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Syrian Rebels Seize Key Northern Town, Kill Dozens of Soldiers 27 Aug 2013 | 08:36 am
Syrian rebels have reported taking the key northwestern village of Khanasir today, killing at least 53 people in the offensive and securing a vital part of the government’s supply route into Aleppo. ...
Syrian Rebels Demand Israeli Support for US War 27 Aug 2013 | 08:19 am
Israel hasn’t exactly made a secret about its desire to see the US impose regime change in Syria, seeing the ouster of President Assad in favor of al-Qaeda dominated jihadists as really sticking it to...
Russia Slams US War Plans: No Proof of Syria Allegations 27 Aug 2013 | 08:10 am
Joint US-Russian efforts to get a Geneva Conference on Syria’s ongoing civil war have been postponed, and likely cancelled outright by the US as the Obama Administration has decided to attack Syria in...
Obama Has Decided to Attack Syria, Will Congress Act? 27 Aug 2013 | 07:38 am
The Obama Administration has already publicly endorsed the narrative of Syrian government chemical weapons strikes in their own capital city, and has already decided to attack Syria within the next tw...
Hagel: Attack on Syria Will Take International Support 27 Aug 2013 | 07:06 am
Speaking today in Indonesia, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel declined to get into the specific details of a planned US attack on Syria, but insisted that it would only be done “in concert with the in...
No Proof, But Kerry Insists Syria Allegations ‘Undeniable’ 27 Aug 2013 | 06:53 am
The US attacks on Syria could begin any day now, and the administration is hard at work selling the American public on the dubious narrative presented by the rebels as an excuse for war, with Secretar...
UN Plans to Contact US Over NSA Surveillance 27 Aug 2013 | 06:28 am
The United Nations has confirmed that it is planning to “contact” the United States about the revelation that the NSA bugged its New York headquarters and conducted intensive surveillance of its inter...
Palestinians Cancel Peace Talk Meeting After Israel Attacks Refugee Camp 27 Aug 2013 | 05:47 am
Palestinian officials say that they have cancelled a planned meeting, part of the nascent peace talks with Israel, after Israeli troops attacked a Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. ...
UN Spurns US Call to Withdraw Syria Inspectors as War Looms 26 Aug 2013 | 11:46 pm
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today rejected US demands to withdraw chemical weapons inspectors from Syria, with those familiar with the conversation saying he “stood firm on principle.” US and ot...
NSA Surveillance Threatens US Relations With Germany 26 Aug 2013 | 08:37 am
Most of the focus on NSA surveillance has been the domestic fallout from the Obama Administration spying on ordinary Americans and then lying repeatedly about it. The international fallout is signific...