The truth about Syria

[Nané]

Արաբական Գարնան Սիրիական Աշունը

 

 

[Johannes]

‎#Syria #News #freedom #Revolution

 

Syrian Truth l Global Research l Secret Meeting in London: Plotting to Wage War on Syria without UN Authorization

Britain’s “Duplicity, treachery and infidelity.”

By Felicity Arbuthnot

 

Dec 11,2012

Somewhere between being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the consolidating farce of the presentation in Oslo yesterday, recipients were plotting another freedom and democracy bringing “humanitarian intervention”, illegal regime change and the destruction of a country in order to save it.

 

Remember Libya was “not going to be another Iraq” disaster, “lessons have been learned”? Libya’s ruined towns and social structure of course, chillingly resemble Iraq. Now, it is Syria’s turn, but Syria will “not be another Libya”, yes mistakes were made, but lessons have yet again been learned.

 

Today’s (London) Independent cover story reports the: “plan for (the) international coalition to provide air and naval support, plus military training for the opposition”, commenting that :“Western intervention is now deemed necessary as civil war has reached ‘tipping point’ “ and of course: “Britain, France and US agree ‘no boots on the ground.’ “

 

This is the outcome of a secret meeting in London recently, hosted by Sir David Richards, who heads Britain’s armed forces. Participants in the scheming were: “the military chiefs of France, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE and” (surprise) “a three star American General.” The paper records: “Strategy was discussed at length”, with other UK government Ministries “and their counterparts in allied states” also holding meetings – read plotting another overthrow of massive illegality, of a sovereign leader and government.

 

“L’Angleterre, ah, la perfide Angleterre …” is an expression regarding Britain believed to go back as far as the 13th century relating to acts of “duplicity, treachery and infidelity” in relations with other nation states, states Wiki neatly.

 

Prime Minister Cameron is determined to involve Britain in more bloodshed, having learned nothing from his disastrous involvement in Libya – sorry, he is: “ … determined that more should be done by Britain to bring an end to the strife …” That would be a first, and of course Foreign Secretary Hague (“I have been a Conservative Friend of Israel since I was sixteen”) has long been stating that Britain must arm the insurgents and pledging considerable sums to do so.

 

Seemingly it was blithely decided at the meeting that since “boots on the ground” ie., another illegal invasion is to be excluded (we’ll see) “training camps can be set up in Turkey” for the terrorists.

 

The use of air power and maritime forces, it was thought would be likely to lead to “charges that, as in Libya, the West is carrying out regime change by force.” Quite.

 

“Mission creep” is already writ large.

 

Further, a “senior Whitehall official” is quoted as saying: “If this is worth doing , then it is worth doing professionally; training the Free Syrian Army and providing them with air and maritime support.”

 

The conclusion is that another murderous intervention is: “now inevitable.” French military advisers have apparently met insurgent groups in Lebanon and: “The US is said to have stockpiled weapons retrieved in Libya for future supply” to the insurgents.

 

The action, as Iraq, is planned to go ahead without UN authorization, since that would in near certainty be blocked by China and Russia on the Security Council.

 

One multi-million dollar question remains, will Russia and China sit quietly on the sidelines and allow another bloodbath and overthrow, having been so comprehensively duped over Libya?

 

Oh, and will there be another hapless Ambassador Christopher Stevens type, landing with a contingency of US-armed thugs, from a cargo ship laden with weapons and equipment, or have America’s “diplomats” been overcome with a derring-do deficit after the terrible events of Benghazi on 11th September?

 

http://www.globalresearch.ca/secret-meetings-in-london-plotting-to-wage-war-on-syria-without-un-authorization/5315176

[Johannes]

Satkadz turk spa Ras Basit tzovapum

 

Killed turkish aggressor (officer) in Syria - Ras Baseet

[Johannes]

Banterits azat ardzakel, paymanov vor Syriayum krven

Gaxtni teghekagir; Saudian Arabia

 

Document from Saudi authority to liberate murderers from Saudi prisons on condition to fight against Syrian people.

Edited December 12, 2012 by Johannes

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SYRIA KURDS TO START FORMING THEIR ARMY

 

tert.am

11.12.12

 

Syrian Kurds, who established control over some areas in the north of

Syria in the middle of this year, have begun creating an independent

army, the Russian media report, citing a statement by the head of

the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria Sherkoh Abbas.

 

"The main goal of our army is to protect the territory of Syrian

Kurdistan from any armed intervention, whether Assad's forces or

Islamist militant groups," said Abbas.

 

The US and Western European countries have agreed to provide military

and financial assistance in the establishment of an independent Kurdish

army, which, in their opinion, could prevent spread of radical Islam

in Syria.

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Syrian Truth l Mehr News Agency l

 

Only after 3 days of the horrific crime by the FSA in using children to behead Assad loyalists, US president announced his country’s formal recognition of Syrian Opposition as legitimate representative of Syrian people.

 

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1764753

[MosJan]

achqis rusner@ iylyevs suro koxqin chen..

[Johannes]

achqis rusner@ iylyevs suro koxqin chen..

Bogdanovi asatz@ nkati unes?

[MosJan]

americyan norutyunnerin hetevelov em asum, de mez hima arden amerikatsy en asum.. menq el amerikyan norutyunnern en ushi ushov lsum mek mek el havatum.. . che achqis rus@ arji barekamutyuna anum norits..

[Johannes]

Syrian Truth | English

‎#Syria #News #freedom #Revolution

 

Syrian Truth l global research l Syria Propaganda Looking a Lot Like Iraq Propaganda

by grtv

 

How can you tell when a country is about to get invaded? Listen to the sellout traitor talking heads on television tell you the country has "weapons of mass destruction" or "chemical weapons" and is "about to use them on their own people". The gullible American public fell for it once, the media and government assume it will work again... only will it?

http://tv.globalresearch.ca/2012/12/syria-propaganda-looking-lot-iraq-propaganda

 

Syria Propaganda Looking a Lot Like Iraq Propaganda | Global Research TV

tv.globalresearch.ca

 

 

 

[Johannes]

americyan norutyunnerin hetevelov em asum, de mez hima arden amerikatsy en asum.. menq el amerikyan norutyunnern en ushi ushov lsum mek mek el havatum.. . che achqis rus@ arji barekamutyuna anum norits..

http://tert.am/am/news/2012/12/14/us-russia-syria/

 

[Johannes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAfRlgWLDo0&feature=youtu.be

 

Turkish Al Qaida militant promoting to butcher all "infidel" Syrians

Edited December 14, 2012 by Johannes

[Johannes]

Syrian Truth l Syria News 13.12.2012, Children and Women Martyred in a Car Bomb, Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility

 

Foreign and Expatriates Ministry Completely Denies Rumors about Syrian Arab Army Using Scud Missiles against Armed Terrorist Groups

 

 

* Syria Concerned Over US Postponement of Nuclear-free Middle East Conference

* A Number of Citizens, including Children and Women, Martyred, in Car Bomb Explosions in Qatana and Jdeidet al-Fadl

* Al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra Claims Responsibility for Wednesday Terrorist Attacks on Interior Ministry Building

* Chinese, Iranian and Russian officials stressed the necessity of solving the crisis in Syria by peaceful means and without foreign interference in the Syrian affairs

* Armed Forces Target Terrorists Gatherings, Kill Scores of Them in Aleppo Countryside

 

[Arpa]

 

Bogdanovi asatz@ nkati unes?

Lies and more lies .

Little lies big lies,

White lies, yellow lies and now red lies.

See highlight below how words are taken out of context to deceive the world and used as an excuse to attack.. Patriot missiles? Watch out Iran, Russia and China.

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20121214/178156361.html

 

Russian Diplomats Downplay Suggestion of Assad’s Defeat

 

Mikhail Bogdanov has not made any specific statements for the press on Syria in recent days, the ministry said on Friday.

The Syrian conflict was discussed at a roundtable in Moscow on Thursday, attended by Bogdanov, where speakers cited the Syrian opposition’s statements about their inevitable victory, the ministry explained in the carefully worded statement

See also. Poor furkey needs protection?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/world/europe/panetta-orders-deployment-of-us-anti-missile-units-in-turkey.html?_r=0

The irony. That so called incirlik (fig farm/tzeni) air base was once part of Kilikia.

United States to Deploy Anti-Missile Units in Turkey

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The plight of Middle East Christians took me back to Lebanon

I returned to the place I was held hostage to help the hundreds of

thousands of Christians fleeing Syria, Iraq and Egypt

 

 

Terry Waite

guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 11 December 2012 09.30 GMT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/11/terry-waite-plight-christians-lebanon?INTCMP=SRCH

 

A Syrian man shows marks of torture inflicted after rebels took

control of a Christian area of Aleppo. Photograph: James Lawler

Duggan/AFP/Getty Images

Last week I returned to Lebanon, a quarter of a century after being

kidnapped and held captive for almost five years, most of the time

chained to a wall and denied many basic comforts. You might think such

a trip foolhardy, but the crisis developing there desperately needs

attention.

 

I had been invited to go back to see for myself the plight of the many

Christian refugees who are flooding across the Syrian/Lebanese border,

and travelled to the Bekaa Valley to visit the refugees who have been

forced into exile from Syria. The situation there is tragic. Syria has

a unique and rich history of religious diversity and tolerance, and in

the past Christians and Muslims have shared the same place of worship.

Since the beginning of Islam, they have lived in relative harmony -

but the war is pushing Christians out, and many believe there will be

no way back.

 

Worthy as the proponents of political change may be, there are now

elements of the Arab spring that have been hijacked by Islamic

extremists who want to impose sharia law and banish Syrian Christians,

who make up about 10% of the population. This has created a very

hostile environment for minorities. I met refugee families living in

dire circumstances in Lebanese border towns, and heard first hand

their harrowing stories.

 

In the early 20th century, Christians made up to 20% of the population

in the Middle East; that figure has now dwindled to around 5%. Before

the Arab spring Christians in Syria were businesspeople, engineers,

lawyers and pharmacists. While Assad brutally restricted political

freedoms, the regime did allow the Syrian people religious freedom -

more so than elsewhere in the Middle East. Now Christians are leaving

the country. The occupied territories of Palestine are also rapidly

losing their Christian communities. Egypt is in turmoil with a series

of anti-Coptic Christian riots; Libya is a disaster. In Iraq 300,000

Christians have fled persecution since the downfall of Saddam Hussein.

An estimated 100,000 Christians have left Syria, many to border towns

like al-Qaa. Lebanon is the last country in the Middle East where

Christians can live in relative peace and security.

 

Al-Qaa is a dusty, somewhat ramshackle town which has been the scene

of numerous border clashes across the years. It is here that many of

the Christian families who have escaped from the terrors of warfare in

Syria find a temporary home. More than 200 families are housed in and

around al-Qaa, mainly being taken into the homes of other Christian

families or renting properties. The people I met were not well off.

Families I visited told similar stories. The conflict had become so

severe that they had been forced to leave their homes. In one place,

there were 15 people living in four small rooms. "The Arab spring is a

joke," said one of the refugees. "It has become another form of

persecution."

 

Leaving al-Qaa, I travelled to Zahle, another border town, to talk

with the Melkite archbishop, John Darwish. A mild-mannered and gentle

man, he is gravely concerned about the breakdown in relationships in

Syria and the number of refugees flocking into Lebanon. He told me of

a remarkable agreement that took place in 2006 between Hezbollah, the

group that abducted me, and the Free Patriotic Movement, a mainstream

Christian political party, which counts many members from the

Christian enclave of al-Qaa.

 

Cynics might regard this agreement as being nothing more than

political expediency, and of course the politics of the situation does

play heavily in the situation. However, it may well be that this

agreement paves the way for the only solution possible for Lebanon,

and indeed for the surrounding countries. Given the ethnic and

religious mix in Lebanon, the only sensible solution is for the

different communities to respect each other and live and work together

for the good of the country.

 

Forgiveness is a central Christian teaching. With this in mind, I

sought and obtained a meeting with a senior official from Hezbollah

and spent two hours in discussion with him. Hezbollah has a negative

image in the west, and there are those who will accuse me of

consorting with terrorists. I would remind them that Hezbollah has

grown into a fully fledged political party with seats in Lebanon's

parliament, and is now in a unique position to work for peace in the

region. I made a special request for Hezbollah to give assistance to

the Syrian and Iraqi Christian refugees in Lebanon, especially at

Christmas time. This request was favourably received.

 

We met late at night, in an anonymous apartment block in south Beirut,

probably less than a mile from where I was held all those years ago,

although I will never be certain where my underground cell was

located. It was initially difficult: why was I there? What did I want?

But as we spoke over coffee and apple juice, things lightened as I

explained that my little act of reconciliation with them could portend

a hundred other, bigger acts of peace for this region and all its

peoples.

 

Almost two hours passed and the atmosphere relaxed considerably. They

invited me to return to Lebanon when I would be able to meet other

people from Hezbollah, an invitation I said that I would be happy to

accept. I left Lebanon early the next morning for London, having taken

a few steps forward both personally and on behalf of others. Old

grudges and conflicts need to be confined to the past and all groups

within the country need to be encouraged and supported to move forward

together.

 

>From a Christian perspective, Lebanon is rapidly becoming the only

remaining country in the whole of the Middle East where there is a

significant Christian presence. It will take plenty of acts of

reconciliation before Christians once again feel safe in their

homeland.

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A Bleak Outcome for Syria

 

Opinion | December 12, 2012 3:31 pm

Edmond Y. Azadian

 

Syria has been one of the most stable countries in the Middle East and

home for the most affluent Armenian community attached to its roots

and heritage.

 

The deportations and the Genocide of 1915 ended in Northern Syria;

millions perished in Der Zor and survivors settled in Aleppo. For many

decades Aleppo has educated and provided writers, editors, teachers as

well as political and religious leaders to the Armenian communities in

the Middle East and beyond. That is why all calls and appeals around

the world to help Armenians in Syria emanate not only from a

humanitarian concern, but from a rightful gratitude that the Diaspora

Armenians owe to that embattled community.

 

For many years, that proud and prominent Armenian community has proven

to be a thorn in the side of the Turks, especially with its clout in

Syria and its Martyrs Monument in Der Zor, bordering modern-day

Turkey. Pictures and news broadcast from Syria painfully present the

destruction inflicted on the Der Zor Church and monument by Turkey's

hired guns to overthrow the government in Syria.

 

In addition, threats are being directed at Armenians in Kessab to

abandon the region, which they have inhabited since Roman times.

Kessab was also situated in the southeastern border of the Cilician

principalities and the kingdom which lasted for 300 years. Therefore,

within the framework of the larger Syrian conflict, Turkey is

conducting a mini-genocide as its attempts at eradicating the Armenian

people from its original habitat continue.

 

Of course, this does not concern or bother the parties involved in the

Syrian war, which is continuing ferociously and thus far has claimed

more than 40,000 casualties, including many Armenians.

 

Each party has its own objective in destroying Syria. Therefore, it

will be our concern to point out the reality and pursue a policy which

will help our community in Syria, whether or not that policy is in

synch with the goals of the parties engaged in this bloody conflict.

 

No one can exonerate the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his

father, Hafez Assad, from being dictators. But Armenians have been

protected and enjoyed a privileged life under both rulers. The Syrian

people have also experienced prosperity despite all outside pressures

to isolate the country economically.

 

The irony in this conflict is, as pointed out by remarks by Robert

Fiske, Middle East correspondent of the Independent daily of London,

that a host of Middle Eastern despots, beginning in the tiny

principality of Qatar and ending in the medieval monarchy of Saudi

Arabia, have been commissioned to bring democracy to Syria.

 

Another such medieval monarchy, Morocco, has also joined the fray in

hosting and organizing Syrian opposition groups on its territory.

Along with the other `messengers of democracy,' this corrupt kingdom

has been fighting the Polisario Front freedom fighters to keep their

people in Western Sahara under its domination.

 

Of course, Syria being on the fault line of East-West confrontation -

throughout the Cold War and beyond - it has been on the wrong side of

the Middle Eastern chessboard of politics.

 

First, being a bastion of Arab nationalism on the frontline with

Israel has irritated the West tremendously. This war has nothing to do

with democracy; it is a grand scheme to eliminate one by one all the

regimes in the region considered threats to Israel, and some of the

Arab regimes engaged in the battle have become accessories to that

policy.

 

The other `mistake' of the Syrian regime is to be aligned with Iran,

and they are both considered Russian allies by default in the

continuing Cold War. Russia also has its own interests in the region;

the collapse of the Assad regime may have a domino effect on the

Iran-Syria axis, at a high cost to Moscow's foreign policy.

 

The Syrian war, which began with peaceful protests against Assad's

regime in March 2011, escalated into a civil war, mainly because of

outside interference and the launch of a proxy war for foreign

interests seeking regime change in Syria. Recently a radical Islamist

group seized large swathes of a Syrian military base west of Aleppo,

consolidating its control over the territory, near the Turkish border,

as reported by Agence France Presse. It was most revealing to find in

a report filed by Elad Benari in the Israel National News that `many

of the fighters are non-Syrians and one of the leaders, who identified

himself as Abu Talha, said he is from Uzbekistan.'

 

Any political analyst has to be endowed with the wildest possible

imagination to the see the aspirations of the Syrian people for

democracy in a thug from Uzbekistan, of all places.

 

Of course the West has been using these extremist groups to achieve

short-term goals with the consequence of creating long- term threats

to its own security. Osama bin Laden was armed by the US with shoulder

held Stringer rockets to shoot down Soviet MiG jets in Afghanistan,

but who ended up bringing down the World Trade Center in New York.

These groups have proved over time that they are loose cannons

dedicated to their own extremist ideology and can only harm civilized

societies.

 

The Syrian conflict has spilled over from the Middle Eastern borders

into a worldwide confrontation between East and West, with the US and

the European Union insisting on regime change in Syria while Russia

and China blame foreign interference in Syria in the United Nations.

 

Recent meetings between President Vladimir Putin and Premier Recep

Tayyip Erdogan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign

Minister Sergei Lavrov were not able to break the deadlock.

 

Russian officials have repeatedly said that Moscow is not insisting

that Assad remain in power, but that his fate must not be decided by

foreign governments or external forces including the UN Security

Council. Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, has specifically

indicated that `We cannot say, sitting in Ankara or London or Qatar

that Assad must go. That cannot be, it is not viable. Such decisions

could potentially lead to a worsening of the situation.'

 

The US secretary of state, visiting Dublin, has countered the Russian

position by directing her criticism to the internal developments in

Russia, away from the Syrian conflict.

 

In her recent pronouncements, she seems more and more like a Cold War

relic, and perhaps, she is planning her political comeback in the 2016

presidential election with that agenda.

 

Before her meeting with Lavrov, Mrs. Clinton took aim at what she

described as a new wave of repressive tactics and laws aimed at

criminalizing US outreach efforts. `The trends are indicative of a

larger reversal of freedoms for the citizens of Russia, Belarus,

Turkmenistan and other countries that emerged from the breakup of the

Soviet Union two decades ago. There is a move to re-Sovietize the

region.... It's not going to be called that. It's going to be called a

Customs Union, it will be called a Eurasian Union and all of that,'

she said, referring to the Russian-led efforts for greater regional

integration. `But let's not make a mistake about it. We know what the

goal is and we are trying to figure out effective ways to slow down or

prevent it.'

 

In the above quote by Mrs. Clinton, Armenia falls within `other

countries that emerged from the breakup of the Soviet Union.' And

Moscow has been twisting the arm of that `other country' to join the

Eurasian Union. Therefore, no mater what foreign policy may Armenia

adopt, it is perceived by the Foggy Bottom to be in the Russian sphere

of influence and that answers many questions which have been torturing

Armenians; why doesn't Mr. Obama use the word `Genocide?' Why doesn't

the State Department criticize Azerbaijan for destroying Armenian

monu- ments in Jugha? Why doesn't Karabagh conflict get solved? Why

doesn't Washington demand Turkey to end blockading Armenia? Why does

the US aid to Armenian dwindle?

 

All the answers to these questions are within the subtext of the new

Cold War being reconfigured.

 

Coming back to Syria, which generated this global analysis, two major

prospects are very obvious. First, no matter whatever the outcome of

the conflict, the vibrant Syrian-Armenian community will not be the

same any longer.

 

Next, in the a broader perspective of the Arab Spring (or Nightmare) -

which the Syrian conflict is part of - the policy is achieving its

goal in this artificially-created turmoil because no one (except as a

form of lip service) is talking any more about the Palestinian people

nor the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 

http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/12/12/a-bleak-outcome-for-syria/

[Johannes]

This is not civil war and there were not peaceful protests. Edited December 14, 2012 by Johannes

[Arpa]

Edmond Azadian is an IDIOT.

Was his family name koeseyan previously?

What the hell kind of Armenian name is Edmond?

Edited December 14, 2012 by Arpa

[Johannes]

Brazil's president: Russia's Stances on Crisis in Syria Constructive

Dec 14, 2012

MOSCOW, (SANA) – President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff on Friday stressed Brazil's total support to the Russian stances on the crisis in Syria.

 

After her meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Rousseff welcomed the efforts exerted by Moscow to solve the crisis in Syria.

 

"We Believe that the stances of Russia on the developments in the Middle East and particularly on the events in Syria are constructive. We share Russia the fears of military escalation in Syria," she said.

 

Rousseff expressed Brazil's welcome of granting Palestine a non-Member Observer State status in the United Nations.

 

M. Nassr/ M. Ismael

http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/22/2012/12/14/457278.htm

[Johannes]

Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia Has Not and Will Not Change Its Stance on Syria

Dec 14, 2012

MOSCOW, (SANA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Alexander Lukashevich, renewed the Russian stance towards Syria, saying his country's stance is firm as it has always been and does not change.

 

"Russia did not sleep so as to wake up later. Our stance is firm and remains the way it has always been and doesn't change," Lukashevich told a press conference in Moscow in response to statements made by the U.S. State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland.

 

While reviewing a report on the Russian Foreign Ministry work in 2012, the Russian diplomat expressed Moscow's readiness to help get Syria out of the crisis "which reached a deadlock."

 

Lukashevich highlighted in this context the statements made by the Russian President's Envoy to the Middle East and Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, in which the latter reiterated Russia's firm stance on the crisis in Syria based on the Geneva Statement.

 

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry denied in a statement making any statements or interviews on the development of situation in Syria in the past few days.

 

The statement stressed that the Special Representative of the Russian President for the Middle East and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov made no statement or exclusive interviews unlike what has been circulated by Russian and foreign media outlets.

 

It added that the meeting of the Social Chamber on Middle East and North Africa on December 13th discussed the Syrian issue and the known allegations of some representatives of the extremist Syrian opposition and their foreign funders who predict to achieve victory over the Syrian government have been quoted.

 

It indicated that Bogdanov reiterated Russia's principled stance, affirming that there is no alternative to the political settlement in Syria on the basis of the Geneva statement adopted by the work group meeting on June 30th.

 

R. Raslan / H. Said/ Ghossoun

http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/22/2012/12/14/457203.htm

[Johannes]

Russian Foreign Ministry Denies Making Statements or Exclusive Interviews on Situation in Syria Recently

Dec 14, 2012

MOSCOW, (SANA) - Russia's Foreign Ministry denied making any statements or interviews on the development of situation in Syria in the past few days.

 

In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry said that the Special Representative of the Russian President for the Middle East and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov made no statement or exclusive interviews unlike what has been circulated by Russian and foreign media outlets.

 

The statement added that the meeting of the Social Chamber on Middle East and North Africa on December 13th discussed the Syrian issue and the known allegations of some representatives of the extremist Syrian opposition and their foreign funders who predict to achieve victory over the Syrian government have been quoted.

 

It indicated that Bogdanov reiterated Russia's principled stance, affirming that there is no alternative to the political settlement in Syria on the basis of the Geneva statement adopted by the work group meeting on June 30th.

 

R. Raslan / Ghossoun

http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/22/2012/12/14/457203.htm

 

Syrian Arab news agency - SANA - Syria : Syria news ::

www.sana-syria.com

 

[Johannes]

Al-Jaafari : Solving Crisis in Syria Couldn't Be Achieved Through Funding and Harboring Armed Terrorists

Dec 14, 2012

NEW YORK, SANA_ Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari, reiterated Syria's readiness to cooperate with international organizations working in Syria starting off its commitment to the UN General Assembly resolutions on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations and those stress the necessity of respecting a state's sovereignty, regional safety and national unity and not interfering in its internal affairs.

 

Al-Jaafari was speaking at the UN General Assembly's open session to discuss the agenda item 70 (a) on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance.

 

He stressed Syria's deep belief in the importance of coordinating humanitarian efforts to convey humanitarian aid to the affected citizens in urgent circumstances in terms of the UN General Assembly resolution no 46/182 which outlines a framework for humanitarian assistance and a set of guiding principles for the work of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

 

He added that the Syrian government, throughout the current crisis, spared no efforts to provide urgent aid to its citizens and formed a committee to follow up on the humanitarian situation of the affected citizens whether to provide food and health aid, compensate for the damage caused by the armed terrorist groups' acts or to rehabilitate the infrastructure to resume providing social and

healthcare services.

 

Al-Jaafari added that a higher committee for relief was formed in order to coordinate efforts exerted to help the affected people and 547 temporary makeshift shelters were opened as a result of the Syrian government's hard work under these difficult circumstances.

 

He pointed out that the Syrian government cooperated with the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA ), the Office of the Higher Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of Red Cross and provided all necessary facilitations to convey humanitarian aid to those who need them all over the Syrian territories.

 

He added that the revised Syria Humanitarian Response Plan was implemented and the Syrian government granted licenses to more than 80 non-governmental organizations to contribute to the implementation of the response plan.

 

Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN stressed that the Syrian government will provide all facilitations to humanitarian workers and grant licenses to the OCHA for field visits to several areas in Syria without any delay.

 

He indicated that Syria had a constructive participation in 6 meetings of the Humanitarian Forum held in Geneva and tackled the situation in Syria.

 

Al-Jaafari pointed out that the government's humanitarian efforts were hindered by several obstacles as the countries which are known for their support to the armed terrorism in Syria continued funding, arming and protecting armed terrorist groups in Syria.

 

He reported the statement of the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, in Geneva on Thursday as saying that the situation in Syria is exceptional because the intensive battles in the country and the involvement of regional and international powers in it…

 

http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/22/2012/12/14/457201.htm

 

Syrian Arab news agency - SANA - Syria : Syria news ::

www.sana-syria.com

Syrian Arab News Agency (sana) The goals of the agency were specified as gathering news and distributing it to individuals and media institutions to provide them with objective news services, and to focus on Syria's just causes regionally and internationally.

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http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/337/2012/12/13/457044.htm

[Johannes]

 

http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/22/2012/12/14/457240.htmChina: Syrian People to Determine Syria's Future, the International Community Should Help

Dec 14, 2012

BEIJING, (SANA)- China reaffirmed that the future and destiny of Syria should be determined by the Syrian people through a political process, pointing out that the international community should play a constructive role to realize this aim.

 

Spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hong Lei, stressed in statements on Friday the necessity to push forward for launching a political transitional process led by the Syrian people as soon as possible in order to reach an appropriate just and peaceful solution to the situation in Syria.

 

"The international community should play a positive and constructive role to help the parties concerned achieve this goal," Hong was quoted as saying by the Chinese Xinhua news agency.

 

He expressed his country's readiness to communicate with all the parties in Syria, noting that Beijing follows the reports coming from Syria and still considers that Syria's future and destiny should be determined by the Syrian people.

 

The Chinese diplomat pointed out that the priority now is to bring the acts of violence to a halt.

 

H. Said

 

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[Johannes]

 

Former Spanish Officer Admits He Trained and Fought with Armed Groups in Syria

Dec 14, 2012

MADRID, (SANA)- A former Spanish air force officer admitted that he participated in training the armed terrorist groups and fighting along them in Syria.

 

The Agence France-Presse quoted officer Luis Munar as saying that he trained militants in Syria, mostly as young as 15 who had never held guns, how to use Kalashnikov, DShK missiles and machineguns mounted on pick-up trucks.

 

The former Spanish officer further acknowledged that besides the training he also took part in the fighting along with the armed groups in Syria.

 

H. Said

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Edited December 14, 2012 by Johannes