Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people

February 19, 2017 – Civil Beat by Ann Wright The congresswoman is a brave person willing to take the criticism for challenging U.S. policies that she believes are wrong. I served my country for 29 years in the U.S. Army/ Army Reserves and retired as a colonel.  I also served 16 years …

For those who do not already know, there is an online petition NOT to give an Academy Award to the Netflix propaganda movie “The White Helmets”. Please sign and share. https://diy.rootsaction.org/p/WhiteHelmetsPropaganda Voting for the awards takes place Feb 13 – 21 and we will send the petition with signatures soon. …

The Syria Solidarity Movement® is a member of the Hands Off Syria Coalition.  We support this petition and this legislation, and hope you will, too.  Please sign and forward. Dear Friends of Peace and Justice, Hands Off Syria Coalition and several other national peace organizations in the United States have jointly …

February 05, 2017 – Tim Hayward Most of us living outside Syria know very little of the country or its recent history. What we think we know comes via the media. Information that comes with the endorsement of an organisation like Amnesty International we may tend to assume is reliable. …

February 1, 2017,  ALTERNET  – Ben Norton The fighters were vetted by the CIA and enjoyed the backing of neoconservatives in Washington. So-called moderate rebels in Syria that have been vetted and previously armed by the U.S. government and its allies have officially partnered with al-Qaeda’s rebranded local affiliate in …

Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has been the lone voice in Congress to defy the warmongers and propagandists urging the US to spend more taxpayer dollars and put more American lives in harm’s way in order to overthrow Syria’s legally constituted government.  She is not afraid to say that US actions …

January 25, 2017 – RT Tuesday will be “a good basis” for the upcoming Geneva peace talks due February 8. “We very much hope that the negotiations in Astana will become a good basis for the continuation of the negotiation process in Geneva,” Putin said ahead of talks with the …

January 26, 2017 – Sputnik News The Syrian government’s forces pushed back Daesh terrorists some 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from the T-4 airbase near the city of Palmyra, a military source told Sputnik on Wednesday. BEIRUT (Sputnik) — According to the source, after Bir al Fukar area and the mountain range in Al-Sharife region …

January 26, 2017 – Fehim Taştekin, ALMONITOR ALEPPO, Syria — As I was walking around the fortress of Aleppo last week, some officials were hoisting the Syrian flag. They insisted that I photograph it. One soldier saluted while others raised the flag. Next to a nearby staircase, a giant poster …

January 26, 2017 – The Mideastwire Blog Translated in today’s Daily Briefing by our Mideastwire.com (for a free trial email info@mideastwire.com) http://www.alquds.co.uk/?p=664502 On January 25, the Qatari-owned Al-Quds al-Arabi daily carried the following report by its Amman Office Chief Bassam Bdareen: “The Jordanian political compass is about to change, though …