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The Looming Collapse: Syrian Economy on the Brink

Source: SYRIA TV (Opposition website, July 21, 2023 The Syrian pound has surpassed the critical threshold of ten thousand against the US dollar, signalling an imminent and potentially more severe collapse in the days to come. According to the recently released 2023 World Bank report, the real GDP of Syria …

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Inside the Anti-Syria Lobby’s Capitol Hill Push for More Starvation Sanctions

by Hekmat Aboukhater, published on The Grayzone, March 20, 2024 A week from the 13th anniversary of the US-backed Syrian dirty war, the American Coalition for Syria held its annual day of advocacy in Washington DC. I went undercover into meetings with Senate policy advisors and witnessed the lobby’s cynical …

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The Role of Turkey and Idlib in the Moscow Attack

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, March 25, 2024 On the Americans having their cake and eating it too in Syria.  [jb] The road to the Crocus Center in Moscow began in Turkey, as one of the attackers confessed who killed 143 concert goers and injured more than 150 …

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Civilians held under terrorist rule in Idlib demand their freedom

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, March 11, 2024 Thousands of civilians living under terrorist occupation in Idlib have taken to the streets to demand the fall of the government on Friday. No, not the Syrian government in Damascus, but the Idlib government ruled by Abu Mohamed al-Julani, and …

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Gaza Airdrops: Propaganda and Possibilities

by Paul Larudee The airdrops in Gaza began as a Jordanian project to resupply its small field hospital, established in 2009, in Tel al-Hawa in northern Gaza in early November, 2023. Toward the end of November, Jordan established a second field hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, also supplied by …

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DECONSTRUCTING H.R. 3202: ISRAEL’S PERSISTENT ROLE IN SANCTIONING SYRIA

By Hekmat Aboukhater, MintPress News. February 23, 2024 On February 13, the U.S. House of Representatives deliberated on Resolution 3202, the “Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023.” The following day, the House passed the bill with a 389 to 32 bipartisan majority. Now, the bill moves on to the Senate, where it will most …

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What role for the UN in post-conflict Gaza?

by Peter Ford, originally published at Katoikos.World https://katoikos.world/analysis/what-role-for-the-un-in-post-conflict-gaza.html With the Israel-Hamas conflict still possibly having months to run and with even the outlines of an end state still far from clear, trying to chart a course for the UN at this juncture is challenging. It is nevertheless possible to identify …

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‘Swarming’ the US in West Asia, Until it Folds

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on The Cradle, January 29, 2024 Deterrence in defense is a military strategy where one power uses the threat of reprisal to preclude attack from an adversary, while maintaining at the same time the freedom of action and flexibility to respond to the full spectrum of …

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