Dec 25, 2014, Consortium News Since the anti-war protests on Vietnam, the U.S. government has made “perception management” of the American people a high priority, feeding them a steady diet of propaganda about foreign crises, even getting “peace groups” to buy into “pro-democracy” wars, write Margaret Sarfehjooy and Coleen Rowley. …

Dec 25, 2014, NSNBC ISIS claimed that it downed a Jordanian fighter jet near the city of al-Raqqah, displaying photos of the captured pilot. The Jordanian Air Force confirmed the capture of the pilot and his identity, but claimed that the jet hadn’t been shot down. Images of the downed …

Dec 27, 2014, New Eastern Outlook US supplied TOW anti-tank missiles have ended up in the hands of Jabhat Al Nusra, Syria’s branch of Al Qaeda. The US provided the missiles to CIA vetted Syrian rebel faction Harakat Hazm in May. A video posted by Al Nusra shows the weapons being used …

Jan 2, 2015, NSNBC The Syrian Arab Army and Syrian Civil Defense Forces continue anti-terrorism operations throughout the country. On New Year’s Evening, President al-Assad visited front-line-positions in the Jobar suburb of the capital Damascus, praised the combat troops and stressed that the Syrian people gain their morale from the …

Dec 18, 2014, (We) Can Do Better How could we allow America, NATO, Israel or other Arab states to destroy something so ancient and valuable for all humanity as Syria – the last secular Arab state? Australian peace activist, Susan Dirgham, taught English for years in Syria and got to …

Dec 29, 2014, Taylor Report AUDIO LINK Stephen Gowans, political analyst, and Phil Taylor discuss Gowans’ article, “Why Assad Refuses to Step Down,” which is based on a Paris Match interview with Assad. In response to Paris Match, President Assad defended his right to rule democratically, to serve the Syrian …

Dear Friends of Syria and the Syria Solidarity Movement, Below please find the latest news from Latakia, Syria, received today from our good friend and correspondent Lilly Martin Sahiounie. Lilly grew up in Fresno, California but has lived in Latakia for twenty years with her Syrian husband and children, now …

Dear Friends, We wish to draw your attention to a potentially important article in Foreign Policy.http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/18/syria-assad-ceasefires-surrender-nir-rosen-hd-centre-report/ It is in fact only a review or preview of a potentially important unpublished report on Syria by journalist Nir Rosen.  What makes the preview and the report important is not so much that …

Dec 23, 2014, al-Akhbar Nearly 300 cultural heritage sites have been destroyed, damaged and looted in Syria since 2011, the UN said Tuesday in a report citing satellite evidence. The report focused on 18 areas, of which six are UNESCO-listed: the Old City of Aleppo; Bosra; Damascus, the Dead Cities …

Dec 16, 2014, Strategic Culture If a recent report in the British Guardian is to be believed, then the West is angling for a new pretext to step up its covert war of regime in Syria. The new pretext, it would seem, is that the Damascus government of Bashar al …