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Farzana, “2 Million Friends” and a Ceasefire in Afghanistan
u201cStop fighting,u201d says 22 year old Afghan stage actress and Afghan Peace Volunteer Farzana who is using her gifts on the stage to gain peace in her home.
Crackdown Toll Seen as Syrians Bury Hundreds
Mass burials in this Damascus suburb on Sunday showed the carnage of the past few days in gruesome detail: scores of bodies lined up on top of one another …
Guns or Butter?
The US and Western support of the armed insurgency that seeks to destroy the government of Syria continues unabated and with little outcry from the people of the countries …
America’s Syrian Jihad: An Old War in New Clothes
What began on 15, March 2011, with public demonstrations which rapidly accelerated into a national uprising, has now become an armed insurgency complete with suicide bombings - provoked by …
Syria’s “Liberated” Future: Ethnic-Religious Cleansing and Genocide
A fascinating shift has happened in the U.S. mainstream media: After a year of anti-Syria war propaganda and lies, glimmers of truth are making their way into the public's …
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Prime Minister’s Defection in the Dark Jolts Syrians
The defection of Syriau2019s prime minister, Riyad Farid Hijab, began like so many others: with coded conversations and furtive planning. He began discussing the idea of fleeing, an aide …
Charles Glass: With Annan’s Exit and Influx of Foreign Arms, Syria’s Violence “Seems the Only Way Out”
A hardening diplomatic impasse brings even more urgency to the violent crisis.
In War, the Truth Dies First: The Tremseh “Massacre” and Syria’s Fate
Syria The next alleged massacre by Syrian government troops is being reported. An intervention will be seen as the only answer.
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Annan Resigns as Syria Peace Envoy
Kofi Annan, the special envoy of the United Nations and Arab League who has sought unsuccessfully for months to resolve the Syrian conflict, has submitted his resignation Secretary General …
What’s Really Happening in Syria?
The principal Obama Administration target in this complex affair is Iran, not Syria. The Syrian government must fall because it is Iran's main Arab ally.