Over 270 civilians have been killed and hundreds injured as terrorist groups shelled Syrian cities over the past 24 hours, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “Militants from terrorist groups have shelled Syrian cities killing more than 270 peaceful civilians and leaving hundreds of people injured,” an information bulletin from the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria reported.
Washington Is Using Russia’s Reliance on Diplomacy To Revive ISIS And To Involve Russia In Long-Term War In Syria
Russia’s Use Of Force Was Highly Successful, but is being undermined by resort to fruitless diplomacy.
Russia Fiddles While Syria Burns
by Stephen Lendman
Make no mistake. Putin’s strategic intervention in Syria last September was a bold, vital step. He deserves credit and praise for taking it.
The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) warns that a 15-year-old teenager imprisoned without charge in Saudi Arabia for 2 years may be executed at any time. Murtaja Abdullah Algariras was arrested at the age of 13 for attending anti-government protests in Saudi Arabia. He has been held without charge as a political prisoner and has suffered torture at the notorious Dammam jail.
Submitted by Michael Shedlock via MishTalk.com,
This is a guest post, sent to me this week, by reader Craig Cantoni, a former military officer whose father is in a veteran’s cemetery.
Cantoni presents a historical picture on many levels as to what has happened and is still going on in the Middle East.
How Americans Came to Die in the Middle East by Craig Cantoni
Putin has announced ambitious plans to completely obliterate ISIS once and for all, following a successful mission in surrounding their headquarters in Syria this week. Russian troops alongside Syrian forces stormed into a key province surrounding Raqqa on Friday, and are now ready finish the terrorist regime once and for all. Russian bombers smashed key ISIS positions in Raqqa as Assad’s forces closed in on the ground, defeating ISIS’ attempts to hold them back in a bloody firefight.