[olisipo]

 

A devastação no bairro de Dukhania, em Damasco

[Pedro E.]

[olisipo]

 

Syrian government forces have been besieging Madaya since July

Madaya: second aid convoy 'enters besieged Syrian town'

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35309814

[Pedro E.]

Madaya: Questions the Mainstream Media should have asked but didnt.
https://thewallwillfall.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/madaya-questions-the-mainstream-media-should-have-asked-but-didnt/

Madaya.  Here is my list of 36 questions that the main stream media should have asked but didnt:

     1.How many civilians are in Madaya?
    2.What is the history of Madaya and the region?
    3.How important is Hezbollah’s presence in the region?
    4.How does this affect Israel’s agenda and links to the various terrorist factions involved?
    5.Who precisely is occupying Madaya. What % are Ahrar al Sham, Al Nusra or FSA?
    6.Are those gangs from Madaya originally or have they been imported into Madaya?
    7.If imported into Madaya, who by and for what reason?
    8.To whom are the villagers of Madaya allied?
    9.If they are indeed anti Assad, why are we seeing video footage of pro Assad demonstrations and the citizens chanting “The Syrian people and the Syrian Army are one hand”?
    10.If it is the SAA, Hezbollah and the Syrian Government imposing the “starvation” why then do we see video footage of civilians arguing with terrorists and saying. “we are hungry not you”?
    11.Why have we not seen one image of a starving terrorist?
    12.Why if the Syrian Government is not allowing aid into Madaya have we been told that the Red Cross/UN entered Madaya on the 19th October with enough food to last 2 months?
    13. Why if the Syrian Government is not allowing aid into Madaya was the UN able to enter on the 28th December 2015 and evacuate 126 wounded terrorists?
    14.Why, if the UN evacuated wounded terrorists, did they not evacuate the “starving” children or at least mention that conditions were deteriorating in Madaya?
    15.Why do relief campaigns state clearly that there is food available but at extortionate prices?
    16.If food is available at extortionate prices who is stockpiling it? Those who occupy Madaya ie the terrorists or the SAA who are outside Madaya and have no control over the food once it has been delivered by the UN allowed in by the SAA?
    17.If the terrorists are stockpiling the food delivered by the UN with permission of the Syrian Government, who is responsible for any subsequent starvation?
    18.The food for Madaya comes from Damascus which is a Government held area.  If the Syrian Government is intent upon starving its own people or even those who might be in opposition why would it allow food to leave Damascus to be taken to Madaya?
    19.The Syrian Government is accused of bombing its own people time and time again, why, therefore, did the Syrian Government not simply bomb Madaya but instead allowed food into the village and evacuated terrorists as part of an ongoing Amnesty deal?
    20.Why are we publishing photos without verifying them?
    21.Why are we relying on information from “activists” and not sending reporters to Madaya to witness the reality?
    22.Why, if people have died of starvation, have no names been released or records produced?
    23.Why, if we know Kafarya and Foua are a part of the ongoing negotiations for amnesty and release of civilians from terrorist siege in Kafarya and Foua, do we never mention these villages that have been under genuine starvation since March 2015 and partial siege and assault since 2011.
    24.Why might the village of Madaya be under siege by the SAA?
    25.If it is under siege, for how long? When did this siege start and what events coincide?
    26.How does this siege relate to the ongoing amnesty negotiations?
    27.Is siege a normal event in warfare? What other sieges in history compare?
    28.Why do we not mourn the 1700 lives lost in Kafarya and Foua with the same intensity that we mourn lives lost in Madaya that we cannot prove have been lost?
    29.Why do we not listen to the Red Cross spokesperson when he says Madaya had enough food for 2 months [delivered on the 19th October] or that they have now delivered enough food for 40,000 people
    30.Why do we not register the fact that the same Red Cross spokesperson stated clearly that they have no problem entering Government held areas with the exception of Deir Ezzor but they cannot enter any “moderate rebel” held areas.
    31.Why, if the FSA are the recognised “moderate rebels” are they working with Al Nusra [Al Qaeda] and Ahrar al Sham [Al Qaeda affiliate] in Madaya?
    32.Why are hundreds of residents of the town of Madaya Rural Damascus fleeing toward the Syrian army positions asking to be evacuated to government controlled areas?
    33.Where does all the money go that is raised by the Government agencies loosely masquerading as NGOs?
    34.Why do we condemn before we have asked the right questions?
    35.Why do we never discuss the NATO US GCC Israeli siege of Syria?
    36.Why do we lie and keep lying even when the truth is looking us straight in the eye?
    37.How do we sleep at night?

[olisipo]

Os rebeldes recuperam  Khan Thuman, Sul de Alepo, ocupada pelos iraquianos de Harakat al-Nujaba e os libaneses de Kata'ib Hezbollah



A ofensiva do SAA no Sul de Hama avança bem,  excepto em Dayr al-Fardis e Harbinafsah.

[olisipo]

Helicóptero sírio lança bombas-barrís há dois dias no bairro de Daraya, em Damasco

[Pedro E.]

Kafarya & Foua: The Horror that is ignored by UN, NATO and Western Media
https://www.facebook.com/Military.Media.Syria.Central/videos/503872779819274/

[olisipo]

U.N. chief blasts Syrias's warring parties for 'atrocious acts'  

http://reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0US2CC

[Pedro E.]

Update 1-Humanitarian aid convoys sent to Madaya, Kefraya and al-Fouaa
http://sana.sy/en/?p=66554

[olisipo]

Russia and Syria signed in August an agreement which gives Moscow an open-ended military presence in the war -torn country, according to the text, released by TASS.

The agreement was signed more than a month before Putin launched a bombing campaign in Syria.

http://news.yahoo.com/russia-syria-open-ended-military-presence-moscow-095030573.html

http://tass.ru/en/world/849758

[Pedro E.]

[olisipo]

Forças de Jaysh al-YarmUK chegaram de Quneitra a Sheikh Maskin para participar na batalha.

[Pedro E.]

Interview to German newspaper Bild. Part 2
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/51155

Question: Now let’s turn to Syria, if you do not mind.

We say that we are tackling common challenges there. This is the joint fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. However, some people in the West say that Russian military forces in Syria are fighting the anti-Assad rebels, rather than ISIS. What would be your response to the allegations that Russia is hitting the wrong targets?

Vladimir Putin: They are telling lies. Look, the videos that support this version appeared before our pilots even started to carry out strikes against terrorists. This can be corroborated. However, those who criticise us prefer to ignore it.

American pilots hit the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, by mistake, I am sure. There were casualties and fatalities among civilians and doctors. Western media outlets have attempted to hush this up, to drop the subject and have a very short memory span when it comes to such things. They mentioned it a couple of times and put it on ice. And those few mentions were only due to foreign citizens from the Doctors Without Borders present there.

Who now remembers the wiped out wedding parties? Over 100 people were killed with a single strike.

Yet this phony evidence about our pilots reportedly striking civilian targets keeps circulating. If we tag the “live pipelines” that consist of thousands of petrol and oil tankers as civilian targets, than, indeed, one might believe that our pilots are bombing these targets, but everyone is bombing them, including the Americans, the French and everyone else.

[olisipo]

The secret pact between Russia and Syria that gives Moscow carte blanche

(Translation and analysis of the secret pact between Putin and Assad signed in August 2015)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/15/the-secret-pact-between-russia-and-syria-that-gives-moscow-carte-blanche/

[Pedro E.]

mais excertos da entrevista do media alemão ao presidente russo  em que o assunto Síria é abordado

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/51155

Question: However, it is clear that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is carrying out strikes against his own population. Can we say that al-Assad is your ally?

Vladimir Putin: You know, this is a rather subtle issue. I think that President al-Assad has made many mistakes in the course of the Syrian conflict. However, don’t we all realise full well that this conflict would never have escalated to such a degree if it had not been supported from abroad through supplying money, weapons and fighters? Tragically, it is civilians who suffer in such conflicts.

But who is responsible for that? Is it the government, which seeks to secure its sovereignty and fights these anti-constitutional actions, or those who have masterminded the anti-government insurgency?

Regarding your question if al-Assad is an ally or not and our goals in Syria. I can tell you precisely what we do not want to happen: we do not want the Libyan or Iraqi scenario to be repeated in Syria. I have to give due credit to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and I told him this myself, because had he not taken on the responsibility, demonstrated fortitude and brought the country under control, then we might have witnessed the Libyan scenario in Egypt. In my view, no effort should be spared in strengthening legitimate governments in the region’s countries. That also applies to Syria. Emerging state institutions in Iraq and in Libya must be revived and strengthened. Situations in Somalia and other countries must be stabilised. State authority in Afghanistan must be reinforced. However, it does not mean that everything should be left as is. Indeed, this new stability would underpin political reforms.

As far as Syria is concerned, I think that we should work towards a constitutional reform. It is a complicated process. Then, early presidential and parliamentary elections should be held, based on the new Constitution. It is the Syrian people themselves who must decide who and how should run their country. This is the only way to achieve stability and security, to create conditions for economic growth and prosperity, so that people can live in their own homes, in their homeland, rather than flee to Europe.

Question: But do you believe al-Assad is a legitimate leader if he allows the destruction of his country’s population?

Vladimir Putin: It is not his goal to destroy his country’s population. He is fighting those who rose up against him with deadly force. And if the civilians suffer, I think that the primary responsibility for this is with those who fight against him with deadly force as well as those who assist armed groups.

As I have already said, though, this does not mean that everything is all right out there and that everyone is right. This is exactly why I believe political reforms are needed so much there. The first step in that direction should be to develop and adopt a new Constitution.