Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
UNAC Statement, December 10, 2024
This is a moment to salute and remember the martyrs and resistance fighters in Syria, who for decades and against all odds held firm against U.S. imperialist domination.
Because imperialism has no solutions the struggle will regroup and break forth again and each time at a higher level.
After the U.S. backed surge of mercenaries and funded terrorist forces in 2011 launched the all out effort to destroy Syria, the Syrian Arab Army was able to regroup and fought heroically, with help from Hezbollah, Iran and Russia, to retake the major cities of Syria, including Aleppo on the Turkish border. But the effort to regain full control of Syria was frozen for years.
US, Turkish, and foreign mercenary forces maintained control of 1/3 Syrian territory – the vital, resource rich, oil rich agricultural base of Syria. Armies of foreign mercenary forces were paid, trained, fully outfitted in Turkey and Jordan. The U.S. maintained bases, troops and trainers in Syria. Israeli and U.S. missiles continually targeted Syrian infrastructure.
U.S. imperialism bragged for years that they were able to maintain the political isolation and especially the economic isolation of Syria through starvation sanctions and the complete denial of all reconstruction aid. There were endless funds for reconstruction in US controlled regions. Psychological and media warfare was unrelenting.
This was a decade long all-out imperialist effort to freeze, starve, hollow out the Syrian economy, until collapse.
Syria had the foresight to uplift the Axis of Resistance as the only path towards liberation from US imperialism and Zionism for the whole region. Syria’s vital defense weapons were shared with Hezbollah as part of struggle to defend Palestine.
In UNAC we keep the bigger picture in mind. It is a global struggle on many fronts.
As Israeli tanks roll into Syria and U.S. bombers target Syrian infrastructure and mercenary forces loot hospitals and schools we remain confident that repression launches new resistance.
In this difficult moment we are determined to strengthen our solidarity with Palestine and with all countries targeted by U.S. imperialism.
We continue to demand:
US imperialism and its reactionary allies Out of Syria Now! US Hands Off the Middle East!
Self-determination for Syria!
Free Free Palestine! From the River to the Sea!
