Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people

The leader of the foreign-backed Syrian “opposition” Ahmed “Assi” Jarba has visited Washington and met US President Barak Obama. Much advertised is, that “Saudi Arabia’s Syrian Man” returns with a 1.7 billion check for “US humanitarian aid”. Less advertised is that Jarba took to Washington with a Saudi blanck check for …

May 15, 2014, Press TV CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO A political commentator says General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged that the US is losing the war in Syria. “The US top general Martin Dempsey finally admits the truth that the US-funded proxy military in …

May 16, 2014, New Eastern Outlook The city of Homs has finally been retaken by the Syrian Arab Army. The scenes of devastation left behind by nearly 3 years of fighting are surreal, but residents – who have begun returning in small numbers – vow to rebuild the city. Fighting …

May 15, 2014, BBC A reporter and a photographer working for British newspaper The Times have been badly beaten while being briefly held by a rebel gang in Syria. Anthony Loyd and Jack Hill were returning to Turkey from Aleppo when they were seized on Wednesday. They were reportedly freed …

May 15, 2014, Reuters Five staff members of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been freed after being kidnapped in northwestern Syria in early January by an armed group, the aid group said in a statement on Thursday. MSF, known for sending doctors to conflict zones, said that …

May 16, 2014, Tim Anderson There is no doubt that incumbent President Bashar al Assad remains hot favourite for Syria’s June 3 elections. Even NATO’s advisers put his support at around 70%. However the country’s first competitive presidential elections in recent times threatens to add a ‘normality’ to Syria’s previously …

May 15, 2014, WSW During an official visit to Washington on Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said he regretted that Washington had not gone to war with Syria last autumn and again advanced unsubstantiated accusations that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons against the Syrian people. In …

May 12, 2014, AFP earlier attack on water lines:  FSA Terrorist rats Blow Up Aleppo’s Main Drinking Water Supply Line, Sep 2012

May 14, 2014, Ajamu Baraka “The destruction of Libya not only led to the strengthening of Boko Haram – it also led to arms being transferred out of Libya to Syria.” Seemingly out of nowhere, Boko Haram burst into the awareness of people around the world as a shadowy group …

May 12, 2014, The Independent In a botched attempt to stop drinking water reaching government-held districts of Aleppo, rebels managed to cut off water supplies to large parts of the city in northern Syria including their own strongholds. Women and children are being forced to queue up with cooking pots, …