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U.S. Claims Russia Hampering Situation in Syria
The U.S. State Department has once again blamed Russia for hindering the situation in Syria.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland made the statement during a briefing in answer to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's earlier statement that the West is aiding the opposition in order to drag out an armed battle in Syria.
"Well, there's no question that we are endeavoring, through our support to the opposition, to hasten the day when the violence ends, when Assad leaves power and when a democratic transition can begin," Nuland said, adding: "That said, as you know, we tried very hard repeatedly -- three times, in fact -- through the U.N. Security Council to work with Russia to put some teeth behind the U.N. efforts and Kofi Annan's effort to get compliance with his six-point plan. We wanted very much for there to be a penalty, a sanctions penalty in particular, if those six points were not implemented. And Russia, again, vetoed. So you know, I would ask the question who is doing the most now to try to hasten the day?
The 15-member Security Council approved in April the establishment of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) with 300 unarmed military observers, to oversee a ceasefire in Syria and monitor the implementation of UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan.
The mandate of the mission has been extended until August 19 despite the fact that most of the mission's activities have been suspended since June 16 due to escalating violence in the country.
Nuland said the situation in Syria would be discussed in Moscow by Undersecretary Wendy Sherman during her visit, though according to the agenda, the sides would discuss the situation in Iran.
"Well, first let me say that Undersecretary Sherman's primary purpose on her stop in Russia is to work with the Russians on the P-5 plus one process vis-a-vis Iran, which she is the lead American on. And she'll be meeting her counterparts there. Obviously Syria is going to come up. She will say what [U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton] has been saying to Lavrov, what we've been saying at all levels, which is that the Russians themselves have expressed to us, have expressed internationally, grave concerns about this turning into a civil war, turning into a proxy war, spilling beyond borders," Nuland said.
The Syrian conflict has claimed between 14,000 and 20,000 lives since March 2011, according to estimates by various opposition groups and the UN. The West is pushing for Assad’s ouster, while Russia and China are trying to prevent outside interference in the country, claiming the Assad regime and the opposition are both to blame for the bloodshed.
"And we have those exact same concerns. But not allowing the UN to work, not allowing real teeth behind efforts that we've all agreed to -- that we need a transitional structure as the P-5 agreed in Geneva, that we actually need the Kofi Annan plan to have enforcement mechanisms -- is not helping and is not contributing to stopping the violence and containing this crisis so that we can move on and we can rebuild Syria," Nuland added.
Most recently, after regaining control of Damascus, the Syrian Army has continued a large-scale offensive to force rebels out of the northern city of Aleppo, on the border with Turkey.
The government troops on Monday stormed the western neighborhood of Aleppo in a battle that could decide the future of the armed uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
Izvor: RIA
Ukratko, SAD opet optužuje Rusiju da usporava situaciju u Siriji, tj. da ne pomaže Zapadu u procesu globalnog širenja demokracije...Eh ti Rusi.. 
Syria rebels warn they will turn to Al-Qaeda if West fails them 
The US spy chief has admitted Al-Qaeda might be behind recent suicide bombings in Syria. While rebels threaten they will have to make an alliance with jihadists if they don’t see more help from the West.
The Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services, has acknowledged that blasts in Syrian cities since last December “had all the earmarks of an Al-Qaeda-like attack”.
"We believe Al-Qaeda in Iraq is extending its reach into Syria," Clapper told the Senate.
The Iraqi government confirmed ealier that Al Qaeda has been crossing from Iraq into Syria to carry out attacks on government forces.
At the beginning of the Syrian internal conflict the rebels relied primarily on small arms but over the months they have become increasingly more sophisticated in bomb-making.
Wednesday’s bombing in Damascus, meters from the UN mission headquarters, put the international jihadists into the media spotlight. Syrian rebels have openly admitted they were behind the attack, but the extensive use of explosives they have been using lately might point at more experienced jihadists from other countries, probably Iraq, where they mastered their terror tactics and bomb-making skills on civilians and US soldiers.
In the Free Syrian Army there are entire brigades that are being armed, paid and commanded by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), an organization considered an Al Qaeda affiliate by the UN. The US State Department and the UK Home Office both regard it as a terrorist organization as well.
‘West pushes us to Al-Qaeda’
The Free Syrian Army insurgents stick to the demand that western support for them is insufficient. The rebels point out they have to deal with the regular Syrian army which has anything from mortars and tanks to fighter jets and assault helicopters at its disposal – and does not hesitate to use them.
So the rebels demand more arms and more western support. Theoretically, they might be satisfied with establishing a no-fly zone over Syria. That would enable them to repeat the Libyan scenario, where special forces from various countries were doing the job of ousting Muammar Gaddafi while local rebels were starring on western media as “true victors over an evil regime”.
But since the US leadership remains ponderous over how to introduce a no-fly zone over Syria as America is engrossed in the presidential campaign, the Syrian rebels’ feelings have been seriously hurt. 
"We don't want Al-Qaeda here, but if nobody else helps us, we will make an alliance with them," (to mi nije jasno...napravit će savez sami s sobom?  ) suggests Abu Ammar, a rebel commander in the city of Aleppo.
"And you can bet if Al-Qaeda comes here, they will brainwash the people,” Ammar told AFP. “If Al-Qaeda enters Aleppo, the city will become their base within three months.”
Despite the obvious signs of international terrorist organizations battling the regime of President Bashar Assad, the Syrian government finds itself further isolated as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has suspended Syria's membership. The move is supposed to send a 'strong message' to Damascus, which the group sees as the only culprit behind hostilities in Syria.
Another international body, the Arab League, expelled Syria from its ranks last year.
The Arab countries are showing a united front in dealing with the “apostate” Alawi regime in Syria, yet the money and arms they pump into Syrian rebels might end up in the hands of radical Islamist movements that appear to be working to steal the thunder in the Syrian conflict.
What many in the west fail to recognize is that Islamic terrorism is not necessarily a derogative term, it is a descriptive term to denote a guerrilla warfare tactic that justifies the use of terror and violence for achieving political goals.
The Syrian rebels are already starting to fear the political agenda of extreme jihadists that flock into their country. The aggressive tactics the intruders effectively use might soon give the Syrian rebels the choice of either joining foreign extremists in ousting the regime and building an Islamists state in Syria, or confronting them to build a “better Syria without Assad”. The example of a “better Libya without Gaddafi”, where tribal wars have become routine amid a drop in living standards, might be standing straight and tall in front of their eyes.
Izvor: RT
Ukratko, govore o tome da kad izgube borbu s sirijskom vojskom, da će se kompletno okrenuti ka terorističkim djelatnostima, tj. bombaškim napadima na škole, bolnice, dječje vrtiće i sl.
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