US announces ‘non-lethal’ aid to Syrian rebels will resume, peace talks stall as Assad won’t resign
The US is resuming non-lethal aid to Syrian opposition forces, U.S. officials announced Monday. Coordinated by the Free Syrian Army (FSA), aid is being funneled through Turkey and will include equipment such as More...
Prince Charles speaks out against Christian persecution, targeted by Muslims in Middle East
The UK ambassador to the Holy See noted in a recent article remarks made by Prince Charles regarding the Christian persecution in the Middle East. Muslim cleric in Egypt calling for violence against Christians “I More...
Syria: Islamist invade village of Christians, threaten a massacre to impose Islamic law
Syrian village of Christians has been stormed by Islamists, threatening a massacre and now have imposed Islamic law, reports Fides. Screenshot Syrian rebels executing prisoners This has become a pattern that More...
‘Downton Abbey’ star Michelle Dockery raises awareness of Syrian refugee problem
The refugee situation in Syria has made some headlines, but Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery hopes her recent travels and stories can raise awareness and help for the children of Syria. Working with Oxfam Dockery More...
Saudi Arabia calls for US to attack Syria
Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief told European diplomats this weekend that he plans to scale back cooperating with the US to arm and train Syrian rebels in protest against Washington’s policy in the region, More...
Syria: Car bombing near Damascus kills at least 20 injuring dozens
A car bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens more on Friday when it exploded in Rankus, a town 20 miles north of the Syrian capital Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. April 10, 2012 More...
Pastor in Syria: 40 percent of Christian congregation has fled the country
The violence in Syria fills the headlines, but little includes the fact that Christians are being targeted by extremist and many are just leaving the country. photo Guest2625 Now a Christian pastor says “40% More...
Al Nusra jihadist in Syria slits throat of Christian who won’t deny Jesus Christ
Residents who fled from the ancient town of Maalula in Syria told AFP that jihadists ambushed the town last week and forced a man to convert to Islam at gunpoint. Jihad flag photo/António Martins uploaded by Peter593022 More...
Syrian violence: Nearly 40 dead in bombings and rebel groups battle one another
Earlier on Thursday, two bombings in Syria killed at least 39 people in the latest surge in violence, while al-Qaeda-linked fighters tighten their grip on a border town near Turkey after killing and expelling fighters More...
John McCain disputes claim by IHS Jane’s to CFR audience
Earlier this week, the defense consultants at IHS Jane’s noted that the majority of Syrian rebels are jihadis. As was reported in the UK Telegraph, Jane’s says the approximately 100,000 rebels are splintered More...
Charles Krauthammer says Obama speech on Syria ‘One of the most odd President Speeches ever delivered’
Rignt-wing talking head and columnist Charles Krauthammer said President Barack Obama’s Tuesday night Syria address was “one of the most odd presidential speeches ever delivered.” He also predicted the speech More...
Putin calls in John Kerry’s ‘off the cuff’ comments, Syria may surrender chemical weapons to avoid war
In the wake of an off-the-cuff blunder, Secretary of State John Kerry might have accidentally given Russian President Vladmir Putin the opportunity to seize the international diplomatic waters and buy Syria some More...
Bashar al Assad denies use of chemical weapons on his citizens, asks where the evidence is
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected claims that he was behind a purported chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb in August, in an interview with U.S. based CBS News on Sunday. “There has been no evidence More...
Thousands pray and fast for peace in Syria, Pope Francis ‘let us work for reconciliation and peace’
Pope Francis called for reconciliation and dialogue in Syria on Saturday as he led a mass vigil for peace in the country torn apart by civil war. “In beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world, let us More...
Questions America should resolve before using military force in Syria
Just a summary of thoughts and questions that Americans should be asking themselves and calling on lawmakers to resolve before intervening in Syria. Why would Bashir al-Assad use chemical weapons now? Arming the More...
President Obama to seek approval by Congress before using force against Syria
A US military attack against Syria was unexpectedly put on hold on Saturday, after president Barack Obama said that while he backed the use of force after what he called “the worst chemical weapons attack More...
Less than ten percent Americans seek US intervention in Syria, more unpopular than Congress
Less than ten percent Americans seek US intervention in Syria, Michael Thompson from One Love, Earth via wikimedia commons Americans strongly oppose U.S. intervention in Syria’s civil war and believe Washington More...
Hezbollah leader to join forces with Bashar al-Assad in Syria to battle ‘radical Sunni Muslims’
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said he is ready to fight radical Muslims in Syria, a day after a deadly bombing in a Beirut stronghold of his Shiite pro-Damascus group. Nasrallah also accused Sunni extremists More...
Dispatch Radio: July 13, 2013 – Constance ‘Happy’ Dickey talks lyme disease, abortion in news, ‘Red 2’ film review
JULY 13 GUESTS Constance “Happy” Dickey, RN, President of MaineLyme.org, to discuss the new Maine Lyme disease law. More on the vote, read the story here NEWS ON LYME DISEASE – CLICK HERE Mike Smith, More...
Congress moves to stop military aid to Syrian rebels
Though the Obama administration has authorized military aid to the rebel opposition currently engaged in a civil war with the government of Bashar Assad, it now appears that the US Congress has essentially blocked More...
