US President Barack Obama and international diplomats gathered at the “Friends of Syria” meeting in Tunis issued statements yesterday pressing for military intervention in Syria. They cited as a pretext escalating warfare between US-backed Syrian “rebel” forces and…
Category: Mid-East
Libya and France have agreed to look into boosting maritime security and controlling the North African country’s borders, their defense ministers said on Saturday, Reuters reported. On a visit to Tripoli, French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet met his Libyan counterpart Osama…
On 26 February the People of the Syrian Arab Republic will hold a referendum about a carefully crafted draft constitution. (1) A draft constitution that renders more liberties and rights to all people of Syria,…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/us-agenda-middle-east-075/i3edd2c9ededd6193d23869bc70c80b7a_rttv-on-air_2012-02-24_01_04_16.flv] The pressure is ramping up on the Syrian regime as calls for a peacekeeping force to get involved in the crisis intensify. But retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski says such missions…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/burning-koran-worst-afghanistan-001/ifc3d52976c5cee2f298167341429f9dc_guest-hamid.flv] Seven people have been killed and dozens injured in protests over the burning of the Koran by US troops at an airbase in Afghanistan. An officer has apologized for the inadvertent burning. Yet some…
President Barack Obama condoned America’s drone program last month, dismissing allegations that it’s caused more harm than good. In Pakistan, the families of civilians killed in these strikes are pleading with the UN to tell…
Russia, China warn against foreign intervention in Syria. Russia and China believe that foreign intervention in Syria will lead to unpredictable consequences. Russian and Chinese Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Yang Jiechi made this statement during a telephone conversation on Thursday. The two leaders urged the Syrian parties to put an immediate end to violence and ‘launch’ a dialogue without any preconditions. Sergei Lavrov and Yang Jiechi outlined steps in the direction of this goal, a Russian foreign ministry report says. Russia and China have blocked two Security Council resolutions that pave the way to foreign interference in Syria’s domestic affairs. Syria became a scene of bloody clashes nearly one year ago. According to the UN, more than 5,000 people have been killed in Syria since then.
Israel is backing down from her threats to bomb Iran. In a scathing loss of face for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, diplomatic sources in Israel have revealed that President Shimon…
[anyplayer:url=http://tarpley.net/video/getfile.php?f=20120218-WGT_on_RT.flv] “Economic sanctions are a game that two can play,” Webster Tarpley told RT. Iran decided not to wait until July 1, when the EU oil embargo comes into effect, instead imposing its own “boycott on…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/syrian-opposition-violence-referendum-903/i22b57a6349666f6d567993cbf57bda60_guest-davidson.flv] Syria’s President Bashar Assad has proposed an urgent referendum on a draft constitution. The announcement, however, was followed by reports of new violence. At least 100 people were killed in heavy shelling by government…