Another Take on President Assad’s Sky News Interview Editor’s note: The perspective here is not friendly to Assad, but his words speak for themselves. by Niamh Lynch, published on Sky News , August 9, 2023 Brief Video out-take from the interview: https://news.sky.com/story/syrias-president-assad-would-welcome-home-refugees-12936973 Syrian President Bashar al Assad has said he …
Read More »Highlights From Assad’s Interview
by The Syrian Observer, August 12, 2023 In an interview with Sky News Arabic, an Abu Dhabi-based channel, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed key issues regarding his country’s relations with the Arab world, Turkey, and the international community. In his discussions, Assad tempered expectations for swift economic gains from rekindled …
Read More »Commander of the Free Syrian Army: Progress with SDF to Establish a Joint Operations Room
by ATHR PRESS (Pro-government newspaper), published on Syrian Observer, August 10, 2023 The leader of the US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) faction, Muhammad Farid Qassim, has announced significant strides in collaboration with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and undisclosed armed groups to establish a joint operations center. Qassim stated the …
Read More »Syria Today – Assad Extends Aid Delivery; Drug Prices Up By 50%
by THE SYRIAN OBSERVER, Wednesday August 9th, 2023 On Tuesday, the spokesperson for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that Syria has granted an extension for the United Nations to continue delivering humanitarian aid through two Turkish border crossings. This permission will be in effect until …
Read More »Are They Really Fighting Terrorists? U.S. Occupation Forces in Syria Receive New Weapons for a Future Conflict
by Timothy Alexander Guzman, published on Global Research, August 4, 2023 In early May, Syria was welcomed back to the Arab League, a development that was sure to anger the US and European establishments so new tensions between US occupation forces and the Russia-Syria alliance have been escalating quite rapidly …
Read More »Syria to Receive People With Chronic Diseases From Rebel Areas
from TeleSUR TV, July 23, 2023 Last week, the Health Ministry said it was “following with great concern” the health conditions of people in northern Syria. The Syrian military stood ready to open crossings for patients from rebel-held regions to seek medical treatment in government-controlled areas. Idlib Governor Thaer Salhab, …
Read More »Syria: a Tale of Plunder and Resurrection
by Pepe Escobar, published on The Cradle, July 31, 2023 Ever the optimist, Pepe lays out the problem, and asserts the possibility of solutions. [jb] The war on Syria has vanished from the collective West ethos. Yet it’s far from finished. Multitudes across the Global Majority may feel the deepest …
Read More »Situation Will Improve If All Illegal Sanctions, Occupation Are Withdrawn
from People’s Dispatch, July 25, 2023 Syria has allowed the continuation of the cross-border aid program in the rebel-held areas in its north-east even though the UN Security Council had failed to adopt a resolution on its extension earlier this month It seems that Syria made a show of generosity …
Read More »Wildfires in Syria Used as a Weapon of War
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 30, 2023 Wildfires broke out on July 25 in Latakia province in northwest Syria and are still burning amid new fires being started. The fires spread quickly by a sudden unusual wind which whipped up. The whole country, and the adjacent Mediterranean …
Read More »Damascus Strongly Condemns U.S. and Turkey for Cutting off Water Supply in Hassakeh
from the Syrian Observer / al-Baath, July 20, 2023 Syria urgently calls upon the United Nations to take immediate and effective action to halt violations of international laws, according to al-Baath. In an official statement, the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs expressed Syria’s vehement condemnation of the heinous act …
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