news, video's on Syria
video from inside of Syria. Graphic and horrific images of what syrian's asking for freedom are having happen to them. I will try to keep new video's updated daily. Nov 18
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Libya - Confirmation of the arrest of Seif Al-Islam (video) "Allain Jules
Seif Al-Islam en tenue de Bédouin Ici, malgré la douleur et le choc, nous ne dérogerons jamais à la règle de la vérité. C’est avec regret que je vous annonce que Seif Al-Islam est bien aux arrêts. Quant aux circonstances, nous n’en savons rien. Notre source sur place confirme l’information et précise qu’il a été lynché, avant que des « étrangers » a-t-il dit, ne fassent obstruction.
Joint exercise on child protection from today
Joint exercise on child protection from today / 20 November 2011 ABU DHABI — The Child Protection Centre at the Ministry of Interior will hold on Sunday a joint drill, in collaboration with the Canadian Police Centre for the Missing and Exploited Children, the strategic partner in the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), It will later move to Dubai.
BAGHDAD — US forces shot dead two Iraqi civilians south of Baghdad on Saturday following a bomb attack on their convoy, Iraq security officials said, while the US military denied its soldiers opened fire. ‘A roadside bomb hit a US convoy in Yusifiyah on the road to Hilla,’ an interior ministry official said. ‘American forces opened fire randomly, killing two civilians and wounding five.’ A police lieutenant in Yusifiyah, 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of Baghdad, confirmed the incident, which he said took place about 7:00 pm (1600 GMT), but put the toll at two dead and three wounded, one of them seriously. Both spoke on condition of anonymity.
US forces kill Iraqis after bombing: officials
Analysts: Iraq’s Syria stance is Sunni-Shiite related
Syria and Iraq share a 605-kilometre border, and Sunni-majority provinces along the frontier were strongholds of resistance against United States forces and the Shiite-led Iraqi governments that have followed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein. Iraq’s refusal to back Arab measures against Syria, which has since March been trying to crush a popular uprising, has confessional overtones and may boost sectarian division here, analysts say. Iraq now has a Shiite-led government, but was ruled by members of the country’s Sunni minority for most of its history. Syria is ruled by minority Alawites, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while protesters demanding reforms are largely from its Sunni majority. More than 3,500 people have been killed in the conflict, according to U.N. figures.
Interview: why Turkey's President Abdullah Gul believes his country's moment has come
" Turkey is a natural part of Europe," he told The Sunday Telegraph in the elegant, cream marble surroundings of his Ankara palace. "Being a member of the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights; being one of the oldest members of Nato, as well as being part of European culture and art - this is a natural path Turkey is flowing into." Mr Gul, 61, founded Turkey's ruling AKP party before becoming prime minister and then foreign minister.Syrian FM asks AL to amend the list of observers, LBC
LBC has reported that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem requested that Arab league to modify the list of the observers that will be sent by the organization to Syria, because Damascus has reservations about some of the people on the list , the places they will be visiting and the prisoners they will be meeting at the jails . Secretary General of the Arab League (AL), Nabil Elaraby announced Friday that he had received a letter on Thursday evening from Mouallem which included amendments to the draft regarding the duties of the AL mission of observers to be sent to Syria, Syria state-run news agency SANA reported on Friday. LBC also reported today that the Arab league chief is currently meeting with his top advisers to study the amendments proposed by the Syrian side Meanwhile Syrian opposition members said Syria’s stance was just a stalling tactic.
Troops Attack Protesters in Syria, Egypt
(Newser) – So much for peaceful transitions of power in Syria and Egypt, where regime forces brutally cracked down on protesters today. In Syria, the day after officials agreed "in principle" to let the Arab League oversee a peace process, troops invaded a region near the Turkish border and a town in search of government opponents. One civilian was reported killed. Troops also gunned down two army defectors near the Lebanese border, the AP reports. In Egypt, just 9 days before national elections, troops opened fire on thousands of demonstrators in Tahrir Square. Some 500 were wounded with rubber bullets, Reuters reports (see their compelling video here .)Kessab Roots: A Survivor’s Story | Armenian Weekly
As a Diasporan Armenian connected to Armenia, as well as historical Armenia (currently in Turkey), part of the multitude of attachments I carry is with Kessab, a region and a town located in the northwestern part of Syria, on the Mediterranean Sea, at the Turkish border. Apparently, it has been inhabited by Armenians since the 11 th century, going back to the Cilician Armenian Kingdom. Kessab remains a predominantly Armenian enclave to this day. A drive down a narrow, winding road through towering mountains eventually leads to my father’s village Karadouran, located directly on the Mediterranean Sea.
Military technology and war news from the Middle East
Recent Military Posts Dutch boarding team ambushed by Somali pirates, firefight ensues - video The marine/sailor boarding party was apparently ambushed, with the pirates opening up on the RHIBs at close range..the firefight resulted in two Somali pirates killed, 16 captured and 16 Iranian sailors being freed. No info about Dutch casualties,...... Soldiers get all girlish over an escaped Camel spider in their room - funny video The world is a safe place unless the Camel Spiders decide to invade.
Military Technology / Videos | Iran tries to muscle in with Syria | Military technology and military videos
This explains a lot of whats in the media at present, a facinating read... http://www.maarivintl.com/i... The sudden united western front against Syria, with France joining the US in tabling a UN resolution demanding Syria withdraw from Lebanon was prompted by new evidence of Iranian-Syrian collusion to transform Lebanon into a safe haven for al Qaeda. Jonathan Ariel
لو سحبت «العصابة الحاكمة» دباباتها وعساكرها وشبيحتها من المدن والشوارع لسقط النظام في 24 ساعة الإصلاح في سورية كان صعبا وبشار جعله مستحيلا عندما زاوج بين السلطة والمال وقتل شعبه انشققت أنا وإخوتي الثلاثة عندما رأينا النظام يقتل السوريين بدم بارد
شهداء ثورة سورية وصلت أعدادهم إلى 10 آلاف.. والمعتقلون 50 ألفا.. والمفقودون 20 ألفا
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 102 May 26, 2011 03:24 PM Age: 2 yrs Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Foreign Policy, Military/Security, Middle East, Russia, Featured Syrian street protests, May 2011 (Source: AFP) On May 12, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) detained the Israeli military attaché in Moscow, Col.
Russians Oppose Any Ban on Arms Exports to Syria
Egypt and Syria protests - Friday 18 November 2011 | World news
4.16pm: Here's a summary of today's events. Syria • Syria has witnessed its largest demonstrations for months as crowds urged foreign governments to withdraw their ambassadors in protest at the government's continuing crackdown. The largest single demonstration appeared to have taken place in Idlib in the north west. In Deraa, in the south, activists staged a mock hanging of president Bashar al-Assad .Calls and e-mails to Blue Coat officials seeking comment on Thursday were not returned. The company has previously said it did not sell equipment or software to the Syrian government, but it has acknowledged that its products are being used there and could have been obtained through a third party. U.S. sanctions prohibit sales of most goods to the nation; investigators are attempting to determine who provided the Blue Coat technology to Syria.
U.S. probes use of surveillance technology in Syria
The shootings came a day before the expiration of a deadline, issued by the Arab League on Wednesday, for Syria to agree to admit teams of human rights monitors. Shortly before the ultimatum, Syria’s foreign minister, Walid Moallem, had said that monitors would be allowed into the country under the terms of an Arab peace plan that Syria accepted earlier in the month but then proceeded to ignore. The Arab League’s secretary general, Nabil Elaraby, said, however, that Syria had requested unspecified amendments to the proposal, making it unclear whether it had in fact agreed.