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Latakia, Syria
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Recent reports from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW), the accuracy of which have been conceded by the White
House, but denied in Tel Aviv, have it that slightly less than half of
Syria’s chemical weapons have already left the country and 100% of the
country’s stockpiles are believed to have been neutralized. Well along
the path to meet the June 30 agreed discard date. Both Iran and Russia
have been credited with helping persuade the Syrian government that it
is very much in the interest of Syria as well as the global community to
discard its chemical weapons stockpiles which date back to the 1970s. A
total of 11 consignments have been recently shipped out of Syria for
decontamination and disposal, the latest from Latakia. Included is all
of Syria’s sulphur mustard gas, a blister agent that was first widely
used in WWI.
Captain Clyde Chester Lamb, the father of this observer, was a one of
hundreds of victims of the deadly gas while fighting the Germans in
front-line trenches in eastern France. Capt. Lamb survived, but never
fully recovered, and when he did later speak about his experiences in
the war, which was not often, he once told his horrified children at
story time that he and his comrades had no gas masks so they used to
improvise by urinating on scraps of uniforms which he would distribute
to his men with instructions to hold it tightly over their nose and
mouth. Somehow their pee seemed to reduce the effects of the poisonous
gas.
Despite some delays due to security and logistical issues, few
besides the Zionist lobby in the US Congress doubt that Syria’s work
will be completed. Across Syria, according to information made available
to this observer, specialists have speeded up the packing and
transporting of the chemical weapons, sometimes even moving them through
rebel territory to the Mediterranean port of Latakia.
In cooperation with Iran, Russia has supplied large-capacity
containers and armored vehicles for the Latakia loading operation while
China has sent 10 ambulances and surveillance cameras and Finland
dispatched an emergency response team in case of accidents. Denmark and
Norway are providing cargo ships and military escorts to take the
chemicals to the container port of Gioia Tauro in Italy and the American
government, among others, is also helping.
Despite Iranian cooperation with this major humanitarian project and,
according to IAEA spokesmen, “solid progress has been made with the
Iranian nuclear file”, the White House to date is still waffling on its
pledged meager lifting of sanctions which continue to target the people
of Iran. US sanctions also continue to compound and increase the nearly
unfathomable suffering of the Syrian people all of whom have been
targeted by Barack Obama
Executive Orders ever tightening their noose of economic sanctions.
 The
White House has yet to explain its delay, but Congressional sources
report that President Obama is still being targeted by Israel and its
Congressional agents and that Obama does not yet want to lift sanctions
“for now”, more than cosmetically. This applies to medicine and medical
equipment.
The same source claims that the White House is also signaling Tehran
that it should continue to be patient while a sanctions review is
getting started in Washington. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Kerry
has just assured Iran’s leadership that the White House appreciates the
fatwa (religious decree) issued by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
last month forbidding the production and use of nuclear weapons. Kerry
agreed that Iran is entitled to a peaceful nuclear program and he also
credited the earlier statement by Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokes Ramin
Mehman-Parast that Ayatollah Khamenei’s fatwa is binding for Iran, and
that “There is nothing more important in defining the framework for our
nuclear activities than the Leader’s fatwa.”
 A
recent Office of Financial Assets Control (OFAC) prosecution of an
American citizen seeking to ship potentially life-saving MRI medical
equipment to Iran illustrates the weak knees of the Obama White House by
allowing that Zionist dominated Federal agency to ramp up its targeting
of the people of Iran.
There are dozens of cases like the one noted
below and President Obama is presumably aware of them. The shameful case
under review involves a University Medical Researcher who is being
targeting with jail time for sending a medical device to Iran which his
lawyers argued was completely innocent and clearly legal because medical
equipment such as MRI’s are exempted by the ‘ humanitarian exceptions’
stated in Obama’s relevant Executive Orders imposing US sanctions
against Iran.
Mr. Cliff Burns, a lawyer and law professor in Washington DC
explained the case of Mr.Mohamad Nazemzadeh, who was a Research Fellow
in the Neurology Department of the University of Michigan at the time of
his arrest, and who is being federally prosecuted for sending a medical
device to the Netherlands.
At issue is a coil for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine.
The coil is the assembly of wires that generates the necessary radio
signals when electricity flows through them to permit imaging the part
of the body within the coil. Mr. Nazemzadeh is currently doing research
at the Henry Ford hospital in Detroit and his area of specialty is, not
surprisingly, magnetic resonance imaging.
As explained by Mr. Burns, “A part for an MRI machine would, under
the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, be
eligible for an export license notwithstanding the embargo on Iran.
Nazemzadeh’s failure to obtain a license would, of course, be a
violation of the embargo.” Even assuming that it was a technical
criminal violation in his case, one has to wonder why, as Burns does,
Obama Administration prosecutorial resources are being consumed to
prosecute a researcher for trying to send life-saving medical equipment
to Iran.
As one of the researchers lawyers noted: “Aren’t there dangerous
people out there with guns and bombs who might warrant the attention
instead?” An affidavit in support of a search warrant for Nazemzadeh’s
mobile phone casts doubt on whether Nazemzadeh actually had the criminal
intent necessary to support an OFAC pushed criminal prosecution in the
first place for the attempted export of the MRI part.
According to the affidavit, Nazemzadeh was negotiating with the
undercover federal agent sent in by OFAC to ship the MRI coil to Iran
through a company in the Netherlands. It is not uncommon for people to
believe, even if they study the vague wording of the Iranian sanction
minutia, that if it is legal to ship an item to a particular country, no
laws are broken if the item is then re-exported, without any
involvement on their part, to a prohibited destination. Here, according
to the affidavit, Mr. Nazemzadeh continued to say to the undercover
agent that he believed the transaction was legal and says this is true
because the export from the United States is to the Netherlands, not
Iran. Mr. Nazemzadeh’s good faith legal mistake is not a criminal act.
Instead, this is precisely the sort of case that ought to be
evaluated, if at all, as an administrative matter by OFAC, were that
Muslim targeting agency anywhere near fair-minded and objective. OFAC
should have at the maximum issued a fine in this case notwithstanding
Mr. Nazemzadeh’s mistaken belief that the transaction did not violate
U.S. law.
If the White House truly wants to normalize relations with Iran and
with Syria as it claims, it needs to do a lot better. A good start would
be by calling off OFACs attack dogs who service other than the American
people. Also it should honor its oft touted “Humanitarian sanctions
against Iran and Syria that exempts medicines and medical equipment”.
This language has not been implemented and it misleads the global
community about the brutal and illegal nature of the White House
promulgated civilian targeting, for political purposes, sanctions.
This weekend’s White House greetings to the people of the Islamic
Republic for Nowruz the Iranian New Year in the Solar Hijri calendar are
no doubt sincere and appreciated.
But now it’s time to give substance to America’s New Year’s greetings
that her citizens can be proud of and, that are accordant and
consistent with their values.
Franklin Lamb is a visiting
Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law, Damascus
University and volunteers with the Sabra-Shatila Scholarship Program
(sssp-lb.com).
Saudi Arabia: An Ailing Monarchy
The
sons of Saudi Crown prince, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, wait to bring
his body down from an airplane at Riyadh Military Air Base in Saudi
Arabia, on 24 October 2011. The death of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
Sultan sets the stage for an eventual generational shift in the aging
leadership of the world's top oil exporter. (Photo: REUTERS - Fahad
Shadeed)
The recent death of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz
signals the imminent end of an era of first generation rule and raises
questions about successors to the ailing king. Prince Nayef is the most
likely candidate to replace him.
Saudis have been preoccupied with the health of their king, Abdullah
bin Abdul-Aziz, for a month, expecting news of his death at any moment.
But on October 22, Saudi state television announced the death of Crown
Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz. Now the kingdom faces changes in
leadership under a new set of circumstances. The powerful princes –
children of the late Abdul-Aziz Al Saud – are all over 80 years old and
most of them are suffering health problems associated with old age.
Crown Prince Sultan and his older brother King Abdullah both seemed to
be in a race with death this past year. Sultan, who died in New York
City at the age of 86, is the only son of Abdul-Aziz to become crown
prince without becoming king. For the first time, there is controversy
in the kingdom over who will be the successor to the throne when the
king dies.
The death of Sultan, who is number 15 among Abdul-Aziz’s ‘first-rank’
children, is a watershed moment in the history of Saudi Arabia for many
reasons. It signals the end of the era of Abdul-Aziz’s children, known
for their nomadic and paternalistic ruling style. This era was
characterized by a blind obedience to the king, which explains the
smooth transition of power in accordance with the mechanism set by the
founder of Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Aziz, based on age and competence. This
mechanism was applied through consensus since the royal family forced
King Saud to abdicate the throne in 1964, in favor of his brother
Faisal.
Sultan possessed a strong personality and a distinguished place among
the so-called seven Sudairi brothers – Fahd, Sultan, Abdul-Rahman,
Turki the second, Nayef, Salman and Ahmed – children of Hassa Al
Sudairi, the first wife of King Abdul-Aziz. He grew up during the
kingdom’s establishment and occupied many positions after taking up his
role as chief of the national guard in 1942. In 1947, he became governor
of the capital Riyadh and eventually became a minister in 1953. After
passing through several positions he became minister of defense in 1962,
where he stayed until his oldest son Khaled took his place. After King
Fahd died in 1982, Sultan became deputy prime minister. In 2005, King
Abdullah, who succeeded King Fahd, appointed him crown prince in
accordance with the old order of succession, before establishing the
Allegiance Council in 2006.
Sultan’s position in the Ministry of Defense and his chairmanship of
several internal committees enabled him to become a major figure in
Saudi politics, both domestically and in international relations. Arming
the kingdom was the key to Sultan’s foreign relations, primarily
involving the US and Britain. Sultan, along with his brother Fahd,
established close political and military ties with the US. This became
evident at important junctures in the history of the region, such as the
Palestinian cause, the Iraq-Iran war and the Iraqi occupation of
Kuwait. The pair, Fahd and Sultan, represented a bridgehead for the US
project and interventions in the area.
Saudi
royal family members, alongside Saad Hariri, wait to receive the body
of Saudi Crown Prince, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who died in America
on Saturday, at Riyadh Military Air Base in Saudi Arabia, 24 October
2011. (Photo: REUTERS - Hamad I Mohammed)
One of Sultan’s sources of strength was the control he wielded over
his country’s relationship with the other Gulf countries and Yemen. This
was reflected in his management of border disputes with members of the
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), successfully using these issues to
maintain Saudi hegemony. His strongest role was in Yemen. He established
an office called the “special committee” to manage Yemeni affairs. For
about 40 years, Prince Sultan’s intervention and influence on the
tribes, clergy, and the military in the north determined Yemen’s
political direction.
While Sultan was undergoing medical treatment, there was anxiety that
his death would create discord within the family council over his
succession. It was believed that the deputy defense minister, Prince
Abdul-Rahman bin Abdul-Aziz, would demand the position of crown prince
because he is older than the strong candidate Prince Nayef bin
Abdul-Aziz. Abdul-Rahman’s latest moves, his close ties to King
Abdullah, and their repeated media appearances together point indicate
as much. His return to Saudi Arabia indicates that he is preparing to
contest the position of crown prince, especially because he is supported
by King Abdullah, who assigned him the defense ministry’s tasks. This
in turn supported Abdul-Rahman’s political position after a long absence
from the kingdom, rumored to be due to his anger over Nayef’s
appointment as second deputy prime minister in 2009. Despite this,
sources inside the royal family confirm that the issue was settled with
Nayef’s appointment to this position, with the position of crown prince
ultimately going to him.
Last year, many Saudis were worried about the line of succession to
the throne, as it required a clear and quick decision from the
Allegiance Council. King Abdullah set a meeting for the family Council
at the end of last Ramadan, where it was expected that Prince Salman,
governor of Riyadh, would coordinate the meeting. But Salman was with
his brother Sultan in New York City, so the meeting was postponed until
Prince Sultan returned. But Sultan’s health deteriorated and he went
into a coma last month. It is believed that older princes, like Mishaal,
Abdul-Rahman and Talal will likely protest Nayef’s appointment to the
position of crown prince at the meeting. However, sources point out that
only Prince Talal will protest strongly, especially because most of the
family see nothing wrong with Nayef’s appointment given his security
achievements against terrorism, the tribal support he has, and his
strong relationship with the religious institution.
With 78-year-old Nayef’s appointment as crown prince, Saudi Arabia
enters a new phase characterized by further extremism domestically and
in terms of foreign relations. Domestically, Nayef is known for leading
the forces that opposed the reforms which King Abdullah has tried to
implement since becoming king in 2005. Nayef is one of the strongest
opponents to demands of political freedom and women’s rights. Of all his
brothers, he is considered the closest to the Wahhabi religious
institution which has for a long time been part of the interior
ministry. The same thing can be said in terms of foreign relations.
Nayef takes a security based approach to managing the kingdom’s
relations. Saudi quarters confirm that Nayef was behind the decision to
send the Peninsula Shield Force to Bahrain to repress the popular
uprising there.
Some within Saudi Arabia foresee negative repercussions to Nayef’s
ascent in the coming period. There might be a decline in Saudi Arabia’s
role because Nayef himself has many illnesses and lacks the unanimous
support that his older brothers who served as kings had. Foreign
countries view Nayef as a security man who lacks diplomatic experience.
If Nayef becomes crown prince, Salman, the governor of Riyadh, who is 76
years old will ascend to 'first rank' among the princes after he has
been in 'second-rank' for a long time. There are many commonalities
between Nayef and Salman such as their close ties to the religious
institution. Salman will play a major role for three reasons. One, he is
in between two generations in the royal family and is socially closer
to the second generation. Two, he has been dean of the family since
2006. And three, he held a strong position in the Riyadh principality,
which is considered the political and economic center of the kingdom.
But his future role will depend on his health: he is beleaguered by
heart and other health problems associated with old age.
This article is an edited translation from the Arabic Edition.Saudi Prince Muqrin named second-in-line to succeed king
Saudi Arabia's Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, a former intelligence
chief, has been appointed deputy crown prince, Saudi state television
reported on Thursday, making it more likely he will one day become king.
The appointment makes Muqrin, the youngest son of the kingdom's
founder King Abdulaziz al-Saud, next in line to succeed in the world's
top oil exporter after his half-brothers King Abdullah and Crown Prince
Salman.
"King Abdullah appoints Prince Muqrin as king in case the positions
of king and crown prince become vacant," al-Arabiya television said,
quoting a statement from the royal court.
The announcement gives more assurance to the kingdom's long-term
sucession process at a moment when sees itself as being a lone island of
stability amid conflict and political turmoil across the Middle East.
King Abdullah turned 90 last year and Crown Prince Salman is 78. Muqrin was 70 last year.
Muqrin already holds the position of second deputy prime minister, a
role to which he was appointed a year ago and was traditionally but
informally seen as being equivalent to crown prince in waiting.
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Assad and Ayatollah Khamenei are Keeping Their Word. Will Obama keep his?
Berita Suriah Terkini
Hizbullah dan Tentara Suriah Serang Kasab dan Flita
Islam
Times- http://www.islamtimes.org/vdcefp8xejh8ppi.rabj.html
"Ada pertempuran sengit kemarin malam dan tadi malam, pasukan
pemerintah mencoba mengambil alih desa itu, tapi sekarang sudah
berhenti", kata Rami Abdul-Rahman, direktur Observatorium Suriah untuk
Hak Asasi Manusia pada Kamis, 27/03/14.
Tentara Libanon
Tentara Suriah dan Hizbullah terus bergerak maju di desa Flita dekat perbatasan Libanon, tempat elemen-elemen Takfiri melarikan diri setelah pembebasan kota Yabroud, Suriah.
"Ada pertempuran sengit kemarin malam dan tadi malam, pasukan pemerintah mencoba mengambil alih desa itu, tapi sekarang sudah berhenti", kata Rami Abdul-Rahman, direktur Observatorium Suriah untuk Hak Asasi Manusia pada Kamis, 27/03/14.
Tentara terus menyerang para militan di desa itu, katanya lagi.
Pemimpin Dewan Militer di Qalamoun -sebuah kelompok pemberontak-, tewas dalam bentrokan dan sekitar delapan orang, termasuk salah seorang asistennya, tewas dalam serangan bom barel, tambah Abdul -Rahman, sebagaimana dilansir oleh al-Alam.
Awal bulan ini, Angkatan Darat Suriah dan Hizbullah mengambil alih kota Yabroud setelah berbulan-bulan bertempur untuk merebut kota strategis di perbatasan Libanon-Suriah.
Jet-jet tempur Suriah membombardir posisi pemberontak di provinsi pesisir Latakia, di mana para pemberontak meraih keberuntungan saatmelawan pasukan pemerintah selama enam hari berturut-turut, kata Observatorium.
Pasukan pemerintah terus bertempur selama berhari-hari melawan elemen-elemen Takfiri dari berbagai kelompok ekstrimis, termasuk Front al-Nusra, yang meluncurkan serangan di provinsi ini seminggu yang lalu dan merebut sejumlah kota di penyeberangan perbatasan dengan Turki, dan - untuk pertama kalinya dalam konflik 3 tahun - bentangan kecil pantai di Laut Mediterania.
Bentrokan sengit berlangsung pada Kamis terjadi, karena tentara mencoba mengambil alih dua kota di Kasab yang didominasi Kristen Armenia, dekat desa Nabaan, yang diambil alih oleh para pemberontak.
Artileri juga memberondong posisi-posisi pemberontak di Kasab dan hampir setiap satu sampai dua menit terdengar ledakan, menurut seorang wartawan Associated Press (AP) di Misherfeh, sebuah desa yang terletak di kaki gunung yang menghadap Kasab.
Seorang komandan lapangan berbicara kepada wartawan di Misherfeh mengatakan, tentara membuat kemajuan besar dan memukul mundur elemen-elemen Takfiri.
"Tentara dan Angkatan Pertahanan Nasional (NDF) bergerak maju menuju Kasab dari Nabaan dan Qastal Maaf," kata komandan , yang berbicara dengan syarat anonim.
Selama sebulan terakhir ini, tentara Suriah didukung oleh kelompok perlawanan Hizbullah berhasil menguasai sejumlah kota-kota yang dikuasai pemberontak dan desa-desa di sepanjang perbatasan Suriah dengan Libanon dan memutus aliran logistik dan tentara bayaran, senjata dan perlengkapan di seluruh perbatasan itu. [IT/Onh/Ass]
Hizbullah Bunuh Tiga Takfiri Ahli Pembuat Bom Mobil
Islam
Times- http://www.islamtimes.org/vdcjiietmuqem8z.bnfu.html
"Satu unit khusus Hizbullah menyusup sejauh 11 kilometer di
dalam wilayah yang dikuasai pemberontak di wilayah Qalamoun dan menanam
bom di dalam taman rumah yang sering dikunjungi oleh tiga ahli bom
mobil,"
Bom mobil
Sebuah serangan Hizbullah menewaskan tiga ahli bom mobil dari elemen Takfiri bersama empat pengawal mereka di wilayah Qalamoun dekat perbatasan Libanon, demikian sumber yang dekat dengan partai mengatakan.
"Satu unit khusus Hizbullah menyusup sejauh 11 kilometer di dalam wilayah yang dikuasai pemberontak di wilayah Qalamoun dan menanam bom di dalam taman rumah yang sering dikunjungi oleh tiga ahli bom mobil," kata sumber itu kepada The Daily Star, Ahad, 23/04/14.
"Ketika tiga ahli ring pertama tiba bersama empat pengawalnya pada Ahad, pukul 10:45, bom itu meledak yang mengakibatkan tewasnya mereka bersama empat pengawal."
Ketiga pakar rigging diidentifikasi sebagai Ahmad Ali Hamra , Farid Mohammad Kheir Jumaa dan Hussam Masoud Hammoud .
Menuurt TV al-Manar, mengutip sumber keamanan senior melaporkan, operasi militer di Qalamoun itu menargetkan pejabat keamanan kelompok bersenjata yang bertanggung jawab mengirimkan bom mobil ke Libanon.
Pada hari yang sama, seorang pejabat senior Hizbullah juga mengatakan Tentara Suriah merebut kembali benteng kubu pemberontak strategis terakhir di pegunungan Qalamoun dan memutus serangan bom mobil dan serangan bunuh diri di Libanon.[IT/Onh/Ass]
Elemen Takfiri Paling Berbahaya di Libanon Tewas
Islam
Times- http://www.islamtimes.org/vdcamineu49nii1.h8k4.html
Nama Sami al-Atrash disebutkan untuk pertama kalinya dalam
laporan media dan menyebut ia bekerja sama dengan Sameh Breidi dalam
mempersiapkan bom mobil pertama yang meledak di pinggiran selatan Beirut
Bir al-Abed di kubu Hizbullah.
Takfiri sheikh Omar Atrash
Buronan dari elemen Takfiri Sami Ahmed al-Atrash tewas di rumah sakit setelah terluka parah dalam baku tembak dengan tentara Libanon yang menggerebek rumahnya di dekat Arsal di perbatasan lembah Bekaa.
Tewasnya buronan nomer wahid dan paling berbahaya pemerintah Libanon itu dilaporkan oleh National News Agency (NNA), pada Kamis, 27/03/14.
"Atrash menjadi burunon atas beberapa surat perintah penangkapan," lapor NNA.
Tentara kemudian mengeluarkan pernyataan yang mengatakan bahwa, setelah penyelidikan, Direktorat Intelijen berhasil menemukan keberadaan teroris berbahaya Sami al-Atrash di kota Arsal.
"Atrash memberondong patroli militer yang menggerebek lokasi di kota, dan meminta untuk menyerahkan diri," kata pernyataan itu dan menambahkan, "Ia kemudian tewas karena luka yang dideritanya dalam bentrokan itu.
"Teroris buronan yang terbunuh itu tertuduh mempersiapkan mobil bermuatan bom, menembakkan roket dan mortir di desa-desa dan kota-kota Libanon , menculik warga negara, terlibat dalam pembunuhan empat warga di Arsal di Wadi Rafeq dan beberapa tentara di Arsal di Wadi Hmayyed. Dia juga merencanakan untuk membunuh seorang perwira dengan bahan peledak," kata militer dalam sebuah pernyataan.
Sementara itu, NNA dalam laporannya melanjutkan, tentara melakukan serangan lain di Arsal dan menangkap para buronan bernama Ali Younis Ezzeddine dan saudaranya, Nasser Mohammed dan delapan warga Suriah.
Nama Sami al-Atrash disebutkan untuk pertama kalinya dalam laporan media dan menyebut ia bekerja sama dengan Sameh Breidi dalam mempersiapkan bom mobil pertama yang meledak di pinggiran selatan Beirut Bir al-Abed di kubu Hizbullah.
Bulan lalu, Hakim Investigasi Militer, Nabil Wehbe mengintrogasi seorang ulama Takfiri Sheikh Omar al-Atrash dan mengeluarkan surat perintah penangkapan untuknya.
Omar al-Atrash adalah sepupu dari Omar al- Atrash, tersangka utama dalam pemboman di Rweiss dan Bir al-Abed yang dilaporkan tewas dalam ledakan bom mobil saat fajar pada 11 Oktober 2013. [IT/Onh/Ass]
Kudeta Ukraina
Sekelompok besar warga Ukraina dari kubu nasionalis sayap kanan berunjuk rasa di luar gedung parlemen di Kiev pada Kamis malam, 27/03/14, menghancurkan jendela dan menuntut pengunduran diri menteri dalam negeri, beberapa hari setelah polisi menembak mati salah satu pemimpin mereka.
Polisi pada hari Senin kemarin menembak mati Oleksandr Muzytchko, pemimpin regional Pravy Sektor (Sektor kanan), dalam baku tembak yang meletus dalam serangan penangkapannya di kota barat Rivne.
Pihak berwenang mengatakan, Muzytchko melepaskan tembakan pertama, dan terbunuh oleh peluru dari senjatanya sendiri.
Pravy Sektor memainkan peran penting dalam protes mematikan yang menumbangkan presiden pro-Moskow, Viktor Yanukovych bulan lalu, dan dicap sebagai organisasi neo-Nazi oleh pemerintah Rusia.
Para pendemo membawa bendera merah-dan- hitam khas bendera kelompok paramiliter. Menurut Agence France Presse (AFP), para pendemo itu dilaporkan mencapai 1.000 orang dan berunjuk rasa di dekat parlemen untuk menuntut pemecatan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Arsen Avakov.
Mereka menghancurkan beberapa jendela dan mengancam untuk memaksa masuk ke dalam gedung sebelum mundur dengan bersumpah untuk kembali menggelar demo pada Jumat pagi ini, (28/03/14).
Pravy Sektor pada Sabtu lalu membentuk sebuah partai politik dan memilih Dmytro Yarosh sebagai pemimpin nasional dan mencalonkannya dalam pemilihan presiden Ukraina pada 25 Mei mendatang.
Menurut kantor berita Rusia, pemimpin yang dibunuh itu adalah pemimpin kelompok yang dicari di Rusia yang dituduh penyebab tewasnya sekitar 20 tentara Rusia saat berperang bersama separatis di Chechnya. [IT/Onh/Ass]
Polisi Tembak Mati Pemimpin Sayap Kanan Ukraina
Islam
Times- http://www.islamtimes.org/vdcd990soyt0996.lp2y.html
Pravy Sektor memainkan peran penting dalam protes mematikan yang
menumbangkan presiden pro-Moskow, Viktor Yanukovych bulan lalu, dan
dicap sebagai organisasi neo-Nazi oleh pemerintah Rusia.
Oleksandr Muzytchko tewas (AFP)
Sekelompok besar warga Ukraina dari kubu nasionalis sayap kanan berunjuk rasa di luar gedung parlemen di Kiev pada Kamis malam, 27/03/14, menghancurkan jendela dan menuntut pengunduran diri menteri dalam negeri, beberapa hari setelah polisi menembak mati salah satu pemimpin mereka.
Polisi pada hari Senin kemarin menembak mati Oleksandr Muzytchko, pemimpin regional Pravy Sektor (Sektor kanan), dalam baku tembak yang meletus dalam serangan penangkapannya di kota barat Rivne.
Pihak berwenang mengatakan, Muzytchko melepaskan tembakan pertama, dan terbunuh oleh peluru dari senjatanya sendiri.
Pravy Sektor memainkan peran penting dalam protes mematikan yang menumbangkan presiden pro-Moskow, Viktor Yanukovych bulan lalu, dan dicap sebagai organisasi neo-Nazi oleh pemerintah Rusia.
Para pendemo membawa bendera merah-dan- hitam khas bendera kelompok paramiliter. Menurut Agence France Presse (AFP), para pendemo itu dilaporkan mencapai 1.000 orang dan berunjuk rasa di dekat parlemen untuk menuntut pemecatan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Arsen Avakov.
Mereka menghancurkan beberapa jendela dan mengancam untuk memaksa masuk ke dalam gedung sebelum mundur dengan bersumpah untuk kembali menggelar demo pada Jumat pagi ini, (28/03/14).
Pravy Sektor pada Sabtu lalu membentuk sebuah partai politik dan memilih Dmytro Yarosh sebagai pemimpin nasional dan mencalonkannya dalam pemilihan presiden Ukraina pada 25 Mei mendatang.
Menurut kantor berita Rusia, pemimpin yang dibunuh itu adalah pemimpin kelompok yang dicari di Rusia yang dituduh penyebab tewasnya sekitar 20 tentara Rusia saat berperang bersama separatis di Chechnya. [IT/Onh/Ass]
Yabrud after the fall
http://english.al-akhbar.com/photoblogs/yabrud-after-fall
Days after the capture of Yabrud by the Syrian army, fighters decide
to to take a much needed break in the mostly deserted city. The city has
never seen such devastation. Only a few families remain and the town is
without electricity. Residents are eager to move back and go back to
their former lives. All that remains of the opposition is just their
slogans scribbled on the walls.
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
(Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
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Submitted by Atlas Turns (not verified) on Thu, 2014-03-20 21:56.
Congratulations to the liberators of Yabroud, and its citizens who can hopefully return home soon.
Thank you for the pictures Haitham Moussawi.
Thank you for the pictures Haitham Moussawi.
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