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Turkey Probes IS Attack Link as Erdogan to Break Silence

Love the way the Turkish PM blames ISIS or possibly kurdish/leftist parties! WTF? This turkish Government is breaking new grounds while wondering why they can't join the EU!

U.S. to Sell Saudi Arabia Four Advanced Warships

of course the sale will be approved. its money money money money! the whole middle east is oil and weapons

Jumblat: Progress Will Be Made on Lebanon when Iran Sanctions are Lifted

“Iran is not in a hurry to resolve Lebanon's presidential deadlock. Once the West's sanctions against Tehran are lifted, then we can talk.” Translated into normal people language: "when iran sanctions are lifted, then we can talk bribes to end presidential deadlock."

Your hand is open and ready ya Jumblatt! Then you can remove your "presidential candidate" Helou and vote for one of the real candidates! Weren't you suppose to retire from politics and have your son Tamour replace you 4 years ago?

Jumblat: Progress Will Be Made on Lebanon when Iran Sanctions are Lifted

how can there be a president elected without compensation to Jumblatt, Berri and Murr and the rest of the mafia? How ignorant are we to expect anything else? Its all Aoun and Geagea's fault. The Maronites are Jins el Aetl

Assad Makes Surprise Visit to Moscow

mowaten. Thanks for the link to that article. Absolutely scandalous if the western media takes it up. I was even surprised by the candour of his extremist arrogance! Turkey is in real trouble and i think a military coup will happen if the 1st attempt wasn't completely destroyed by Erdagon few years back! Secular Republic of Turkey, born from the hero Ataturk, is truly threatened and near the end thanks to the sultan Erdagon. It will be very interesting how the Turkish armed forces (the defenders of secular Turkey) respond. If they still can?

Assad Makes Surprise Visit to Moscow

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

Winston Churchill

Assad Makes Surprise Visit to Moscow

Tex... read this analysis by Robert Frisk. Not one of my favourites when it comes to Lebanese politics. He was very good friends with the martyr Rafic Hariri and is very anti Aoun and Kateab/LF during the Lebanese civil war period (pro leftist/Palestinian). But is undoubtedly one of the most learned Levantine journalists still around.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/with-russias-help-the-syrian-army-is-back-on-its-feet-and-fiercer-than-ever-a6698866.html

Assad Makes Surprise Visit to Moscow

If you think Robert Fisk is the mouth piece of Assad then you are mistaken. He has blamed Assad's Syria for the assisnation of Hariri! He has repeatedly claimed Assad's Syrian Government is about to fall over the past 4 years. Yes, that nahernet article claims Assad and the Syrian Army is about to collapse, but this is the point... They have been claiming that for the past 4 years! Russia's involvement is the turning point. Look at Saudi arabia now even saying Assad has a role to play in Syria.

Assad Makes Surprise Visit to Moscow

tex... did you read mowaten's article link? What do you think about it? I know you already realise that Erdagon's Turkey is supporting ISIS and bombing the kurds. How, as an american can NATO, Europe and the USA still be allies with this "Nato Member"? how do they deal with Turkey?

Assad Makes Surprise Visit to Moscow

tex... its up to the syrian people to vote and declare who they want to represent them. Take away the 35,000 foreign fighters in syria and the "opposition" and isis have very little military weight. The CIA estimates that at "least" 60% of the Syrian people are pro Syrian Government! In a real, free and true elections, the odds are that Assad would still win. This is the fear of Saudi Arabia/Gulf countries and Turkey. They can't accept that. The opposition is completely without Druze, Christians, Kurds, Allawites and many of the syrian sunni community. They estimate that only 40% of Syrian sunnis are pro "opposition" or pro islamists (aka ISIS, AL nusra)! This leave almost all the syrian religious and ethnic minorities being pro Syrian Regime and half almost half the syrian sunni community!