Tag Archives: Syria
US operative killed fighting with Syrian rebels
F.B.I. agents from Detroit’s field office showed up in Flint, Mich. with reports and images, broadcast by pro-government news media agencies in Syria, show that Nicole Lynn Mansfield, 33, and a British man were among three people killed in Syria on Wednesday during a confrontation with government forces. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/01/us/syria-fighting-touches-a-family-in-michigan.html?ref=us The state media agencies broadcast a […]
US soldier fights with Al Qaeda
A former American soldier who served in the United States Army from 2000 to 2003, entered Syria in January and participated in attacks on Assad forces led by the Al Nusra Front, which officials say is part of Al Qaeda in Iraq, a designated terrorist group. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/world/middleeast/american-ex-soldier-charged-with-aiding-terror-group.html?ref=world The soldier was charged in Alexandria, Va., with […]
Syria outlines the conspiracy
The Syrian soldiers killed by Al Qaeda in Iraq, reflected the hardened sectarian animus spreading from the Syrian conflict, in which insurgents from the Sunni majority are battling to topple Mr. Assad and his Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/world/middleeast/islamic-state-of-iraq-says-it-killed-syrian-soldiers.html?ref=world&_r=0 Syria’s grand mufti referred to insurgents as ” a conspiracy of foreign enemies, […]
Kerry admits US arming Syrian rebels
Finally direct public affirmation to date that the Obama administration was supporting efforts to arm the Syrian resistance. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the Obama administration supported efforts to send arms to the opposition in Syria. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/world/middleeast/kerry-says-administration-backs-mideast-efforts-to-arm-syrian-rebels.html?ref=us “We had a discussion about the types of weapons that are being transferred and by […]
Dirty Babylon 