Syria is NOT a 'police state' - Vanessa Beeley 'live' on Facts on the Ground

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My latest interview with Mint Press News: 

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My recent interview with Press TV Under-Reported: 

In late July, the United Arab Emirates and the Israeli regime celebrated what they described a historic organ transplant exchange. In less than a year after the normalization of relations between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv, an Israeli woman donated a kidney to a patient in the UAE, as part of a new cross-border organ donation program. Then a woman in Abu Dhabi underwent surgery to donate her kidney to a woman in Haifa. Yet, regardless of this publicity blitz, both the Emiratis and Israelis have a shady track record when it comes to organ transplant, or in better words, organ trafficking.

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Syrian Ministry of Defense || Military source: Around 23:03 this evening, the #Israeli enemy carried out air aggression with missiles from the southeast of Beirut, targeting some points in the vicinity of Damascus and the vicinity of Homs.  

As usual, the Israeli warplanes took advantage of the civil aviation movement to carry out their treacherous strike, and while there are reports about a Lebanese civil plane that barely escaped the missiles, other reports said that a Middle East Airlines flight was warned to hold over the Mediterranean due to the hostile air raids on Syria.  

Damascus, Homs and Qalamoun were targeted. Some missiles hit target but the majority were intercepted. The ground was shaking in much of Damascus.    

Acting Director General of Civil Aviation Fadi Al-Hassan:  The control towers in Syria and Cyprus asked the two planes to change their course due to the Israeli attack. They then returned back to course and landed normally at Beirut Airport. 

Israel used two civilian airliners carrying hundreds of passengers as human shields to camouflage their warplanes during the attack and delay the response of the Syrian Air Defence. Any mistake or miscalculated actions by Syria, could have led to a massacre. The Syrian Air Defence did a superb job avoiding civilian human shields and intercepting the Israeli missiles fired from warplanes violating Lebanese airspace.

Many believe this Israeli attack is in response to Sayed Nasrallah's speech during which the leader of Hezbollah threatened retaliation if any of the Iranian oil tankers bringing supplies to Lebanon were attacked by Israel or the US. 

On a personal note, the ground in my area of Damascus was shaking and the sound of incoming missiles and interception was directly overhead, the dogs were not impressed :-) and all piled onto the bed. 

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Today I spoke with Dr Marcus Papadopoulos, historian, analyst and author of the new book "Arise Rossiya: The Return of Russia to World Politics"

We cover the recent unrest in Turkey and backlash against the growing Syrian refugee population, now believed to be an estimated five million. We talk about emerging energy sector alliances that may be surprising in who they bring together, partnering Israel with Lebanon to counter the rise of Russian influence in the region with Iran and Hezbollah. Marcus addresses the erratic leadership of Erdogan driven by ideological sectarian policies and delusions of a return to the Ottoman Empire. Marcus always brings new insight and perspective to geopolitical analysis, I highly recommend listening to his bringing together of all the loose threads.

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