by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, September 2, 2022 In 2017, US and allied Kurdish forces bombarded the city of Raqqa, the bastion of ISIS in Syria and the de-facto capital of the terror group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. Concurrent to this, US forces conducted massive air strikes on the …

Statement and Petition by Global Network for Syria WHY STOP ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON SYRIA? Economic sanctions contribute to large-scale poverty, destroying Syria’s health and social services infrastructure, whilst traumatising the civilian population and driving mass displacement. They: Restrict access to essential food supplies and basics like soap and disinfectant. Restrict …

Ken Stone and Judy Bello were interviewed on PressTV about the recent suicide bombing at the Russian Embassy in Kabul which was claimed by ISIS.

Statement from Syria Support Movement The recent exposé by Richard Kerbaj in his new book, The Secret History of the Five Eyes, of a Canadian spy, Mohammed Al Rasheed is more than disturbing. This man, in the course of his work for the Canadian government, trafficked underage girls to Syria …

News from Middle East Monitor, September 2: Israel has intensified strikes on Syrian airports to disrupt Tehran’s increasing use of aerial supply lines to deliver arms to allies in Syria and Lebanon, including Hezbollah, regional diplomatic and intelligence sources told Reuters. Tehran has adopted air transport as a more reliable …

by Daniel Larison, published on Responsible Statecraft, August 26, 2022 U.S. forces in Syria have been carrying out strikes against “Iran-backed” militias this week in response to a recent drone attack on the American base at Tanf and rocket attacks at two other bases in northeastern Syria. The first U.S. …

Palestine Correspondent, The Cradle, July 6, 2022 The Axis of Resistance is solidly grounded in Damascus while decisions must be made on how to deal with Hamas’ betrayal of their benefactors in Syria when their identity with Muslim Brotherhood was deemed more important than Syrian leadership in support of Palestine.  …

by Erman Çete published on The Cradle, August 22, 2022 On 27 October 2021, China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Geng Shuang made an unexpected statement about Turkey and its role in Syria at a UN Security Council Briefing on Syria. Shuang blamed Turkey for “illegally invading northeastern Syria” …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 27, 2022 On August 24, the US military in Syria carried out a retaliatory airstrike on a militia that the US claims previously attacked the Al Tanf base on August 15. US F-15 and F-16 jets dropped guided bombs on nine ammunition …

by Harun Aswad, published on MiddleEast Eye, August 24, 2022 As the morning sun stretched across Jabal al-Summaq’s slopes at daybreak on Saturday, lighting up its olive trees’ thin green leaves, residents of the mountain awoke to a terrifying new crime. An elderly Druze couple was found murdered in front …