Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Mar 9, 2014, Universal Peace Federation An All Sides Consultation for a Political Solution to the Syrian Conflict took place March 8-9, 2014 at Burgschlaining, Austria, an ancient castle that has become a center for peace studies and a European Museum for Peace. Panel discussions addressed a variety of concerns …
Read More »“Humanitarian War” on Syria: Al-Qaeda Flag Now Flies on the Mediterranean, Courtesy of NATO
Mar 29, 2014, Global Research The Syrian rebels are in the midst of a new coastal offensive in Northwest Syria – a region that has historically been a stronghold of government support. This offensive has the full backing of Turkey and other NATO countries, including the United States. The Kassab border …
Read More »NATO’s Secret Drone War in Syria – Turkish Drone Allegedly Downed by Syrian Army
Mar 27, 2014, NSNBC While Turkish and Western – backed Jihadists in the region around Kassab are on the run from the Syrian armed forces, an MP for Turkey’s largest opposition party CHP alleged that the Syrian Army has drowned a Turkish drone over Kassab. The Turkish Aydinlik Dayly (AD) …
Read More »Syrian-Armenian town’s fate murky after rebel grab
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 …
Read More »The unknown role of Kuwait’s Salafis in Syria
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 …
Read More »SSM Statement on the Third Anniversary of the War
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 …
Read More »Alert! Open War Vs. Syria in the Offing?
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 …
Read More »Take this action now to prevent war with Syria
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 …
Read More »Syrian American Council allies with Congressional Zionist
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, …
Read More »U.S. restricts movements of Syria’s U.N. envoy Ja’afari
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 …
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