Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Jan 21, 2016, Press TV Hundreds of displaced Syrians have been able to return to their homes in a district in southern Damascus. This comes as part of a reconciliation deal between the Syrian government and foreign-backed militants. Press TV’s Mohamad Ali has more on the story from the Syrian …
Read More »US Role as State Sponsor of Terrorism Acknowledged in US Congressional Research Service Report on Syria Conflict
Jan 10, 2016, Stephen Gowans, What’s Left The implication of a report written for the US Congress is that the United States is a state sponsor of terrorism in Syria. At the same time, the report challenges widely held beliefs about the conflict, including the idea that the opposition has …
Read More »Syria: ‘Moderate Rebel’ Massacres and Everyday Propaganda
Dec 16, 2015, Tim Anderson, Telesur Sadly, eyes often glaze over at the latest massacre in Syria, because the story is so repetitive. But what story? A double massacre by “moderate rebels” in Homs and Damascus and the subsequent re-spinning of the story, show the wall of disinformation we face. …
Read More »Syria is the Middle Eastern Stalingrad
Jan 2, 2016, New Eastern Outlook Day and night, for years, an overwhelming force has been battering this quiet nation, one of the cradles of human civilization. Hundreds of thousands have died, and millions have been forced to flee abroad or have been internally displaced. In many cities and villages, …
Read More »Turkey, Saudi Reap Machiavellian Whirlwind
Jan 2, 2016, Finian Cunningham, Strategic Culture The year ended, appropriately, with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan flying to Riyadh to hold a summit with Saudi King Salman. The meeting had the air of two leaders closing ranks after a year of setbacks. As the old adage puts it, misery needs company. …
Read More »Is the UN resolution on Syria a positive initiative?
The Syria Solidarity Movement welcomes the UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire and political settlement in Syria. It is a hopeful initiative for three main reasons. First, if it is true that the US and its allies no longer seek to overthrow the legal government of the sovereign …
Read More »President al-Assad: Britain and France have neither the will nor the vision on how to defeat terrorism
Dec 6, 2015, SANA Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to The Sunday Times in which he said Britain and France have neither the will nor the vision on how to defeat terrorism and their airstrikes against ISIS will yield no results, but will rather be illegal …
Read More »Syria needs your help. We need your help. Next week we will be in Syria.
Dear Friends of a Sovereign, Independent and Unified Syria, At the invitation of the Syrian Ministry of Reconciliation, a delegation of 6-8 members of the Syria Solidarity Movement will arrive in Syria on Dec. 4, 2015. Its mission is to pursue all means of supporting the internal efforts of Syrians …
Read More »Gifts From Uncle Sam: Al-Qaeda Wages War in Syria With US Weaponry
Nov 23, 2015, Sputnik News The Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, has released a grateful video, where they openly thank the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which the US has touted as a “moderate opposition group”, for supplying them with US-made anti-tank TOW missiles (“Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided”). A recently …
Read More »Video allegedly shows dead Russian pilot surrounded by armed rebels in Syria (GRAPHIC)
Nov 24, 2015, RT The video posted online shows armed men around an alleged Russian pilot who seems to be unconscious and immobile. His face is bruised and bloodied. The men seem to be happy and are praising Allah, with some regretting that they hadn’t burned him on the spot. …
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