Palestinian Militants From Syria Establish Lebanon Base
While Bashar al-Assad announced his new solution for Syria on Jan. 6, many recalled the widely known saying about the country’s heritage and its diaspora abroad, which reads: Every person in the world has two homelands, his place of birth first, and Syria second. For some time now Syria’s bordering countries have developed a similar saying: The border countries suffer from two crises, the Syrian crisis in Syria, and the Syrian crisis in the surrounding region.
Syrian army on offensive in Aleppo after university blast
Mourning in Syria as rebels, regime trade blame for campus attack
Syrian Opposition Finds Hearts and Minds Elusive
Moscow suspends consular operations in Aleppo
Assad and family said to be living on a war ship
US clears Assad of chemical weapons accusations
Chemical Weapons Use by Syria Still Uncertain
IDF probe: 80 bullets fired without justification in death of West Bank Palestinian
Approval for settlement plans jumped 300% in 2012, says Peace Now
Israeli fake peace group One Voice reveals its anti-Palestinian bigotry in Facebook graphics
Israeli company: Anti-missile system passes tests
Israel and Obama’s New Plan for the Middle East
Turkey launches largest-scale campaign against Kurd rebels in Iraq
In Iraq, Bombers Kill More Than 20 in Kirkuk
Iraq anti-Maliki protests continue unabated
Baghdad Traces Iraqi Terror Links to Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra
Islamists attack Algerian gas field, kill, kidnap foreigners
Mubarak Appeal Polarizes Opinion, Risks Fresh Unrest in Egypt
Dissidents Charged With ‘Tarnishing’ Morsi’s Image
U.S. Criticizes Egypt’s Leader for Anti-Semitic Remarks
Iran president: Sanctions fight requires oil shift
Iran: Religious decree against nuclear weapons is binding
Oman court upholds jail terms for bloggers
Saudi clerics break silence on king’s move to empower women
Analysis/Opinion
Spiegel: What is Anti-Semitism?
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The latest leak about last month’s attack with what some are calling chemical weapons is of a cable from the embassy back to Washington. For those who have paid attention to Wikileaks, these cables contain a wide variety of information, not all of it accurate.
We can also ask who leaked the cable to FP and what their motivations were.
That cable sounds like, if we can believe the rebels, what was used was a crowd control agent. There is a legal difference in the Chemical Weapons Convention between crowd control agents and chemical warfare agents.
The White House statement effectively said that their information differs from this report.
The continuing problem of reporters and others not knowing (and apparently not wanting to know) anything about science continues.
Of course, I’m old enough and cynical enough to recall the initial reporting on Halabja…
French troops have launched their first ground assault against Islamist rebels in Mali in a broadening of their operation against al Qaeda-linked militants.
State Dept.: We do not believe chemical weapons used in Syria
Pretty much what a knowledgeable pseudonymous person and I said last night on Twitter, when Rogin’s first piece broke.
JANUARY 17
*Algerian hostage crisis erupts: reports of 34 hostages killed by helicopter attack
*Algeria: 20 hostages escape, including Americans
*Reports say many hostages killed in Algeria siege Live
*Algeria ignores Islamist hostage-takers’ call for negotiations
*Air Raid near Damascus Kills 7 Children
*Syria rebels planning to break Aleppo deadlock
*Salafists Vow to Fight Until
There Is ‘Islamic State in Syria’
*Syrian Robbed by Thieves Claiming to Be Army Intelligence Members
*Gemayel: We’re Not Maneuvering over Orthodox Gathering Law, Meddling in Syria Conflict Imports War to Beirut
*Report: Tit-for-Tat Abductions between Hizbullah, FSA (Free Syrian Army)
*Crisis grows for Syrian refugees: Jordan hopes for generous donations
*Washington estimates Assad will leave in six months
*16 Killed in Third Day of Deadly Iraq Attacks
*Bombs in Iraq kill 24, mostly Shiite pilgrims
*Iraqi Protests Escalate,Enter Third Week
*Israel removes Palestinian encampment outside East Jerusalem
*Israeli Security Sources Anticipate Third Intifada
*Likud said to enlist Jewish law to sway settlers
*Bibi’s Choice After Election Will Set Course for Israel
*Israel could apologize to Turkey, deputy FM says
*Palestinians Lose Hope, Interest in Israeli Elections
*Israeli Occupation Causes Palestinian Identity Crisis
*Saudi to Send Cash-Strapped Palestinians $100 Million
*Egyptian Opposition Accuses Morsi, Kandil of Negligence
*Egyptian court sentences Christian family to 15 years for converting from Islam
*Iran dismisses claims of involvement in PKK killings in Paris
*Iran Navy Plans Fresh Mediterranean Mission
*Ministry of Intelligence Documentary on the Capture of “CIA Spies” Aired on State TV
*Former US commander warns of Iran attack risks
*Libya considers curfew for Benghazi
*Gaddafi’s son appears in Libyan court for first time
*PKK shooting: Kurds mass for women’s funerals
*Kurdish Women in Turkey Struggle for Rights
Analysis/Opinion
National Interest: The Arab-Israeli Conflict’s Secular Past and Religious Future
Syria crisis: al-Qaida fighters revealing their true colours, rebels say
*Snipers Target Mental Patients in Syria’s Aleppo
WaPo – Live updates on the Algeria hostage crisis
Gas plant raid puts spotlight on Algerian military