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Hassake (Agenzia Fides) - In the massacres in Brussels, after those in Paris, "unfortunately innocent people reap what European powers have sown in Syria and Iraq in the last few years". This is the bitter reflection regarding the tragic events of the Belgian capital that the Syrian Catholic Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo delivered to Agenzia Fides. According to Mgr. Hindo, who heads the Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Hassake-Nisibis, the serious responsibility of European and Western leadership, often influenced by short-sighted selfish interests, are manifested with evidence in several points. "Although several European leaders" remarked the Syrian Catholic Archbishop "until recently...

Syrians living in rebel-held areas of Homs province have seen a lot of destruction in four years of war, but say the Russian air force unleashed a whole new level of devastation in air strikes on their towns on Wednesday. Jets flying at higher altitudes than the Syrian air force emitted no noise to alert the people below to raids reported to have killed at least 33 civilians, including children. "We have been exposed to a wide range of weapons over the last five years, but what happened today was absolutely the most violent and ferocious, and the most comprehensive...

After Four Years of Failure in Syria, Obama Looks to Russia and Iran for Help Listen closely to the president, Putin, and Rouhani and you’ll hear common ground on Assad and ISIS. When President Barack Obama spoke at the United Nations today, he opened the door wide to cooperation with Iran and Russia in an effort to end the Syrian civil war that has shattered the Middle East, spawned ferocious new terrorist forces, and driven millions toward the frontiers of Europe to seek safety. In what was generally a boilerplate paean to democracy, the rule of law, and the virtues...

Syria: Bashar al-Assad ready to share power, says Vladimir Putin By Tom Porter September 4, 2015 14:05 BST Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad is ready to share power and even could hold snap parliamentary elections. Russia has been Assad's main international ally during the four-year civil war that has caused millions to flee the country and cost more than 200,000 lives. Moscow has repeatedly resisted calls for Assad to step aside, and Putin said the West should work with Assad's regime to combat jihadist organisation Islamic State, which now controls more than half of Syria. "We...