Gathering Sources: 04-28-13

Syria: After Qusayr, Regime Eyes Aleppo
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syria-after-qusayr-regime-eyes-aleppo

Syria: Border Clashes Pit FSA Against Kurds
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syria-border-clashes-pit-fsa-against-kurds

Russia says committed to Syria missiles deal
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-says-committed-syria-missiles-deal

Over 500 killed across Iraq in May: report
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/over-500-killed-across-iraq-may-report

Civil War in Lebanon: Who Wants It?
http://english.al-akhbar.com/blogs/angry-corner/civil-war-lebanon-who-wants-it

EU lifts arms embargo against Syrian opposition
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/eu-lifts-arms-embargo-against-syrian-opposition

The Missing Syrian Peace
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/missing-syrian-peace.html

Hezbollah's Pre-emptive War in Syria
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/05/lebanon-syria-war-hezbollah-preemptive.html

The Syrian War Is Not Only Sectarian
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/05/syrian-conflict-failed-sectarian-analysis.html

Hezbollah Confesses To Hand in Qusair Battle
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/hezbollah-involvement-qusair-battle-syria.html

Turkey Struggles With Syrian War
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/05/turkey-regional-policy-struggling-syria.html

EU repeal of Syria arms embargo criticised
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/05/2013528174554556579.html

Russia to send air-defence system to Syria
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/05/2013528115917754264.html

Syrian rebels divided in fight against Assad
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2013/05/20135288586886631.html

Russia, China to hold joint anti-terror drills
http://thebricspost.com/russia-china-to-hold-joint-anti-terror-drills/#.UaUCTxUju1E

Gathering Sources: 04-27-13

Syria Media Roundup (May 23)
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/11860/syria-media-roundup-%28may-23%29

Jordan to deploy Patriot missiles along border with Syria
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/jordan-deploy-patriot-missiles-along-border-syria

Jordan Deals With Backlash From Iraq, Syria
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/jordan-syria-xenophobic.html

Davutoglu Cautiously 'Not Pessimistic' On Syria
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/davutoglu-turkey-us-syria-synchronized.html

Arab Uprisings Hijacked By Sectarianism
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/05/arab-uprisings-hijacked-sectarianism.html

Nasrallah on Syria: 'This Battle Is Ours'
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/nasrallah-hezbollah-syria-speech-rockets.html

Hezbollah Intervention in Syria Redraws Political Map
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/hezbollah-intervention-syria-redraws-political-map

Exclusive: John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/27/exclusive-john-mccain-slips-across-border-into-syria-meets-with-rebels.html

Bahrain bans political groups from contacting Hezbollah
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/27/us-bahrain-hezbollah-idUSBRE94Q0CR20130527

Gathering Sources: 04-12-13

Syria Media Roundup (April 11)
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/11163/syria-media-roundup-(april-11)

Al-Qaeda in the Levant Awaits its Emir
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-qaeda-levant-awaits-its-emir

Syrian LCC activists reject al-Qaeda; HRW accuses Assad of war crimes
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrian-activists-reject-al-qaeda-hrw-accuses-assad-war-crimes

Syria's Jihadists Dismay the Opposition
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/04/syria-opposition-jihadists-jabhat-nusra.html

The Reasons Behind Hezbollah's Decision to Fight in Syria
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/reasons-hezbollah-decision-fight-syria-lebanon.html

Is Hezbollah Exaggerating Jabhat al-Nusra's Strength?
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/jabhat-al-nusra-lebanon-hezbollah-exaggeration.html

The petty-bourgeois "left" promotes the CIA war in Syria
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/12/isos-a12.html

America's Uncleared War: Nearly 20,000 Foreign Mercenaries Fight In Syria
http://www.globalresearch.ca/americas-uncleared-war-nearly-20000-foreign-mercenaries-fight-in-syria/5330977

How the West Fueled the Ever-Growing Carnage in Syria
http://www.alternet.org/world/peace-plan-nixed-how-west-fueled-ever-growing-carnage-syria

EXPOSED: Syrian Human Rights Front is EU-Funded Fraud
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2013/04/exposed-syrian-human-rights-front-is-eu.html

Occupy Wall Street activist hired to lobby for Syrian opposition
http://rt.com/usa/occupy-carne-ross-syrian-768/

The Strange Case of the White Jihadist of Timbuktu
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/12/timbuktu_jihadist_gilles_leguen

Revolutions are Exclusionary!
http://english.al-akhbar.com/blogs/subaltern/revolutions-are-exclusionary

The Consensus Behind Militarism
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15701-the-consensus-behind-militarism

Gathering Sources: 04-11-13

US Steps Up Syria Rebel Training in Jordan
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/04/02/us-steps-up-syria-rebel-training-in-jordan/

Syria says Jordan 'playing with fire' over assistance to rebels
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/05/syria-jordan-fire-assistance-rebels

Syrian Opposition: Assad's Overthrow Wouldn't End Violence
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/04/syria-violence-assad-departure.html

France wants talks on listing Al-Nusra as 'terrorists'
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Apr-09/213148-france-wants-talks-on-listing-al-nusra-as-terrorists.ashx

UN, Syria keep wrangling about chemical weapons probe
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2013-04/10/content_16389231.htm

Syria's al-Nusra Front pledges allegiance to al-Qaeda
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrias-al-nusra-front-pledges-allegiance-al-qaeda

Jabhat al-Nusra Declares Allegiance to Al-Qaeda
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/al-qaeda-jabhat-al-nusra-merge.html

Does A Rebel Group's Allegiance To Al Qaeda Change Obama's Choices In Syria?
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/04/10/1843141/al-qaeda-syria-aumf/?mobile=nc

Welcome to the Islamic State of Syria
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/10/welcome_islamic_state_syria_al_qaeda

UN-Syria talks on chemical weapons at impasse
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2013-04/12/content_16395056.htm

Syria calls on UN to list al-Nusra Front as terrorist
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-04/12/c_124570434.htm

West aims to strengthen 'moderate' rebels, as Islamists take center stage in fight against Assad
http://rt.com/news/syria-hague-al-nusra-summit-london-717/

'North Korea has good reason to be afraid of US barbarism'
http://rt.com/op-edge/north-korea-reasons-us-barbarism-725/

N. Korean nuclear missile capability? Pentagon says no, intel report says maybe
http://rt.com/news/north-korea-nuclear-capability-726/

A Brief History of Kurdish Genocide

Since the Armenian genocide, Turkey has done very well to hide and disguise its dark history from the international community
— Radical Kurd (@ChasingRose) April 10, 2013

Turkey does not recognise Kurds and so often labels them as terrorists, providing a convenient scapegoat for military uprisings.
— Radical Kurd (@ChasingRose) April 10, 2013

Thus “terrorist” becomes a synonym for Kurds. The scale of the suffering &destruction of Kurdish homeland does not fit into “terrorist” def
— Radical Kurd (@ChasingRose) April 10, 2013

After the fall of the Ottoman: 1924 Turkey suppresses the Kurdish revolt in Hakkari leading to thousands of death & destruction of villages
— Radical Kurd (@ChasingRose) April 10, 2013

1925, February – 30,000 Kurds are killed during a revolt against the Turkish authorities.
— Radical Kurd (@ChasingRose) April 10, 2013

Gathering Sources: 04-09-13

Syrian Rebel Faction Merges With al-Qaeda in Iraq
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/04/09/syrian-rebel-faction-merges-with-al-qaeda-in-iraq/

Al-Qaeda in Iraq announces merger with Syrian rebel group
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-qaeda-iraq-announces-merger-syrian-rebel-group

Iraq's Al-Qaeda confirms ties with Syrian rebel Nusra Front – reports
http://rt.com/news/nusra-front-qaeda-branch-558/

Jabhat al-Nusra Is Growing Menace To Mideast and Beyond
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/jabhat-al-nusra-jihadist-al-qaeda-syria.html

Al-Qaeda in Maghreb Recruits Locals for Jihad
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/04/al-qaeda-maghreb-jihadists-syria.html

Tunisia Now Exporting 'Jihadis' to Syria
http://original.antiwar.com/giuliana-sgrena/2013/04/08/tunisia-now-exporting-jihadis-to-syria/

The Bombing of Damascus: America's Undeclared War against Syria
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-bombing-of-damascus-americas-undeclared-war-against-syria/5330626

The interview given by the President Bashar al-Assad To the turkish Ulusal TV station and Aydinlik newspaper.
http://www.voltairenet.org/article178069.html

Kurdish Peace Process Has Regional Implications
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/04/peace-process-turkey-kurds-regional-implications.html

"The Kissinger Cables": Three Years After "Collateral Murder," WikiLeaks Explores US Diplomacy
http://truth-out.org/video/item/15618-the-kissinger-cables-three-years-after-collateral-murder-wikileaks-explores-us-diplomacy

US rebalance 'not in jeopardy' by budget cuts
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/us/2013-04/10/content_16387938.htm

South Korea prepares for war amid US-China stand-off
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/09/skor-a09.html

Obama’s dangerous "counter-provocation" plan against North Korea
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/09/kore-a09.html

"Global Warfare" and Military Escalation: The Risk of a US Pre-emptive Nuclear Attack directed against North Korea
http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-pre-emptive-action-against-korea-would-be-prelude-to-global-warfare/5330520

Gathering Sources: 03-23-13

US Sponsored Terror: Syria Teeters on Obama's "Red Line"
http://www.globalresearch.ca/syria-teeters-on-obamas-red-line/5328173

Drones, A New Alawite Opposition, Obama in Israel
http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=18282

CIA passing info to Syrian rebels: report
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/cia-passing-info-syrian-rebels-report

Differences Deepen Between Iraqi Kurdish Parties
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/difference-iraq-kurdish-parties.html

Leader of PKK in northern Iraq declares cease-fire
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/leader-of-pkk-in-northern-iraq-declares-cease-fire.aspx?pageID=238&nid=43509

Muqtada al-Sadr: Staying In Iraqi Government a 'Sin'
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/sadr-letter-against-maliki.html#ixzz2OQEk4LA4

Real Liars go to Tehran
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-210313.html

The Drums of War are Beating: Iran’s Nuclear Program, Pretext to Justify Further Military Intervention
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-drums-of-war-are-beating-irans-nuclear-program-pretext-to-justify-further-military-intervention/5328167

Iran’s Nuclear Program: Tehran’s Negotiations with the West
http://www.globalresearch.ca/irans-nuclear-program-tehrans-negotiations-with-the-west/5328162

Aung San Suu Kyi's "Saffron Monks" Stalk Streets With Machetes - Mass Slaughtering Refugees
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2013/03/aung-san-suu-kyis-saffron-monks-stalk.html

Burmese Bin Laden: Is Buddhist Monk Wirathu Behind Violence in Myanmar?
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/449323/20130322/myanmar-clashes-wirathu-buddhists-muslims.htm