VIDEO — War… On Drugs: Captagon pills keep Syria rebels awake, fuel arms trade
RT
Jan 18, 2014
After nearly three years of bloody conflict, Syria is becoming a centre of drug production. With most economic activity practically non-existent, coupled with the proliferation of armed groups, the business is ripening quickly. An outlawed stimulant known as Captagon is now produced in Syria in huge amounts. RT’s Maria Finoshina reports.
VIDEO — ‘Blaming Assad a red herring, West still intends to destabilize Syria’
RT
Jan 12, 2014
In Syria, the strengthening of Al-Qaeda-linked groups has led to growing in-fighting between once allied rebels. Fierce clashes between rival opposition factions have killed at least 700 people this week.The outbreak of a civil war within a civil war has prompted some Western politicians who previously rooted solely for Assad’s removal to change their stance. Infighting within the ranks of the Syrian rebels is threatening the Russia-US brokered peace conference that’s due in less than two weeks. To discuss what might come out of it with Michel Chussodovsky, Director of the Center for Research on Globalization, joins RT.
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Thailand: Regime’s “Men in Black” Strike Again
January 11, 2014 (ATN) – There have been several troubling warnings by the regime and its backers that they plan to deploy covert violence against protesters and their own police in order to disrupt growing dissent against the embattled regime of dictator Thaksin Shinawatra. These warnings are coming ahead of a fourth mass mobilization this Monday, January 13, 2014, and after nearly nightly attacks on protesters by “men in black” gunmen. Previous mobilizations have seen over a million people take to the streets, dwarfing even the biggest pro-regime rallies held years ago at the height of its now dwindling popularity.
The threats by the regime are serious, and several of them have already come to pass during clashes beginning at the end of November.
VIDEO — Radical Rise: Captives of Syrian Al Qaeda linked group freed
RT
Jan 9, 2014
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Several hundred captives of a hardline rebel group linked to Al Qaeda have been freed in Syria. They were being held by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, who are one of the most radical jihadist militant groups in the region. Let’s get more from RT’s Middle East Correspondent Paula Slier.
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Syrian Infighting May Be Pretext for Expanded Intervention – video included
A strategy of tension created by divisions among foreign-funded fighters may give West an opportunity to increasingly “back good terrorists” versus “bad terrorists.”
January 7, 2014 (LD) – Geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser on Press TV explained what is behind recent infighting between foreign-funded fighters battling along and within Syria’s borders. It is suggested that a new narrative is in the making, portraying “good terrorists” locked in battle with “bad terrorists,” thus providing a new context within which the West can continue arming and funding terrorist groups waging war on Syria.
VIDEO — Hearts & Minds? Al-Qaeda aims to win over Yemenis with…. light bulbs
RT
Jan 3, 2014
Al-Qaeda-affiliated assassins have reportedly gunned down a senior Yemeni intelligence officer, in a broad daylight drive-by shooting. The terror network has been increasingly cornered in recent years by both government forces and US drone strikes. Lucy Kafanov reports on how it’s forced Al-Qaeda to adapt and evolve its strategy.
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VIDEO — Islamist protesters clash with cops, ‘Egypt slides back to Mubarak-style rule’
RT
Jan 4, 2014
At least 13 people have been killed across Egypt in a wave of protests, which saw demonstrators clashing with police forces. Over 50 other people were injured in the violence. Cairo, Alexandria, and Fayoum and Ismailia have all seen deadly scuffles as the Muslim Brotherhood-led National Coalition to Support Legitimacy organized protests on Friday. The protests were part of the Brotherhood’s boycott of the upcoming constitutional referendum. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/rlrvz2
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