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Middle Eastern countries increase spending on social programs in wake of unrest in neighboring states.

A report from FuelFix.com states that Middle Eastern nations are going to increase their spending on social programs in the wake of unrest in the region in order to quell or stave off potential dissent. With oil prices at record highs for an extended period of time, Gulf States look to make $1 trillion dollars […]

Bashar al-Assad claims the media has distorted what is happening in Syria.

SANA, Syria’s official news agency, has Bashar al-Assad claiming that media distortion has led to a great number of misconceptions to grow in the public’s perception of events on the ground in Syria. Of course, al-Assad is blaming the unrest and destruction in his country on rebel elements backed by foreign conspiracies, which may or […]

Syrian Shabeeha attack popular cartoonist Ali Ferzat in the capital’s Ummayad Square.

Bashar al-Assad’s Ba’athist militiamen have allegedly attacked and broken the hands of famed Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat to silence him. This comes after many international calls for Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power in the deteriorating situation in Syria. Ali Ferzat’s plight shows the extent to which some governments are willing to go to quiet even […]

Obama tells Assad to give it up.

The jig is up for Bashar al-Assad. Much of Europe and now the US is telling him to stop slaughtering his people and step aside. With Qadaffi rumored to be seeking exile in Tunisia, events in this region of the world just keep getting more promising. What shape these regimes take in the future will […]

Syria’s enemies to divide country into three.

Yet more speculation and paranoia out of Pravda’s Sergei Balmasov. I love Pravda for its conspiratorial stance on issues and its typically different take on events from most Western papers. In this interesting piece, Balmasov claims that the 11th August Statement of the UN Security Council regarding Syria is a ‘carte blanche’ for the enemies […]

Turkey tells Syria to just stop it.

For everyone’s sake.

Clerics in Syria speak out against Bashar al-Assad

In a further continuation of the Arab Spring developments aka history unrolling before our very eyes, clerics in Syria are now speaking out against the regime. Sariya al-Rifai, a pillar of the orthodox clerical establishment, has broken ranks with the government and is openly warning President al-Assad to stop the crackdown, citing its being an […]