Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Apr 21, 2015, Dissident Voice -Paul Larudee There are many illusions about what is happening to the Yarmouk district of Damascus and its Palestinian refugee population. The district was originally set aside in 1957 for Palestinian refugees already living there, whom Israel had expelled from their homes in 1948, with …
Read More »From the Engel/NBC Hoax to HRW’s Chlorine Gas Report: Biased Reporting on Syria in the Service of War
Apr 20, 2015, Counter Punch -Rick Sterling It has been confirmed that TV journalist Richard Engel’s kidnapping/rescue in norther Syria in late 2012 was a hoax. NBC management knew the story was probably false but proceeded to broadcast it anyway. There are at least two good things about “Engelgate”. * …
Read More »The Saudi Strategy in Yemen [ VIDEO interview]
Apr 21, 2015, Stop Imperialism.org Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on Press TV to provide his analysis of the continuing Saudi airstrikes on Yemen. He explains that, aside form the ghastly humanitarian crisis the aggression has created, Saudi Arabia has done little to break the Houthi-Saleh alliance. Draitser also comments …
Read More »Neocon Think Tank Proposes US Proxy Army to Control Syria
Apr 21, 2015, Global Research -Stephen Lendman The Atlantic Council is a hawkish right-wing think tank. It was founded in 1961 to support NATO’s killing machine. It’s one of many similar groups in America threatening world peace and stability. Its solution for ending Obama’s war on Syria is escalated war. …
Read More »Entire Western Media is a Troll Army
Apr 20, 2015, Sputnik News -Finian Cunningham The frantic spell of Western media behaviour could be a case-study in how it is centrally manipulated with a political agenda and thought-control. Editors at major Western media corporations are evidently following a political line cast by Washington and its European allies. The …
Read More »US Training Nazis, Western Media Providing Cover
May 21, 2015, New Eastern Outlook -Eric Draitser It has become a popular position both in the mainstream and pseudo-alternative media, and among those on the Russophobic left, to downplay the significant fascist influence on the political and military institutions, as well as the cultural character of the “New Ukraine.” …
Read More »Yarmouk Coordination Council announcement (Arabic)
PDF version:Yarmouk Coordination Council announcement (Arabic) انقلاب «منظمة التحرير» على اتفاق استعادة اليرموك يتفاعل داخل «فتح»…هدوء حذر يخيم على وسط المخيم ومصادر فلسطينية تجدد التأكيد: لا مفاوضات طلال ناجي يؤكد: سنستعيد المخيم… سنمنع تمددهم وسنحرر مخيمنا ولن يكون مخيمنا ممراً أو مقراً للمسلحين». عباس زكي: الارتباك في مواجهة العدوان جبن …
Read More »At War against Its Own People: Saudi Arabia’s Other War
Apr 13, 2015, Counter Punch -Eric Draitser The Saudi war on Yemen has understandably come to dominate the headlines since it began in late March 2015. The international scope of the conflict – nominally including the participation of nearly a dozen Gulf countries – coupled with the obvious political and …
Read More »Deputy UN Envoy to Syria: UN would work with Syrian government to ensure safety of Palestinians and Syrians in Yarmouk Camp
Apr 12, 2015, SANA Deputy to the U.N. Envoy to Syria Ramzi Ezzedine Ramzi said the United Nations would work with the Syrian government to ensure the safety of the Palestinians and Syrians in al-Yarmouk Camp on the Damascus outskirts. In a statement to Reuters saturday, Ramzi expressed confidence that …
Read More »Divided PLO unable to manage Yarmouk crisis
Apr 13, 2015, Professor Tim Anderson “The invasion by ISIS of the Palestinian settlement of Yarmouk, in the southern suburbs of Damascus, has exposed serious divisions within the Palestinian leadership. An apparent agreement to confront the new crisis, with the Syrian Government, was rapidly disowned by the PLO leadership in …
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