Es gibt zwar noch immer keinen Beweis, aber der israelische Generalmajor Aviv Kochavi hat eine Beschuldigung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika von Anfang Februar wiederholt, es gäbe eine geheime riesige iranische Armee, die in Syrien operiert, und sagte, sie hätten eine Streitmacht von 50.000 Mann geschaffen, die Assad stützen und den Krieg nach seinem Sturz weiterführen sollte

After days of meeting with Pakistani officials, the United Nations official investigating Washington’s global campaign of drone strikes attacked the legal and strategic basis for the robotic war in its biggest battlefield. And he raised doubts over whether Americans operating the drones can actually distinguish terrorists from average Pakistanis.

The first Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military and intelligence officers in Jordan returned to Syria on Thursday, a senior rebel spokesman told CNN.

Two days earlier, the director of an elementary school from Trikala wrote an open letter about a six-year-old child in her class. “After almost a week of school absence, the child returned to school, emaciated, cachectic, with trembling all over his body. The parents of this little child are unemployed. They live in a slum. They lack even the bread.“

Historic hotel welcomes many visitors from Israel and Russia

The first day of the summit ended on Thursday confirming the ideological fracture between austerity and growth though partial progress was made towards a compromise on speeding growth by slightly softening austerity policies.

President Vladimir Putin picked a member of his inner circle to lead Russia’s central bank after government calls for lower borrowing costs fell on deaf ears.

Elvira Nabiullina has the worst possible credential for the job of head of the Russian central bank: she is a close ally of Vladimir Putin. The former economy minister, currently the Russian president’s chief economic adviser, will take the new post in June.

Auch andere Druckmittel auf Teheran sollten nicht ausgeschlossen werden, so Obama.

Cameron hints he and Hollande may go it alone

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Berlin is ready to discuss lifting the European Union‘s arms embargo on Syria, but stressed that the issue is „very complicated.“

Bundeskanzlerin Merkel ist bereit, die bisherige Ablehnung von Waffenlieferungen an Syriens Opposition zu überdenken.

BRUSSELS – European heads of states and government Summit DAMASCUS – Second anniversary of uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

After nearly a quarter of a century since the fall of the wall, Berlin has become the uncontested centre of the continent in both political and economic terms. Only in military aspects is the reunited powerhouse of Europe curbing its expansionist instincts or zeal (yet with Washington’s benign consent it is now flexing its military muscles in Afghanistan and on the Syrian –Turkish border in quest of a much wider geo-political Lebensraum.

In this age of manufactured terror, one of the most vital regions on the global chessboard is also an area that few in the West know anything about: Central Asia. This geostrategic and resource-rich area on the doorstep of China and Russia finds itself in the middle of an all out terror campaign. But, as key national intelligence whistleblowers are pointing out, these terrorists are working hand-in-glove with NATO.

Despite what he said to an overly fearful Israeli public, his own intelligence officials maintain that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program and has demonstrated no intention of developing them.

US president, in interview with Channel 2, says that ‘if we can resolve it diplomatically, that’s a more lasting solution’

More than half of Britons believe Tony Blair was wrong to invade Iraq, while 22% tell YouGov he should be tried as a war criminal

In the online survey of a representative sample of 1,008 American adults, 36 per cent of respondents think launching military action against Iraq was the right decision, while 44 per cent deem it a mistake. While most Democrats (56%) regard the invasion as a mistake, a majority of Republicans (52%) think it was the correct thing to do.

Der Iran wird laut US-Präsident Barack Obama „noch etwa ein Jahr“ für die Entwicklung von Kernwaffen brauchen. In einem Interview für das israelische Fernsehen versprach er zugleich, dies nicht zuzulassen. Eine Anwendung von Militärgewalt sei dabei nicht ausgeschlossen.

France wants to lift the EU embargo on arming rebels, Britain wants to review it and Germany wants to keep the status quo

Vorsitzender (European chairman) der Gruppe ist seit April 2012 der amtierende Vorsitzende der ebenfalls vom Ehrenvorsitzenden David Rockefeller gegründeten Group of Thirty und ehemalige EZB-Präsident Jean-Claude Trichet. Vorgänger von Trichet als European chairman war bis zu seiner Ernennung als neuer italienischer Ministerpräsident Mario Monti.

Am Abend redet die Kanzlerin auf der Jahrestagung der Trilateralen Kommission.
Die Trilaterale Kommission ist eine zivilgesellschaftliche Organisation, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, die Zusammenarbeit der drei Regionen Europa, Nordamerika und Asien/Pazifik zu verbessern.

Carrying flags and banners that read „Our education will not pay your debt,“ the demonstrators marched towards the education ministry on Thursday to voice their anger at the crisis budget cuts and layoffs in schools and universities.