Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday it is likely the Syrian regime used chemical weapons, a revelation that immediately raised the question of whether a “red line” had been crossed. Hagel was citing the assessment of the U.S. intelligence community…. Read More ›
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US doubles non-lethal aid to Syrian opposition
(France24) US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that the United States would double its non-lethal aid for opposition forces in Syria to $250 million, stopping short of a US pledge to provide the rebels with weapons they… Read More ›
Scores dead in clashes near Damascus & Video Of Syria’s Ancient Sites In Trouble
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al Assad killed at least 80 people in five days of fighting, culminating in a raid on the Damascus suburb of Jdeidet al Fadel, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday Syrian… Read More ›
Assad: The West Will Pay for Supporting Al-Qaeda
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned the West on Wednesday that it will pay a heavy price for its alleged support of Al-Qaeda in Syria. According to AFP, Assad said his regime’s defeat is not an option. He made the comments… Read More ›
U.S. military to step up presence in Jordan in light of Syria strife
Washington (CNN) — In a critical indication of growing U.S. military involvement in the civil war in Syria, CNN has learned Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is ordering the deployment of up to 200 troops to Jordan, according to two Defense… Read More ›
What’s Going On In Syria?: Report: Proxy war heats up as endgame inches closer
My Comment: What is really going on in Syria? And who is taking over, Al Qaeda, or Hamas? Or a combination with Turkey at the helm. Bears watching. (Rev. 13:1-10) By Jim Muir/BBC As Syria’s fragmentation gathers pace and the… Read More ›
Chemical warfare looms over Syria. Israel passes atropine to rebels
By Debka File As the Syrian civil way went into its third year this week, signs abounded of increasing readiness for the use of chemical weapons on both sides of the conflict. Since February, the US, Israel, Ankara and Amman… Read More ›
Shots from Syria Fired at Golan Heights
The ongoing civil war in Syria spilled into Israeli territory again on Friday evening. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement that , shortly after 8:00 p.m., a barrage of shots from Syria were fired near an IDF force… Read More ›
Significant Update: Syria crisis: Al-Nusra pledges allegiance to al-Qaeda
My Comment: This is significant as this alliance is not only fortold in Biblical Prophecy, but in Islamic eschatology as well. And remember Nato is helping the rebels. Al-Nusra has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the US (By… Read More ›
Syria’s al Nusra militants vow allegiance to al Qaeda – SYRIA
At least 162 people were killed in violence throughout Syria on Tuesday, the Observatory said. Among them were 23 civilians, 81 rebels and 58 soldiers. Abu Mohammed al Jawlani (pictured), the leader of al Nusra, a Syrian militant group opposing… Read More ›
Syria: ‘Bloody March’ Marks Record High Killings
Last month marked the deadliest month in Syria since protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime began two years ago. More than 6,000 people were killed in what is being called “Bloody March.” A third of those victims were civilians according… Read More ›
Syria crisis: Damascus car bomb ‘kills 15’
A car bomb has exploded in the centre of Syria’s capital Damascus, killing at least 15 people and wounding 53, state media report. The blast happened in a busy residential and commercial area, close to schools and Syria’s central bank…. Read More ›
Syria: Christians flee rebel areas as fatwa authorizes rape of non-Sunni women
Jihad Watch “According to the sheikh, capturing and raping Alawi or Christian women is not contrary to the precepts of Islam.” Imagine the outcry if a Christian cleric had said that capturing and raping non-Christian women was not contrary to… Read More ›
Images of war:Assad’s forces have reduced buildings to rubble
Note From CJ: Please pray for the people of Syria. (Daily Mail) Standing amid the ruins, a child gazes at the devastation war has brought to his home in Syria. Once Deir al-Zor was a busy town in the eastern… Read More ›
Syrian guerrilla fighters being sent to Iran for training
Ynet News The Syrian government is sending members of its irregular militias for guerrilla combat training at a secret base in Iran, in a move to bolster its armed forces drained by two years of fighting and defections, fighters and… Read More ›
Breaking: Syria Warplanes Invade Lebanon Fire Missles (Pastor Paul Begley)
This was uploaded to you tube a few hours ago. The media is very quiet about this, but if this is true this is very significant. And why aren’t the media covering it?
Rumors Of War: ‘Ship carrying Iranian weapons en route to Syria
Times Of Israel (Illustrative photo of an Iranian cargo ship in Malta last year. (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Sludgepuller, Flickr) A ship carrying Iranian weapons was sailing through the Red Sea making its way to Syria, al-Arabiya reported on Saturday, citing… Read More ›
Battle For Survival Despair And Anger As Syrian Refugees Suffer
Published on Mar 30, 2013 For desperate Syrians trying to flee to safety, it seems life gets worse no matter which direction they turn. The UN has criticised Turkey for allegedly deporting back some 130 Syrian refugees thought to be involved… Read More ›
Syrian rebels behead pro-gov’t imam in Aleppo
DAMASCUS, March 30 (Xinhua) — Armed rebels beheaded a pro- government Muslim imam in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo, state media said Saturday. After beheading Sheikh Hasan Saif Addien, the armed groups hanged his head atop the minaret of al-Hasan… Read More ›
Israeli intel: Iran has deployed 50,000 troops in Syria
By World Tribune Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi. TEL AVIV — Israel’s intelligence community has determined that Iran deployed 50,000 troops in Syria. Israeli military intelligence commander Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said Iran has taken over much of the Syrian campaign… Read More ›
UN sees Syrian war spilling into Israel
It’s no longer only Israel that is concerned that the Syrian civil war could cross borders. Now UN officials, too, are warning that the bloody conflict might spill into the Jewish state sooner rather than later. “The members of the… Read More ›
Join Us In Praying For Syria (Video Open Doors USA)
Note from CJ: I have been feeling the urge to pray for Syria for 2 days. I found this on facebook. Join me in prayer for the people of Syria. Open Doors USA Join us in praying for Syria
Breaking: Syria crisis: University of Damascus hit by mortars
Note From CJ: Pray for the people of Syria. By BBC Mortar fire has hit the University of Damascus, killing 15 students, Syrian state media say. Officials blamed rebels for the attack, saying a number of people had also been… Read More ›
‘SYRIA NO LONGER EXISTS’
My Comment: I find this all very significant and interesting. The only news we are hearing from the MSM is that the CIA is training rebels in Jordan. Not one peep of acknowledgement or denial regarding Assad’s death. The Rebels… Read More ›
Alarming Footage: Syrian Rebels Used Chemical Weapons
By Ted on March 25, 2013 in General By Theodore Shoebat and Walid Shoebat | CLICK HERE TO READ MORE In December of last year we revealed that the rebels had in their hands potent chemical weapons and were testing… Read More ›
Rumors of War: What’s Really Going On In Syria? Did Obama Give Israel Go-Ahead With Syria?
Weekly Standard On Friday, President Barack Obama left Israel, after spending a couple days with the leaders of America’s closest ally in the region. Now today, two days later, Israel has acknowledged that it fired at a military position in… Read More ›
Assad’s Fellow Alawites Turn on Him
Opposition activists from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect called for his overthrow on Sunday, Al Arabiya reported. The activists urged their co-religionists in the army to rebel. It was the first meeting of its kind by Alawites who support… Read More ›
IDF Attacked by Forces in Syria, Returns Fire – Defense/Security
Syrian gunmen opened fire on an IDF position in the Golan on Sunday morning in the second attack of its kind in 24 hours. IDF soldiers responded with heavy fire, scoring a direct hit on the position from which the fire… Read More ›
Syria’s Assad vows to cleanse nation of extremists
By Fox News DAMASCUS, Syria – President Bashar Assad vowed Friday to “wipe out” Muslim extremists in Syria, blaming them for a suicide bombing at a mosque that killed dozens of people, including a top cleric who supported the embattled… Read More ›
GUESS WHERE SYRIA’S CHEMICAL WEAPONS ORIGINATE
By WND Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely says he has confirmation that Syrian forces have used chemical weapons against rebel forces and civilians, and those weapons are likely stockpiles received from Iraq prior to the U.S.-led invasion 10… Read More ›