U.N. Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan discusses the devastating impact of illegal US sanctions on Syria and how they are continuing to block aid in earthquake recovery efforts. Professor Douhan explains how despite the US Treasury issuing a 180-day waiver on certain sanctions imposed on Syria, countries and humanitarian actors are …

from The News Desk at The Cradle, March 2, 2023 Israeli carriers dropped leaflets in the Quneitra and Deraa governorates of southern Syria, warning the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) that Tel Aviv would attack specific positions in Syria allegedly used to shelter members of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. According …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, February  23, 2023 I highly suggest reading some of the linked articles.  HTS is apparently ‘taxing’ aid providers and ‘managing’ distribution in Idlib, while the main body of Syrians are denied aid entirely due to U.S. sanctions.  An Arabic language article that is …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on The Canada Files, February 20, 2023 Canada has blood on its hands in Syria. Canadian intelligence would have provided its government with the facts concerning the Syrian uprising in Deraa in March 2011. That information would have allowed the Canadian government to determine whether to …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, February 20, 2023 The Turkish defense minister disclosed this new development while dismissing claims that Turkiye has faced a new influx of Syrian migrants through its southern border Following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Syria and Turkiye on 6 February, 10,663 Syrians in …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, February 18, 2023 The massive earthquake on February 6 devastated parts of the northwest of Syria, including the last remaining terrorist occupied area of Idlib. While Latakia and Aleppo were damaged more than Idlib, they are not receiving any aid from the US, …

Damascus, SANA– Five people were martyred and 15 others were wounded in an Israeli air aggression, with waves of missiles, targeting areas in Damascus and its vicinity, including residential neighborhoods. “At 00:22 a.m. Sunday at dawn, the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression with waves of missiles from the …

Marwa Osman Interview, Posted to YouTube by Eva Bartlett, February 17, 2023 ***   Please Sign our Statement demanding that the Sanctions on Syria be lifted immediately.   *** Early last week, Turkey, Syria & surrounding countries experienced a series of earthquakes & aftershocks which tragically struck Syria and Turkey the hardest, …

Published by the U.S. Peace Council, February 8, 2023 The National Union of Syrian Students in an appeal to international student and youth organizations: A humanitarian catastrophe befell our homeland, Syria, at dawn on Monday, February 6, 2023, after it was exposed to a devastating 7.7 degree earthquake, resulting in …