Category: Lebanon
After Russian warning, Israeli planes attack Syria again, using Lebanese airspace and endangering civilian flights; Lebanon complains to UN about event and repeated infringements on sovereignty
[Antiwar] “Overnight Thursday Israeli warplanes carried out attacks against the Syrian capital of Damascus and nearby Homs. As is so…
Turkey’s new drone base on occupied Northern Cyprus threat to Mediterranean region, lifting embargo and arming Cyprus urged
[Kathimerini, The National Interest] “Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has grown increasingly aggressive. Whereas Turkey once occupied only Cyprus,…
New CODEPINK Research: US and Allies Drop 46 Bombs per Day for 20 Years
[MintPress News] “The United States has been at war for nearly every year of its existence as an independent nation,…
US claim “Hezbollah storing explosives in Europe” goes viral but EU countries’ refutations largely ignored
[AP News, FR24 News] “Militant group Hezbollah has stored chemicals that can be used to make explosives in several European…
Armed Palestinians fight Syrian forces, NATO to give better weapons and enlist Muslim volunteers, Hillary Clinton blames Russia for sending arms to government
[DEBKAfile] “For the first time in the five-month anti-Assad uprising, Syrian forces clashed with dissident Palestinians Sunday, Aug. 14, in…
Syria protests infiltrated by armed jihadists provoking army into deadly fights, weapons smuggled in from Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey
[The Times] “The previous week four protesters had been shot dead for trying to block the main road between Damascus,…
Regime Change and NGOs: the Colour Revolutions and the Arab Spring
[openDemocracy] “The Arab revolt of 2010-11 has spread with intense speed and magnitude. A protest that began in the provincial…
Gen. Wesley Clark: US government had plans to attack Iraq, other 6 countries 10 days after 9/11
[Democracy Now!] “General Wesley Clark, the retired four-star general […] was the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO during the Kosovo War. In…
