Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people

Marwa Osman Interview, Posted to YouTube by Eva Bartlett, February 17, 2023 ***   Please Sign our Statement demanding that the Sanctions on Syria be lifted immediately.   *** Early last week, Turkey, Syria & surrounding countries experienced a series of earthquakes & aftershocks which tragically struck Syria and Turkey the hardest, …

Published by the U.S. Peace Council, February 8, 2023 The National Union of Syrian Students in an appeal to international student and youth organizations: A humanitarian catastrophe befell our homeland, Syria, at dawn on Monday, February 6, 2023, after it was exposed to a devastating 7.7 degree earthquake, resulting in …

by Uriel Araujo, published on InfoBRICS, February 10, 2023 The Turkish authorities in Ankara have been blocking Stockholm’s bid to join NATO allegedly over the Nordic country’s policies regarding Kurdish exile groups. On January 23, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself said Sweden should not expect any “goodwill” from his …

Statement from the Syria Support Movement In the early morning hours of February 6, 2023, a 7.8 Earthquake struck in the vicinity of the Syrian Border with Turkey.   At the end of the day, February 5,  there were at least 1,700 dead, more than 20,000 injured, thousands more missing and …

by Kenny Stancil, published on Common Dreams, February 7, 2023 “We need heavy equipment, ambulances, and firefighting vehicles to continue to rescue and remove the rubble, and this entails lifting sanctions on Syria as soon as possible,” said the head of a leading humanitarian group. A disaster response expert has …

from the NewsDesk at The Cradle, published on February 17, 2023 Some 20 prisoners thought to be ISIS members escaped from Raju prison in northwestern Syria on 7 February, AFP has reported. The prison was affected by the massive earthquake that struck southern Turkiye and northern Syria the same day, …

by Makram Koury-Machool, published in Al Mayadeen English, February 6, 2023 At this highly crucial moment we need to act morally and minimise suffering as a matter of urgency, otherwise, those who initiated the war against Syria, supported terrorism, and imposed sanctions, will be brutally killing the same nation three …

February 6, 2023 ~Secretary General of the Global Gathering in Support of the Choice of Resistance, Dr. Yahya Ghaddar, declares full solidarity with the people and leadership in Syria, condoles with the innocent victims and calls for a speedy recovery for the wounded. In the face of the tragedy that …

by Dave DeCamp, published on Antiwar.com, February 6, 2023 US sanctions are specifically designed to prevent Syria’s reconstruction.  Due to U.S. imposed sanctions, international NGOs generally operate only outside government controlled areas in Syria. [jb] After a devastating earthquake hit Syria and Turkey, killing thousands of people, the US State …

The NewsDesk at The Cradle, February 6, 2023 The World Health Organization (WHO) said on 6 February that the death toll from the major, 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated Turkiye and Syria overnight is expected to jump significantly. “I think we can expect the death toll to increase significantly … …