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Turkey bans Youtube over leaked Syria ‘war plot’

Turkey bans Youtube over leaked Syria ‘war plot’

What would Iran block if details of its Syria war plots were revealed? A week after banning Twitter, the Turkish government has now banned Youtube after a recording of a secret, high-level meeting, in which top officials discussed possible Syria war plans, was posted on the popular […]

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Petty lives of soldiers, precious lives of commanders

Petty lives of soldiers, precious lives of commanders

It’s supposed to be the responsibility of governments to protect their citizens’ lives. One can find many occasions in history on which governments made serious compromises in order to shield their citizens from harm, the case of the British marines or the American climbers arrested by Iranian […]

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Who’s the real ruler in Syria now?

Who’s the real ruler in Syria now?

A new caricature by Syria’s most celebrated cartoonist Ali Firzat about the role of the Iranian regime in Syria: COMMENT: The Iranian regime has indeed become the de facto ruler of Syria – from Sepah Pasdaran commanders directing battles on the ground (in Eastern Ghouta, Qusayr and […]

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Yarmouk: No to blood-soaked bread

Yarmouk: No to blood-soaked bread

A banner from the besieged Palestinian camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, following a regime air strike on a food distribution centre: “We refuse bread soaked with our blood.” An air strike by Syrian regime forces on 23 March 2014 targeted people queuing for food parcels at an […]

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Barrel bombs and Russian missiles terrorise civilians

Barrel bombs and Russian missiles terrorise civilians

A new report by Human Rights Watch reveals the “indiscriminate nature” of the Syrian regime’s bombing campaign on opposition-held parts of Aleppo since November 2013, in which barrel bombs have mostly been used. Using satellite imagery analysis, as well as witness accounts, the report identified at least […]

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Iraqi militia given Aleppo military academy to use as its HQ

Iraqi militia given Aleppo military academy to use as its HQ

The al-Nujabaa Movement, an Iraqi Shia militia fighting in Syria alongside the Syrian regime, has been given a prominent military facility in Aleppo to use as its headquarters. This picture, posted on the group’s Facebook page, shows al-Nujabaa fighters holding a military-style funeral for one of their […]

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What do Syrian secular intellectuals say?

What do Syrian secular intellectuals say?

Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a Syrian intellectual and writer from Ar-Raqqah. He spent 16 years of his life (1980 to 1996) in Syrian regime prisons. Saleh has been heavily involved in the Syrian revolution, writing and working alongside young activists. He was in hiding in Eastern Ghouta […]

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‘Shiite’ Einstein: Truth and Justice are not relative

‘Shiite’ Einstein: Truth and Justice are not relative

Albert Einstein, who was apparently converted to Shia Islam by the head of the Guardian Council, Ayyatollah Mahdavi Kani, once said: “In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.” […]

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The role of women in the Syrian revolution

A short film, released for the third anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution, chronicling the epic role of Syrian women in the country’s ongoing revolution ever since it started in March 2011. “Hurra” (Arabic for ‘free woman’) is a reminder to all those who now […]

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This is what remains of Homs

This is what remains of Homs

Al-Mimas Street in Homs, Syria – 28 February 2014 Source: Lens of Young Homsi FB page          

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