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The Silver Lining

Let us not oversell. The complete inability of tribes and religious rivals to resolve their conflicts in Syria hardly bodes a future without war.

(PORTLAND, OR) - If the brutal and tragic agony of Syria today has one small glimmer of hope, it is that the great powers are completely stymied, blocked, paralyzed in their ability to resolve anything by military action.

Were this 1914 and had we possessed nuclear weapons, the Syrian situation might have led to a war that ended the world.

SYRIA: Nobel Peace Laureate Seeks International Community for Dialog and Rejection of Intervening War

The future of those who are not supportive of fundamentalists like moderate Muslims, Christians, minorities, and other Syrians is in great danger.

(DUBLIN) - Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate and Spokesperson for Mussalaha International, has issued a report and appeal to the international community to support a process of dialogue and reconciliation in Syria between its people and Syrian government.

She's asking world leaders to reject outside intervention and war.

Refugee Camps as War Zones:
How Lebanon`s Palestinians Are Being Pulled Into Syria`s War

Popular committees have appealed to both sides to observe a ceasefire within any Palestinian camp in Syria.

(HOMS Palestinian Refugee Camp) - Pending their return to Palestine since being driven from their country by Israel, Palestinian refugees have insisted on avoiding local and international conflicts.

This was true in Jordan during the run up to Black September in 1970, at the beginning of the Lebanese Civil war in 1975, the 1991 Kuwait crisis, the 2003 US invasion of Iraq...

UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

A certain optimism, that was more scarce in the past, pervades many neighborhoods.

(HOMS, Syria) - It’s not hard to find critics of the Assad government in Muhafazat or Homs or for that matter, to varying degrees, in Syria’s other thirteen Governorates...

However, after nearly 27 months of turmoil, the public opinion pendulum is markedly shifting back in support of the current regime.

Lebanon Greets the Special Rapporteur for Palestine With an Ear Full

42,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria have been forced into Lebanon.

(DAMASCUS) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Professor Richard Falk, came to Lebanon last week on an unofficial visit to survey opinion while fact finding the condition in Palestinian refugee’s camps.

It was the Professors first visit to Lebanon since the fateful summer of 1982.

Syria: a Toast to Israeli State Terrorism

Are such peremptory attacks permissible in international law? No – international law only allows military actions in self-defence when under direct attack.

(DAMASCUS) - While the U.S. peddled the threat of chemical weapon use to justify its arming of the ‘opposition’ in Syria, Israel destroyed a chemical research facility near Damascus which was allegedly developing such weapons.

The attack unleashed every single potentially-poisonous particle on the Syrian public.

Was Syria `Nuked`? (INCLUDES VIDEO)

Striking evidence of the use of American EPW (Earth Penetrating Weapons) nuclear weapons in Syria has come to light. Experts say the proof is irrefutable.

(DAMASCUS Press TV) - Dramatic video footage from Syria reveals startling evidence that counters Israel’s claims of “surgical strikes” on weapons headed to Lebanon.

Syria had come under attack by Israel using, not just nuclear weapons, but an American nuclear bunker buster bomb.

Israel Claims Its Attack On Syria Was `To Stop Iranian Missiles Reaching Hezbollah`

Russia said the strikes by Israel “caused particular alarm”, a mild reprimand to a nation that has just bombed a neighbor with whom it is not officially at war.

(CHICAGO) - The civil war in Syria between rebel forces and President Bashar Assad’s Syrian army, escalated this weekend when Israel bombed Damascus, the capital of Syria.

With its standard rationale familiar to Gaza residents, Israel released an official story that claimed the bombing was carried out for defensive purposes.

Damascene Desecration: U.S.-Backed Syrian Salafis Exhume Shia Figure

The west has no clue how dangerous the Islamist radicals they back truly are...

(DENVER) - “Hujribn‘Adi was a pious companion of the Prophet (PBUH) and played a vital role in the correction of the Ummah.”- Abul A’la Maududi.

In a disdainful display of disrespect for the deceased, members of the U.S.-backed Salafist Free Syrian Army have claimed responsibility for desecrating the 7th century grave of Hujr ibn‘Adi al-Kindi.

Backing the FSA is Slow Suicide for Americans

Americans are Hoodwinked again; they are backing militants who are their own dreaded enemy.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Have you ever heard a racist make reference to Blacks or Hispanics in gangs and say, "Let 'em kill each other off"? I heard it while growing up in LA.

I am hearing it again in relation to Syria. People are calling for the end of the Assad government and they're supporting the most dangerous people on the face of the earth.