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Asia Times
February 22, 2018
This stinks of “death squad” tactics, much like what occurred in Syria after Robert Stephen Ford was appointed as US ambassador to Damascus in January 2011. He was an underling of John Negroponte, the historic sponsor of death squads in Honduras and Nicaragua. Of course, US corporate mediaÃâà...
Financial Express
February 4, 2017
This reporter has written several stories since 2012 about US ambassador in Damascus, Robert Stephen Ford, a great favourite of Hillary Clinton, playing an overt role in the Syrian insurgency. Some of it was eyewitness account. More recently, Trump has reiterated that he hopes for friendlier relations withÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
August 9, 2016
War-torn Syria is full of arms: thousands of AK47 assault rifles, machine guns, mortar shells, rocket launchers and anti-tank weapons, aging T-55 and T-72 ... Robert Stephen Ford, the US ambassador to Syria from 2011 to 2014, told BIRN and the OCCRP that the trade is coordinated by the American secretÃâà...
Balkan Insight
July 27, 2016
Robert Stephen Ford, US ambassador to Syria between 2011 and 2014, told BIRN and the OCCRP that the trade is coordinated by the US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Turkey and Gulf states through centres in Jordan and Turkey, although in practice weapon supplies often bypass this process.
C-SPAN
January 13, 2016
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CounterPunch
February 4, 2015
[see also “Who is Ambassador Robert Stephen Ford? The Architect of US Sponsored Terrorism in Syria” and “Washington Admits: FSA Equals Fictitious Syrian Army” and “FSA Leader Defects to ISIL and Exposes FSA as a Saudi-Israeli Run Project”]. Maram Susli's (the “Syrian Girl”) December 27, 2014Ãâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
June 6, 2014
In recent developments, the Western media is portraying former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Stephen Ford as a “moderate”, committed to supporting so-called ... Ford subsequently served under Negroponte's successor Zalmay Khalilzad prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Algeria in 2006.
New York Times
August 3, 2012
As early as June 2011, Robert Stephen Ford, the U.S. ambassador to Syria, briefed his counterparts in Damascus about Al Qaeda's penetration of the opposition forces. By still ploughing ahead with its support for Saudi Arabia's effort to destabilize Syria, Washington, far from assisting Israel or weakeningÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
May 30, 2012
The US Ambassador to Syria (appointed in January 2011), Robert Stephen Ford had been part of Negroponte's team at the US Embassy in Baghdad (2004-2005). ... Ford subsequently served under Negroponte's successor Zalmay Khalilzad prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Algeria in 2006.
Huffington Post
March 20, 2012
The US, under Bush, decided to recall the US Ambassador to Syria Margaret Scobey in 2005, leaving a vacancy in official US diplomatic relations with Syria. I visited with the ambassador in Damascus shortly before her departure and it became clear that her interaction with Syrian government officials was not only minimalÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
September 30, 2011
In recent developments the US Ambassador to Syria Robert S. Ford has been “attacked” by “pro-regime demonstrators”. Described as an act of violence and aggression by the Western media, Ambassador Robert S Ford was pelted with eggs and tomatoes in Damascus on Thursday. “We condemn thisÃâà...
Business Insider
July 20, 2011
Ahmad Al-Shlash, a tribal leader in Syria, gave an interview to the Arabic language channel Al-Dunya TV in which he, along with his "cousins," reportedly called for the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Robert Stephen Ford, to be cooked and eaten like "American mutton," either "with salt or without salt." AccordingÃâà...
AllGov
July 11, 2010
On February 16, 2010, President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Robert Stephen Ford as the next U.S. ambassador to Syria. This was a ... President George W. Bush appointed Ford as ambassador to Algeria in May 2006 and he presented his credentials there on September 4. ThenÃâà...
LifeZette
December 31, 1999
Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Stephen Ford rejected NBC News reporter Andrea Mitchell's “off the mark” attempt during an interview Monday on MSNBC to pin some of the blame for the latest suspected chemical attack against Syrian civilians on President Donald Trump. Trump recently floatedÃâà...
