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Syrian Refugees: Stuck in Limbo or Political Pawns?

by Mouhamad Choucair, published on The Cradle, February 23, 2022 Up in the mountainous region of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, the climate is extreme between snowy winters and suffocating summer heat. Yet this is the site of one of the country’s refugee camps for displaced Syrians. Helplessly exposed to the harsh living conditions …

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Lebanese migrant boat sunk off Tripoli with 60 onboard

The following article is republished from Mideast Discourse. Conditions for Syrian refugees in Lebanon are so dire that many risk death by escaping by sea. This is the consequence of the failed regime change operation launched by the US Coalition against Syria in 2011 and the US economic sanctions on …

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‘Al Qaeda Is on Our Side’: How Obama/Biden Team Empowered Terrorist Networks in Syria

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By Aaron Maté, RealClearInvestigationsApril 20, 2022Hours after the Feb. 3 U.S. military raid in northern Syria that left the leader of ISIS and multiple family members dead, President Biden delivered a triumphant White House address. The late-night Special Forces operation in Syria’s Idlib province, Biden proclaimed, was a “testament to America’s reach …

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Ukraine crisis: Why doesn’t the West show the same outrage for wars in the Middle East?

Watch and share this six-minute video! Richard Medhurst is an astute commentator.Huge double standard in the West in ignoring the US wars vs. Syria, Yemen, and Libya and focussing instead on Ukraine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVr9Af-Cs50

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Video: Ken Stone and Tim Anderson on Western double standards for war

Ken Stone and Tim Anderson discuss the enormous double standard that applies in the West when it comes to war. They contrast the Western obsession with the Russian special military operation in Ukraine with the silence in Western mainstream media about US war crimes in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan. (10:22)

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Syria rejects draft resolution submitted to UN General Assembly about Ukraine

Ambassador Sabbagh:  “Those who show enthusiasm today regarding defense of the Charter of the United Nations should show their same enthusiasm against Israel’s continued occupation of Arab lands and against the Turkish and US forces’ violation of the sovereignty of Syria,” Ambassador Sabbagh said.Republished from SANANew York, SANA-Syria rejected a …

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Racism thrives in western liberal Europe and Ukraine

The people of colour who inhabit Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Palestine, and Haiti did not receive even a small fraction of the attention paid by the western mainstream media to white Ukrainians.By: Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator, based in Latakia, Syria. This article is republished from Mideast Discourse.Black …

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Lebanese parliament speaker calls for Syria’s immediate return to Arab League

Photo: Hamed MalekpourThe following report is republished from The Cradle: On 18 February, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament called for talks between Lebanon and Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC), and for Syria’s return to the Arab League.According to Russia Today, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri criticized the lack of solidarity between …

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Russia warns Israel to desist from incessant attacks on Syria

The following report is republished from Al Ahed News: Russia’s foreign ministry reiterated Moscow’s call for the “Israeli” entity to stop its incessant attacks on Syrian soil, underlining the geopolitical and security repercussions of the operations.“‘Israel’s’ continuing strikes against targets inside Syria cause deep concern. They are a crude violation …

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