The Iranian deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs claims his government is not seeking to keep Syria’s dictator in power forever, implying he could potentially be replaced by another ally of Iran. Yet Amir Abdollahian insists that Bashar al-Assad still serves Iran’s purported strategic interests, […]
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“The real poultry farm that breeds Islamist groups is the despotic, dictatorial regimes. For they were the ones who suffocated the spirit of the people and submerged them with (empty) slogans and with terror, and exacerbated their problems with subordination and plunder. It is them who push […]
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After almost two months of scramble, Jaish al-Adl yesterday announced on its Facebook page that the four abducted Iranian border guards had all been released. In a statement, the group claimed the decision was solely made in response to “the demand of Sunni clerics” and as a […]
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Hezbollah Lebanon issued a statement last week condemning “terrorist organizations” for destroying “shrines and Islamic and Christian sanctities in Syria.” The statement was in reaction to a decision by the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) to demolish what’s left […]
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The least one can say about the Turkish prime minister’s decision two weeks ago to ban Twitter in his country, it was a hilariously hypocritical decision. For Mr Erdogan has a Twitter account himself and tweets frantically all day long. But many people may not know that […]
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A prominent Iranian general has admitted that Sepah Pasdaran played an important role in setting up a Syrian paramilitary militia known as the National Defence Frorces, which has terrorised Syrian dissidents and committed grave human rights abused since the start of the Syrian revolution in March 2011. […]
Read more →The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has released a new, moving short film following the agency’s Special Envoy Angelina Jolie as she visits a Syrian refugee camp in al-Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, and meets with 11-year-old Hala and her five orphan siblings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpj9u_QXjk EDITOR’S COMMENT: It […]
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[download from https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=612741042144362&set=a.115713961847075.28467.115708715180933&type=1&theater] Cartoon by Ili Saliba. Source: Syrian Revolution Caricature FB page COMMENT: Indeed, if it wasn’t for Hezbollah and their masters in Tehran, Bashar al-Assad would have fallen a long time ago.
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A cartoon by Iranian well-known cartoonist, Mana Neyestani. In the first frame, one of the figures ask why these five common soldiers have been abandoned in a tent in such a death trap near the border and questions the whereabouts of Iranian trained forces. The second frame […]
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