There is much at stake for both sides in the war taking place in Syria. For the Turks and the Muslim Brotherhood, taking Syria would be a monumental victory for the neo-Ottomans who seek a return of the caliphate. For Iran, such a scenario would mean a major defeat. For all intents and purposes, Assad’s […]
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Video: Smoking, Eight year-old Syrian Rebel learns how to blow things up while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’
Apparently, Syrian rebels are breeding their children to become little smoking terrorists. In this case, the child is eight years-old and carries around a rifle while blowing things up and chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he does so. Via Ynet: He was meant to start school, learn how to read and write and meet friends. Instead […]
Syrian Rebels elect former leader of CAIR as first Prime Minister
As if we needed more proof that the mainstream media is either willfully blind – relative to western civilization’s Islamic enemies – or complicit in aiding and abetting them, here it is. As Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad has been getting creamed in the propaganda war, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood rebels, which are far more barbaric than […]
An increasingly disturbing Trend with Marco Rubio
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has long been considered a Tea Party favorite and a young champion of conservatism who is on the short list of 2016 Republican presidential candidates. The problem is that he seems to be accumulating a long train of very questionable positions / behaviors. Most recently, Rubio called for sending arms to […]
More Rocket Science: Syrian Rebels announce plans to implement Sharia when Assad falls
Those who were adamant that Bashar al-Assad should be removed (John McCain and Lindsey Graham, for example) have some ‘splaining to do. Via Digital Journal: Jabhat Al Nusra has emerged as the most powerful fighting group amidst the Syrian rebel opposition. The Islamist group has outlined its plans to impose sharia law once President Assad […]
Syrian Rebels now outwardly Pledging Allegiance to Al-Qaeda in droves
As the Obama State Department was forced to acknowledge that Al-Qaeda in Iraq is part of the rebel fighting force in Syria, more than two dozen other rebel groups are now officially in support of Al-Qaeda there. The main Syrian opposition group – the Free Syrian Army (FSA) – appears to be among them. Via […]
Video: Syrian rebels use Child to behead defenseless civilian
Since this video was posted to YouTube, it has been taken down. However, it is still available via El Mundo. “Why do Islamic fundamentalists really want to kill us, what drives them and how to fight back. Click here for details” **WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC** CLICK HERE to watch. h/t BNI
Associated Press finally takes notice of atrocities committed by Syrian rebels
Regular readers to this site are likely aware that Theodore (Ted) Shoebat has been following the situation in Syria very closely for several months. Ted has long maintained that the rebel forces in Syria are much worse than they have been portrayed and Assad’s forces are not as barbaric as they have been portrayed. The […]
Go Figure: Syrian Envoy says Turkey trying to bring back Ottoman Empire
Gee, it’s not like Walid has been warning us about this for years or anything… Via Fars News Agency: Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Hamed al-Hassan said Turkey is hatching new plots in the Middle-East, specially in Syria, because it intends to revive the Ottoman Empire. “Turkey is trying to reconstruct the Ottoman Empire in the […]
More Tyranny Will Be In Syria If Bashar Al-Assad Regime Is Toppled
By Theodore Shoebat Over a thousand years ago, a Syrian monk by the name of John of Damascus had warned the church of a relatively new sect called Islam, and its founder Muhammad, who he had described as a heretic for following in the footsteps of Arias and denying the divinity of Christ. “There is […]
If Bashar Al-Assad Is Ousted, The Islamists Will Take Over Syria
By Theodore Shoebat Those who think that the U.S should help the rebels in Syria oust out Bashar al-Assad, do not know anything about the Middle East. Within this region of the earth, people have been living under dictators for thousands of years. In a nation like Syria, as is most of the Near East, […]
Turkey’s President says he will Retaliate against Syria for shooting down Jet
Earlier this week, Syria shot down a Turkish jet it claimed was in its airspace. Turkish president Abdullah Gul is promising retalition. Via AP: Turkey will take retaliatory steps against Syria for the downing of one of its military jets, President Abdullah Gul said Saturday, even as he suggested that the aircraft may have violated […]
National Review’s McCarthy Nails it on Syria
In a sea of uninformed leaders who inexplicably insist that it’s in the best interest of the United States to intervene in Syria, thereby arming Al-Qaeda’s ideological brethren, the man who prosecuted the Blind Sheikh, Andy McCarthy gets it. Via NRO: Like all long-suffering fans of the New York Mets, I am on Cloud Nine […]
Whaddya Know? Syrian Rebels not so Innocent
The narrative that the Syrian rebels are innocent, helpless victims of the repressive Assad regime has become the dominant meme in media circles (persecuted Christians get virtually no mention). It’s a perception that has essentially become a reality. The Houla Massacre, in which several women and children were killed, was blamed on Assad’s forces. However, […]
Video: Saudi Father auctions off his son as a Suicide bomber in Syria
Here is video of a Saudi man auctioning off his son as a suicide bomber. At the 3:45 mark, attention focuses to the streets of Syria, where bombers like the one auctioned off go to blow themselves up. It’s important to note that such a bomber would be attacking the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Are […]
Syrian Christians fear the fall of Bashar al-Assad
Let’s see, Republican Senator John McCain not only seems more interested in arming the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria than he is in helping Christians outside of Syria but Christians in Syria believe they stand to suffer as a direct result of McCain getting his wish. Apparently, Christians in Syria would rather Bashar al-Assad stay in […]