Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people

BADROUSIEH, Syria (AP), Mar 28, 2014 When hundreds of residents of the postcard-pretty coastal Syrian village of Kassab fled this week, it bore historic weight: it was the third time since 1900 that ethnic Armenians there felt compelled to run for their lives.They left once at the hands of vengeful …

Mar 21, 2014, al Akhbar Kuwaiti Salafis have played a central role in supporting armed groups in Syria. They have established support entities, and most of them do their work in public and are highly organized. Major credit goes to unofficial Kuwaiti money in arming a number of the biggest …

Since the collapse of the Geneva 2 talks, US President Obama has asked his Secretary of Defence, Chuck Hegel, to come up with “further options” on Syria. The results of Obama’s request are now becoming clearer. They include the establishment of a 25-mile-deep, no-fly zone along Syrian borders (probably based …

The Syria Solidarity Movement wishes to draw the attention of the peace movement to the renewed danger of a unilateral US attack on Syria. Here’s what we have recently observed: 1) Since the collapse of the Geneva 2 talks, US Secretary of Defence, Chuck Hegel, has come up with “further …

March 14, 2014   Dear Friends of Peace in Syria, As we approach the March 15 end of the third year of deadly conflict in Syria, some organizations are pushing for greater US intervention and escalation of the conflict. They have organized a concerted lobbying campaign in the halls of …

It is no secret that the Syrian Solidarity Movement opposes the efforts of the Syrian American Council (SAC) and allied groups to promote military intervention by the U.S. and other foreign powers in the internal affairs of Syria. When we coordinated the Nov-December tour of North America by Mother Agnes, …

Mar 5, 2014, Reuters The U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that it has ordered Syria’s U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari to remain within a 25-mile (40-km) radius of New York City, similar to restrictions that apply to Iranian and North Korean envoys. A pro-opposition Syrian-American group, the Coalition for a …

The Syria Solidarity Movement views with sadness and dismay the Egyptian government’s denial of entry to Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire for the purpose of transiting to Gaza to attend the International Women’s Day commemorations.  Ms. Maguire is a good friend of the Syria Solidarity Movement and has played a …

Mar 6, 2014, Press TV UN human rights investigators have for the first time blamed foreign-backed militants operating in Syria for crimes against humanity. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, head of the Geneva-based UN commission of inquiry on Syria, said in a Wednesday statement that the UN Security Council “bears responsibility for …

Mar 6, 2014 A Saudi internet celebrity who is known as “al-Sambateek” and whose name is Suleiman al-Subeii tells the story of how he went to Syria to fight Jihad and ended up noticing that the so-called rebel factions are, in fact, fighting each other while accusing each other of …