Moving Toward War in Syria

08-07-2012 • http://original.antiwar.com, by Rep. Ron Paul

Last week, the House passed yet another bill placing sanctions on Iran and Syria, bringing us closer to another war in the Middle East.

UN General Assembly Vote On Syria: World Gone Unipolar – And Mad

08-06-2012 • http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Rick Rozoff

On August 3 the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution written by Saudi Arabia condemning both the government of Syria for the preponderance if not all the violence in the country

UN adopts tough resolution on Syria

08-04-2012 • http://www.rt.com

The UN General Assembly has voted in favor of a non-binding resolution on Syria pushed by several Arab states.

Obama authorizes secret support for Syrian rebels

08-01-2012 • Reuters

President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with the matter said. Obama's order, approved earlier this year and known

Robert Fisk: Syrian war of lies and hypocrisy

07-31-2012 • http://www.independent.co, Robert Fisk

The West's real target here is not Assad's brutal regime but his ally, Iran, and its chemical weapons

War Under Table: Ex-Blackwater mercs in Syria 'backed by US'

07-30-2012 • youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)

The opposition fighters in Syria might be getting help from a different source - in the form of training from the US private security firm, formerly known as the notorious Blackwater group. Security circles reportedly confirmed the information which

America's Syrian Jihad

07-30-2012 • Lew Rockwell blog

Americans can be forgiven for scratching their heads at the reality that the US government is actively supporting in Syria what it has spent the last eleven years fighting just a few thousand miles away in Afghanistan.

War, Syrian-Style? Has Assad Ordered Mass Rapes?

07-30-2012 • by Russ Baker WhoWhatWhy.com

A growing refrain out of Syria is that widespread rape is taking place – and sanctioned by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad

Has the US Given Israel a Green Light To Attack Syria?

07-30-2012 • by Eric Margolis

A senior Syrian government spokesman just confirmed his nation did indeed possess chemical weapons, and might employ them against a "foreign aggressor."

Syrian war of lies and hypocrisy: West's real target here is not Assad's brutal regime

07-29-2012 •

This is an attempt to crush the Syrian dictatorship not because of our love for Syrians or our hatred of our former friend Bashar al-Assad. No, this is all about our desire to crush the Islamic Republic, Iran, and its infernal nuclear plans – if they

Syria: Washington’s Latest War Crime

07-28-2012 • http://lewrockwell.com, by Paul Craig Roberts

One wonders what Syrians are thinking as “rebels” vowing to “free Syria” take the country down the same road to destruction as “rebels” in Libya.

Gun crazy in America / Priest expelled from Syria / Fleeing to Iraq

07-27-2012 • http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com

The latest full-length edition of Amanpour is now online: Part 1 Gun crazy in America:

Turkey warns it would strike PKK fighters inside Syria

07-26-2012 • AFP

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Syria of giving Kurdish rebels a free hand in its north and warned that Ankara would not hesitate to strike. "In the north, it (President Bashar al-Assad's regime) has allotted five provinces

Al-Qaeda Infiltrating Syrian Opposition, With US Support

07-25-2012 • AntiWar

Al-Qaeda militants and other Sunni extremists are becoming a greater part of the conflict in Syria, just as the US officially announced it was abandoning any diplomatic approach in favor of toppling the regime through proxy rebel groups.

Obama Campaign Downplays Syria, Soft-Pedals Iran

07-25-2012 • http://freebeacon.com, BY: Adam Kredo

Obama for America surrogates barely mention Syrian bloodshed during call

VIDEO: US Is 'Disgusted' Over UN Syria Veto

07-25-2012 • http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report

Ambassador Susan Rice says the U.S. is disgusted that some countries are holding up a resolution condemning Syria.

Israel in tough warning over Syria weapons cache

07-24-2012 • www.ca.news.yahoo.com

With the Assad regime looking closer than ever to collapse, Israel has stepped up the rhetoric against Syria, warning it could take military action if any of its advanced weapons end up in the hands of Hezbollah.

Syria says could use chemical arms against foreigners

07-23-2012 • Reuters

Western states expressed alarm after Syria acknowledged for the first time that it has chemical and biological weapons and said it could use them if foreign countries intervene. A week of unprecedented fighting inside the capital, Damascus, includ

New spin in media war? Syria uncovers TV hijack plot

07-23-2012 • http://www.rt.com

Syria has accused Western and Arab intelligence agencies of plotting to “hijack” its satellite channel frequencies in order to spread misinformation about the alleged advances of the rebels, military defections or the fall of certain cities.