Analysis

The following article, by Steven Sahiounie, is republished from Mideast Discourse:  Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), visited the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday.  This is the most senior UAE dignitary to visit Syria since …

Not all Kurds serve the interests of the US empire, just the Kurdish separatists. Kurdish separatists have been used and betrayed by the USA, UK, and Israel many times in the past. They will be betrayed again soon when the US is forced to retreat from Syria. The following article …

The following article, by SSM Steering Committee member Paul Larudee, was first published in Covert Action: Americans want to feel good about themselves by giving money to charities that claim to be helping the Syrian people. But they are being duped into supporting terrorist forces that have brought misery and …

The following article, by Alan McLeod, is republished from MintPress News:  AMSTERDAM — Investigative site Bellingcat is the toast of the popular press. In the past month alone, it has been described as “an intelligence agency for the people” (ABC Australia), a “transparent” and “innovative” (New Yorker) “independent news collective,” “transforming investigative …

The following article, by Steven Sahiounie, is republished from Mideast Discourse:  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on September 13 in a rare face-to-face meeting.  Assad brought a high-level delegation with him for talks on all aspects of the Syrian crisis which has dragged on …

The following article, by Tim Anderson, is republished from Al-Mayadeen English:  The Federal Court implicitly recognized the deceptive technique of the Israeli lobby: the use of contrived and trivial pretexts to suppress critical discussion of apartheid crimes in Palestine. While the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) decision in NTEU v …

Ken Stone, Executive Member of the Syria Solidarity Movement, joins Ed Corrigan, a lawyer and Palestinian solidarity activist from London, Ontario, in a recent Press TV panel discussion of bellicose Israeli threats against Iran’s nuclear program and its military presence in Syria. (10:26)

Syria Solidarity Movement executive member, Ken Stone, is interviewed on Press TV regarding Hezbollah leader Nasrallah’s correct assertion that ISIS is a US asset, deliberately created to provide pretext for intervention in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan…

The following article is republished from Dissident Voice:  by Edward C. Corrigan / August 19th, 2021 It is said that Afghanistan is the grave yard of Empires. Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, the Empire of Great Britain, the Soviet Union and now the American Empire and its NATO allies have …

The following article, by Daniel Larison, is republished from the author’s Substack:  While testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a top Biden administration Pentagon official confirmed today that the illegal U.S. military presence in Syria would continue: The Biden administration is committed to retaining US military presence in northeast Syria. …