Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
Jan 30, 2014, RT.com It’s been more than a month since Islamist rebels seized the industrial Syrian town of Adra, and allegedly massacred dozens of civilians there. Heavy fighting left thousands displaced, and militants still hold large parts of the city, making it impossible to go in and verify …
Read More »John Kerry: Pes. Obama soliciting new policy options for Syria [VIDEO]
Feb 15, 2014, Press TV U-S Secretary of State John Kerry says President Barack Obama has asked his aides to rethink options on the situation in Syria. Kerry said evaluation by necessity is occurring at this time and new options will be presented when the president calls for them. …
Read More »Obama Revisits Military Option on Syria
Feb 14, 2014, Strategic Culture The United States’ narrative on Syria dramatically changed during the past fortnight. President Barack Obama has publicly discussed the military option on Syria. An unseen hand would seem to have stealthily reshuffled the order of the heap of Syrian files stacked up …
Read More »Revealed: how Syrian rebels seek medical help from an unlikely source in Israel
Feb 12, 2014, the National When a rebel was shot and severely wounded during a new offensive on Syria’s southern front, his colleagues knew the only hope of saving his life was to get him to Israel. The rebels called their contact on the Syrian side of the frontier, …
Read More »Syria peace talks break off, no new date set: Brahimi
Feb 15, 2014, al Akhbar A second round of peace talks between Syria’s warring sides broke off Saturday without making any progress and without a date being set for a third round, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said. “I think it is better that every side goes back and reflects on …
Read More »Syria’s first British suicide bomber [VIDEO]
Feb 15, 2014, Channel 4 News A jihadist group released a so called “marytrdom video” of the last moments of the man suspected of being the first British suicide bomber in Syria. Related: Pictures emerge of ‘British suicide bomber’ posing with Syrian children Feb 14, 2014, The Guardian Pictures of …
Read More »“65 Armenians have been killed since the Syrian crisis began”
Feb 13, 2014, Media Max Sharmine Narwani is a political commentator and analyst of Mideast geopolitics, and has travelled to and written extensively about Syria since the start of the conflict three years ago. Her commentary on the Middle East has been published in Al Akhbar English, The New York …
Read More »Saudis Give Syrian Rebels Anti-Aircraft Missiles
Feb 14, 2014, Antiwar.com Rebels Have Repeatedly Threatened Attacks on Civilian Airlines Officials have confirmed that Saudi Arabia intends to provide Chinese-made anti-aircraft missiles to rebel factions in Syria soon in a move to “tip the balance” against a Syrian military which has enjoyed air superiority. Shoulder-mounted “manpad” missiles have …
Read More »Al-Qaeda Group ‘Leaves Besieged Syrian Camp’
Feb 12, 2014, Palestine Chronicle Syria’s al-Qaeda-linked group Jabhat al-Nusra has began pulling out of a Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in southern Damascus, according to Al Jazeera sources. Palestinian fighters started to replace the armed rebels of Jabhat al-Nusra on Tuesday, following a deal reached a day before that …
Read More »SSM STATEMENT ON YARMOUK
A human tragedy has unfolded in the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus. The Syria Solidarity Movement notes the following points regarding Yarmouk camp: 1 ) Yarmouk refugee camp was the largest gathering place for Palestinians in pre-war Syria: a centre for education, cultural pursuits, and political activity. However, there are …
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