio and TV with false news in preparation of a coup. Plans for such initiative had been discussed in relation to the two failed attempts to conquer the city of Aleppo as the seat of a foreign backed transitional government.
According to a nsnbc contact who arrived in Turkey from Syria today the explanation for the blackout was that terrorists had managed to sever the main internet and mobile phone towers cables, effectively rendering most of Syria without internet and cell phone connection.

english.ruvr.ru – Internet, mobile communications cut off in some districts of Damascus

The Internet and mobile communications are non-operating in some districts of the Syrian capital, as well as in the environs of Damascus.
The opposition puts the blame on the Syrian government, while the authorities insist that rebels are responsible for the situation. The Syrian Information Ministry claims that it is rebel fighters who have impaired the equipment.
Bitter fighting for the road to Damascus airport erupted in the vicinity of the capital city yesterday. All flights were cancelled for some time. By now, the Syrian Army is said to have regained control over the highway.

doldanyheter.wordpress.com – USA förser syriska rebeller med allt nödvändigt för en säker kommunikation

Enligt Victoria Nuland (talesman för det amerikanska utrikesdepartementet) har USA försett syriska rebeller med ca 2000 kommunikationsenheter, vilket borde ”lösa deras problem” när Internet i Syrien är avstängd. (Reuters)
Rebellerna fick datorer och telefoner som fungerar trots problem med mobilt nät och inaktiverad tillgång till Internet. Dessutom fick rebellerna en säker anslutning fri från avlyssningen. Amerikanerna försörjde syriska rebeller med kommunikationslösningar i förväg. När exakt levererades dessa enheter är oklart.
…
Telegrafist tror att internet i Syrien stängdes ner verkligen av syriska myndigheter, detta för att tvinga rebeller att använda satellitkommunikation, vilken är lättare att spåra. Rebellerna inte har möjligheter och resurser för att blockera Internet och mobil kommunikation i landet, och även om man antar att de kunde göra det med stöd av USA, verkar det ändå ganska osannolikt.

friendsofsyria.wordpress.com – Another Western Backed Terrorist Massacre War Crime

Another horrific massacre caught on camera..

english.ruvr.ru – Russia concerned over Syrian opposition possessing mobile air-defence missile systems

Russia is concerned over the fact that the Syrian opposition has mobile air-defence missile systems which arrived there from Libya, Head of the Kremlin Administration Sergei Ivanov said in Vienna.
Where they will find themselves later and whose civilian plane will be shot down by them is unknown.
This is dangerous and very serious, Ivanov stressed, adding that Russia was not supplying offensive arms to Syria.
“We are supplying it with non-destabilizing types of weapons in compliance with the earlier signed contracts so that Syria would be able to defend itself from an outside threat”, Ivanov said.
He also paid attention to the fact that any embargo on arms supplies to Syria is non-existent at the moment.

Bevis på att libanesiska politiker är inblandade i att förse de väpnade gängen i Syrien med vapen – english.al-akhbar.com – Exclusive: Inside Future Movement’s Syria Arms Trade

Al-Akhbar has obtained recordings of Future Movement MP Okab Sakr organizing weapons transfers to the armed Syrian opposition at the behest of Future leader Saad Hariri.
The phone call is the first hard evidence of the role Sakr and his backers in Future were playing in providing arms and logistical support to the Syrian rebels.

Tony Cartalucci – McCain, Lévy Openly Conspire Against World Peace, Against the will of the international community, in open defiance of their own contrived international law, American and French warmongers openly plot the destruction of Syria

A recent event held by the Neo-Conservative Foreign Policy Initiative, featured a ”conversation” with Senator John McCain and self-proclaimed ”philosopher” Bernard-Henri Lévy. Both men played a pivotal role in arranging and promoting the arming, funding, and diplomatic recognition of terrorists in Libya who have now overrun much of the country, committed wide scale atrocities, and have left a US Ambassador dead and a US consulate burnt to the ground. Despite this, they now openly seek to repeat their ”success” in Syria.

Brahimi briefs UNSC on Syria

Internetradio på engelska om Syrien med Eric Draister – Stop Imperialism – Episode 50

Video på Press TV – Syrian opposition representatives in Moscow

slut på uppdateringen __________________

Internet-tillgänglighet tycks finnas i alla fall till vis del nu i Syrien, och någon riktig klarhet i vad som låg bakom det plötsliga nedsläckadet igår har inte kommit fram.

friendsofsyria.wordpress.com – Luckily our Friends in Syria Do Still Have Internet

presstv.ir – Bomb explosion rips through Press TV vehicles in Syria

A car bomb attack has ripped through six vehicles belonging to Press TV and al-Alam television networks in the Syrian capital Damascus, security sources report.
Syrian security guards said on Friday that the bomb explosion occurred near Press TV’s office in Damascus after a man was caught on camera sticking something to a car.
According to reports, he escaped the scene of the attack minutes before the blast.
However, the bomb attack did not cause any casualties.

presstv.ir – Jordan foils bid by militant group to smuggle arms into Syria

Jordanian security forces have thwarted an attempt by a group of militants to smuggle weapons into neighboring Syria, which is gripped by an ongoing unrest.

presstv.ir –Syrian militants enlisting 14-year-olds: Human Rights Watch – hrw.org

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized foreign-backed militants in Syria for enlisting young boys to serve as fighters, guards and lookouts in clashes against government forces.
”Children as young as 14 have served in at least three opposition brigades, transporting weapons and supplies and acting as lookouts,” the New York-based international non-governmental organization said on Thursday.

english.farsnews.com – Persian Gulf Arab States Send Thousands of Convicts to Syria to Help Rebels

The Iraqi media disclosed on Wednesday that Persian Gulf Arab states have released and sent 3,800 of their death convicts to Syria to join the armed campaign against President Bashar a-Assad’s government.
”So far, a number of 3800 prisoners who were waiting for capital punishment in some Persian Gulf Arab states, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, have been released and dispatched to Syria to join the armed revolt against the government of President Bashar al-Assad,” Director of Iraq’s al-Nakheel News Agency Mohammad Ali al-Hakim told FNA on Wednesday.

Eric Draitser på Press TV – Washington after Libya-like puppet in Syria: Analyst

Does the ”sole representative of the Syrian people” really represent Syrians?

Annons

29 nov

UPPDATERING 2

Det förekommer motstridiga uppgifter på facebook, dels sägs det att terrorister stängde av internet och dels att det handlar om underhåll av systemet. Mer troligt är resonemanget som förs i artikeln i syrianews.cc som det länkas till i förra uppdateringen. Att det antingen är syriska regringen som stängt av för att på något sätt störa angriparnas operationer, men mest troligt är det Nato-länderna som ligger bakom. Nu gäller det verkligen att se upp för för falsk information! Att man i skydd av informationsmörkret försöker skapa en konstruerad verklighet, att läget för syriska regeringen är mycket sämre än det är i verkligheten, samtidigt som man kanske går in med specialtrupper eller liknande och ”hjälper till”!

Scott Creighton – Big Trouble Brewing in Syria? Obama Meets to Discuss More Action and the Lights Go Out the Next Day

This appears to be a huge development in the forced regime change agenda of the United States and the other NATO countries. Whatever is going to happen, they damn sure wanted it to happen in the dark. This is not how democracy is brought to other nations, this is how imperialism and despotism is forced on them.

english.ruvr.ru – Syrian net attacked by terrorists

Syrian Information Minister Dr. Umran Ahid Al-Zabi said that the country was cut off from the Internet on Thursday due to terrorist acts. According to him, the country’s internet cables and infrastructure have become the objects of attacks by armed insurgents.
The Syrian authorities did not have anything to do with cutting off of internet service stated the minister.

UPPDATERING

VARNING! Är en offensiv mot Syrien av den typ som det varnats för vid ett par tillfällen tidigare på gång? Internet och mobilförbindelser till Syrien lär ha stängts av. Och igår hade regimtrogen media här i Sverige inslag som ville ge en bild av att ”rebellerna” gjorde framsteg. Det är alltså en operation i samma stil som användes vid den våldsamma attacken mot Tripoli i Libyen i augusti förra året som det varnas för, och som Thierry Meyssan varnade för i juni!

Tony Cartalucci –URGENT : NATO Preparing Psy-Op in Syria , Internet connections & telecom reportedly failing across Syria, right as NATO has finished preparing their proxy ”SNC” and readies for final push

In early summer, NATO had attempted to overwhelm Damascus and Aleppo with a torrent of psychological operations, communication disruptions, foreign terrorists crossing Syria’s borders, and a devastating assassination of top Syrian officials in the heart of Damascus. The idea was to cause panic, division, mass defections and fold the Syrian state when in reality, it was more than able to fight on. Syria called the bluff and here it still stands.
With the Israel-Gaza charade concluded, it was reported that NATO would pivot back toward Syria – and it has. It has handpicked a new proxy-regime to act as the face of the terrorists battling Syrian civilians and soldiers alike within the country, while it has been conducting a concerted and refocused propaganda campaign to paint the Syrian government as once again, ”imminently about to fall.”

english.ruvr.ru – Internet cut off in Syria

The internet and mobile phone systems are cut off in Syria, a global traffic monitoring firm said Thursday.
According to the company, 77 Syrian networks have been disabled since 2.26 pm Moscow time.

kremltv-videos.blogspot.de – Kreml.tv refutes Reuters report on Syria

According to our correspondents on the ground, we are able to report that the news by the known agency Reuters is false. Reuters published that the road between the Syrian capital Damascus and the Damascus International Airport is blocked, but this is not true.
This report by Reuters is wrong.
The situation in and around Damascus is tense.
Recently there was another terrorist attack in Qudsaya (Qudsaia – area of al-Wurud).
At the moment, there is no information about victims or damage.

kremltv-videos.blogspot.de – Intensified Clashes near Damascus

In the area of the Syrian village of Harasta, there is a military operation. Harasta is covered in smoke.
In Damascus, there are problems with the internet and difficulties with the cellular communications, so there will probably no live stream from Damascus today.
We are able to forecast that the fighting will increase on this Friday.

syrianews.cc – Internet is down – masterminds are unknown

Various sources report that since today 12 o`clock GMT +1, the Internet and mobile phone network of all Syria were completely shut down. This does not only apply to SANA, the Syrian state news agency.
Indeed, Syrian contacts via Skype are no longer accessible; E-mails do not arrive to the receiver. It is clear that the thing was planned and coordinated
There are two ways of explaining it.
In Pakistan, for example, the government shuts down the mobile network in the cities every now and then in order to prevent mobile / radio controlled explosives from being detonated. Given the terror war against Syria, this could be a measure of the government.
If this is not the case, then it is clear that such an action is sure not manageable by any deserted brigadier general, because in such a case, very different levels would then be involved.
There were reports this morning about some problems at the Damascus airport. There are still some scheduled flights (last night, the Damascus – Moscow flight has arrived on time) but a number of cancellations have been reported.

slut på uppdateringen ____________

Press TV – Three policemen killed in Syria bombing

Three policemen have been killed and several others wounded in a bomb attack carried out in southwestern Syria.
Local sources said the attack was carried out near the house of a leading member of Syria’s ruling Baath party in the al-Sahari neighborhood of the southern city of Dara’a on Thursday.

http://www.syrianews.cc – Team of Vesti.ru in the Syrian city of Daraya

The “injury” of Anastasia Popova is no real injury, of course, unless a fall on the nose while running under sniper fire counts as such. Daraya is or was embattled.
From there, the south of Damascus was under constant attack by RPGs in the last days (a 82 mm RPG has a range of up to 3 kilometres). Marat Musin (ANNA-News) has reported several times live from Harasta in the past week, including yesterday.
There, the bandits has since then been expelled, and the Vesti.ru team drove to the place whereto they have disappeared. The reports from Damascus and the environment are relatively worrying.

Press TV – US to deepen Syria intervention by arming militants: Officials

The Obama administration is considering a deeper intervention in Syria, including direct supply of arms to militants and planting CIA and NATO intelligence agents in the country, in efforts to overthrow the Damascus government.
The most urgent decision, expected to come next week, is the deployment of NATO surface-to-air missiles in Turkey, supposedly to shield the neighboring country from what US officials are increasingly publicizing as ‘incoming Syrian missiles,’ US daily The New York Times reports Thursday, quoting “officials involved in the discussions.”
According to the report, while there is a broader debate within the Obama administration on “how heavily America should intervene in another Middle Eastern conflict,” no decision has yet been taken. However, following Obama’s reelection, the White House is “more willing to take risks” on a bolder intervention.

Real Syria Updates –Kidnappers of Journalist Anhar Kochneva Force Her to Confess She’s a Spy –
syrianews.cc – Syria: New Video of kidnapped Journalist Anhar Kochneva

After over 45 days of her kidnapping by Al Qaeda FSA terrorists near the city of Homs, central Syria, the kidnappers release another video of the kidnapped prominent Ukrainian Journalist Anhar Kochneva forcing her as it seems to state that she was a spy and was working for the military as a translator, and that she contributed in the battles.

Finian Cunningham – What do they want from Syria?

The terrorist war on Syria, which the Western media trumpet as a “pro-democracy uprising”, is aimed at precisely the opposite of pluralist coexistence. What the terrorists want is to tear the tolerant soul out of the country and plunge its people into an internecine, hate-filled sectarian bloodbath.
…
Syria is witnessing the worst of all possible criminal assaults – the evolution and amalgamation of Western state terrorism fuelled with the petrodollars of mindless Arab despots.

washingtonpost.com – Officials: Syrian rebels’ arsenal includes up to 40 antiaircraft missile systems

At least some of the missiles were supplied by Qatar, which has provided most of the weapons smuggled to Syria’s rebels across the Turkish border, according to two Middle Eastern intelligence officials briefed on the matter. The officials, along with others interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information.

Från platsen där bilbomber dödade 44 personer igår – Multiple bomb attacks kill scores in Syria
A series of bomb attacks kill at least 44 civilians and injure over 80 others in a suburb of the Syrian capital. Large parts of the Damascus countryside are witnessing increasing violence as the Syrian army continues to battle foreign-backed insurgents.

Iran doubles Syria peace talks effort amid raging violence
The Syrian opposition based within the country is accusing Turkey of allowing foreign mercenaries access through its territory into Syria, to cause more violence. The group also warned Western and Arab states against meddling in Syrian affairs by backing certain rebel factions. Turkey, France, Britain and Persian Gulf Monarchies have given their full endorsement for a foreign-based opposition coalition, pledging them more support from abroad in their fight against the government. As the international community remains divided as to how to end the Syrian crisis, a key regional player Iran is looking to play a greater role in resolving the conflict.

28 nov

UPPDATERING

Thierry Meyssan håller fast vid sin bild, att USA är på väg att byta strategi i Syrien och tillåta att presidenten sitter kvar och att våldet lägger sig. Han har ju framfört liknande tankegångar i tidigare artiklar (som här 1 nov , 9 okt och 16 okt), men inte mycket har hänt som har synts utåt. Men eliminerandet av David Petraeus, och andra höga militärledare, ska vara ett led i detta skifte. – Obama II – the purge and the pact

Enjoying a legitimacy reinforced by his reelection, President Barack Obama is preparing to launch a new foreign policy – drawing the conclusions from the relative economic weakening of the United States, he has renounced the idea of governing the world on his own. US forces continue their departure from Europe and their partial disengagement from the Middle East in order to take up positions around China. From this perspective, he wants to weaken the developing Russo-Chinese alliance at the same time as sharing the burden of the Middle East with Russia. Consequently, he is ready to apply the agreement on Syria which was reached on the 30th June in Geneva – deployment of a UN peace force, composed mainly of troops from the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, and maintenance of Bachar el-Assad in power if he is designated by his people.
…
But even before the nomination of the new Cabinet, the political about-face has already begun with the resumption of secret negotiations with Teheran. In fact, these new policies require an end to the isolation of Iran, and the recognition of the Islamic Republic as a regional power. The first consequence – the construction of the new gas pipeline has resumed. It will link South Pars, the largest gas field in the world, with Damascus, and then the Mediterranean and Europe – an investment of 10 billion dollars which could not be profitable unless there is lasting peace in the region.
Obama II’s new foreign policy is going to upset the Middle East in 2013, but in the opposite way to that announced by the Western and Gulf media.

Thierry Meyssan – Welcome to the ”liberated zone” of Aleppo

Thanks to logistical support from France, the new authorities of the ”liberated zone” of Aleppo are currently setting up a religious dictatorship inspired by the Saudi model. The reality is very different from the soothing declarations of Presidents Sarkozy and Hollande concerning the defence of liberty and the promotion of democracy.

Christof Lehmann – Thirty-Four Killed in Double Bomb Blast in Jaramana near Damascus, Victims Families denounce State-Sponsored Terrorism

En representant för den syriska oppositionsgrupp som är på besök i Ryssland säger att utländska makter har planer på en ockupation av Syrien – english.ruvr.ru – Syria always to be friends with Russia – Syrian opposition member

Syria will always maintain friendship with Russia, coordinator of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change Hesam Manaa told The Voice of Russia.
This is one of the Syrian opposition organisations whose delegation is coming to Moscow intending to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
According to Manaa, Syria is now threatened from outside as there are plans of foreign occupation of Syria.
Manaa said that they relied on China and Russia that would not allow that to happen.

en.rian.ru – Syrian Opposition Accuses Turkey of Allowing Mercenaries

A key member of the unrecognized Syrian opposition accused Turkey on Wednesday of allowing Saudi mercenaries to enter through its border with Syria.
“These people are destroying Syria,” Haytham Manna, spokesman for the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change, told the Voice of Russia. “Unfortunately, there are political players such as Turkey who allow them to invade Syria.”

‘Over 10,000 militants fighting Syria’
A political analyst says that the list of identified militants released by the government in Damascus is ”only the tip of the iceberg” as reports indicate over 10,000 foreign-backed fighters are in Syria, Press TV reports.
On Tuesday, Syrian newspaper Al Watan published the names of 142 militants from 18 countries, who were killed while fighting against Syrian forces. The list includes 47 Saudis, 24 Libyans, 10 Tunisians, 11 Afghans, nine Egyptians, six Qataris, five Lebanese, five Turks and a number of insurgents from Chad, Chechnya and Azerbaijan.
Press TV has conducted an interview with Alaa Ebrahim, journalist and political analyst in Damascus

swedish.ruvr.ru – Syriska rebeller sköt ner regeringens jaktflygplan – english.ruvr.ru – Syrian rebels capture pilot of downed jet

Rebeller i provinsen Idlib i norra Syrien sköt ner arméns jaktflygplan. Flygplanet föll ner i närheten av den turkiska gränsen och exploderade. Rebellerna påstår att planet sköts ner av en mark-till-luft missil.
För en månad sedan sa Rysslands utrikesministerium att USA levererar luftvärnssystem till den syriske presidenten Bashar al-Assads motståndare. USA:s utrikesdepartement vederlägger dock denna information.

swedish.ruvr.ru – Nato väljer plats för Patriot-förband

Natos experter har börjat granska platserna som är utvalda för placering av Patriot-förband i Turkiet. Enligt de officiella meddelandena kan missilerna placeras på en militärbas i provinsen Malatya i östra Turkiet, i provinsen Diyarbakir eller i Sanliurfa i södra Turkiet.

swedish.ruvr.ru – Ytterligare en explosion i södra Syrien

En minerad bil har sprängts idag i den sydsyriska provinsen Deraa, meddelar statens TV. Det finns offer.

english.ruvr.ru – EU extends Syrian sanctions for three more months

The EU agreed on Wednesday to extend sanctions against Syria for another three months, reports Agence France Presse quoting diplomat sources.

doldanyheter.wordpress.com – Frankrike betalar 1 miljon Euro till syriska rebeller

Syriens ståndaktighet och speciellt presidenten Bashar al-Assads styrka fullständigt förstör London och Washingtons planer. Enligt dessa planer hela regionen i dagsläget borde ha befunnit sig i det största kaoset. Men Syrien fortfarande slåss och tänker inte ge upp. USA med anhang är beredda att göra allt, inklusive att ge Bashar al-Assad immunitet om han går med på att lämna landet, vilket Assad inte accepterar.
USAs slutliga mål är Ryssland och Kina och för att nå det måste de skapa kaos och flytta centrum av detta kaos närmare till Ryssland och Kinas gränser.

Morris pratar med en man från Turkiet – FSA Trying To Seize All Turkish Syrian Border Posts – Turkish Citizen
Cosa is near the Turkish Syrian border, he says the situation is out of control, people are crossing freely right under the eyes of the Turkish military & Intel
And While Davutoglu is crying in Gaza, Turkish-Israel Bilateral trade increases around 30% for the last 2 years

slut på uppdateringen ____________________

sana.sy – Citizens Martyred, Others Injured in Two Car Bomb Blasts in Jaramana – presstv.ir – 20 killed in bomb blasts near Damascus –Four blasts rock Damascus suburb, casualties feared: State TV – video

Terrorists on Wednesday blew up two car bombs loaded with large amounts of explosives in the Main Square in Jaramana city in Damascus Countryside, killing a number of citizens and injuring others and causing huge material damage to the residential buildings and shops.

Tony Cartalucci – Breaking: Western-backed Terrorists in Syria Slaughter Christians in Bombing, Al Qaeda terrorists, backed, armed, funded, and diplomatically recognized by the West, have detonated 2 car bombs in Christian-Druze quarters in Damascus, killing dozens

Excusing egregious acts of terrorism aimed at Syria’s civilian population by claiming those targeted were ”mostly loyal to President Bashar Assad” has been a favorite tactic of AP, BBC, CNN, Fox News, and others. In reality, the vast majority of Syrians, from Christians to Druze, from Shia’a Muslims to moderate Sunnis, are targets of the sectarian extremist, Saudi-Wahhabi indoctrinated terrorists the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia have been funding, arming, importing from across the region, and arraying against the people of Syria since at least 2007.

Christof Lehmann – NATO to Deploy Patriot Missiles in Turkey

After the public humiliation which the Erdogan government suffered on 29 October, when millions of Turks went into the streets to celebrate Turkey’s revolution day and to protest against the war on Syria, and that in spite of Erdogan’s attempt to outlaw the celebrations;
After the humiliation Erdogan suffered because millions of protesters removed the police barricades in the streets of Ankara, Istanbul and every major city in Turkey, showing R. Tayyip Erdogan and the Freedom and Justice Party, AKP, that their attempt to rewrite Turkish history had failed miserably and that the people of Turkey did not stand behind an imperialist war against Syria;
After such a public humiliation it is naturally understandable that the Erdogan government would need really convincing arguments, such as the one that the deployment of Patriot missiles would be necessary to protect Turkish citizens from Syrian mortar shells.
If one still has sympathy with R. Tayyip Erdogan, or pity, one can only hope that nobody reminds the citizens of Turkey about the fact that the model of mortar which was used in the cross border incident was identical with the model which Turkey had provided to the FSA and other vanguards of truth and democracy in Syria.
Oops. Sorry Tayyip.

27 nov

Hur ska man kunna tro annat än att Turkiet/Nato har ondsinta planer på att på något sätt provocera Syrien i och med att man sätter upp dessa Nato-missiler på gränsen mellan länderna. Ingen kan tro på att det finns någon anledning för Turkiet att oroa sig för ett oprovocerat angrepp från Syrien –Patriot missiles on Syria-Turkey border under NATO command – Rasmussen

Turkey’s announcement to partner with the deployment of NATO missiles is widely seen as the beginning of NATO’s active engagement against Syria and the step toward an illegal no fly zone.
Press TV has interviewed Hisham Tillawi, the host of Current Issues TV and Radio from Louisiana, about this latest development in Syria.

syria-updates.blogspot.se – Al Qaeda FSA Terrorists Destroy Ancient Statues in a Museum in Syria

Syrian Perspective

The amount of outright lying in the Western press is remarkable. Major news sources like the NYT, WP, BBC, AP, Reuters and the like, are part of a scheme to hide the unwanted news that the terrorist-mercenaries are losing every battle. With the adeptness of Hollywood schlockmeisters, these news outlets narrate one victory after another, sometimes after their heroes have been annihilated and sometimes when no ”victory” ever occurred. Reporting always from any place but the actual location of the event, they quote non-existent sources in an effort to portray Syria’s army and air force as the villain while showing pictures of the Islamist creeps brandishing weapons or praying. These photos, amazingly, have redounded to the benefit of the Syrian government, as many readers have started to note that the appearance of the killers is Islamist.
Radi Tanyos reports to me from Aleppo that 62 battles have taken place yesterday in Aleppo Governorate with the army victorious in each one. It is clear, Radi says, that the ”mercenaries” are instructed not to hold territory, ”only keep the army moving to tire it”. This strategy is not working. Radi says the Syrian army’s morale is high because it is clear that ”we are fighting a battle of destiny.” He also says that every soldier one meets has a vendetta issue with deserters. The deserter is now viewed by the largely secular army as tools of Americans, Zionists and Wahhabists. The word ”Wahhabist” now means ”Shaytan” or ”the Devil”.

från facebook

Large number of FSA members from different areas of Damascus countryside have entered in Daraya (Damascus countryside) and were surrounded by Syrian army. Now army is conducting the military operation to clean the city from FSA armed gangs. Syrian soldiers captured Libyan mercenary, who is the head of FSA military operations in Daraya.

Syria names 142 foreign insurgents killed in clashes with army

The Syrian government has presented more documents proving the involvement of foreign militants in the country’s months-long crisis.
Syrian newspaper Al Watan published on Tuesday the names of 142 militants from 18 countries, who were killed while fighting against Syrian forces.

thelocal.se – Muslim Swedes told to join Syrian war effort

Swedish security service Säpo has expressed concerns that Swedes fighting in Syria may commit war crimes after a militant group’s recent YouTube recruitment video called on Swedes to join the war effort in Syria

Scott Creighton – New Anti-Syrian Cluster Bomb Propaganda Same as the Old Anti-Syrian Cluster Bomb Propaganda in Syria and Libya and Sudan (props are the same as well)

There is a new version of the old line of propaganda being run up the flag pole about the out of control government of Syria using cluster bombs to kill 10 Syrian kids in a park.
…
In the end, this is just more laughable marketing from the kinds of people who are willing to debase themselves in anyway possible for a paycheck. Spinning up lies in order to justify NATO coming in with real, new cluster bombs to drop on the civilian population is just another way to make a living so they can enjoy the finer things in life. It just is the way of the world I suppose.

26 nov

presstv.ir – France gives $1.5mn to Syria insurgents

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says the country has allocated 1.2 million euros (1.5 million dollars) in emergency aid to the newly-formed Syrian opposition, known as the National Coalition.

en.rian.ru – NATO to Survey Patriot Missile Sites in Turkey

NATO officials will start surveying sites along the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday for possible deployment of Patriot air defense systems, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement.
The NATO delegation includes 30 experts from the United States, Germany and the Netherlands, all of whom have Patriots in their arsenals.

sana.sy – Medvedev: Dialogue Is Only Solution to Crisis in Syria och Press TV – Russia criticizes France over supporting insurgents in Syria – och Voice of Russia – Medvedev slams as ‘uncivilized’ France’s decision to recognize Syrian opposition

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said ” France’s support to the so-called Syrian coalition violates the international law as no country has the right to work for the forced change of the political regime of any other country.
In an interview with French media posted by the Russian Government’s official website on Monday, Medvedev reiterated his country’s support to solve the crisis in Syria peacefully and through dialogue.
The Russian Premier said ” a desire to change the political regime of another state by recognizing any political force as the sole carrier of sovereignty seems to me to be not completely civilized,”
”It is preferable if the Syrian opposition came to power legally and not because of deliveries of arms from other countries,” he added.

Igor Ignatchenko – Libyan Scenario for Syria

This September the British Times published an article saying the largest shipload of arms destined for Free Syrian Army came to Turkey from Libya. It stated there were 400 tons of weapons, including an unspecified number of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, grenade launchers and other arms aboard a Libyan ship the Intisaar, docked at the Turkish port of Iskenderun. The ship’s captain was Omar Mousaeeb, a Libyan from Benghazi.
It is far from being the only arms shipment sent to anti-government Syrian gangs in recent months. Back in April this year the Libyan authorities intercepted a cache of weapons aboard the Luftfallah II cargo vessel that supposedly were intended to supply opposition forces in Syria. The shipment included portable anti-tank grenade launchers, mortars, large caliber machine guns, automatic rifles and shoulder-fired air defense systems. According to the Sunday Times, in the period since April till August at least seven arms shipments, including portable air defense missiles, were unloaded from vessels near Lebanon. The ships never entered the port of Tripoli but were anchored in neutral waters 30 km from the Lebanese coast. The boats unloaded the weapons when the night darkness descended….
…
The clouds keep on gathering over Syria. French Ambassador to the country Eric Chevallier openly said back in September that France was cooperating with the «opposition» forces there.

Från facebook

The report that Terrorists in Syria seized Palestinian Camp in Damascus is false. Confirmed Bullshit – kremltv broadcasted from it just recently.

Är det någon som kollat upp om det finns någon film på festivalen vars regissör stödjer Obama eller Cameron!? sverigesradio.se – Syrisk film diskvalificerad på Kairos filmfestival

Den syriska filmen ”Al Asheq” har diskvalificerats från att delta i Kairos filmfestival i kategorin mänskliga rättigheter. Filmen drogs tillbaka från festivalen när det uppdagades att både regissören och huvudrollsinnehavaren stödjer Syriens president Bashar al-Assad.

25 nov

Tony Cartalucci – US-Created ”Syrian Opposition” Led by Big Oil Rep, As in Libya, Syrian ”opposition” is led by long-time servants of Western corporate-financiers

While the global public is repeatedly told that the violence in Syria is the result of ”pro-democratic” forces fighting against the ”brutal regime” of President Bashar al-Assad, it is Moaz al-Khatib himself who inexplicably states that two certified autocracies, those of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are propping him up and that it is an ”Islamic state” he hopes to create upon the rubble of a destroyed Syria.

Webster Tarpley – New Syria opposition chief backed bin Laden, is Shell lobbyist: Analyst

He (Khatib) is of course a secret member of the Muslim Brotherhood controlled by Saudi Arabia, and he’s somebody who was a big admirer of bin Laden in the early 90s. He got into trouble for supporting bin Laden against [former Syrian President] Hafez Assad back 20 years ago.

presstv.ir – Insurgents in Syria equipped with American arms: Video

A newly released video shows members of an al-Qaeda-affiliated insurgent group in Syria equipped with US-made weapons, Press TV reports.

Syrian opposition delegation to come to Moscow

Representatives of the Syrian opposition bloc “National Coordination Committee” and of Syrian Kurdish organizations will visit Moscow on November 28.
This was announced by the head of the International Union of Kurdish Public Organizations Merab Shamoev.
One of the members of the Syrian delegation will be the leader of the Democratic Union Party, a Syrian affiliate of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party, Salih Muslim.
It is expected that the delegation will meet with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

english.ruvr.ru – Russian expert warns of possibility of large-scale war in Middle East

In an interview with the Voice of Russia, Russian analyst Konstantin Sivkov said: “Deploying these missiles in Turkey will be dangerous for Syrian military planes – this is obvious. A lesser obvious thing is that Turkey is getting ready for a war against Syria. If an attack on Syria from the territory of Turkey does take place, this will most likely be an attack not of the Turkish army, but of NATO’s forces.”
“The Middle East is getting ready for a large-sale battle which will very likely affect the Russian part of the Caucasus, and this, in its turn, will be reflected on the entire Russia,” Mr. Sivkov added.

syrianews.cc – Free Syrian Army blew up Mosque in Aleppo

The following video was recorded by a member of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA). He has published the recording online because he did not agree with what his group has done.
The video further down shows how the terrorists blew up a mosque in Aleppo, while they are cheering and shouting “Allahu Akbar”.

ctvnews.ca – Rebels claim control of Syrian helicopter base near Damascus

naharnet.com – Bakri Says Training UK Islamists for Jihad in Syria at Lebanon Camp

Four British Islamist extremists are being trained to fight in Syria at a camp run by radical Islamist preacher Omar Bakri in northern Lebanon, Britain’s The Sun newspaper reported on Sunday.
Bakri boasted of his “military-style courses for Islamic fanatics on the lawless border with Lebanon,” The Sun said.

Från Real Syria Updates – Hello Erdogan, A Message from Prominent German Journalist Jürgen Elsässer re Syria

24 nov

Iran’s Parliamentary speaker stops in Damascus

Russia Today – Turkey-Syria standoff: Patriot missiles prepared, Kurdish fighters on the border

Syria has lashed out at Turkey’s “provocative” request to deploy NATO surface-to-air missiles on the countries’ shared border. The batteries may be installed in a matter of weeks, in a buildup that could further flare tensions in the turbulent zone.

sana.sy – Zasypkin: Syria Will Remain Unified, Recognition of Opposition Coalition Violates International Legitimacy

Russian Ambassador in Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin reiterated his country’s support to dialogue in Syria as the only way for the political solution in Syria, asserting the necessity of implementing Geneva Statement which needs no other interpretation or additional phrases.
In an interview with the Lebanese As-Safir newspaper published on Saturday, the Russian Ambassador expressed Russia’s clear rejection of the so-called the ‘Syrian Coalition Opposition’, pointing out that it doesn’t represent the opposition because it encompasses another sides in it.

Russia Today – ‘Syria may witness a humanitarian intervention scenario’

NATO’s potential deployment of the Patriot missile system in Turkey near the Syrian border is clearly meant for a larger scale intervention – and potentially to secure a no-fly zone, political activist Yazan Abdallah told RT.
­Furthermore, if the conflict escalates, it would be “a military intervention based on the humanitarian crisis.”
RT: If the request is granted, is it the first step towards implementing a no-fly zone?
Yazan Abdallah: It could well be a sign that there could well be some kind of limited intervention, especially that we’ve been hearing the EU countries – especially Britain and France – advocating such intervention recently, where they have been talking about limited scale intervention. However, how comprehensive and how an all-out war style this is going to be, I think this is not going to be a war style. It will be a war of attrition that is not going to threaten the Syrian government with sudden intervention. They know very well this is going to ignite a response from the Syrian side that may trigger a lot of chaos in the region.

english.ruvr.ru – Deployment of Patriots in Turkey means no-fly zone for Syria

The planned deployment by NATO countries of Patriot air defence systems on Turkey’s Syria border will actually amount to the imposition of a no-fly zone for Syrian aircraft in circumvention of the UN Security Council.
The opinion has been voiced by the leading research fellow of the Russian Institute for Oriental Studies, Vladimir Kudelev.
He feels that Patriot systems may drastically influence the fighting between the government troops and the opposition in the north of Syria, since the militants will thus get a 200 kilometre – to 250 kilometre-wide “umbrella” all along the Syrian-Turkish border.
The deployment of Patriots would also undermine the role of the UN Security Council, which, experts feel, would hardly authorize any proposal to impose a no-fly zone for Syrian aircraft.

Rapport från norra Syrien av ryska journalister från vesti.ru, syrianews.cc – Syrian towns of Nubbol and Baldat al Zahraa resist the inhuman terror of the Free Syrian Army

The following report of Vesti.ru seems a little bit like the famous tale of the Gaulish village. At least for the region north of Aleppo, near the Turkish border.
Around 45,000 people are there almost cut off completely from the outside world, surrounded by a rebel-controlled area and they do not give up the resistance since a half year.
The humanitarian situation is catastrophic, but there is an air bridge to Aleppo, which, however, is far from sufficient in order to supply all the people there with all the necessities.
The report can also testify of it, that large parts of the country, at least in northern Syria, are no longer controlled by the government for quite some time. A few other elements of the report sound a bit strange, but overall, it is important enough, at least, to gain attention for the beleaguered people in northern Syria.

english.al-akhbar.com – Bomb kills four in Damascus Palestinian camp

Tony Cartalucci – Al Qaeda ”Virtue Police” Show up Along NATO Protected Turkish-Syrian Border, NATO-backed terrorists along Turkish-Syrian border establish Al Qaeda-style ”Virtue & Vice Police,” heralding the West’s true designs for Syria

syria-updates.blogspot.se – Real News From Syria: Syria News 24.11.2012 – Real News From Syria: BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: NOVEMBER 24, 2012

dokumentär-video

Video gjord av den regeringsvänliga sidan i Syrien. Några minuter in redogör några män för hur de fått betalt för att ta med vapen till demonstrationer och skjuta mot polis och militärpersonal.
The Real Story – A Documentary Film: Scenes from The Conspiracy Chapters Against Syria – från www.youtube.com/user/SiriaNews

23 nov

UPPDATERING

english.ruvr.ru – Rasmussen, Lavrov discuss Turkey`s request for Patriot missiles

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen assured Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that plans of the alliance to deploy Patriot air defense missiles in Turkey are of purely defensive.
Mr. Rasmussen and Mr. Lavrov had a phone conversation on Friday initiated by NATO chief.
A statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry after the talks says that Mr. Lavrov expressed his concerns over NATO`s plans to place Patriot air missiles on the Turkish-Syrian border.
He mentioned Russia’s initiative to help Ankara and Damascus be able to discuss all differences directly amid the increasing military potential in the region in order to avoid incidents.

english.ruvr.ru – Damascus says Patriot missiles on Syrian border ‘act of provocation’

The decision to deploy Patriot air missiles on the Syrian border is a new act of provocation by Ankara, official spokesman for Syria`s foreign ministry said.

en.rian.ru – Syrian Opposition Coalition to Open Office in Turkey

The National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (SNCROF) will soon open its office in Istanbul, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday.

Thierry Meyssan – The many faces of Sheikh Ahmad Moaz Al-Khatib

Completely unkown to the international public only a week ago, Sheikh Moaz al-Khatib has been catapulted to the presidency of the Syrian National Coalition, which represents pro-Western opposition in the Damascus government. Portrayed by an intense public relations campaign as a highly moral personality with no partisan or economic attachments, he is in truth a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and an executive of the Shell oil company.

voltairenet.org – Armed groups in Aleppo call for Islamic State

Three weeks ago, 80% of the armed groups had attempted to form a command center near the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria. All participants had recognized Sheikh Adnan al-Arour as their spiritual leader and were given a sermon by him. Meanwhile, those commanders who disagreed with the Islamist line have been liquidated and only Salafist, Wahabi or Takfirists groups remain.
It is these groups that France has been secretly arming for months and now proposes to do so officially.

syrianews.cc – Syria: The team of Vesti.ru is back in Aleppo

What is new is that there are just or still two districts of Aleppo (Halab), which are held by the rebel gangs. One of these districts is Sakhur in northeast of the city, the other district is not mentioned.
The implication is clear – the remaining gangs in Aleppo belong to the hardened and battle-hardened extremists, and thus, to the professional fighters, and Aleppo is surely not their first battlefield.

Russia Today – Another Syria media murder: State TV journalist killed in war-torn Damascus

middle-east-online.com – Syria rebels open new war front: against Kurds

Kurdish fighters have agreed to join forces in a standoff with hundreds of Islamist rebels in northeastern Syria, an activist opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday.

slut på uppdateringen _______________________

presstv.ir – Car bombing in Syria’s Idlib kills three, injures four

facebook-grupp

The Russian Defense Ministry: Russian warships have set sail for the Syrian Port of Tartus
Alikhbaria TV

facebook-grupp och english.ruvr.ru – Patriot missile deployment on the Turkish-Syrian border to be discussed with NATO Secretary General on Friday – Lavrov

Russia and NATO will on Friday discuss Moscow’s opposition to the possible deployment of Patriot missiles near Turkey’s border with Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Lavrov reiterated Russia’s concerns about Turkey’s request for NATO to deploy the surface-to-air missiles because of Ankara’s fears of spillover from the civil war in Syria.
He said he would discuss the issue by telephone with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who said on Thursday the alliance would ”do what it takes to defend our ally Turkey”.
”Apparently he (Rasmussen) wants to explain (NATO’s) position on this issue,” Lavrov told a news conference after talks in Moscow with Bangladesh’s foreign minister, Dipu Moni.
”The main concern is the more weapons there are, the greater the risk that they will be used.”
He said Russia, which is not a member of NATO and cannot block a decision, understood that no one intended to drag the alliance into the Syrian crisis.
”But … in the military field, what is important is not intentions, but potential. And when potential increases, the risks grow,” he said

22 nov

UPPDATERING

Christof Lehmann – The Dynamics of the Crisis in Syria. Conflict Versus Conflict Resolution. (Part 4)

Tony Cartalucci – As Israel-Gaza Charade Concludes, West Pivots Back to Syria, As predicted, Israel accepts humiliating ceasefire to bolster partners in Syrian subversion – Egypt, Turkey, & Qatar

english.ruvr.ru – Russia and Turkey call for joint efforts to solve Syria crisis

Russia and Turkey have called for coordinating joint efforts to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria.
This was reported at Russia’s Foreign Ministry after consultations in Ankara between special presidential envoy for the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov and First Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkey Feridun Sinirliog(lu.

sana.sy – Russia: No Military Choice to Crisis in Syria, we Advise Ankara to Utilize Influence on Opposition to Start Internal Dialogue without Parade

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich stressed that the military choice does not solve the crisis in Syria, calling the Turkish Government ” to utilize its influence on the Syrian opposition with no parade in order to speed up the commencement of an internal Syrian dialogue without directing the situation to a dangerous route.
Russia Today Channel quoted Ukashevic as saying in a press conference on Thursday in comment on the request proposed by the Turkish government to deploy patriot missiles, ” it is obvious that such moves do not increase optimism …despite that, acts of all foreign players should be coordinated..let us not rush.”
…
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, said that a delegation of the opposition National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria will visit Moscow on November 28th and 29th.
In a statement to Russia Today Channel, Bogdanov said that the delegation will pay the visit in response to an official invitation by the Russian side to discuss the latest developments regarding the crisis in Syria.
He added that the table of the talks is open to all opposition forces with on exclusions.
According to Russia Today Channel, the delegation is to meet the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, and his deputy, Mikhail Bogdanov.

Nato-missiler i Turkiet vid gränsen mot Syrien, och rapporter om stora mängder lego-krigare som kommer in från den turkiska sidan. Är det tecken på försök att få till nya gränsoroligheter som kan leda till krav på någon sorts skyddade zoner? Från facebook-grupp

Turkish media / Hundreds of members of FSA crossed into Syria’s Ras al-Ain town from the Turkish border on Thursday amid clashes between the opposition forces and Kurds there, a news report said.
Up to 400 members of FSA gathered on the Turkish side of the border in the morning. They apparently discussed combat strategy and then crossed into Ras al-Ain in groups of 10-20 armed men, private broadcaster NTV in the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar reported.
Ras al-Ain, a mixed Arab and Kurdish town near Turkish border. Days after the Syrian forces withdrew, clashes erupted between the FSA armed groups and Kurds. Clashes between FSA and Kurdish forces were continuing in the town on Thursday.
Fleeing residents said the fighting was between insurgents of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Kurds affiliated with the Democratic Union Party (PYD).

och citatet nedan kommer från samma grupp.

Turkey / A Turkish teacher was injured when stray bullets from Syria landed in a schoolyard in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar on Thursday. This news came after reports of Turkish media that more than 400 members of FSA gangs entered from Turkish Ceylanpinar town into Syrian Ras al-Ain town and clashes continue between FSA and Kurds. This news confirms once again that Erdogan is responsible for the deaths and injury of Turkish citizens.

friendsofsyria.wordpress.com – Future MP, Rebel Groups Prepare for Attacking Syrian Border Posts

Well informed sources in the Northern Lebanese region, Akkar, revealed that Syrian armed groups intensified their presence in the region.
In details, a significant increase had been noticed in the numbers of armed groups all along the Akkari villages and towns, especially in the border towns and villages of Wadi Khaled passing by central al-Dreb to reach the coastal villages.
Meanwhile, the sources confirmed that these armed groups are preparing for a military action against Syrian army border positions. They are likely to target one of the three border crossings: Boqaia, Abboudia, or al-Arida.
Another option for the militants is to attack the strategic Syrian military posts that overlooks the Lebanese territories.

Morris pratar med någon som heter Mete.
Mete gives us a better understanding of Turkey’s ruling party the AKP. For Turkey its Business As Usual Whether talking to Gaza or to Israel. Syria seems to be facing two fronts: Turkey and Israel.

slut på uppdateringen _________________

Russia Today – NATO confirms receiving Turkey’s Patriot missile request

NATO has confirmed that it received a request from Ankara to deploy Patriot missiles on Turkish territory. The coalition said it would process the appeal soon.
“I have received Turkey’s request for NATO to deploy Patriot missiles. Allies will discuss this without delay,”
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said via his Twitter account.
”The situation along the Syrian-Turkish border is of great concern,” Rasmussen said earlier at a meeting with the European Union’s foreign and defense ministers. ”We have all plans in place to defend and protect Turkey if needed.”

english.ruvr.ru –Russia worried over militarization of Turkish-Syrian border – även på sana.sy

The Russian Foreign Ministry has voiced concern over the militarization of the Turkish-Syrian border.
Deputy minister Sergei Ryabkov, at a press conference in Brussels on Thursday, condemned attempts to influence the situation by muscle-flexing and military means, and reiterated Moscow’s call for a political solution to the internal conflict in Syria.
Earlier, Turkey asked NATO to deploy Patriots anti-aircraft systems on its border with Syria.

presstv.ir – Russia warns Turkey against deploying missiles along Syrian border

Russia Today – Syria presents list of ‘liquidated’ foreign mercenaries to the UN

Damascus has delivered to the UN a list of 143 ”liquidated” foreign mercenaries alleged to have been “involved in terrorist activities,” TASS reports. According to a letter signed by Bashar Jaafari, the Permanent Representative of Syria to the UN, the dead foreigners came from around 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Chad. The list also includes the names of Chechens and Palestinians who fought with the opposition. The list has been offered to the Security Council as evidence of foreign mercenary presence in the conflict.

voltairenet.org – Iran-Iraq-Syria gas pipeline back on track

Work on the construction of the new Iran-Iraq-Syria gas line was resumed on 19 November 2012.
The pipeline, with a length of 1500 km, will supply Damascus with gas from the Assaluyeh refinery in Iran. It will later be extended across the Mediterranean to Europe. The final cost of this investment will amount to $ 10 billion.
The project, concluded on 25 June 2011, had been frozen because of the war in Syria. It started up again following the reelection of President Barack Obama and the resumption of the secret US-Iran negotiations.

Najmuddin A Shaikh – Syria the Bleeding and Spreading Wound (III)

21 nov

Yusuf Fernandez – Syrian Tehran meeting in full contrast with Doha meeting war messages

The positive results of the Tehran meeting must be considered to be in full contrast with the war messages coming from the previous Doha meeting, in which only the radical opposition was present.

Thierry Meyssan – François Hollande wants to sponsor Islamic emirates

France claims to be at the forefront of the fight for freedom in Syria. In fact, she brazenly violates the basic principles of international law to fulfill her dream of re-colonization of a country she held from 1923 to 1944. This ambition has led her to support the creation of Islamic Emirates at the risk of opening the door to a world confrontation.
…
It seems that the French officials, swept along by their dreams, have not realised the gravity of their proposals if they were to be put into effect. They propose no more or less than challenging the sovereignty of Nation States, a principle which has been the foundation of international law since the Peace of Westphalia Treaties of 1648, and which became universal in 1945 with the United Nations charter and the decolonisation which resulted.

20 nov

syria-updates.blogspot.se – Al Qaeda FSA Terrorists Target a Transportable Medical Crew in Damascus

In its latest terrorist attacks and crime against humanity, a group of Al Qaeda Levant aka FSA terrorists have targeted a transportable medical bus in the center of Damascus in a crowded residential neighborhood.
One citizen martyred and a number of civilians injured in this heinous attack in an initial toll.

Christof Lehmann – National Dialog in Syria continues making Progress

While mainstream media in the USA, Western Europe and the Gulf-Arab Nations continue their attempt to sell a revamp of the failed National Council of Syria as Syrian Opposition, the genuine national dialog toward political, social and legal reform and progress in Syria is making steady progress, underpinning that a peaceful resolution to the crisis in Syria is not only possible, but that the sole obstacle for peace, reconciliation and further reform is the continued, illegal foreign support of the political and militant subversion under the guise of a Syrian Opposition, freedom, democracy and human rights.
…
The conference, with participation from the Syrian government, opposition parties, religious leaders, representatives of clans, special interests and grassroots movements, youth organizations and more represents a vibrant and genuine democratic discourse and openness toward genuine reform which is not only unseen but highly unlikely to be tolerated in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt. In fact it is highly unlikely that this kind of genuine democratic discourse could even take place in the very nation which brands itself as the beacon for freedom and democracy; the USA, whose government has ordered several million rounds of prohibited large-caliber, hollow point bullets to be used against US citizens in case of civil unrest.

Enligt –facebook-grupp – och sana.sy – och en.rian.ru

Russia and the United States have not agreed on a mutual position over the situation in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday, Nov 20, after talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Cambodia, RIA Novosti reported.
“There is no common line yet,” Lavrov said.

Uppgiften i ett inlägg jag länkade till igår, att EU liksom tidigare bl.a. Frankrike och Turkiet ger den nyskapade oppositionsgruppen legitimitet som representant för Syrien, verkar inte vara riktig.
english.ruvr.ru – EU does not recognize Syrian opposition as ”sole legitimate representative of Syrian people”

The European Union does not recognize the Syrian opposition as ”the only legitimate representative of the people of Syria”. This was stated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.
Thus, she refuted earlier information about the new status of the opposition coalition.
”We have chosen a wording that all EU countries had compromised on, recognizing the Syrian opposition as ”legitimate representatives of the aspirations of the Syrian people”.

Tony Cartalucci – West Savages Gaza – Slowly Burns Syria

As the US-Israeli-Saudi co-conspirators of Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, and others rack up anti-Israeli rhetorical points during the latest Israeli-Gaza conflict, they continue quietly collaborating with both the West and Israel against Syria. As the West attempts to prop up their newly reconstituted ”opposition council” while galvanizing Qatari-Saudi-Egyptian backed sectarian extremists with over-the-top Israeli provocations, the stage is set for a final push against Syria.
Turkey’s attempts to deploy Patriot missile batteries along the Turkish-Syrian border fulfills yet another objective articulated in the Doha-based US Brookings-Saban Center policy paper, ”Assessing Options for Regime Change (.pdf)” – to carve out a northern ”safe haven” from which NATO-backed terrorists can operate – and provide a protected seat of power for the West’s newly re-contrived ”opposition council.”
But while the West continues to posture and manipulate regional perceptions, Western aggression is already reaching its operational limits – and while it could embark upon a wider, more overt military confrontation with Syria, should both the Syrian people and Syria’s allies remain committed to the defense of the nation’s sovereignty, not only will this aggression fail, it will create momentum that will roll the West and its extraterritorial interests back significantly, if not entirely. Unity is still Syria’s only option.

19 nov

Man undrar… medan detta relativa lugn i medierna angående Syrien råder, vad pågår bakom kulisserna? Lägger västmakterna upp planer för ett militärt ingripande? Uppgifter om NATO-missiler och tyska trupper i Turkiet, erkännande av den nya västskapade exilregeringen nu också av EU! För att skaffa sig en anledning för en attack måste väl i så fall till något alldeles extra, man kan ju tycka att de uttömt alla möjliga och omöjliga metoder och taktiker. Det skulle vara en false flag-operation med kemiska vapen som skylls på syriska regeringen innan någon hinner blinka, eller något i den stilen.
Eller… tänker man låta fredsförhandlingar få en chans, och sluta upp att mata de väpnade gängen med vapen och annat stöd?

Förhandlingar i Iran mellan Syriens ledning och opposition – Syrian parties form committee, contact group
First they agreed to form a special committee. Then they decided to set up a contact group under an Iranian initiative to hold talks with the opposition groups outside Syria. Now Iran’s Foreign Minister says the representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition want to organize a similar gathering this time in Syria to ensure the success of their first meeting in Tehran called Syria National Dialogue.

presstv.ir – ‘Tehran meeting positive step towards resolving Syria crisis’

Syrian deputy prime minister for economic affairs Qadri Jamil has described Syria National Dialogue in Iran’s capital, Tehran, as a positive step towards resolving the country’s crisis.
Jamil said on Monday that the meeting is also a positive step towards strengthening negotiations among Syrian groups and could yield significant results.
Jamil made the remarks on the sidelines of the two-day meeting between the Syrian government and opposition groups in Tehran which began on Sunday.
Nearly 200 participants, including Syrian scholars, tribal and religious leaders, representatives of different ethnicities, minorities and the opposition as well as representatives from other countries are participating in the meeting.

Russia Today – EU recognizes Syrian opposition as ‘legitimate’ representative of the Syrian people

European Union has recognized a newly formed Syrian opposition coalition as a “legitimate representatives of the aspirations of the Syrian people.”

presstv.ir – Syria condemns France decision to accept opposition envoy

Syria has expressed strong opposition to a decision by France to accept an envoy from the Syrian National Coalition for Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (SNCROF).
”France is acting like a hostile nation,” AFP quoted the Syrian National Reconciliation Minister, Ali Haidar as saying in Tehran on Sunday, a day after France invited the coalition to send an envoy to Paris.
”It’s as if it wants to go back to the time of the occupation,” the minister noted of the French mandate in Syria after World War I.

english.ruvr.ru – Syria opposition bloc says to be based in Egypt

A newly formed Syrian opposition bloc that received Arab and international backing last week is to be based in Egypt, its head Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib told the official MENA news agency on Monday.
”It has been decided that the Syrian National Coalition will have its headquarters in Egypt,” Khatib was quoted as saying after talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr.
Two largest Islamic groups reject Syria opposition bloc
The main Islamist rebel groups in Aleppo province, including Al-Nusra Front and Liwa al-Tawhid, have rejected a newly-formed Syrian opposition bloc, saying they want an Islamic state, in a video posted on the Internet Monday.
”We, the fighting squads of Aleppo city and province, unanimously reject the conspiratorial project of the National Coalition and announce our consensus to establish an Islamic state” in Syria, the statement said.

nyhetsbanken.se – Sverige och Storbritannien övar Syrieninvasion

Mer än tusen Royal Marines kan skickas till Syrien med kort varsel.
Det beskedet kommer två dagar efter att utrikesminister William Hague manade till stora aktivitet i det internationella samfundet för att insätta en Israelvänlig regim i Damaskus, och en vecka efter att ÖB Gen Sir David Richards bekräftade att försvarsministeriet har ”mycket begränsade beredskapsplaner” för militära aktioner.

I en artikel av Thierry Meyssan – Why a new war on Gaza? – där han spekulerar om orsakerna till Israels attacker mot Gaza, frågar han sig om läget i Syrien har något med det att göra.

Is there a link to the unrest in Syria?
Last June, a peace agreement was concluded in Geneva by the major powers. This was immediately sabotaged by a US faction, which organised leaks to the Press concerning Western implication in the events, thus forçing the resignation of mediator Kofi Annan. This same faction then twice attempted to end the situation militarily, by organising two massive attacks on Damascus, on the 18th July and the 26th September. When these attacks failed, the Obama administration returned to the initial agreement and resolved to implement it after the Presidential elections and the change of Cabinet.
The agreement calls for the deployment of a United Nations Peace Force, mainly composed of contingents from the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (SCTO). This force would be tasked with separating the belligerents and arresting the foreign jihadists present in Syria. By allowing Russia to re-enter the Middle East, Washington hopes to relieve itself of the burden of Israel’s security. Russia would protect the Zionist state from attack, and would also prevent it from attacking anyone else. The US military retreat from the Middle East would then be able to continue, and Washington would once again enjoy the freedom of action it has lost due to its permanent privileged relationship with Tel-Aviv.
From this perspective, the partisans of Israeli expansionism have to act in Gaza, and perhaps also in Jordan, before the Russian deployment.

18 nov

english.ruvr.ru – Representatives of Syria’s various political forces meet in Tehran

The first round of talks between Syria’s various political forces opened in Tehran on Sunday.
Taking part are 130 delegates from a number of Syrian political parties, both loyal to the current regime and opposition ones, and representatives of tribal and religious communities.

Pakistan to host trilateral meeting on Syria

Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the third trilateral meeting between the Islamic Republic, Egypt and Turkey on Syria will be held in Pakistan.
Salehi said on Sunday that the third meeting between the foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt and Iran will be held on the sidelines of the summit of the Group of Eight Developing Countries (D8) in Islamabad.

Intervju med journalisten Neil Clark på Russia Today – ‘The West wants to install a puppet regime in Syria’

RT: If Western states begin official arms supplies, wouldn’t nations that back the Syrian government have the right to do the same?
NC: Oh, absolutely, but this hypocrisy has been absolutely glaring. We had [British Foreign Secretary]William Hague, and then we had French leaders and the Americans claiming that Iran is backing Syria.
. . .
… They want to impose by force a puppet government, and what would happen is a Libya mark two. If Assad is toppled, we would have more chaos in Syria, more death and destruction, but the west doesn’t really care about that, it doesn’t care about what is happening in Libya at the moment. What it cares about is a new government in Damascus which would privatize the entire economy and cut links with Iran and Hezbollah and allow the move against Iran to take place, because it is all about paving the way for war against Iran.

17 nov

Iran, Russia firmly oppose foreign intervention in Syria: Iranian official

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Oceania Abbas Araqchi says Iran and Russia share a common stance on the ongoing developments in Syria, stressing that the two states firmly oppose foreign intervention in the Arab country.
“The stances of Iran and Russia regarding the ongoing developments in Syria have not changed and the two countries have full coordination in their approach to the Syrian events,” Araqchi said in Moscow on Friday.

Finian Cunningham – France leads neocolonial carve-up of Syria

Massacres, car bombings, executions, kidnappings – every form of terror has been deployed against Syrian civilians by foreign mercenaries supported by France, Britain, the US, Turkey, Israel and the Persian Gulf Arab dictatorships of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The Western media spin this criminality as a noble uprising or a civil war when in reality it is a covert war of aggression fomented by France, Britain, Washington and their regional proxies.
What gives these foreign powers the right to subvert a sovereign government is nothing but their own arrogant presumption. As the former colonial power in this part of the Middle East, France seems to be particularly laden with this arrogant self-righteousness.

Motvallsbloggen – Medias älsklingar, syriska “frihetskämpar” i högform

Enligt en facebook-grupp, som citerar en tysk tidning som fått uppgiften från en turkisk tidning. Även i – dailystar.com.lb – Turkey to ask NATO for missiles on Syria border: report

Some 170 German soldiers are set to be deployed to Turkey as part of an expected Turkish request to deploy NATO Patriot missiles along its border with Syria, according to German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, daily Hürriyet reported.
Turkey is expected to ask for the Patriots on Nov. 19, after which the soldiers will be deployed, the daily reported.
The deployment will not come under the alliance’s Article 5, which binds all members to come to the defense of an ally that is attacked by an external power, the daily said, noting that the mobilization and provision of missiles is designed to protect Turkey from rocket and jet attacks along the border.
The German government has reportedly agreed to participate in such an operation, Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, adding that Berlin did not see the matter as an intervention into Syria’s affairs.

från facebook

FSA armed gangs fired a mortar shell on the Damascus’ suburb of Jaramana Saturday evening, killing eight people and injuring many others, witnesses and the al-Ekhbaria TV said.
The TV said that the mortar had been followed with the launching of a hand-made missile on the same area by the armed groups.
Meanwhile, Sham FM radio said the shell struck a passenger bus at the entrance of Jaramana.