Syria talks should focus on fighting ‘terrorists’: Russia

Syria talks should focus on fighting ‘terrorists’: Russia | Reuters.

Lavrov is right in that the fight in Syria has always been against “terrorists,” but terrorists in our midst come in many flavors and he can only taste one. That’s why his country remains part of the problem.

The “Founding Father” is broken, but still has everything to give Syria

SOFIA LORENA | 03/11/2013 – 00:00

Below is a rough English translation made using Google. The Portuguese original can be found here: http://www.publico.pt/j1752051

He is 47 years old and tired. No. He is broken. But he will endure. Ammar Abdulhamid is a leading Syrian dissident, a fact that means less now than when he became one of the most important Syrian dissidents. Now there are many dissenters, and though many of them will die or give up as this period of accelerated self-destruction continues, there will always be enough at the end of the road to start again. This was not the case back in 2001. Continue reading “The “Founding Father” is broken, but still has everything to give Syria”

“The security problems of the 21st Century will come from Syria”

SOFIA LORENA IN GAZIANTEP 
03/11/2013 – 00:00

Below is a rough English translation made using Google. The Portuguese original can be found here: http://www.publico.pt/j1752077 

The world is without a police force at this stage and this is not good, so argues a Syrian dissident who best understands the power structure in Washington. He also says that the U.S. and Europe could have avoided this spiral of madness. Continue reading ““The security problems of the 21st Century will come from Syria””

Key U.S. senators strongly criticize Obama’s Syria policy

Key U.S. senators strongly criticize Obama’s Syria policy | Reuters.

Let’s be clear, what’s happening in #Syria at this stage is GENOCIDE. Only by successfully carrying out a genocidal venture in the Western parts of Syria can #Assad hope to survive. He knew it from the get-go and acted accordingly. The fact that regional powers and Al-Qaeda are taking advantage of this situation transforming it into a regional conflict does not change the genocidal reality.