French P.O.W. in Syria

‘We believe that the USA is the major player against Syria and the rest are its instruments’













Assad's Foreign Minister gives his first interview to a Western journalist since the conflict began









Robert Fisk







Tuesday 28 August 2012



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/exclusive-we-believe-that-the-usa-is-the-major-player-against-syria-and-the-rest-are-its-instruments-8082457.html

Christians 'emptied from Middle East'



Rowan Callick



October 06, 2012



THE mother superior of a 1500-year-old monastery in Syria warned yesterday during a visit to Australia that the uprising against Bashar al-Assad has been hijacked by foreign Islamist mercenaries, with strong support from Western countries.



Mother Agnes-Mariam de la Croix was forced to flee to neighbouring Lebanon in June when she was warned of a plot to abduct her, after she revealed that about 80,000 Christians had been "cleared" by rebel forces from their homes in Homs province.



She described on the website of the Greek-Melkite Catholic monastery of St James, the church she rebuilt 18 years ago after discovering it in ruins, how Islamist rebels had gathered Christian and Alawi hostages in a building in Khalidiya in Homs. Then they blew it up with dynamite and attributed the act to the regular army.



http://m.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/christians-emptied-from-middle-east/story-e6frg6so-1226489418086

Western-Backed Rebels Move Against Syria’s Christian Minority



Churches in Homs Under Constant Attack



by Jason Ditz, October 14, 2012



Militant factions in rebel-held cities like Homs see Christian communities as easy targets for extortion, and the more Islamist blocs regularly target their churches, damaging many and destroying others.



Christians and other minorities have tried to form militias to protect their neighborhoods, but with the rebels awash in Western money and arms, they are simply out-manned and outgunned. As the fight continues to escalate, the groups are facing a tougher and tougher choice about whether to try to stay or to flee abroad.



http://news.antiwar.com/2012/10/14/western-backed-rebels-move-against-syrias-christian-minority/

The plight of Syria's Christians: 'We left Homs because they were trying to kill us'





In the civil war, they have tried to stay neutral. But despite this, many are now facing persecution and death





Kim Sengupta





Al-Qaa, Lebanon Friday 02 November 2012



The car may have been the reason why the 23-year-old student was ambushed and taken hostage, along with a female friend, as they were travelling to a shopping complex. The revolutionary fighters with Kalashnikovs who led them away subjected Mr Bedrosian – blindfolded and tied up – to savage beatings and threats of execution before the pair was finally freed in exchange for a ransom.



Or there may have been a different reason for the attack: they were targeted by the Sunni Muslim rebels because they were Christians. Mr Bedrosian did not wait long to find out, leaving – along with his brother – for Lebanon. Others from the Syrian Armenian community followed, abandoning their homes.



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-plight-of-syrias-christians-we-left-homs-because-they-were-trying-to-kill-us-8274710.html

The plight of Syria's Christians: 'We left Homs because they were trying to kill us'

In the civil war, they have tried to stay neutral. But despite this, many are now facing persecution and death


Kim Sengupta

Al-Qaa, Lebanon Friday 02 November 2012

The car may have been the reason why the 23-year-old student was ambushed and taken hostage, along with a female friend, as they were travelling to a shopping complex. The revolutionary fighters with Kalashnikovs who led them away subjected Mr Bedrosian – blindfolded and tied up – to savage beatings and threats of execution before the pair was finally freed in exchange for a ransom.


Or there may have been a different reason for the attack: they were targeted by the Sunni Muslim rebels because they were Christians. Mr Bedrosian did not wait long to find out, leaving – along with his brother – for Lebanon. Others from the Syrian Armenian community followed, abandoning their homes.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-plight-of-syrias-christians-we-left-homs-because-they-were-trying-to-kill-us-8274710.html

The plight of Syria's Christians: 'We left Homs because they were trying to kill us'


In the civil war, they have tried to stay neutral. But despite this, many are now facing persecution and death


Kim Sengupta

Al-Qaa, Lebanon Friday 02 November 2012


The car may have been the reason why the 23-year-old student was ambushed and taken hostage, along with a female friend, as they were travelling to a shopping complex. The revolutionary fighters with Kalashnikovs who led them away subjected Mr Bedrosian – blindfolded and tied up – to savage beatings and threats of execution before the pair was finally freed in exchange for a ransom.


Or there may have been a different reason for the attack: they were targeted by the Sunni Muslim rebels because they were Christians. Mr Bedrosian did not wait long to find out, leaving – along with his brother – for Lebanon. Others from the Syrian Armenian community followed, abandoning their homes.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ause-they-were-trying-to-kill-us-8274710.html

The US is only providing non-lethal aid to the opposition and Obama is very reluctant to make a substantial military commitment such as imposing a no-fly zone because there are concerns that the revolution in Syria is partly hijacked by extremist elements and arming them would create complications and it's still Syria's internal matter which has to be resolved by the people in Syria no matter how long it may take.

Then how do you explain this, US is smuggling weapons to Syria.

Is it hypocrite to defend for a war criminal? All this waw pre-planned.

Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears



By Khaled Yacoub Oweis



AMMAN | Thu Dec 20, 2012



The rise of al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, al-Nusra Front, which the United States designated a terrorist organisation last week, could usher in a long and deadly confrontation with the West, and perhaps Israel.



Inside Syria, the group is exploiting a widening sectarian rift to recruit Sunnis who saw themselves as disenfranchised by Assad's Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam that dominates Syria's power and security structures.



Al-Nusra appears to have gained popularity in a country that has turned more religious as the uprising, mainly among Sunni Muslims, has been met with increasing force by authorities.



http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/us-syria-crisis-qaeda-idUSBRE8BJ06B20121220

Syria rebels 'beheaded a Christian and fed him to the dogs' as fears grow over Islamist atrocities



Christian Andrei Arbashe, 38, was kidnapped and beheaded by rebel fighters in northern town of Ras Al-Ayn on the Turkish border



News came as pro-government forces celebrated their victory against rebels near Aleppo Airport







By Nick Fagge



PUBLISHED:19:41 EST, 30 December 2012





Syrian rebels beheaded a Christian man and fed his body to dogs, according to a nun who says the West is ignoring atrocities committed by Islamic extremists.



The nun said taxi driver Andrei Arbashe, 38, was kidnapped after his brother was heard complaining that fighters against the ruling regime behaved like bandits.



She said his headless corpse was found by the side of the road, surrounded by hungry dogs. He had recently married and was soon to be a father.





Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255103/Syria-rebels-beheaded-Christian-fed-dogs-fears-grow-Islamist-atrocities.html#ixzz2GlWA9zsp

Syrian Rebels Ransack Christian Churches





NATO-backed thugs desecrate places of worship



Paul Joseph Watson

Infowars.com

Wednesday, June 27, 2012



Shocking images have emerged which show the aftermath of Christian churches ransacked by NATO-backed Syrian rebels, illustrating once again how western powers are supporting Muslim extremists in their bid to achieve regime change in the middle east.



http://static.prisonplanet.com/p/images/june2012/270612top.jpg



A photograph provided to us by a Christian woman in Homs, scene of some of the bloodiest clashes of the conflict, shows a member of the Free Syrian Army posing with a looted Catholic cross in one hand and a gun in the other while wearing a priest’s robe.



http://www.infowars.com/syrian-rebels-ransack-christian-churches/

The Syrian rebels are divided. Some are Islamic but others are secular. European countries and the USA would prefer them to the current government. They do supply under cover support but will not intervene as France has with Mali. This seems the safer ground, The rebels will win. Wait to see which group e4merges before we help.

Syrian rebels burn and plunder religious sites – Human Rights Watch.



RT.com

23 January, 2013, 19:49



Syrian rebels have looted and burned minority religious sites in Northern Syria, US-based Human Rights Watch says. The attacks highlight the increasingly sectarian nature of the conflict as the bloodshed continues unabated.



The three incidents took place in November and December of last year in religiously mixed areas.



Rebels looted two Christian churches in separate villages in the relatively peaceful western governorate of Latakia, local witnesses told the rights watchdog.

If Al Qaida is indeed involved in Syria, then all the power to Assad. I do hope he crushes them.