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“The US will strengthen its occupation of Syria, while plundering oil resources”

Interview with Glenn Diesen by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 11. 2023 The Obama administration began the US military occupation of Syria in November 2015. Obama sold the public on the idea of fighting ISIS, but in reality military personnel of Syria, Russia, Iraq and Iran were already …

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The Suffering of Syrians and US Sanctions

by Susan Dirgham, published on Pearls and Irritations, August 11, 2023 For Syrians, hope lies in the fact that – given time and effort – people outside their country will learn of the deleterious effect of sanctions, will question the justifications given for imposing them, and will see them as …

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Turkey Plans to Annex Aleppo

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 17, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his plan to return Syrian refugees in Turkey to Aleppo. For many years he has proposed a plan to create a safe zone, or de-escalation zone specifically developed to hold the millions of …

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Syria’s President Assad would ‘welcome home refugees’

Another Take on President Assad’s Sky News Interview Editor’s note: The perspective here is not friendly to Assad, but his words speak for themselves.   by Niamh Lynch, published on Sky News , August 9, 2023 Brief Video out-take from the interview: https://news.sky.com/story/syrias-president-assad-would-welcome-home-refugees-12936973 Syrian President Bashar al Assad has said he …

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Highlights From Assad’s Interview

by The Syrian Observer, August 12, 2023 In an interview with Sky News Arabic, an Abu Dhabi-based channel, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed key issues regarding his country’s relations with the Arab world, Turkey, and the international community. In his discussions, Assad tempered expectations for swift economic gains from rekindled …

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Syria Today – Assad Extends Aid Delivery; Drug Prices Up By 50%

by THE SYRIAN OBSERVER, Wednesday August 9th, 2023 On Tuesday, the spokesperson for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that Syria has granted an extension for the United Nations to continue delivering humanitarian aid through two Turkish border crossings. This permission will be in effect until …

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Are They Really Fighting Terrorists? U.S. Occupation Forces in Syria Receive New Weapons for a Future Conflict

by Timothy Alexander Guzman, published on Global Research, August 4, 2023 In early May, Syria was welcomed back to the Arab League, a development that was sure to anger the US and European establishments so new tensions between US occupation forces and the Russia-Syria alliance have been escalating quite rapidly …

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Syria: a Tale of Plunder and Resurrection

by Pepe Escobar, published on The Cradle, July 31, 2023 Ever the optimist, Pepe lays out the problem, and asserts the possibility of solutions.  [jb] The war on Syria has vanished from the collective West ethos. Yet it’s far from finished. Multitudes across the Global Majority may feel the deepest …

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Situation Will Improve If All Illegal Sanctions, Occupation Are Withdrawn

from People’s Dispatch, July 25, 2023 Syria has allowed the continuation of the cross-border aid program in the rebel-held areas in its north-east even though the UN Security Council had failed to adopt a resolution on its extension earlier this month It seems that Syria made a show of generosity …

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Wildfires in Syria Used as a Weapon of War

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 30, 2023 Wildfires broke out on July 25 in Latakia province in northwest Syria and are still burning amid new fires being started. The fires spread quickly by a sudden unusual wind which whipped up. The whole country, and the adjacent Mediterranean …

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