Between the PKK, the FSA, and the regime, Christians left with few allies RAS AL-AYN, Syria – Church Street was once a bustling meeting point where Christians of many denominations would gather in the afternoons, along with their Muslim and Kurdish school friends. Since December of last year this multicultural street in Syria’s north-eastern border town … Continue reading »
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Hundreds of Sunni youth in Lebanon signed up for Jihad against Syria and Hezbollah
Hundreds of Lebanese Sunni Muslim men have signed up for Jihad (holy war) against the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah in Syria. (Al Arabiya) Lebanese youth from the city of Saida, south of Beirut, began Wednesday signing up for armed Jihad in Syria, responding to a call yesterday by firebrand Sunni cleric Ahmad Assir. Individuals in charge … Continue reading »
Syrian rebels take aim at Lebanon to counter Hezbollah
Here it comes.. By Nicholas Blanford Rebels fighting the Syrian government are shelling villages on the Lebanese side of the border in order to curb Hezbollah’s efforts to help the Syrian regime. Residents of of Hermel girded for revenge Sunday after a surge of rocket attacks by Syrian opposition rebels against this Shiite-populated town and … Continue reading »
Syria opposition urges surgical strikes on Assad missiles
Head of Free Syrian Army Selim Idriss arrives at the Friends of Syria meeting on April 20, 2013 in Istanbul. (AFP) AFP, Istanbul Syria’s opposition on Saturday called on international supporters to carry out “surgical strikes” on positions used by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime to fire missiles on civilians. Voicing frustration at the lack … Continue reading »
A different type of spillover
Al Qaeda’s Syrian Jabhat al Nusra might threaten Hezbollah at home The recent skirmishes between Hezbollah and the rebels of the Free Syrian Army in the border villages of the eastern Bekaa Valley have intensified talk that the Syrian conflict is spilling into Lebanon. The attack on the Lebanese village of Qasr, in Hermel, left … Continue reading »
BNI:Saudi Arabia: Blogger Rotting in Jail for Daring to Discuss Islam online
BNI ISGUSTING… No lawyer will take his case because doing so could destroy his reputation. The wife and children have fled to Lebanon, fearing retribution against them because of the ‘sins’ of the father.
Syria’s jihadist front
Al-Qaeda’s messages raise more doubts in the West “Let your fight be in the name of Allah and with the aim of establishing Allah’s sharia [law] as the ruling system. Do all that you can so that your holy war yields a jihadist Islamic state.” These words, spoken by al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, were meant … Continue reading »
Israel sets up field hospital in Golan to treat Syrian’s, Iran flips out
Amazing.. Israel treats Syrian wounded and PressTV rips it apart. We all know the back story..According to an AFP report, Israeli authorities confirmed the hospital was built at military outpost 105 in the Golan where injured Syrians fighting against Damascus are being treated near the Syrian border. Reports further indicate that 11 Syrians, who were … Continue reading »
Hezbollah’s Drugs and Blood Diamonds in Europe
Hezbollah trafficking in drugs and conflict diamonds should be reason enough for European Union sanctions. Europe would only be strengthening its own position in Lebanon, not giving Hezbollah a reason to grab total power. But if Hezbollah does make a move, it wouldn’t have been possible if the EU hadn’t been so permissive about their … Continue reading »
Syrian and Jordanian armies reportedly clash on border
Witnesses describe exchange as most significant skirmish since start of Syrian revolution By Elhanan Miller/Jordanian civilians living near the border with Syria reported heavy clashes between the Jordanian and Syrian armies late Saturday night, during which the Syrian army allegedly crossed the border and used attack helicopters. Residents of Ramtha, located 2 miles from the … Continue reading »
Syria: Richard Engel’s Abduction
Is Hezbollah up to its old tricks again in kidnapping Western journalists? By LEE SMITH// NBC’s Middle East correspondent Richard Engel was released yesterday after being held for five days in Syria. When his kidnappers came to a rebel checkpoint, they were engaged in a firefight with a Free Syrian Army unit that allowed Engel … Continue reading »
The Road to Damascus
Forget the Grand Prix or the Daytona 500, the real race right now is the race to Damascus. The racers include Syrian rebels in pickup trucks with mounted machine guns and homemade tanks, toting weapons and equipment supplied and paid for by Qatar and Turkey, and more covertly by the British and French intelligence services. … Continue reading »
Syrian rebels: Christians can only live in post-Assad Syria if they pay the jizya
“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” — Qur’an 9:29 … Continue reading »
Syria: Rebels confiscating Christian properties, desecrating Christian symbols
But don’t be concerned. They’re not Islamic supremacists. They’re secular freedom fighters. All the learned analysts say so. “ASIA/SYRIA – Appeal of the Assyrian Christians in the Syrian opposition: ‘Stop Salafi groups,” from Agenzia Fides, December 7 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgent to stop the “Jubhat Al … Continue reading »
Syria: Revolution’s Dire Threat to Christians
The Syrian Revolution geared toward the establishment of an Islamic state. As this revolution’s fire burns, therefore, it is no surprise that Islamists are massacring Christians. If an Islamic state becomes the reality in Syria, and the developments reveal that that will soon be the case, we can expect a full-out genocide against Christians to … Continue reading »
Leaked emails indicate Syria, Iran supplied arms to Hamas
Emails allegedly hacked from Syrian government accounts, leaked onto the Internet, indicate Iran and Syria are supplying weapons made in Ukraine and Belarus to the Palestinian group Hamas. The online activist group known as Anonymous takes responsibility for the leak, which comprises over 2,000 emails and other files totaling around 1 gigabyte. The leak is … Continue reading »
