Syrian regime accuses Israel of declaring war after further air strikes

By: Julian Borger and Joel Greenberg

Isreal’s night raid on ‘missiles destined for Hezbollah’ deepens fears of conflict spreading beyond Syrian border across region

The Syrian government said that Israeli air strikes against military targets around Damascus amounted to a “declaration of war” and threatened retaliation, in the latest sign that the fighting is spilling across the Syrian border and risks sparking a wider regional conflict.

U.S. Loses Track Of Syria’s Chemical Weapons

As the White House mulls whether Syria has crossed President Obama’s red line and used chemical weapons, the U.S. military and intelligence community are quietly acknowledging that the United States does not know where many of those weapons are located.

Obama’s ‘red line’ on Syria grows softer

By Paul Richter

 WASHINGTON — President Obama softened his threat to Syria over its possible use of chemical weapons, telling reporters that if conclusive proof of such activity emerges, he “would rethink a range” of retaliatory options that might not include military action.

Cameron Urges Re-elected Obama to Put Syria Intervention Front and Center

Kurt Nimmo

Now that Obama has secured another four years in the White House, the British prime ministerDavid Cameron is poised to tell him that his top priority should be intervention in Syria.

Iraq, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia; The Project for the New Middle East and North Africa: The U.S., the E.U. and Israel join hands

By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

The Mediterranean Union: NATO’s Role in Conquering the Middle East and North Africa

In the first portion of this text, the longstanding plans for creating a Mediterranean Union, which predate Nicolas Sarkozy by many years, were revealed as were U.S. and E.U. efforts to turn the Middle East and North Africa into free trade zones and economic territories. The implementation of this project was planned through the 1995 Barcelona Process and the U.S. Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA).  

Joint CIA-Mossad Terrorist Attack in Beirut Aimed at Destabilizing Lebanon and Framing Assad

The powerful terrorist bombing in Beirut’s Christian quarter of Ashrafiyeh, which occurred yesterday (Oct 19, 2012) and which led to the death of 8 people and the injury of around 120 others, targeted the chief of Lebanon’s Intelligence Unit of the Internal Security Forces, Col. Wissam Hassan.

The Arab Spring is far from over

At least four major regional struggles may be determined within the year: the Iranian nuclear crisis, the civil war in Syria, the struggle for the character of the new regime in Egypt, and the broader struggle for the character of the Arab world.

BBC: F for Fake, In “War Crime” Cover-Up Controversy

By: Paul Joseph Watson

The BBC has dug itself a deeper hole in the aftermath of a censorship controversy which saw the broadcaster pull a video about Syrian rebels forcing a prisoner to become an unwitting suicide bomber, with the BBC claiming its reporter never characterized the incident as a “war crime” when in fact the opposite is true.

Netanyahu: Iran’s Nukes ‘Dwarf’ Other Threats

By Mark Russell

Syria descending into civil war, the Arab Spring, instability in Egypt—the Middle East is full of uncertainties that threaten Israel, but all of them are “dwarfed” by Iran’s nuclear threat, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last night, reports Reuters.

Eye on Iran and Syria, Israel hardens missile shield

 

By Dan Williams

Israel is upgrading its Arrow II ballistic missile shield in a U.S.-backed “race” against Iran, Syria and other regional enemies, a senior Israeli defense official said on Sunday.

China hits back at West after Syria U.N. vote

China hit back on Saturday at criticism of its stance over the crisis in Syria following a vote at the United Nations which overwhelmingly condemned the Syrian government, repeating Beijing’s position that outside interference will not help.

A real message from genuine people

Damascus, a bazar

Wag the Dog: Media Publish Photoshop Forgery to Sell Image of War Torn Syria

Aaron Dykes

While mainstream press have been hailing the virtues of the alliance between al Qaeda, the Syrian Free Army and the West in opposing Assad in Syria, they’ve also been caught once again “faking the war” to play up sympathy for an all out invasion.

Now Syria raises the spectre of chemical weapons

By: LOVEDAY MORRIS

The Syrian regime threatened to use chemical and biological weapons in the case of an external attack yesterday, in what appeared to be a chilling warning to Western and Arab nations pushing for intervention in the country’s bloody civil war.

NATO Death Squads Attempt to Ethnically Divide Syria

Tony Cartalucci

“The Free Syrian Army ruined our lives,” reports BBC in their article, “Syria crisis: Iraqis flee ‘sectarian violence’ in Damascus.”

Russian views on Syria more nuanced than they may appear… and the colonization goes on

By Tom Watkins

The Russian government shares many of the U.S. concerns about the continuing violence in Syria, but Moscow is reluctant to embrace Washington’s proposals to solve them because it is wary of its motives, experts say.

Syria: White House, skeptical of Tehran’s positive role and will rais

The Obama administration has reiterated its “no” to a “positive role” of Iran to resolve the crisis in Syria – as claimed by the UN envoy to Kofi Annan and Arab League…

Turkey scrambles jets as Syrian choppers near border

By: Yesim Comert,

Istanbul - Turkey scrambled fighter jets three separate times Saturday as Syrian helicopters neared the border between the two countries, Turkey’s military said Sunday.

The helicopters were in Syrian airspace, but were getting close to the border, the armed forces statement said.

Syria in state of war, says Bashar al-Assad

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said his country is in “a state of war”, more than a year after the uprising against his rule began.

Addressing his new cabinet, Mr Assad said that all efforts had to be directed towards winning the war.

Ankara: ‘Unarmed and in international space’. Damascus: ‘hitherto unknown nationality’

The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern about the serious incident of the turkish forces shot down in Damascus, Syria, and fell overboard. During a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu turkish, Ban said he was alarmed by the potentially serious implications of the episode in the region.

Syria: Israeli anti-tank missiles to rebels

DAMASCUS – The Syrian armed anti-Assad groups in Homs Israeli missiles have received the latest useful “against tanks T-72″ supplied to the Syrian.

In Homs (north of Damascus) and Dayr az Zor (east) “concentrate the oil resources of central importance to Syria, so there are the most intense fighting.”

Syria: long queues for gasoline in Damascus

A lot of anger among the population for community sanctions’ International

DAMASCUS, June 18 – Long queues at petrol stations in Damascus under the weight of sanctions imposed by the international community ‘international feel the shortage of petrol and diesel, even though prices have remained basically unchanged from a year ago.