Order Returns To Western Cities as Syrian Civilians Recount Horrors Of Rebel Rule

In revisiting Madaya and al-Waer after their reclamation by the Syrian army, it soon became clear from Bartlett’s conversations with residents, just how distorted the reporting of corporate media about their fate under “rebel” control had been.

Eva Bartlett
By Eva Bartlett
Syrian children buy vegetables at the town of Madaya in the Damascus countryside, Syria, May 18, 2017. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

HOMS, SYRIA -- In the last year, the Syrian cities of Aleppo and Madaya have become familiar to the international community as they have become subjects of heavy propaganda amid corporate media coverage to justify a so-called “humanitarian” war. Another area used in the war propaganda was al-Waer, a district of Homs occupied by the Western armed

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ISIL Takes Advantage Of US Attack On Syrian Base To Storm Western Palmyra

Syrians believe ISIL will continue to take advantage of the U.S. attack on the Syrian Air Force by launching more offensives in the coming days.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk
Mideast Syria Lines in Sand Analysis

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 A.M.) – Not long after the U.S. attacked the Shayrat Airbase in eastern Homs, the Islamic State (ISIL) launched two separate attacks on the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) defenses in the Palmyra. Beginning with Al-Furqalas, the Islamic State attacked the Syrian Army’s checkpoints outside the village, resulting in a fierce battle

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Israel’s Raid On Syria, Russia Enters The Fray

Israel’s raid appears to have been intended to disrupt the ongoing offensive against ISIS but has provoked a powerful response.

Alexander Mercouris
By Alexander Mercouris
An Israeli air force jet fighter plane takes off from Tel Nof air force base for a mission over Gaza Strip in central Israel, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Russians have now formally confirmed earlier media reports that following the Israeli air raid on Syria on Friday the Israeli ambassador in Moscow was called in to the Russian Foreign Ministry to be handed a stern lecture and a stiff protest. Moscow’s confirmation of the Russian protest to Israel, and the fact that the Israeli ambassador was

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The Roads Of Damascus: How France Manipulated Chemical Weapons Reports To Attack Assad

A new book in France accuses the government of ignoring or manipulating intelligence reports to further an anti-Assad agenda.

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By Mint Press News Desk
A young 35 year old Bashar al Assad takes over the helm after his father hafez al Assad dies in June 2000. Photo Norbert Schiller)

Reports: Scandals mentioned in the French book "Les Chemins de Damas" (The Roads of Damascus) published a few days ago have begun to unfold, revealing secret events and details about how the French presidency forced the French diplomatic corps and intelligence services to comply with the politically motivated decision to remove Assad,

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Syria, Paradise Lost: Part III

Christians and Muslims living in Maaloula were immune from war until September when opposition fighters, including an al-Qaida affiliate, besieged the town.

Norbert Schiller
By Norbert Schiller

Before the outbreak of the civil war in 2011, the 360-kilometer highway linking the capital of Damascus with Syria’s largest city of Aleppo to the north, was the most widely traveled road in all Syria. It was also the corridor linking visitors with the country’s most treasured archeological sites and cultural landmarks. Upon leaving Damascus,

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UN Report: ‘Convincing Evidence’ Of Syria Chemical Attack

The findings represent the first official confirmation that chemical weapons were used in Syria’s civil war, but left the key question of who launched the attack unanswered.

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. inspectors said Monday there is "clear and convincing evidence" that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people. The findings represent the first official confirmation by scientific experts that chemical weapons were used in Syria's civil war, but

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