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 …
Read More »UN rights investigators slam Syria militants for crimes
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 …
Read More »Saudi Internet Celebrity Returning from Syria Jihad: The Factions Fight One Another, Not the Regime [VIDEO]
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 …
Read More »International Peace Initiative for Syria: civil society conference in Vienna, March 8-9.
Yes to Democracy. No to Foreign Intervention. [Translations: Russian, Arabic ] Every day it becomes clearer that the Syrian war cannot be won by anybody with a positive outcome for the Syrian people. With its internal divisions on every side the civil war has reached the state of an unprecedented …
Read More »Israel sending agents to help Syria militants: Syria official [VIDEO]
Mar 4, 2014, Press TV A high-ranking Syrian official says Israel is dispatching officers and undercover agents to Syria to join foreign-sponsored militants fighting against the Damascus government. In an interview with Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news network on Monday, Bouthaina Shaaban, the political and media adviser to Syrian President Bashar …
Read More »Israeli Military Support to Syria Al Qaeda Terrorists, Operating out of the Golan Heights
Feb 19, 2014, Global Research The Jerusalem Post has reported on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to the IDF field hospital in the occupied Golan heights. This hospital was set up to treat wounded Al Nusrah mercenaries, who are directly supported by the Israeli military operating out of the Golan …
Read More »Syrian rebel leader thanks PM for standing by wounded
Feb 22, 2014, Times of Israel A Syrian opposition leader praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Friday for publicly voicing support for rebels wounded in the drawn-out struggle against Syrian President Bashar Assad, now entering its fourth year after talks in Geneva between the Assad regime and the opposition collapsed. …
Read More »The Corporate Media’s Dubious Syria Coverage
Feb 11, 2014, James F. Tracy Western news media reportage on the rampant criminal activities of foreign-backed paramilitary groups operating within Syria still relies heavily on unreliable sources frequently referred to as “activists.” Such spokespersons routinely claim the Syrian military are committing atrocities against the Syrian population. The reports are …
Read More »Is Washington Considering a Full-Scale Drone War over Syria?
Feb 21, 2014, Silent Crow News and Global Research Will the Obama administration launch a full scale drone war over Syria in the coming months ahead? Public support for Washington to order a direct military intervention against the Syrian government because it is accused of using chemical weapons against civilians …
Read More »Israel and Saudi Arabia’s Priorities in Syria. Covert Militarism and the “Lebanonization Strategy”
Feb 18, 2014, Phil Greaves Current developments both inside and outside of Syria have shown that the primary sponsors of the extremist-dominated insurgency – namely, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Israel and Turkey – aren’t quite ready to throw in …
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