The truth about Syria

[Johannes]

a relative of ours was kidnapped a few months ago, beaten badly, and kept in captivity for a several weeks... he was released only after the family paid a hefty sum of ransom...

 

Երկարահասակ, կապուտաչեայ, ուրֆացի երիտասա՞րդ մը:

[Yervant1]

14:26 18/03/2013 » Region

Iranian media on Azerbaijan’s role in Syrian war

 

 

Young Azerbaijanis participate in the Syrian war on the part of Wahhabis, says an article on Arastabar.ir.

Citing Fakt Xeber, the Iranian website reports that in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait, Salafi/Wahabbist instructors acquaint their pupils with the Salafist teaching and then after a special training they are sent to participate in the military operations in Syria.

Arannews.ir reported recently that Azerbaijan gave 500,000 euros financial assistance to Syrian terrorists by Turkey’s mediation.

Iran’s Fars news agency said that Turkish National Intelligence Organization had transported 93 members of al-Qaeda and Taliban – nationals of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan - to Istanbul from Pakistan's North Waziristan region on September 10, 2012, via Turkish Airlines.

Radio Liberty, citing Syria’s state-run news agency SANA, reported on October 19 that Azerbaijani national Hasin Ghazli was killed in a fighting between servicemen and armed terrorists in Aleppo.

Dozens of terrorists were killed in clashes between Syrian government forces and terrorists in Aleppo, one of which was an Azerbaijani national, Arannews.ir said on November 9.

 

Source: Panorama.am

[Harut]

Երկարահասակ, կապուտաչեայ, ուրֆացի երիտասա՞րդ մը:

ոչ: միջահասակ, թխադեմ, հիսունն անց, ոչ ուրֆացի տղամարդ: Edited March 19, 2013 by Harut

[Arpa]

The Liars’ Club is working overtime. The lies are getting bigger and bolder.

Are we counting the hours and minutes to the Zero Hour?

Remember that saddam was attacked for having killed/gassed his own people (kurds) in Halabja, and having WMDs, nklr and chemical weapons. Yes saddam was executed for his sins, but see what has been happening in Iraq, even today, ten years after.**

Chemical Biological weapons? No talk of nklr ***yet!! For nklr go to the comedy club of telaviv- Tehran axis.

http://news.yahoo.com/ambassador-no-evidence-chemical-syria-144508422--politics.html

 

NATO? Read furkey.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/19/us-commander-contingency-plans-under-way-for-possible-military-involvement-in/

 

** http://www.armytimes.com/news/2013/03/ap-iraq-bombings-kill-65-decade-after-invasion-031913/

 

*** Here is a picture of Mr. NKLR

http://agoratelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/imggeorge20w20bush3.jpg

 

And his buddy What, me worry kid Alfred E Newman

http://www.leconcombre.com/concpost/us/postcard4/alfred_e_neuman.jpg

[Yervant1]

Rebels tried to intrude Armenian districts of Aleppo: Several Armenians wounded

http://armenpress.am/static/news/b/2013/04/713580.jpg16:38, 2 April, 2013

 

YEREVAN, APRIL 2, ARMENRPESS. Clashes between the governmental forces and armed rebels flared up in Aleppo during the recent days. The Press Secretary of the Armenian National Prelacy of Aleppo Jirair Reisian stated this in a conversation with "Armenpress". In addition he stressed that the clashes mainly take place in Sheikh Makhsood district, which is very close to the Armenian regions. The district is mostly populated with the Kurds, along with a small number of Armenians. The local Armenians moved to other regions for the security reasons. The Aleppo-Armenian emergency unit tries to take care of them as much as possible.

Among other things Reisian noted that the rebels tried to intrude the Armenian districts and a number of bombs exploded in the Armenian districts. Several Armenians were wounded in the explosions. Fortunately, their injuries are not serious. There is a danger that the Armenian districts may become arena for clashes.

The Press Secretary of the Armenian National Prelacy of Aleppo Jirair Reisian also stated that the city has been deprived of electricity for 4-5 days.

In accordance with the UN data clashes lasting for already two years in Syria caused death of over 70 thousand people, including more than five dozens Armenians.

[Arpa]

This is eerie.

I am intimately familiar with the one time Armenian Enclave Sheikh Maksood. I was not actually born there but I lived my first 2 decades there. At one time the enclave was exclusively Armenian, heavily Evangelikcal and Catholic , there is a reason for that**. Of course there were Apostolics as well and a few other native Christians. During the repatriation era of 1945-46 many offered their houses for sale and the buyers were a majority of Kurds. Subsequent to that, once again the Armenians moved out to downtown Aleppo where there were infrastructures and other facilities, at which time the demography, once again shifted heavily to non-Armenian non-Christian population. Surveying the present maps of Aleppo I get the impression that the suburb has grown tremendously towards the north.

Sheikh Maksood is at the northwest of Nor Giugh and Suleimanieh, directly west of Bostan P*sh*, across the River, another Armenian enclave which has also been in the news lately. It is at this side of the slope of a hill, while the other side looked at the cemeteries, mostly Armenian of all denominations as well as some non-Armenian Christians.***

Speaking of cemeteries, the Monday after Easter was/is known as Mereleots/ Memorial day when the entire Armenian (and other Christian) community would visit the graves of their dearly departed. The day would be a virtual festival when the leading highway would be wall to wall with people walking as well as some vehicles, vendors of all kinds selling flowers and other trinkets, food and drinks. The atmosphere at the cemeteries would be as festive as well, specially with the clergy soliciting the visitors to pray for a fee.

This past Monday April 1 was the traditional day of Merelots, which also coincided with the major onslaught of the so called rebels on Sheikh Maksood For which reason, according to Azdak, understandably the traditional pilgrimage was not held, instead the memorials were held at their respective churches.

 

**The land was secured and assisted by Rev. Aharon Shrajian (Evangelical) and Bishop Ter Boghos Chalikian (Catholic), both Marash born. I have mentioned this before, that our house was less than a 100 meters from the tracks of the Orient Express, a major source of entertainment for us.

***Armenians are a bunch of rude idiots, which partially explains the fact that we have such pejorative and insulting (furkish) family names. Even today, after so many years in conversations with former Aleppines I alk about Sheikh Maksood very few will know until I use the pejorative nickname of Khortlakh dagh, for obvious reasons furkish for Skeleton mountain. As children we were teased and bullied for this reason. To the south west of it, beyond the cemeteries there was another Armenian enclave, Davudieh, which once again would recognize unless one calls it by its pejorative name Bolshevik dagh, apparently nicknamed so because the early inhabitants were non-Dashnaks.

Edited April 3, 2013 by Arpa

[MosJan]

Rumors confirmed: Christian women being raped in Aleppo

 

http://media.pn.am/media/issue/152/647/photo/152647.jpg

http://static.pn.am/images/cmnts.gifApril 3, 2013 - 20:50 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A statement has been published in Halebahayotion Facebook page, with rumors suggesting Christian women are raped in Aleppo, confirmed.

“To all the human race in all the world, we hereby notify you, full of anger and grief, that the gossip about Christian girls in Syria being raped while the offender praises Allah 3 times (saying Allah is the Greatest) is unfortunately true. We have confirmed the news but we do not know the exact number of victims.

We do not like sectarianism, and we do not like killing people. History reminds us of the hundreds of thousands of Christians in the Middle East who have been massacred. They were slaughtered like sheep in our own country by the Ottoman Empire at the start of the 20th century. History repeated itself in Iraq and the world still kept silent. Now it is being repeated in Sheikh Maksoud, a town near Aleppo.

The perpetrator is the same, the hatred they have is the same, the lust they have is the same but the victim today will not keep silent like a sheep. The victim today will take action and cut off not only the hand but also the head of any perpetrator. Today history will have to change it’s course. Many countries kept silent during 1915 as this same perpetrator massacred 1.5 million Armenians. Today those same countries keep quiet and take no action.

They pretend to be freedom callers, they claim to have brotherliness, they claim they are peace loving, forgiving striving and calling to Jihad for the sake of their rights... the right to what? Raping women? Or praising Allah as they rape women?

Directing our words now to all military commanders in Sheikh Maksoud and demand that all criminals be held accountable for their transgressions and that their legal punishments be executed. If these offenders are not held accountable then we as Christians, Muslims, Druze, Armenians, Kurds as a whole and as children of Syria without any sectarian differentiation or racism will take matters into our own hands. We will not wait for the official army or any other. We will defend our own human rights, our honor and our virtue.

The aim of this letter is not to incite sectarian strife and it’s not a trick played by the regime or the opposition. Both the regime and the opposition forces are playing their dirty games on or account.

This is a letter from Syrian Citizens,” the statement reads.

[Johannes]

Rumors confirmed: Christian women being raped in Aleppo

 

http://media.pn.am/media/issue/152/647/photo/152647.jpg

http://static.pn.am/images/cmnts.gifApril 3, 2013 - 20:50 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A statement has been published in Halebahayotion Facebook page, with rumors suggesting Christian women are raped in Aleppo, confirmed.

“To all the human race in all the world, we hereby notify you, full of anger and grief, that the gossip about Christian girls in Syria being raped while the offender praises Allah 3 times (saying Allah is the Greatest) is unfortunately true. We have confirmed the news but we do not know the exact number of victims.

We do not like sectarianism, and we do not like killing people. History reminds us of the hundreds of thousands of Christians in the Middle East who have been massacred. They were slaughtered like sheep in our own country by the Ottoman Empire at the start of the 20th century. History repeated itself in Iraq and the world still kept silent. Now it is being repeated in Sheikh Maksoud, a town near Aleppo.

The perpetrator is the same, the hatred they have is the same, the lust they have is the same but the victim today will not keep silent like a sheep. The victim today will take action and cut off not only the hand but also the head of any perpetrator. Today history will have to change it’s course. Many countries kept silent during 1915 as this same perpetrator massacred 1.5 million Armenians. Today those same countries keep quiet and take no action.

They pretend to be freedom callers, they claim to have brotherliness, they claim they are peace loving, forgiving striving and calling to Jihad for the sake of their rights... the right to what? Raping women? Or praising Allah as they rape women?

Directing our words now to all military commanders in Sheikh Maksoud and demand that all criminals be held accountable for their transgressions and that their legal punishments be executed. If these offenders are not held accountable then we as Christians, Muslims, Druze, Armenians, Kurds as a whole and as children of Syria without any sectarian differentiation or racism will take matters into our own hands. We will not wait for the official army or any other. We will defend our own human rights, our honor and our virtue.

The aim of this letter is not to incite sectarian strife and it’s not a trick played by the regime or the opposition. Both the regime and the opposition forces are playing their dirty games on or account.

This is a letter from Syrian Citizens,” the statement reads.

 

NOT true

[Yervant1]

INCREASE IN NUMBER OF AZERBAIJANI MILITIAS IN SYRIA IS WORRISOME - ARMENIAN EXPERT

 

April 04, 2013 | 16:10

 

YEREVAN. - The Azerbaijani society is facing serious problems and

experiencing a deep crisis, Arab Studies specialist Sargis Grigoryan

said during a press conference on Thursday, reflecting on the death

of thirty Azerbaijani militias in Syria.

 

"Primarily the youth of the Azerbaijani society respond to the calls

for an Islamic war at the battlefronts. The death of the thirty

Azerbaijanis also speaks to the fact that the number of Azerbaijanis

that have gotten involved in the Syrian crisis reaches hundreds,"

Grigoryan stressed.

 

In his words, unlike the Western countries, which state about

fighting against the Islamists that return from Syria, the Azerbaijani

authorities do not stand out with such steps.

 

"I believe this comes to prove that this refers to conducting

a designed policy. The Azerbaijani guerrillas acquire know-how, by

taking part in military operations at Islamic fronts, [and] upon

returning to the homeland, their know-how could be used in other

directions," the Arab Studies specialist noted, and added that the

Azerbaijanis are fighting wars also in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq,

Mali, and in several other countries.

 

Sargis Grigoryan expressed a conviction that all this is worrisome

because Azerbaijan is Armenia's neighbor.

 

News from Armenia - NEWS.am

[Johannes]

Syrian Community in the US Holds Mass for Peace in Syria

Apr 04, 2013

NEW YORK, (SANA)-The Syrian Arab community in the US on Thursday held a religious mass that brought together all religions in New York under the title "Joint Prayers for Peace in Syria.

 

Representatives of all religions, Syria's permanent Envoy to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari and different official personalities took part in the mass.

 

Participants in the mass which was led by Pastor Gregory Mansour, called for working to restore peace and stability to Syria, spread amity among the Syrians.

 

Members of the Syrian community affirmed that dialogue is the only way out of the crisis in the country.

 

Ghiath Mousa, Spokesman of the Syrian-US forum said "the most important thing now is to meet altogether to show our people in Syria that we are here to support them through using all news agencies in the US to convey their word to the US administration."

 

"All participants and prayers of all religions called for the protection of our country to assert that the only solution is dialogue," Mousa added.

http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/22/2013/04/04/475962.htm

[Johannes]

Leaders of Terrorist Groups : We Receive Money and Arms from Foreign Sides

Apr 15, 2013

DAMASCUS, (SANA)- A number of leaders of the armed terrorist groups and the so-called military councils and brigades confessed to receiving money and weapons from foreign sides for perpetrating sabotage acts to undermine Syria's stability .

 

In confessions broadcast by the Syrian TV on Sunday within the first part of "Fire..Bi-Fuel and Harvesting", the terrorist groups' leaders confessed to looting public and private properties and committing massacres against the innocent Syrians to accuse the Syrian army of having done so.

 

They divulged the big role of al-Jazeera and al-Arabia Satellite Channels in what is taking place in Syria through fabricating and falsifying the facts with the aim of igniting sedition in Syria.

 

They also uncovered that a number of Istanbul Council's members called them to form coordinations and websites on the facebook under various military names.

 

The leaders of terrorist groups said that Istanbul Council's members supplied them with money from the gulf countries, particularly Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Turkey and from the opposition abroad to form battalions and brigades to be included under the command of the so-called free army.

 

They pointed out that the armed groups' members include mercenaries who fight for money, asserting that al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra exploited the situation in Syria and committed criminal and sabotaging acts for establishing an Islamic Caliphate.

 

They stressed that one of the CIA officer who are in Jordan called Michael pledged to extend military and logistic aid to them.

 

They added that a meeting encompassing 48 persons attended by Brigadier, Nehad Nader, Colonel, Ahmad Ni'meh , the leader of the so-called the military council in Daraa and the Southern Area and Colonel, Khaled al-Hbos, the leader of the so called the military council for Damascus and its countryside in addition to persons from Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and US officers who are existed in Jordan and Prince Suleiman Bin Sultan.

 

Bin Sultan informed them during the meeting that the Saudi Arabia will offer $ 2 million to them in order to form armed groups to join the brigades which work under the command of the so-called 'the free army' .

 

The leaders of the armed terrorist groups, military councils and brigades are belonging to al-Qaeda linked jabhat al-Nusra, the founders of the so-called Ansar al-Islam gathering, al-Mikdad battalion affiliated to al-Sahabeh brigades , al-Imam al-Ghazali battalion affiliated to al-Sahabeh brigades, Ahfad al-Rasoul brigade, founder of the engineering battalion affiliated to Sukour al-Sham brigade in addition to a number of experts in manufacturing mortars and ammunitions in the eastern Ghota.

 

H. Zain / Ghossoun

sana.sy/eng/337/2013/04/15/477429.htm

[ED]

Hargeli Hovannes, yes pakelem qzer verchin post@ yev cheye tsankana vor martik ayt tesanyut@ diten

[MosJan]

akamayits 90akaneri Artsax@ hishetsy..

 

 

mardu kerparanq unen, nuynisk mardu shorer en hagnum.. bayts ari yev tes or marduts shat shat heru en der

[Zartonk]

Unfortunatley, the hidden post really is the truth about Syria.

[Johannes]

Syrian Truth l Belgian Police Raids Homes to Arrest Belgian Salafis Recruiting Terrorists to Fight in Syria

 

"Sharia for Belgium" is the main group being accused of recruiting terrorists from Belgium to go fight in Syria against the Syrian government and its people. The Belgian police raided around 50 homes in search of Salafis who are thought to be behind the recruiting. This move by the police was one of the biggest sweeps in recent years against extremists in Belgium.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i39dZCXlZC4

 

Belgian Police Raids Homes to Arrest Belgians Salafis Recruiting Terrorists to Fight in Syria

www.youtube.com

"Sharia for Belgium" is the main group being accused of recruiting terrorists from Belgium to go fight in Syria against the Syrian government and its people....

[Johannes]

Kerry to Offer More Syrian Rebel Aid as Lawmakers Seek Arms

Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to announce more non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels today at a meeting of groups fighting to oust President Bashar al- Assad, as U.S. lawmakers press the Obama administration to provide military help for the insurrection.

 

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-19/kerry-to-offer-more-syrian-rebel-aid-as-lawmakers-push-for-arms.html

 

 

 

[Johannes]

Giving bombers non-lethal aid.

 

[Johannes]

TEHRAN, (SANA)- Iran criticized the European countries which offer support to the armed terrorist groups in Syria, asserting that Syria's future is determined by its people.

 

"Only the people lead their countries", Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs, Mohammad Mehdi Akhond- zadeh said in a statement to Netherlands NRC newspaper on the sidelines of the activities of Third Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

 

Akhond- zadeh added that" it is illogical to speculate the developments of the crisis in Syria or to talk about the future of this country far from the Syrian people."

 

H. Zain/ Mazen

http://sana.sy/eng/22/2013/04/20/478223.htm

 

[Johannes]

http://yerevanmagazine.com/hye-aid-concert-benefits-syrian-armenians/

 

 

[Johannes]

#Syria #News #freedom #Revolution

 

Syrian Truth l Western-Backed Wahhabi Terrorists Wipe Out Christian Church in Deir Ezzor, Syria

A violent explosion by hardline Islamist militants fighting alongside the "Free Syrian Army" (FSA) against the Syrian government destroyed the church and convent of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars in Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria on 15 April. Fr Tony Haddad, Vice-Provincial of the Friars for the Near East, who oversees the Capuchin presence in Lebanon and Syria said: "It was the only church in Deir Ezzor still remained almost untouched so far."

 

"There are no more Christians," he said. Given the critical situation, he added: "our two friars who lived in the convent left Deir Ezzor with the Sisters of Mother Teresa and ten elders who lived with us. They were the last remaining Christians. I thank the Lord that the two friars are alive and well. The church of stones can be rebuilt one day, when a spring of peace will appear in our Middle East, " said Fr Haddad.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUqbCQznyw

[Johannes]

#Syria #News #freedom #Revolution

 

Syrian Truth l Message from the Taliban in Syria: We Shall Fight the Nations of Infidelity

This video footage shows an Arab jihadist surrounded by men carrying weapons, some who are riding horses, reading a statement from the Islamic Movement of the Taliban, which was originally founded in Afghanistan and headed by Mullah Omar.

 

The speaker vows not to let any of the Nations of Infidelity - whom he specifically refers to as Shiites and Christians - enjoy any safety or security. He also vows to implement strict Sharia law in Syria.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UMNnm00aBo

[Johannes]

DAMASCUS

 

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An armed group kidnapped two bishops in a village in Aleppo province in northern Syria, the state news agency SANA reported late Monday.

“An armed terrorist group today kidnapped Bishop Yohanna Ibrahim, head of the Syrian Orthodox Church (in Aleppo) and Bishop Boulos Yaziji, head of the Greek Orthodox Church (in Aleppo) while they were on humanitarian operations in the village of Kafr Dael in Aleppo province,” the news agency said.

Edited April 22, 2013 by Johannes

[Johannes]

Information Minister...Terrorist Groups became the US Arm in Region

 

Apr 22, 2013

 

 

MOSCOW, (SANA)-Minister of Information Omran al-Zoubi said the armed terrorist groups became "an arm" for the US in the military and political field, adding "The US has attempted to overthrow Syria through the Iraqi or the Lebanese gate, or through direct tools like Israel.

 

"The US successive administrations recognize that Syria is not a playground for their policies," the Minister said during a meeting with leadership and activities of the Syrian-Russian Friendship Association in Moscow on Monday.

 

He added that the Arab League decision regarding Syria contradicts its convention, affirming that any decision at the UN will not be legal, even if Syria's membership at the international Organization will be suspended, they will not be able to abolish the recognition of it.

 

"The real partner to Syria in all developments will be Russia, this opinion is not mine.. it is the opinion of the Syrian people and leadership," the Minister said. Al-Zoubi added that the goal of conflict in the world has never changed.. all historic events stress that there is a conflict among the interests of superpowers, but besides this conflict there is another between good and bad.

 

For his part, the Syrian Ambassador in Moscow Riad Haddad talked about the political and diplomatic war against Syria and about Qatar's destructive role aiming at killing the Syrian citizens.

 

He said that they gave Syria seat at the Arab League to the so-called opposition and they want to repeat this at the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, then at the UN.

 

Alexander Dzasokhov, Chairman of the Syrian-Russian Friendship Association said that Russia, as people and leadership, has a unified stance to support Syria in its struggle against this global war.

 

At a lecture delivered in the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Minister al-Zoubi pointed out to the strong relations between Syria and Russia throughout history.

 

"Syria is a secular state which has been always a target for extremism and extremists.. Syria is facing Arab and western mass media which do not know what is really going on the Syrian land," The Minister said.

 

He added that Syria is paying the price of that secularism, coexistence and religious diversity where it gathers 18 languages including the Aramaic language of the Christ.

 

"Syria has documents revealing that US officers are training, photographing and giving aids to the mercenaries who belong to the culture of al-Qaeda of Jabhat al-Nusra, Liwa al-Tawhid and many others," the Minister went on saying.  

 

He added "we are confident that the crisis in Syria will come to an end due to the awareness of the Syrian people and through the help of the Russian people and leadership led by President Vladimir Putin.

 

In a televised interview with ITAR TASS, the Minister affirmed that the Syrian government was the first who called for the political internal dialogue since May, 2011, this political dialogue has to be among the Syrians and there no relation to al-Qaeda or Jabhat al-Nusra.

 

He affirmed that the political program presented by President Bashar al-Assad on January 6th, 2013 is a comprehensive political, social and economic program, saying "this program is not a mere political vision, but there is a timetable for implementing it… the US, Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia hinder and obstruct any dialogue or carrying out this program."

 

On the possibility of sending petroleum from regions in northern Syria to the EU countries, al-Zoubi said "there are main countries in the EU like France and Britain which are involved in the events in Syria..Their intelligence work in Syria and the neighboring regions.. They are involved in shedding the Syrian blood since the outbreak of events, so the EU decision is not surprising.

[Johannes]

LONDON, (SANA)- The EU Counter Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove revealed that hundreds of Europeans are fighting with the armed terrorist groups in Syria.

 

De Kerchove told the British BBC network that hundreds of Europeans have gone to Syria and that some could join radical groups.

 

"Not all of them are radical when they leave. But most likely many of them will be radicalised there, will be trained," the EU's anti-terror chief said.

 

He noted that the UK, Ireland, France, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and other EU nations have significant numbers involved in the fighting, according to the BBC.

 

"As we've seen from previous situations this might create a serious threat when they get back," he added.

 

The BBC said intelligence agencies across Europe have stepped up investigations in response to the growing number of European fighters in Syria, pointing out that the Netherlands raised the terror threat level from "limited" to "substantial" last month, partly over concerns about radicalised citizens returning.

 

It added that European intelligence agencies are concerned some could return home to launch terrorist attacks. One Belgian family says their son has joined rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad's regime.

 

The British network indicated that the UK has increased efforts to track how fighters are recruited and funded, and that some politicians in Belgium have called for pre-emptive action to stop young Belgian Muslims from travelling.

 

H. Said

http://sana.sy/eng/22/2013/04/24/478970.htm

 

[Johannes]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22275456