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Zionists and Gulf Monarchs Ponder...
Pushing Al Qaeda to Take on Hezbollah

Jabhat al Nusra and friends are capable of igniting yet another catastrophe in this region...

(BEIRUT) - “This is one damn fine idea, what took us so long to see a simple solution that was right in front of our eyes for Christ’s sake”, said Senator John McCain

He reportedly demanded an answer from Dennis Ross during a recent Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) brain storming session in Washington DC.

IAF Shoots Down Drone from Lebanon off Haifa

The drone flew southwards along the Lebanese coastline when it came under the observation of the IAF.

(TEL AVIV Jerusalem Post) - F-16 shoots down vessel over Mediterranean; not clear whether drone was armed; Netanyahu: Israel views breach gravely.

The Israeli Air Force shot down a Hezbollah drone over the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday off the coast of Haifa.

When Yarmouk Camp Fled to Shatila

UNHCR’s official policy of not including Palestinian refugees in its mandate should be immediately changed.

(YARMOUK PALESTINE CAMP, Damascus) - History is nothing if not interesting. And that it most definitely is.

Today, Palestinian refugees are being severely punished in Lebanon and deprived of their most elementary civil right to work or to even own a home.

UPDATE FROM DAMASCUS: What`s left of the Arab League?

Has the Arab League mortally wounded itself by declaring war on Syria?

(DAMASCUS) - Frankly, it never was much of a “League” of Arab states.

And arguably it never really achieved a whole lot but two dozen lavish ‘summits’ offering inflated rhetoric, often calculated to assuage the Arab people about their central cause, Palestine.

Protected by Her Own...
Sayyeda Zeinab: the 7th Century Heroine of Karbala

The story of Zeinab at Karbala, and her subsequent life, like the passion play of Karbala itself, is history that one never tires of hearing.

(SAYYEDA ZEINAB SHRINE, Damascus) - It is well known in this region that powerful foreign and domestic forces are in nearly every country.

Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, are increasingly acting, for purely political purposes, to ignite a bloody internecine conflict within Islam.

The Oft-Predicted Fickle Syrian `Tipping Point` Has Tipped

But not the tipping point that the rebel promoters were hoping for, including the NATO countries.

(DAMASCUS) - This observer lost count more than a year ago of the sheer number of predictions by analysts and lobbyists that the “tipping point” signaling the Assad government’s collapse was a sure thing and would happen any time now.

“It’s just a matter of days, not weeks” President Obama declared back in 2011.

Israeli Warplanes Violated Syrian Airspace; Israel, Qatar, France United to Oust President Bashar al-Assad

Israeli fighters entered Syria from Zabadani on the Lebanese border; the nearest point from Lebanon to the target location (Jimraya), around 25 km.

(ROME) - The Syrian General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said in his 30/01/2013 statement that:

- Israeli warplanes violated Syrian airspace on Wednesday dawn and bombarded directly a scientific research center...

30 years ago I crossed the Lebanese border along with an IDF...

Gilad Atzmon with Zeinab Assaffar on Al-Mayadeen TV.

(LONDON) - Gilad Atzmon says in regard to his recent appearance on Al-Mayadeen TV,

Will the Al-Nusrah Front Announce an Islamic Emirate for Yarmouk Palestinian Camp?

When asked, Syrian soldiers near Yarmouk, often provide a terse response to the effect that they are “preparing to secure the area and awaiting orders.”

(YARMOUK CAMP, Damascus) - Syria and Lebanon's longstanding agreement allowing citizens to cross the border without a visa, is not extended to Palestinians.

It poses big problems for Palestinian refugees living in both countries.

Rebel Controlled Yarmouk Palestinian Camp Empties Pending a Government Counter-Attack

Damascus Street Notes...

(YARMOUK CAMP, Damascus) - A distraught looking woman sitting alone, tightly holding two babies,sat at one corner of the vast parking lot of the central Damascus bus station known as Al-Soumariyeh.

It is from here where inexpensive transportation can be had for those traveling west, east, north and south.