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President Assad and Ayatollah Khamenei are Keeping Their Word Will President Obama Keep His?

US sanctions continue to compound and increase the nearly unfathomable suffering of the Syrian people, all of whom have been targeted by Barack Obama.

(LATAKIA, Syria) - Recent reports from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the accuracy of which have been conceded by the White House, but denied in Tel Aviv, have it that slightly less than half of Syria’s chemical weapons have already left the country.

100% of the country’s stockpiles are believed to have been neutralized.

Take This Action Now to Prevent War with Syria

We have seen how in Libya the "no fly zone" and "humanitarian support" turned into unending violence and an attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission. Let us express our strong opposition to this.

(WASHINGTON DC) - As we approach the March 15 end of the third year of deadly conflict in Syria, some organizations are pushing for greater US intervention and escalation of the conflict.

They have organized a concerted lobbying campaign in the halls of Congress along with public demonstrations and publicity.

Resisters of Sykes-Picot Land Grab Perform Key Fighting Roles in Syria

"Syria will not kneel to the Zionist-Arab project to destroy the unity and independence of the Syrian Arab Republic” - PFLI fighters

(NORTH OF LATAKIA, Syria) - Every school kid here in Syria learns at an early age about the various colonial land grabs that have lopped off key parts of their ancient country, and they receive instruction about their national duty to recover this sacred territory.

The concept applies equally to still-occupied Palestine, or at least it did before the 2011 uprising got started...

Debate on Escalation in Syria

Here's a liberal progressive war advocate employed by a center funded by a war profiteer pushing for "coercive measures" and "threats of force" without ever discussing the actual killing he wants done. I debate him below on The Real News.com.

(WASHINGTON DC) - I've never debated anyone who wants limited child abuse or small-scale slavery or carefully circumscribed rape. It's always war.

It's always the worst crime, the crime least susceptible to control once begun, and the crime that includes all the others, the crime defined at Nuremberg as the greatest of them all because it includes all the others. And it's always in blatant violation of the law.

Return to Seyyeda (Lady) Zeinab- Now Secured and in Protective Hands

Nearly two months ago, the government regained control of the site but there are still some snipers around I was advised by friends.

(SEYYEDA ZEINAB, Syria) - During a meeting at the Dama Rose hotel in Damascus the other morning this observer was being briefed by ‘Abu Modar” a reputedly battle honed field commander of the “Death Brigade” which is based in the northern Syria Eskanderoun region north of Latakia.

Abu Modar explained that he personally had chosen the rather peculiar name for his brigade “Death” to symbolize his militia’s willingness to die for their cause which is protecting Syria.

Ukraine, Syria, Solidarity and More ...

Russia's strong influence in the mostly Russian Speaking Crimean peninsula of the Ukraine threatens to ignite another Crimean war.

(BETHLEHEM) - It is sometimes instructive to learn a bit of history to reflect on current events because if we do not learn from history, we are bound to repeat the tragic history of useless wars.

This came to me as I read about the escalating situation in Ukraine, where the US and western countries invested heavily to dislodge the Ukraine (strategically located on the Black Sea) from Russian influence.

Syria: The Crime and the Criminals

Video examines tragic evolution of the western effort to strike liberties and earn endless billions for the deadly defence industry.

(BANGKOK) - The Syrian civil war, insurrection, rebellion, revolt, uprising, call it what you will, was not home grown in Syria by Syrians with differing outlooks as to how their nation should be governed.

This is what the mainstream media would have you believe — that it was part of a strategy pre-planned by vicious, sociopathic foreigners called “Neocons” and they began their planning in 1991...

`Coalition of the Willing` Promotes No Fly Zone

Soldiers joke, laugh and seem pleased when citizens approach them to offer their thanks for the army’s service to the Syrian Arab Republic.

(DAMASCUS al Manar) - Dozens of parks in Damascus have been receiving unusually large numbers of visitors, not least of whom are Syrian soldiers on leave, enjoying the green space with girlfriends, families and friends.

At the large garden with dozen of benches and sculptures, soldiers, presumably from out of town and with many appearing utterly exhausted, can be seen simply laying on the grass fast asleep under the warm healing sunshine.

Anna O`Leary: `US Supporting Terrorism in Syria`

The United States is “supporting terrorism” in Syria despite its claims that it is fighting terrorism in the world, a political commentator tells Press TV. (Video set to auto play)

(TEHRAN / DUBLIN Press TV) - Reuters reported this week that US Congress has secretly approved the provision of US arms to militants fighting against the Syrian government.

According to Reuters, US lawmakers voted behind closed doors in order to fund the arms deliveries through the end of the 2014 fiscal year...

How Not to Get Aid Into Homs, Yarmouk, and to 9.3 Million Syrians Via a UN Resolution

The starving victims besieged in Syria, and all people of goodwill, are demanding immediate, non-politicized humanitarian aid without further delay.

(EL NUBEK, Syria) - Who authored the seemingly designed-to-fail UN Security Council Draft Resolution on delivering urgent humanitarian aid into the Old City of Homs and other besieged areas of conflict-torn Syria?

When we know this, much may become clearer with respect to the cynical politicization of the continuing civilian suffering.