Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people

Apr 25, 2014, RT.com Syria is scheduled to hold its presidential elections on June 3. The American media is mocking the idea of an election being held during a civil war that has left over 100,000 died and (sic)have become refugees. The media is prepared to discount the overwhelmingly expected …

May 6, 2014, al Ahed News Earlier this year, a news report revealed an email in which Qatar asked Britain’s arms contractor, BRITAM to transport chemical weapons to the Syrian town of Homs. The email was revealed after BRITAM servers were hacked and megabyted of classified internal files were released …

May 4, 2014, Jeremy Salt, Palestine Chronicle The latest evidence of a chemical weapons attack in Syria has emerged in the form of a video proudly filmed by the perpetrators themselves, the so-called ‘lions’ of Jabhat al Nusra, Al Qaida’s Syrian franchise, listed by the US as a terrorist organization …

May 6, 2014, Antiwar.com You can’t really send weapons to one rebel faction in Syria without them being spread amongst many groups. This reality has been a constant in the nation, where entering any faction’s territory or using any faction’s border crossing usually requires “tribute” in the form of some …

60,000 Civilians Flee as ‘War Within a War’ Comes to Town May 4, 2014, antiwar.com The ongoing “war within a war” between different Syrian rebel factions has picked up steam this weekend in Deir Ezzor Province, along Syria’s eastern border with Iraq. The fighting is between al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) …

  Burn notice: Jihadis destroy their passports in a video made by Isis, formerly al-Qa’ida in Iraq May 4, 2014, the Independent It is only a matter of time before jihadis in al-Qa’ida-type groups that have taken over much of eastern Syria and western Iraq have a violent impact on …

May 4, 2014, Stop Imperialism.org Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org provides his analysis of the latest developments in Syria.  Specifically, Draitser examines the recent statements by FBI Director Comey regarding jihadists from the US and other Western countries going to fight in Syria.  Draitser explains that the changing nature of the …

May 3, 2014, Lilly Martin, OpEd News Syria began a spiral of violence in March 2011. The leaders of the uprising in Deraa have long gone; some are found now living in Benghazi, Libya. The followers of the Syrian revolution have long since realized the freedom and democracy they thought …

By Jane Stillwater [The Syria Solidarity Movement offers this excellent report by one of our favorite bloggers on a recent talk by Mother Agnes-Mariam under the sponsorship of St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California.  Mother Agnes is also available to speak at your community in North America during May 9-13.  …

May 2, 2014, Sana News Social Affairs Ministry, Higher Commission for Relief, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in cooperation with General Commission of the Arab Palestinian Refugees continue to deliver food aid to Yarmouk Camp in Damascus. In a statement, Director of the Commission Ali …