Why did Turkey dare shoot down a Russian Plane?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment, November 25, 2015 The Turkish government decision to down a Russian jet operating in the north of the Syrian province of Latakia is breathtaking in...
On targeting hospitals in Syria
A truck bomb explodes at the National Hospital in Jisr al-Shughur, Syria, after a daytime attack by anti-government rebels on May 10 2015. . The Wall Will Fall, a...
Russia, Syrian “patriotic” opposition agree on joint action against ISIS, Nusra front
Opposition fighters at the frontline on the outskirts of Kfar Lata, a ghost village in the Idlib province countryside of Syria, in October 2013. Photo AP. Sputnik International reports:...
Syria: Islamist factions fight each other in Idlib, Syrian army advances
Al-Nusra Front fighters stand among destroyed buildings near the front line in Yarmuk Photo: AFP/Getty Al Masdar News reports: The conglomerate Islamist factions in northern Syria “Jaysh Al-Fateh” (Army of...
Free Syrian Army ‘sharing experience’ with jihadists
In the Aleppo region of Syria, “moderate rebels“ were caught by the Syrian army while trying to flee the battlefield disguised as women. Sputnik International reports: Thirteen members of...
Meet the ‘Moderates’ the U.S. Is Supporting in Syria: They’re al-Qaeda
byEric Zuesse, as originally published by Strategic-Culture.org Increasing evidence is coming in that the groups the U.S. is trying to install into power in Syria are actually contending groups...
