30th November 2015 By Felicity Arbuthnot for Dissident Voice As Prime Minister David Cameron attempts to persuade Parliament to back another illegal assault on a country posing no threat to the UK, Syria, it transpires that Britain may face war crimes charges anyway for arms sales to Saudi Arabia, arms being used to…
29th November 2015 Father Andrew Ashdown in Homs, Syria “Another visit to Homs in the heart of the ruined city to meet some of the most remarkable people of faith in the world – the Ministry for Reconciliation led by Fr Michel Naaman and the local Sheikh in the city. Throughout the occupation of the…
29th November 2015 Lebanon: Update from Father Andrew Ashdown. “This morning we went to the site of the bombing in Burj Al Burajneh that killed over 40 people and injured over 100 the day before the Paris bombing, and laid flowers and placed candles there. One young man (whose picture is highlighted above) had…
28th November 2015 When one reads the accounts of truly neutral, independent observers who enter Syria with no agenda or donor directives, one realises why the Western propaganda apparatus is so keen to drive these narratives underground or to discredit them. Father Andrew Ashdown has been working tirelessly for some time now to foster interfaith…
26th November 2015 An honour to be on UK Column with Kim Sharif of Human Rights for Yemen. This is a must watch, Kim deconstructs ALL western media, NGO and government myths that support the Saudi coalition’s systematic extermination of the Yemeni people. Thank you once more Mike Robinson. You and UK Column do an…
“President Obama today issued a new Executive Order (E.O.) declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Burundi. The Executive Order is not targeted at the people of Burundi, but rather is aimed at activities…
Paris 13/11: “Last night was the worst massacre to take place on French soil since August 1944.” “Paris Wakes Up Under Siege After Deadliest Attack Since WWII” “Authorities in France and Belgium took people into custody Saturday in the aftermath of the worst violence in France since World War II” Just a few of the…
Originally posted on Yalla La Barra:
Brookings Doha’s Charles Lister has just had his new book “The Syrian Jihad” published and has been doing radio and TV appearances to promote it. In an interview with the UK’s Channel 4 he was asked if there are moderate groups in Syria that can represent the opposition on the…
The Wall Will Fall 