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UN Rapporteur to Meet Syria Regime Officials, Assess Sanctions Impact

by Staff at The New Arab, October 30, 2022 This publication is hostile to the Syrian Government, but the fact of Douhan’s visit is important, and the fact that her stated purpose is to evaluate secondary sanctions  and  over-compliance is even more important.   [Editor] United Nations rapporteur Alena Douhan will …

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Syria Renews Call for New Intl. Order to Stop Israeli Criminal Practices in Occupied Arab Lands

from PressTV, October 26, 2022 Syria has renewed its call for the establishment of a new international order that would pay great respect to the Charter of the United Nations, and would effectively put an end to the arbitrary measures and criminal practices of the Israeli regime in the occupied …

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US Theft of Resources: American Military Forces Smuggle Wheat Crops, Crude Oil from Northeast Syria to Iraq’s Kurdistan

from PressTV, October 27, 2022 As part of the US military’s systematic smuggling of basic commodities out of Syria, a convoy of nearly two dozen US military trucks and tankers has carried tons of grain and crude oil from the northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern …

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Syria and Lebanon Update: Lebanon Face Political Instability and Syrian Refugees Begin Going Home

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, October 29, 2022 The presidency of Lebanon’s Michel Aoun is coming to a close and politicians are anticipating a possible power vacuum if a decision cannot be made soon to fill the office. The parliament voted on October 24, but with only a …

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Thousands of Syrian Refugees to be Repatriated from Lebanon Next Week

from The News Desk at The Cradle, published on October 21, 2022 Earlier this month, outgoing President Michel Aoun announced the launching of the repatriation plan, despite an apparent lack of coordination with Damascus Lebanon’s Minister of Displacement, Issam Sharafeddine, announced on 20 October that 6,000 Syrian refugees will be …

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On the Barriers to Turkish-Syrian Rapprochement, an Interview with Alptekin Dursunoğlu

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Global Research, October 19, 2022 This is a very interesting article which highlights some of the issues that make it difficult to end the Syrian war and move forward.  It is important to think about these issues when you look at bringing peace to the …

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Clashes Resume Between Armed Groups in Northern Syria After Failed Truce

from The Cradle, October 15, 2022 Clashes resumed in northeast Syria on 15 October between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Turkish-backed factions of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Syrian National Army (SNA), after a preliminary ceasefire agreement had been reached the day before. Fighting was reignited in the Aleppo …

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Syria and Palestine: a Palestinian perspective

by Amal Wahdan of Ramallah, published on Counter-Hegemonic Studies, October 11, 2022 During the last aggression on Gaza, of May 2021 President Bashar Al Assad called the Palestinian factions to a meeting to discuss the “The Jerusalem Sword” military operation, its lessons and ramifications. He praised the role of the …

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US Troops in Dispute with Their Terrorist Mercenaries in Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Global Research, October 9, 2022 The US-employed terrorists, Maghawir al-Thawra (MaT), have turned against their partners, the US Army, stationed at al-Tanf base in the eastern Syrian desert.  On October 4, the terrorists, who are employed as mercenaries by the US military, attempted to break …

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US army loots new batch of Syrian oil as fuel crisis deepens

News Desk at The Cradle, October 8, 2022 US military forces occupying Syria looted a new batch of oil on 7 October from the country’s Jazira region, local media reported. According to local sources in the Al-Yarubiyah countryside, “a convoy of 50 tankers belonging to the American occupation, loaded with …

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