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According to the overwhelmed and incompetent Lakhdar Brahimi, the so-called United Nations-Arab League mediator, who should really know the truth behind all the power plays of the world powers, the stagings and the propaganda, said in a recent statement that the Syrian government in Damascus and the so-called external Syrian opposition, which is not the real opposition within Syria, are preparing to participate in the upcoming “peace conference” on Syria, which is sponsored by international powers. Read More »

In recent days, in particular only reports on the by Kerry & Putin initiated and probably soon forthcoming “International Syria conference” (Geneva II?), which will take place conspicuous timely to the presidential elections in Iran, dominate the topic of the Middle East in general. Read More »

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed yesterday that he had also discussed the possible involvement of Iran in an upcoming conference (eventually in Geneva again) to resolve the war and bloodshed in Syria, when he met the U.S. Foreign Minister John Kerry early in May. Read More »

Some analysts from Western countries are convinced that the Israeli regime might be forced to attack more weapon shipments to Damascus because the Russian administration already said that it will stick to the contracts with the Syrian government and that it remains committed to the previous arms deals with Syria. Read More »

While the European Union (EU) allegedly wants to have visa-free travel with Russia and this as soon as possible, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today, that Russia hopes the Syrian government in Damascus and the United Nations (UN) will agree on international inspections about the possible use of chemical weapons in the civil war in Syria. Read More »

Lavrov about the S-300 for Syria – Official stuff. From an interview with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov for the Lebanese news portal Al-Mayadden on 13 May 2013 and the interview has been published on the website of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation (RF): Read More »

Over 70 governments have refused it to say agree on the Arab-backed anti-Syria resolution at the biased United Nations General Assembly and China, Iran and Russia were among the twelve governments that have opposed this anti-Syria resolution yesterday, of course. Read More »

If both sides of the Syrian conflict will agree to participate in a new international conference on Syria at a ministerial level in Geneva, this next conference on the topic Syria may be happen, so the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday. There is only, at least, one problem with this statement of the Russian Foreign Minister. Read More »

Today, the Syrian government suggested to form a Turkish-Syrian team in order to investigate the recent deadly explosions in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, while the Russian President Vladimir Putin has again warned against any actions and measures that would further fuel and boost the ongoing conflict within Syria and which would destabilize the country even more. The Syrian government in Damascus suggested that Turkey and Syria should form a Turkish-Syrian team to probe the blasts / explosions in the Turkish border town Reyhanli. On last Saturday, several bomb explosions have killed at least 50 people in the Turkish town of Reyhanli, which is located near the border to Syria. The Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi suggested this idea during a press conference in the Syrian capital Damascus today. The Minister of Information also said that Syria is ready for such a joint investigation in the explosions and bombings in the Turkish border town Reyhanli. While the statements of the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay, that the initial investigation of the bombings in Reyhanli showed that the explosions were linked to the Syrian Intelligence agency (al-Mukhabarat), he did not yet show any clear evidence which is to believe. The Syrian side said, that the explosions in Reyhanli were carried out by some parties who want to frame Syria and to also thwart the upcoming conference in Geneva and, thus, these sides behind the bombing in Reyhanli are interested in the situation, that there will be no political solution ... Read More »

US State Secretary John Kerry discussed a broad range of issues in Moscow, including the would-be summit. The agreement on convening an international conference on Syria to form a transitional government till the end of this month was especially important. Some observers didn’t waste time to call it a long-awaited breakthrough in the efforts to put an end to the conflict tearing up the much-suffered country. Others were more careful and pointed out there were multiple obstacles on the way. The Assad’s government remains stable enough; Russia, China and other states are staunch preventing an outside intervention. But by endorsing the Russian initiative Washington pursues its own goals. According to Al Jazeera, the accord looks like a feather in the hat of Russia’s diplomacy, which from the very start stood by the Geneva communique as the only way to solve the problem. It points out, that the Russia-US agreement emphasizes the goal of forming a transitional government at large representing all parties to the conflict. The TV channel concludes that the US makes significant concessions, including the fate of Bashar Assad. (1) It makes remember the words of Mr. Kerry saying it was «impossible for me as an individual» to imagine Assad continuing to govern, Kerry said the decision could only be made by the Syrian people». He went further, «But I’m not going to decide that tonight. I’m not going to decide that in the end. Because the Geneva communique says that the transitional government has to be chosen ... Read More »