Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Apr 28, 2015, Antiwar.com Syria’s Foreign Ministry was quoted on the nation’s state media today as blaming Turkey in large measure for al-Qaeda’s takeover of the border town of Jisr al-Shughour, saying Turkish military forces providing both logistics support and providing “support fire” for advancing Islamists. This is not the …
Read More »What’s really going on in Yarmouk?
Apr 29, 2015, Father Dave, Prayers for Syria I thought it might prove difficult to get to Yarmouk. My God, it’s hard enough to get into Syria at the moment! At first I thought we weren’t even going to make it out of Sydney! As soon as the airport authorities …
Read More »8 Reasons HRW’s report of “chlorine attacks” stinks
On April 13, 2015, Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report “Syria: Chemicals Used in Idlib Attacks”. It begins: “Evidence strongly suggests that Syrian government forces used toxic chemicals in several barrel bomb attacks in Idlib”. The report has been widely broadcast and accepted without skepticism or public scrutiny …
Read More »Who Are the Starving and Besieged Residents of Yarmouk and Why Are They There?
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 …
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