The Truth About Syria

Following their military defeat at the hands of the regular army, the legions of the anti-Syrian coalition have now turned to blind terrorism.

Thus, on Friday, Syrian special services foiled an attempted attack in Aleppo, the second largest city. A suicide bomber riding on a minibus loaded with 1.2 tons of explosives, meant to destroy the densely populated neighborhood of al-Shaar, was stopped by security forces before he could detonate the device [1]

This follows the twin bomb explosions on Thursday that killed 55 people and injured 372 in Damascus. The attacks occurred almost simultaneously on a highway south of the city, during the morning rush hour when people were going to work and pupils to school. The blasts were so powerful they shook all the buildings in the capital. The attack was claimed by the terrorist group Jabhat al-nusra, the same one behind the January attack that killed 26 people in al-Midan, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Damascus.

Announcing that “the Kalashnikovs would not overthrow the regime,” the armed groups and their handlers abroad are gearing up to wage a “low intensity” war against Syria [2]

In late April, the Loutfallah 2, a cargo ship, was intercepted [3] in Lebanese waters, transporting 150 tons of weapons to be delivered to Syrian fighters, including 155mm shells earmarked in theory for heavy artillery, something the the armed opposition does not have. The explosive charge of these shells, which contain a mixture of TNT and RDX, may however be used to manufacture extremely powerful explosives.

Moreover, at least five explosives experts recently arrived in Syria from Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

One of them, Abdel Ghani Jawhar, chief bomb maker of the pro-Saudi terrorist group Fatah al Islam, was killed in the border town of Al-Qusayr when the bomb that he was planting against the Syrian army went off accidentally. A chemistry graduate, he went to Syria to teach fighters how to develop explosives and car bombs [4].

While Western and Gulf states media allege that the armed groups are defending the population against the “regime’s bloody crackdown,” this version has been consistently contradicted by the facts since the beginning of the operation to destabilize the country in March 2011. Seeking to cause chaos to justify a foreign “humanitarian” intervention, it is indeed the mercenaries sponsored by the international coalition who are perpetrating these attacks, which target not only the army and the police, but also the civilian population.

[1] “Un terroriste actionne sa ceinture explosive en tentant de faire exploser un microbus bourré d’explosives à Alep,” SANA, 11 May 2012.

[2] “ALBA countries join chorus condemning “Contras” interference in Syria,” Voltaire Network, 7 February 2012.

[3] An arms-laden cargo plane had already been seized in February this year: “Lebanese security officials seize suspicious cargo from US, Brazil”, Voltaire Network, 8 February 2012.

[4] “In Syria, Lebanon’s Most Wanted Sunni Terrorist Blows Himself Up,” by Aryn Baker and Rami Aysha, Globalspin, 23 April 2012. 

Damascus has refuted accusations of being behind a ruthless attack in Houla where over 90 civilians were killed. Political analyst Ibrahim Alloush told RT that those killed were actually Assad loyalists, and the timing is suspicious.

Friday’s attack in the Governorate of Homs has risen already-high tensions in Syria, with many in the international community quick to point fingers at Assad’s forces.

Public anxiety was fueled by numerous amateur videos from Houla posted to YouTube showing dozens of bodies, including many women and children.

Although the videos were widely distributed by the media, the source could not be independently verified.

Damascus condemned the attack Saturday, saying it had no involvement in the massacre, and accused “terrorist” groups of being behind it.

The authorities also announced an investigation into the incident.

‘Those killed were loyal to Assad’

Political analyst Ibrahim Alloush told RT that the way the attack was done and its timing “make it obvious” that Damascus is not responsible.

“It would not make sense for the Syrian army to commit these massacres and withdraw, and then just let the rebels come and take photos and make documentaries about them,” he explained.

Alloush believes the crimes were committed “by the armed gangs supported from abroad, from the GCC countries and from the NATO specifically through Turkey.”

The analyst insists that the massacre in Houla was carried out in the context of a broad attack throughout the area.

“They also attacked the national hospital in the region and they set fire to it. Then they turned to civilian houses in some of the neighboring villages and they started killing indiscriminately,” he said, emphasizing that among those killed were people loyal to Assad.

Alloush also said that the timing of the attack makes it look suspicious.

“These crimes have come at a point when a political solution has been slated for the Syrian question, and these people do not want to see a political solution – instead they want to see an armed intervention, an international foreign intervention in Syria under pretext of massacres,” he concluded.

A leading religious figure has been assassinated in the conservative Midan area of the Syrian capital Damascus.

Sheik Mohammad Ahmad Ouf Sadeq was an imam at the mosque Anas bin Malek. When he was returning to the capital on Wednesday, an armed group intercepted his vehicle in Qadam Assali, in the Damascus suburbs. Sadeq, 36, had a Ph.D. in Sharia law, and is survived by four children. Some think the religious leader was killed because of his strong pro-Assad position, as he is said to have strongly condemned a January 6 terrorist attack Midan and called for national unity.

According to supporters of the imam, those who killed him want more bloodshed in the country.

“He was killed because he was calling for reform and the end of clashes,” said Sheikh Housaim Shouaib.“Those who did it – they only want chaos and more death.”