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Russia Upgrading, Strengthening Military

Moves Aimed at Sending Message to U.S.

(WASHINGTON DC WND) - Moscow is strengthening its military.

Russia seeks to underscore its influence over the region it intends to encompass in its customs-free Eurasian Union.

Who Are the Real Terrorists?

None of the crimes committed by the 9/11 attackers fall within the "intent" definition of the US code.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - The US Code defines terrorism as a crime that appears to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian, population.

Another is to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion or to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping.

`Mr. Obama, Tear Down These Sanctions!`

A cri de coeur from a student at Damascus University…

(DAMASCUS, Syria) - This observer has learned from time in this region that if one wants to learn what is happening on the ground politically and socially it is fine to speak with government officials, journalists, long tenured academicians, NGO’s, and people on the street.

But I have learned that one of the best sources of objective information comes from university students.

Tipping Point or Turning Point? A Watershed Speech at the Opera

Mr. Assad, in what historians and Middle East analysts may well dub an historic speech, offered a new plan to immediately end the crisis...

(DAMASCUS, Syria) - Easy walking distance from this observer’s hotel near the city center is the Damascus Opera House, the site of yesterday’s Presidential address.

It was inaugurated in May of 2004 by the President and his wife, completing a project of his late father, Hafez, who actually planned the opera house in detail, but which had been put on hold since the late 1970’s.

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.

Update from Syria: Will Syria Go on the Offensive at The Hague?

The US led sanctions violate international humanitarian law due to the negative health effects of the sanctions on the civilian population of Syria.

(LA MAISON D'AVOCATS, Damascus) - It started even before the historic 139 to 8 vote of the UN General Assembly on November 29 of this year which opened up a plethora of legal remedies for Palestinians.

A “legal intifada” — to borrow a phrase from Professor Francis Boyle — has been taking form in this region.

Of Benghazi and the Liberty

Only the orders of the President of the USA could have put that nuclear air unit on high level alert.

(ST AUGUSTINE, FL) - A Texas writer, Robert Morrow, sent me the following:

There is an extremely important book that came out in 2003 and was published by Vision. It is "Operation Cyanide-Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III " by Peter Hounam and it is about Israel's attack on the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967.

30 Countries Engaged in Full-Fledged War Against Syria

Interestingly, the United States has openly announced that it has plans to train Syrian militants.

(TEHRAN Iran Review) - At present, about 30 countries are directly or indirectly responsible for the prolongation of the ongoing crisis in Syria.

This is the main reason why despite “outward” efforts by the United Nations, the crisis in the Arab country is expanding in dimensions with every day passing by.

Syria: The Descent Into Holy War

An execution video is the most graphic illustration of deepening religious bigotry on the part of the rebels.

(LONDON) - It is one of the most horrifying videos of the war in Syria.

It shows two men being beheaded by Syrian rebels, one of them by a child. He hacks with a machete at the neck of a middle-aged man who has been forced to lie in the street with his head on a concrete block.

Political Grinchs Stealing Christmas from Palestinian and Syrian Refugees?

This holiday season many in Yarmouk campl, people are thinking of and praying for their countrymen in Lebanon, who are also waiting to return to Palestine.

(CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME, Damascus) - Church officials in Damascus advanced the hour of last night’s traditional Christmas Eve midnight service to 6:00 p.m.

Reasons include ubiquitous checkpoints, security fears, few taxis and no buses around.