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Sanctions and Regime Change: The Hypocrisy of U.S. Imperialists and Syrian Reactionaries

Statement by the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, May 13, 2025 Editor’s note:  Great statement but I would keep watching this issue.  Remember, we are dealing with Donald Trump here, and a country with 3 different zones of occupation controlled by 3 different countries.  Congress put the sanctions on Syria and renewed …

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Sectarian Massacres Continue in Syria As Government-Affiliated Groups Kill Several in Latakia

from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 11, 2025 One of the victims was a 13-year-old boy, and two were found decapitated, as sectarian killings in the country continue under the government of President Ahmad al-Sharaa On 10 May, at least nine civilians, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed …

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Druze Near Syria’s Capital Resist Demand to Turn in Arms as Tensions Boil

Reporting by Yamam Al Shaar and Firas Makdesi, writing by Maya Gebeily editing by Gareth Jones, produced by Reuters, May 6, 2025 Editor’s note: Coverage by the Mainstream News is significantly improved over that during the war and the last years of the Republic governed by Bashar Assad. [jb] JARAMANA, …

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US Demands Non-Existent Syrian Chemical Stockpiles

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate, Youtube/TheGrayzone, April 26, 2025 Max and Aaron discuss the U.S. demands on Syria to lift the Sanctions and leave Syria’s North Eastern region with their 2,000 troops.  The list is in the previous article, but this discussion centers around some relevant issues.  One thing neither …

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New Syria and project to remove Palestinian Resistance Factions from Damascus

by Al Waqht News, published on ABNA 24, April 29, 2025 Ahlulbayt News Agency: Amid extreme thirst of the new Syrian government for regional and international approval and legitimacy and while the interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known for his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has stepped up his …

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Condemnations are Pouring in Following the Latest Wave of US-Israeli Airstrikes on Yemen

by Ken Stone, published on PressTV, May 4, 2025 Hamilton Coalition Against War Treasurer and Syria Support Movement Board Member, Ken Stone was interviewed on Press TV about the 1000th US/Israeli bombing raid on Yemen, part of a flagrantly illegal war to try to force the Ansar Allah movement from …

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Israel Supports the Druze in Syria to Sow Divisions

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, May 4, 2025 More grandstanding by the evil one/  Seems like they actually bombed the grounds of the Presidential Palace.  Seems likely that a-Jolani/al-Sharaa wasn’t present at the time; likely in Europe getting money to govern. [jb] Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has occupied …

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UK lifts Sanctions on Syrian Ministries and Intelligence Agencies

MEE Staff, published on Middle East Eye, April 24, 2025 Syria’s president has urged western countries to relieve his country of sanctions and allow it to rebuild after 14 years of war The UK has lifted sanctions on Syria’s defence and interior ministries and a range of its intelligence agencies …

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Over 100 Killed in Fresh Sectarian Violence by HTS Militants in Syria

News from PressTV,  May 1, 2025 At least 101 people have been killed over the past two days in a Damascus suburb in fierce clashes between ruling Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham militants and fighters from the local Druze religious community, a report says.  According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Thursday, …

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