Analysis

Statement from Syria Support Movement On July 12, the UN Security Council extended the authorization for humanitarian aid to cross through Bab al Hawa on the Turkey-Syria border for another six months. The US and allies had wanted a one-year extension, but Russia vetoed it. The US, UK and France …

by Pepe Escobar, published on The Cradle, July 20, 2022 The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Ostensibly about the Astana peace process in Syria, launched in 2017, the summit joint statement duly noted that Iran, Russia and (recently rebranded) Turkiye will continue, …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 19, 2022 The Kurds need Syrian help at the moment. If the SDF can move away from the Americans and join with their brothers in the SAA the U.S. occupation will end.  Only time will tell.  [editor] The Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) …

by Kim Petersen, published on Countercurrents, January 28, 2022 Review of World War in Syria by A.B. Abrams On 30 August 2021, the United States’ 20-year military occupation of Afghanistan came to an end when the removal of American forces was completed. Although the withdrawal was botched, it was the …

by Steven Sahiounie and Basma Qaddour, published on Mideast Discourse, July 11, 2022 The battlefields in Syria are quiet, but the conflict is far from resolution.  Despite the lack of focus on Syria by the US, EU and NATO, there are still developments in the region and among the various …

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Libertarian Institute, June 14, 2022 “Germ and chemical weapons may often be weak in their battlefield applications but they are always strong in their emotiveness. Accusations of association with them have for centuries, even millennia, been used by well-intentioned as well as unscrupulous …

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on Covert Action Magazine, June 29, 2022 The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Israel secretly coordinates with the U.S, on many of the airstrikes it carries out in eastern Syria near the al-Tanf military base, a U.S. outpost near the Syria-Jordan border. Since 2017, the …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on  Mideast Discourse, June 28, 2022 An Israeli occupation agent is in Syria buying oil from the Kurds, who are mercenaries for the U.S., and enemies of the Turks, and the stolen Syria oil is being shipped out of a Turkish port. Syria is an oil …

by William Van Wagenen, published by The Libertarian Institute, January 31, 2022 “I have been a refugee for 37 years due to my political engagement against the ruling Baath party. I cannot go back to Syria without being punished. But I see what the western countries, Turkey, and the Gulf …

by Natalie Armbruster, published on Reason, June 17, 2022 We disagree with Ms Armbruster’s take on the context of the Syria War and we certainly don’t think that the U.S. will get bored at some point and take over reconstruction of Syria.  However, she makes a strong and credible argument …