Putin Says Kerry Lied About Al Nusra's Links to Al Qaeda (tags)
Russian Pres. Putin called out U.S. Sec of State John Kerry for lying about the known connections and support between Al Nusra and Al Qaeda. It is likely that the Syrian rebel groups are are by now hopelessly interwoven with the Al Nusra Front and thus any attacks on the legitimate Syrian government of Pres. Bashar Al Assad by the U.S. will encourage the growth of Al Nusra and then in time their attacks will turn on U.S. soldiers and civilians.
IS-Backed Death Squads Massacre Hundreds of Syrian Kurds (tags)
Syria
Iraq Pullout: Mission Accomplished or Strategic Retreat? (tags)
daily violence rages
Palestinian update, 7/01/02 uninvited guests become neighbors by Sam Bahour. (tags)
Today is July 1st. We enter our eighth day under Israeli military curfew (house arrest). We were rudely awakened at 7:20am by someone pressing and holding the doorbell of our home.