From the News Desk at The Cradle, August 2022 The Syrian Oil Ministry released a statement on 9 August accusing US forces occupying Syria of being responsible for the theft of most of the country’s oil. “The amount of oil production during the first half of 2022 amounted to some …
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We Will Deliver Aid to Syrians Even if Bab al Hawa Crossing Closes
They can’t deliver aid to needy Syrians in most of Syria, because US sanctions prevent charities from operating in the government-controlled parts of Syria unless their own personnel distribute the aid. For this reason, most desperate Syrians do not receive that aid. We are the only US-based charity that administers …
Read More »Turkish Supported Terrorists in Idlib Attack Church with Deaths and Injuries
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 25, 2022 The Hagia Sophia Church in Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria was attacked by Radical Islamic terrorists using a drone which was launched from the terrorist controlled enclave of Idlib on July 24. Two persons were killed while 12 others were wounded. The Syrian …
Read More »The Bab al Hawa Deception
Statement from Syria Support Movement On July 12, the UN Security Council extended the authorization for humanitarian aid to cross through Bab al Hawa on the Turkey-Syria border for another six months. The US and allies had wanted a one-year extension, but Russia vetoed it. The US, UK and France …
Read More »How Much Longer Will This Outrageous Practice Be Allowed To Continue?
News from The Cradle, July 23, 2022 The US army and its proxy Kurdish militia control the resource-rich northeast region, stealing Syrian oil under the pretext of preventing ISIS from taking control of the vast oil fields On 23 July, US occupation troops smuggled a new batch of stolen Syrian …
Read More »The Power Troika Trumps Biden in West Asia
by Pepe Escobar, published on The Cradle, July 20, 2022 The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Ostensibly about the Astana peace process in Syria, launched in 2017, the summit joint statement duly noted that Iran, Russia and (recently rebranded) Turkiye will continue, …
Read More »Damascus and the Kurds Align Militarily to Face the Turkish Threat
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 19, 2022 The Kurds need Syrian help at the moment. If the SDF can move away from the Americans and join with their brothers in the SAA the U.S. occupation will end. Only time will tell. [editor] The Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) …
Read More »The Imperialists’ and Proxies’ War Against Syria
by Kim Petersen, published on Countercurrents, January 28, 2022 Review of World War in Syria by A.B. Abrams On 30 August 2021, the United States’ 20-year military occupation of Afghanistan came to an end when the removal of American forces was completed. Although the withdrawal was botched, it was the …
Read More »“Yankee Go Home!” Russia, Iran and Turkey Agree the US Troops Must Leave Syria
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 20, 2022 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran held talks yesterday in Tehran at the 7th Astana summit for peace in Syria, stressing the need for respecting Syria’s national sovereignty and …
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