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Turkey and Extremist Rebels Breach Syria Truce

Syrian people blame Turkey and Saudi Arabia for stoking the fire

(MOSCOW) - According to the Russian language newspaper, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, radical Wahhabi militants and their key regional backer, Turkey, have not been observing the temporary ceasefire agreement.

The hard-line Jaysh al-Islam rebel group has declared that the Syrian army is preparing itself to advance in the rebel-held areas after the termination of the internationally mediated truce...

Social Media Websites Overlook Freedom of Expression with Deletion of Pro-Resistance Pages

Is Saudi Arabia behind the removal of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's Fan Pages?

(BEIRUT) - Instagram users are complaining of the rising crackdown on pro-resistance fan pages. Access has been lost to the official page of Lebanon's Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, without any previous notice.

Recently, an Instagram page, highly popular for sharing materials from Hezbollah's vantage point, was deleted for the fourth time in a row.

Hashtag #usaweaponskillsyemenis Goes Viral, Reaching 250 Million Tweets

The Wall Street Journal, in a scathing attack on Obama's policy in the Yemeni crisis, claimed that America has violated the laws of war by taking a side in the hostilities.

(SANA'A, Yemen) - Last Wednesday, American anti-war activists launched the hashtag #usaweaponskillsyemenis campaign and inundated social networking websites with waves of international condemnation against the negative U.S. negative in the so-called 'Arab Spring' countries, namely Washington's cowardice support for Saudi-led war on Yemen.

The Godfather of Terror: Anti-Iran Terrorist Mujahadeen-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) Cooperates With ISIS

Iraqi media disclosed MKO's role in Saudi-led campaign in tarnishing Mobilization Forces' image.

(BAGHDAD) - According to well-informed security sources, Iraqi Federal Police foiled a suicide attack by a group of MKO terrorists who attempt to target a gathering of prominent Sunni clerics.

Although the source, an Iraqi Police spokesman, was reluctant to go into further details, it was confirmed that previous confessions made by arrested ISIS members show the great degree to which MKO is cooperating with the so-called Islamic State.

Saudi Arabia Steps Up Media Campaign Against Lebanon`s Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

To understand the Saudi's belligerent attitude, we must better illustrate the full picture of the restive Middle-East region.

(BEIRUT) - In recent weeks, Saudi-affiliated media outlets launched a vicious campaign against Lebanon’s Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah.

Saudi-funded Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) and Al Arabiya news channel invited so-called ‘moderate’ political analysts to political debates, letting out a stream of invectives against Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement.

Jordanian Regime Gives Heavy Jail Sentences to Dissidents

Jordan insists that it punished those responsible for mistreating and murdering detainees while in custody, but Amnesty International says otherwise.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Amnesty International's annual report strongly criticizes the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for cracking down on freedom of speech, restricting political parties and opposition activists, and a continued pattern of violating basic human rights.

According to Administrative Detention Law, the regime in Amman has arbitrary arrested and tortured hundreds of its citizens.

High-Ranking Israeli Delegation Reported to be in Riyadh

“Americans have abandoned the [Middle-East] region, thus the Saudis seek Israeli help and cooperation...” - Tzvi Yechezkeli, Israeli expert on Arab and Middle-East affairs

(SALEM, Ore.) - According to the Israel-based Rotter website, a senior Israeli delegation visited the Saudi capital of Riyadh in recent weeks to confer with Saudi leadership over regional developments.

Yesterday, In spite of Israeli Military Censor's explicit proscription, Israeli Channel 10 reported the details of a clandestine visit made by a leading Israeli delegation to KSA, discussing the close relationship between Tel Aviv and Riyadh.

Russian Media Divulges Information Accepted by Rebels in Syria

Local rebel leaders report preparedness for plan regarding the Syria's Hmeimim airbase.

(SALEM, Ore.) - On Tuesday, US Department of State and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group, issued a joint communiqué emphasizing participation of all the Syrian dissident groups in peace talks.

All rebel groups engaged militarily with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) must declare their unconditioned acceptance to participate in the ceasefire, according to the below mentioned provisions...

Syrian Army Prepares for Final Push to Victory

Syria's army deals a heavy blow to Saudi-backed terrorists.

(DAMASCUS, Syria) - As the international community and Syrian government welcome the newly-reached agreement on a temporary truce in Syria, the U.S. and its Saudi allies seek to wreak havoc in war-torn Syria and exploit the humanitarian ceasefire to al-Qaeda terrorists’ benefit, though the Syrian army vowed to crush any insurgent group that doesn’t abide by the international deal.

Yesterday, Syrian Arab Army (SAA) units advance deeper into rebel-held Darayya, a southern Damascus suburb, inflicting large causalities on al-Nusra Front militants —the al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria, destroying their heavy weaponry and severing their supply routes.

Bloody Sunday: Syrian Opposition Celebrates Terrorist Attack in Sayyidah Zaynab Area of Damascus

Syrian media reports that more than 300 have died in 20 separate blasts.

(DAMASCUS, Syria) - Damascus witnessed yet another bloody day this week as four blasts hit al-Tin Street near the Sayyidah Zaynab shrine, a Damascus southern district.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – a group close to radical rebels– finally had to report the killing of 62 and wounding scores of Syrian civilians in Sunday’s suicide attacks.