Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Jan 22, 2015, 21st Century Wire Poor John McCain and Lindsey Graham, Washington’s original first couple. They only wanted to arm the ‘moderate opposition’ in Syria. Three years on, how come their master plan isn’t working, while ISIS has grown so strong? Despite what media lauded as, “the largest demonstration …
Read More »ISIS War Authorization Bill Would Limit Conflict
Jan 28, 2015, Antiwar.com Several months into the ISIS war, the 90-day limit for President Obama to seek Congressional authorization has passed. He’s given some lip-service to wanting Congressional support, but only on his terms. Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D – CA) bill probably isn’t what he had in mind. Offering …
Read More »Both Sides in Moscow-Hosted Syria Talks Agree To Meet Again
Jan 29, 2015, Al-Akhbar Representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and opposition figures have agreed to hold another round of talks in Moscow, moderator Vitaly Naumkin said on Thursday, but the date had not yet been set. “It would have been naive to expect that the sides would solve all …
Read More »Israel Strikes Syrian Territory
An Israeli army 155mm mobile artillery battery is stationed near the border with Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on January 28, 2015 . AFP/Menahem Kahana Jan 28, 2015, Al-Akhbar Israeli aircraft struck alleged Syrian army artillery positions early on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, the latest in a series …
Read More »Syria’s President Speaks: A Conversation With Bashar al-Assad
Jan 26, 2015, Foreign Affairs I would like to start by asking you about the war. It has now been going on for almost four years, and you know the statistics: more than 200,000 people have been killed, a million wounded, and more than three million Syrians have fled the …
Read More »Terror attacks on Damascus, Latakia
Latakia resident Lilly Martin Sahiounie reported: “Latakia Update: Jan 25, 2015: 5:00 pm. 3 missiles struck Latakia, Syria. 2 of them hit the city center of Latakia, the traffic round-a-bout called Hotel Harroun. 2 persons dead , and 9 injured, some are children. 2 taxis were burnt up, and 14 …
Read More »Syrian priest raps Western silence after car-bomb kills 15 in Homs
Jan 23, 2015, Catholic Culture A Syrian Catholic priest has blasted the silence of the Western media after 15 people were killed, and 50 others wounded, by a car-bomb explosion in the center of the city of Homs. Father Hilal Ziad said that the January 21 explosion appeared to be …
Read More »Damascus: The Sole Resort for Medical Services in Syria
Jan 22, 2015, Al-Akhbar While the numbers of sick and wounded have increased during the Syrian war, the number of available doctors dropped significantly due to the security situation and immigration. The economic blockade has also had a major impact on the availability of medicines and medical equipment. Damascus In …
Read More »Aleppo Photographer Brings Syrian Reality to the United Nations
Jan 23, 2015, Dissident Voice, Rabble -By Eva Bartlett Twenty-six distinct photos, in black and white. Scenes of a ravaged city and the human beings within struggling to exist, let alone to find hope for the future. Gravestones of rubble. Homes looted, trashed. Civilians defending their country. Children aged beyond …
Read More »Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Ja’afari on Sovereignty, Terrorism, and the Failure of the UN
Dr. Bashar al-Ja’afari, a veteran diplomat and Syrian Arab Republic Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Al-Akhbar English/Eva Bartlett Jan 17, 2015, Al Akhbar [re-published version on author’s blog, In Gaza] On January 8, in his sparsely-furnished New York City office, the Syrian Arab Republic Ambassador and Permanent …
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