Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people

Jan 26, 2014 Over five hundred displaced Syrians marched near Barzeh in Damascus to enter the war-torn district. Reconciliation between warring sides brought back stability to the area and a chance to return for those who were forced out after foreign-backed militants got fortified inside their homes. Before civilians were …

Jan 25, 2014, Oriental Review While little of substance seemed to come from the Geneva 2 peace conference and the dirty war against Syria seems set to continue, this does not mean the process has not advanced. John Kerry still mouths the 2011 mantra ‘Assad must go’, but it is …

Jan 21, 2014, Consortium News Despite the collapse of a key element in the U.S. government’s case blaming the Syrian government for the Aug. 21 Sarin gas attack outside Damascus, Human Rights Watch continues to insist in its annual report that “available evidence strongly suggests that government forces were responsible …

Jan 24, 2014, Shamus Cooke The media spin machine is again kicking into high gear, perfectly timed to accompany the “Geneva II” Syria peace talks. The lies are necessary to give the Obama administration an upper hand in the peace negotiations, which are not being used to pursue peace, but …

    Jan 25, 2014, Michel Chossudovsky The Western media, Amnesty International and various other self proclaimed humanitarian organizations are running a war propaganda campaign against Syria following the release of thousands of photographs. This slur of disinformation focusing on alleged atrocities committed by the Syrian government has coincided in …

Jan 25, 2014, Oriental Review The idea of Montreux” – the idea of engaging in a peace process and national dialog in Syria under international mediation – died before it could be born.  A nasty intrigue, involving the UN Secretary-General and the employment of such petty chicaneries as delaying the …

Jan 23, 2014, Michel Chossudovsky The Western media has tacitly acknowledged, faced with overwhelming evidence, that the opposition rebels have not only committed countless atrocities, they were also behind the chemical weapons attack of August 21.  In the wake of these tragic events, a new dribble of media disinformation is …

Jan 22, 2014, Stephen Gowans A report sponsored by one of the Syrian insurgency’s major weapons suppliers claims to provide (as the New York Times puts it) “new visual corroboration that Mr. Assad’s government is guilty of mass war crimes against its own citizens.” Based on photos of dead detainees …

Jan 23, 2014, Christian Science Monitor The government of Syria has long used torture, collective punishment, and horrific detention conditions as a response to domestic threats to its power. When times are bad, like now or during the Sunni Islamist insurgency that challenged Hafez al-Assad’s government in 1982, the number …

  Jan 24, 2014, BBC Syria’s warring parties are beginning formal peace talks in Geneva for the first time since the conflict began three years ago, but they will not be face-to-face. The government and rebel delegations will sit in separate rooms, and conduct negotiations through the UN mediator. Diplomats …