WikiLeaks: US, Israel, And Saudi Arabia Planned Overthrow Of Syrian Govt. In 2006

Cables reveal that before the beginning of the Syrian revolt and civil war, the United States hoped to overthrow Assad and create strife between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.

Ivan Stamenkovic
By Ivan Stamenkovic
Mideast Syria Elections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3HWiydFlJc Speaking from Ecuador’s embassy in London, Julian Assange revealed that the United States planned to overthrow the Syrian government as far back as 2006, several years before the start of the current crisis. The founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador in 2012. The premises remain

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Obama Administration Meeting Friday To Discuss War Plans For Syria

U.S. President Barack Obama and his top foreign policy advisers are expected to meet on Friday to consider their military and other options in Syria as Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to pummel Aleppo and other targets, U.S. officials said.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
An aircraft lands after missions targeting the ISIS in Iraq from the deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf. For weapons manufacturers, the nonstop pace of airstrikes targeting ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria, as well as Saudi-led bombing of Yemen’s Shiite rebels and their allies, means billions of dollars more in sales.

While US officials have been talking up the idea of overtly attacking the Syrian military for months, and many have been loudly advocating picking a fight with both Syria and Russia since the last 7-day ceasefire ended, there had been no visibility on when such a decision would be made. Now it looks like Friday’s the day, with President Obama

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Russia Establishes Permanent Naval Base In Syria

Russia will create a permanent naval base in Syria to expand its military footprint in its closest Middle East ally, a government official said on Monday, a week after Moscow said it was considering reopening Soviet-era bases in Vietnam and Cuba.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Russian sailors are seen aboard the Admiral Panteleyev Russian war ship moored at the Cypriot port of Limassol.

45 years after its initial establishment, it’s hard to imagine anyone saw the Tartus naval base in Syria as anything but “permanent,” but Russian officials are looking to formally establish that fact, as well as come to an agreement with the Assad government on a substantial expansion. The base, such as it is, is Russia’s only naval base in the

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Clinton Repeats Call For Syrian No-Fly Zone As Pundits Push Pro-War Propaganda

Calling for a no-fly zone ‘has become the most effective way of calling for regime change in Syria without appearing to do so,’ one mainstream media analyst noted.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, right, speaks as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.

MINNEAPOLIS --- During Sunday night’s debate, Hillary Clinton called for increased U.S. military intervention in Syria, and the mainstream media has proven eager to support regime change in the region. At the second presidential debate, Clinton again voiced her support for a no-fly zone in Syria, even though military experts, including Gen.

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US Officials Deeply Divided On Attacking Russia In Syria

Obama is hesitant to start a new war ahead of leaving office, but calls for attacking Russia inside Syria are being called for by the most notorious neoconservative think tanks that were the architects of the Iraq war and destruction of Libya.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz

With three months left until the inauguration of the next president, President Obama is virtually out the door. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have time to start World War 3, however, and he has plenty of members of his administration arguing he should do exactly that. Officials are eager to scream genocide over the fighting in Aleppo, which up

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Despite Warning From Russia, US Considers Hitting Assad

Russia tells U.S. to think ‘carefully’ before hitting Syrian army.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Russia Syria S-300

Officials with the US State Department have repeatedly talked of “non-diplomatic options” recently in Syria. Though they’re trying to be coy, what they’re really talking about is overt military action against the Syrian government, attacks which would threaten Russian forces embedded with them, and likely drag Russia into a shooting war with the

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