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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Lebanese interior minister Nouhad Machnouk: “We know that the political and strategic reasons behind the phenomenon of violence stem from Iranian and Syrian interference in Lebanon’s interior, not just now but for the last three decades. Since the Syrian regime is facing a revolution and Iran faces […]
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“The strategic bottleneck of economy should not be in any hand other than Sepah Pasdaran’s … Sepah’s economic authority should be strengthened so that of secular players in Iranian economy become restricted.” Shahriar Zarshenas, a socio-political theorist close to Iranian conservatives Comment: Perhaps someone should remind Mr […]
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The now-famous Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa, who is still inside Syria. His last novel, “No Knives in This City’s Kitchens”, has been short-listed for the prestigious Booker Prize. In an recent interview with the Lebanese Daily Star newspaper he said: ‘The [Syrian] regime thinks it has always […]
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“What’s happening in Syria is an abomination, one that the world is watching coldly from a distance. Where is our emotional intelligence, our sense of collective justice?” The renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, The Washington Post, 14 February 14 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stephen-hawking-syrias-war-must-end/2014/02/14/a71dea72-94f0-11e3-83b9-1f024193bb84_story.html
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu: “Both Al-Qaeda and the Assad regime are not only benefiting from each other but also supporting each other… Both sides are likely to be in touch behind the scenes… Al-Qaeda had received support from the Assad regime in the past.” Davutoglu […]
Read more →From a Reuters report on the attitudes of the Assad soldiers during the evacuation of the Old City of Homs: “That’s them, that’s them, the bastards,” one soldier was overheard telling another, raising his phone high for a better shot of the men getting off a bus […]
Read more →Shirin Ebadi: I am ashamed of my country’s intervention in Syria, where civilians are killed, and as an Iranian, I apologize to the Syrian people. The Iranian state intervenes in Syria despite the will of Iranian people. The activist and lawyer, who won the Nobel Peace Prize […]
Read more →French president Francois Hollande: Assad is not fighting Islamists; he is placing blame on armed Islamist extremists to pressure the moderate opposition. Hollande in an interview with Al-Hayat newspaper, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/12/29/Hollande-Assad-blocks-political-solution-for-Syria.html
Read more →An ill, 73-old Syrian woman in a heart-breaking interview: We are living… no one can live like this. We are living a very difficult life – no sleep, no food, no water, no medicine, no money… we live on begging. We hadn’t seen anything like this before… […]
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