Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, August 31 that allegations about the Syrian government using chemical weapons against civilians were a “provocation,” according to RIA Novosti. “I am sure this was no more than a provocation by those looking to drag other countries [into the conflict] and obtain support of powerful international player, particularly […]
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In answer to this question, Joshua Landis and Syria Comment provide the following statement: The US must respond to the use of chemical weapons in a forceful manner, but should not launch a broader intervention in Syria. Preserving the widely respected international norm banning the use of chemical weapons is a clear interest of the […]
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The United Nations is ready to do everything possible to speed up the process of analyzing data collected by its chemical weapons inspectors in Syria, the UN secretary-general’s spokesman, Martin Nesirky, said. “The Secretary-General looks forward to receiving the mission’s findings as soon as possible so he can promptly present the results to Member States […]
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By Qasim Asad The recent horrific chemical weapons attack in Syria left at least 355 people dead and over 3600 displaying neurotoxic symptoms. The attacks have sparked worldwide condemnation from ordinary citizens across the world but also prompted a diligent response from high ranking political figures most notably from US Secretary of State John Kerry. […]
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By George Leong Syria is on the verge of expanding its current conflict to include the United States and its allies as the chaos in the Middle East continues. Then there are also the tensions in Egypt and Iran. If the U.S. and its allies attack Syria, the impact on the global economy and the stock […]
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We are on the brink of a tragic decision to strike Syria, because, in the dubious logic of the President, “a lot of people think something should be done,” and American “credibility” is at stake. He and his secretary of state assure us that the strike will be “limited” and “surgical.” The use of chemical […]
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By Dr. Ronn Pineo and Dr. Larry Birns When Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa indignantly denounced the U.S. spy program and spoke up in defense of whistleblower and leaker Edward J. Snowden, the United States Senate took up the issue, fearing that Correa’s next move would be to grant Snowden asylum. Senator Charles Schumer (D—N.Y.) wanted […]
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Hands off Syria until the US, NATO, EU and the UN admit in public to lying about all of the military invasions that have taken place starting with Iraq. It is time the world knew every manipulation that went into the bombing blitz that turned ancient cities to ruins and left scores of people as […]
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By Koseph Nye There has been much talk lately of the perceived decline of the United States as a world power, and of the rise of China. But the soothsayers should take a closer look at the omens, because the signs they’re reading are more complicated than they think. The United States isn’t in decline. […]
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By Rajeev Agrawal The reported chemical weapons strike in the Eastern suburbs of Damascus in Syria on 21 August which killed up to 1300 people has taken the current Syrian conflict to yet another level of brutality, a level which could soon prompt international military action on Syria. The voices for taking stringent military action […]
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“Once bitten, twice shy,” just about sums up UK popular opinion on the vexed issue of whether to become involved in the Syrian conflict. An opinion poll, following the poison gas attack of August 21 in Syria which resulted in some 350 deaths, found that the British public were opposed to the use of British […]
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Lebanon is tense as Western-backed strikes against neighboring Syria loom. With the U.S. intervention in Iraq a decade ago still on many Lebanese minds, the thought of an American-orchestrated military attack on Syria has many in Beirut on edge. On a windy side street in the Lebanese capital, Samira Srour sat with her teenage daughter […]
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By Sevda Samedova Election officials in Azerbaijan have allowed the opposition’s second-choice candidate to run in the October presidential election, after turning down Rustam Ibrahimbeyov on the grounds that he had not spent enough time living in the country and also held dual citizenship. The National Council of Democratic Forces, set up at the end […]
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By Rachel Irwin A Danish judge at the Hague tribunal has been disqualified after a panel of his peers found that an email which he sent out to personal contacts and later appeared in the press “demonstrated bias”. Because Judge Frederik Harhoff sat on the bench in the long-running war crimes trial of Serbian nationalist […]
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By Shahin Abbasov In Azerbaijan, opposition journalists have long been beaten, blackmailed and some even killed. But now, it appears a few are being bought. When it comes to media freedom, President Ilham Aliyev’s administration has a dismal record. In recent years, the government has tended to resort to the stick to go after journalists […]
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By Sitinga Kachipande An armed neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, was recently acquitted of the murder of an unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin. The Zimmerman-Martin case has been followed closely by millions around the world, including people in Africa. The case captured global attention because it combines an intriguing narrative of murder, economic disparities, stereotyping, gun culture, […]
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned of grave consequences of any military intervention in Syria in the wake of a recent deadly chemical weapons attack near Damascus. Zarif strongly condemned the use of chemical weapons, criticized attempts by certain parties to launch a new war in the Middle East, and voiced concern over […]
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Interview with Siavash Zargar Yaqoubi, Iran’s Former Ambassador to Oman Every time that the names of Oman and its monarch, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, have hit the headlines in mainstream international media, there has been invariably a problem between Iran and the United States. Sultan Qaboos has so far managed to help with […]
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By Richard Falk The U.S. Government rains drone missiles on civilian human targets anywhere in the world, continues to operate Guantanamo in the face of universal condemnation, whitewashed Abu Ghraib, Bagram, and the torture memos, committed aggression against Iraq and Afghanistan, and invests billions to sustain its unlawful global surveillance capabilities. Still, it has the […]
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Dear President Obama: Before you decide to attack Syria, yet another Arab or Islamic country that does not threaten U.S. security, there are certain constitutional “niceties” that you should observe. Chronically violating the Constitution overturns the rule of law and can produce costly blowbacks. On August 28, you stated that bombing Syria “is not about […]
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