The Obama regime to work with Russia
It appears Russia’s direct hint that it may accept a transition from Bashar al-Assad, has indeed been synchronised with the Obama regime’s statement on supporting a ‘Yemen solution’ for Syria. [...]
Tag Archives: Syrian National Council
Is there a US policy shift to arm the uprising?
One of the few documented large shipment of arms to Syrian rebels, from Libya, was intercepted by the Lebanese navy. So far, there is little evidence that Qatar or Saudi-Arabia [...]
Burhan Ghalioun’s leaked emails confirms the already known
A group of pro-Syrian regime hackers have hacked into the email account of Burhan Ghalioun (head of the SNC). This is not the first major hack of the ‘Electronic Syrian [...]
Armed groups and human rights violations
Human Rights Watch has produced a report that documents violations comitted by anti-regime armed groups. The report states the following: Abuses include kidnapping, detention, and torture of security force members, [...]
Covering Syria: the logic of alliances
There are similarities between the current largest opposition coalition (the ‘Syrian National Council’ [SNC]) and Syrian opposition coalitions from the past. Returning to the early 1980s, the Muslim Brotherhood formed a broad [...]
Forsaken uprisings
‘Syrian National Council’ (SNC) spokespersons often describe the Syrian uprising as the forlorn uprising, with citizens left to the monstorous machine of the regime’s repressive security apparatus. However, when like [...]
The disingenuity of the SNC: when interference is not interference
The Syrian National Council (SNC), on the anniversary of Rafiq al-Hariri’s assassination, have vowed to review all agreements/pacts between Syria and its Lebanese counterpart. For a coalition representing itself as [...]
Syria, alliances and a proxy war
It is no secret that the Syrian National Council carries obsessions regarding Iran and this signifies the alliances they are seeking to build and endorse. In this message, they claim [...]
The Syrian National Council and the Saudi monarchy
Below is a Syrian National Council advertisement published in the Saudi monarchy owned Al-Hayat newspaper. It is signed by the Syrian National Council, Association of Syrian Scholars, Conference of Muslim [...]
The ‘Syrian National Council’ and Syria’s news strategic direction
As-Safir (a Lebanese newspaper) has published the transcript of the Syrian National Council’s (SNC) meeting with the Hillary Clinton. The transcript displays US concerns with the condition of ‘minorities’ in [...]
