By Robert Dreyfuss The United States is slipping and sliding down that proverbial “slippery slope” in Syria toward something that looks increasingly like war. Most worryingly, according to The New York Times, the CIA is training Syrian fighters in Jordan. Buried in its story today about Secretary of State John Kerry’s announcement that the United States will increase aid to the rebels, including medical sup ...

By Rida Zaheer At least 30 people were killed and 150 wounded in the latest attack on February 22 which came days after another attack killed another 30, including 15 children. According to Syrian leadership activists are being supported against Bash-al-Assad by U.S. and Israel. In this connection, Nuland also pointed to the brutality of the attacks to reiterate calls by President Barack Obama for President ...

Lies, Damned Lies And UN Statistics By Moon Of Alabama January 03, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - They Make Up Numbers - At least 60,000 people have died in Syria's conflict, UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay says. How does Navi Pillay knows this? The UN does not have any presence in Syria. At least 60,000 people have died in Syria's conflict, UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay said on Wed ...

Lakhdar Brahimi urges "real change" in Damascus and for transitional leaders with full power until elections are held. Posted By Sheihk Zahoor International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has called for "real change" in war-torn Syria and the installation of a transitional government with full powers until elections can be held. The envoy unveiled his initiative in Damascus on Thursday as Russia, the most powerful a ...

[caption id="attachment_2302" align="alignright" width="128"] Obama Worries. How to save Israel ?[/caption] By Laura Rozen July 28, 2012 "Al-Monitor" -- A US group that supports the Free Syrian Army has received a waiver from the US Treasury Department authorizing it to provide logistical and financial support to the armed Syrian resistance. The waiver was received from the Treasury Department Office of For ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan BEIRUT — With warplanes circling overhead, Syrian attack helicopters pounded rebel-held neighborhoods in Aleppo on Tuesday in an escalation of the battle for the country's commercial capital and largest city, residents and activists said. Following a pair of rebel assaults on the country's two main cities and a bombing that wiped out some of his top security last week advisors, Pre ...