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ANOTHER Huge explosion rocks Syria’s capital

Damascus residents and state-run TV say a huge explosion has shaken the city.

The blast followed by heavy gunfire caused panic in the capital, where a massive car bombing on Thursday near the ruling Baath party headquarters killed at least 53 people.

It was not immediately clear what the target of Monday’s explosion was and whether there were casualties.

State-run TV reported a “terrorist” explosion at the entrance to the northeastern neighborhood of [...]

BREAKING: Syrian Ambassador to Belarus Defects… Syria’s ambassador to Iraq say he is joining ‘revolution’…Starting to snowball

According to BBC World Service radio: Syria’s ambassador to Belarus is reported to have just defected.

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Syrian authorities said Thursday that their ambassador to neighboring Iraq had been fired, the first official, if roundabout, confirmation that the diplomat had defected in a new fracturing of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, which has faced a slow but growing rash of desertions.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry in Damascus said that the [...]

WikiLeaks “Syrian Files” Obtained by Flame to Set Up Assad

Susanne Posel
Infowars.com
July 7, 2012

WikiLeaks has releaseddamning emails embarrassing Syria and exposing “Syria’s opponents”, says Julian Assange. There were more than 2.4 million emails that show correspondence between “Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies” between August 2006 and March 2012.

The Associated Press reports, “WikiLeaks’ Sarah Harrison told journalists at London’s Frontline Club that the emails reveal interactions between the Syrian government and Western companies, although she declined to go into much further detail. [...]

‘Top Saddam deputy’ caught on camera lashing out against the Iraqi government

The highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein’s ousted regime, is still at large, according to a video posted on the internet.

The film shows a man, introduced as Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, lashing out against Iraq’s Shiite-led government.

It was posted on a website linked to Saddam’s now-outlawed Baath party on Saturday but it was not possible to verify the authenticity of the video.

High-profile: A video posted online Saturday purports to show Izzat [...]

The most dangerous moment in Syria’s post-independence history

Robert Fisk
The Independent
February 1, 2012

The violence grows worse. The Arab League throws up its hands in despair. Madame Clinton may huff and puff at the United Nations. But the Syrian regime and the stalwarts of the old Baath party don’t budge. Only the Arabs are unsurprised. For Syria – the “Um al-Arabia wahida”, the Mother of One Arab People, as the Baathists would have it – is a tough creature, [...]

Now US Puppet Regime in Iraq is Calling for a ‘Regime Change’ in Syria

Patrick Henningsen
Infowars.com
September 21, 2011

It’s one thing when imperial bureaucrats in Washington call for ‘regime change’, but it’s quite another thing when the rallying cry is coming from US-installed puppet regime.

In this case, we’re talking about the now fully domesticated US-puppet government of Nuri Kamal al-Maliki in Iraq, who is now calling for a regime change in its neighboring embattled country Syria. You would think that of all [...]

200 ruling Baath party members resign to protest Syrian government attacks on Daraa – Reuters

Syrian troops open fire on protesters

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/2011325145817688433.html

At least 20 killed in Daraa, according to witness, as anti-government protesters defy security crackdown.

Syrian security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters near the city of Daraa, killing at least 20 people, residents have told Al Jazeera.

“There are more than 20 martyrs …. they (security forces)
opened fire haphazardly,” the witness said.

Reuters also reported that heavy gunfire could be heard in the southern city, the focal point [...]

Syrians hold demos; Media banned from city

DARAA, Syria (AP) – Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, weeklong crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country’s autocratic regime.

There were no immediate reports of serious violence.

Daraa, the main city of southern Syria’s drought-parched agricultural heartland, has become a flashpoint for protests in a country whose leadership stands [...]

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