The following article is republished from Press TV: Syrian and Russian officials say the United States continues to impede the restoration of stability in the country through the imposition of economic sanctions, arguing Washington is using various methods of economic and political pressure on international bodies and organizations to turn …
Read More »Syria Solidarity Movement Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the War on Syria
Since March 2011, Washington has led a coalition of NATO countries, Arab monarchies and Israel, in a proxy regime change war, using terrorist mercenaries as foot soldiers. Today, US troops illegally occupy nearly a third of Syria, containing much of Syria’s oil and gas and some of its best farmland. …
Read More »Cindy Sheehan slams Biden’s attack on Syria
The following article was published originally on Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox: The New War Criminal is the Same as the Old War Criminal, and the other one and Ad Nauseum (Cindy Sheehan) This will probably come as a surprise to no one reading this that we here at the Soapbox condemn …
Read More »Texas and Syria suffer freezing temperatures and electricity outages
Both places suffered a cold snap but US & western sanctions on Syria are the cause of the misery and hardship there. Article by Syrian journalist, Steven Sahiounie, republished from Mideast Discourse. Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Americans in Texas and several other states have been badly hit by a severe …
Read More »Why doesn’t Syria retaliate to Israeli attacks? Nasrallah’s response
Source: https://video.moqawama.org/details.php?cid=1&linkid=2116 Translation: resistancenews.org Transcript: Hassan Nasrallah: […] When (in February 2014) Israel hit us in Janta, on the Syrian-Lebanese border, they were hoping to change the rules of engagement, thinking that if they hit us in a border area, we wouldn’t feel obliged to retaliate. We retaliated (hitting an Israeli patrol …
Read More »Tell the New U.S. Administration – End Economic Sanctions in the Face of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic
Take action and sign the petition – click here! To: President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and all Members of the U.S. Congress: We write to you because we are deeply concerned about the impact of U.S. sanctions on many countries that are suffering the dire consequences of COVID-19. The …
Read More »Charitable aid to Syrians in need
The Syria Solidarity Movement is possibly the only US tax exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit other than the United Nations to provide humanitarian aid in all of Syria other than the terrorist controlled areas of Idlib province. This is because we provide the aid ourselves, not through partnerships with Syrian organizations, which …
Read More »The dark side of the Kurdish militias revealed in Qamisli stand-off
The following article, by Steven Sahiounie, is published at Mideast Discourse: Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator North East Syria is the scene of a stand-off between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), based in Damascus, and the Syrian Defense Forces (SDF), who are militarily led by the People’s Protection Units …
Read More »EU’s ‘unwise’ move to sanction Syria’s FM only obstructs peace process: Iran
It’s shameful that, after nearly a decade of war, the European Union takes the step of sanctioning the new foreign minister of Syria, Mr. Faisal Mekdad. This shows that the EU is still America’s poodle, playing along with the US Coalition’s continuing war of attrition against Syria. And what is …
Read More »Video: Ken Stone’s speech memorializes Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
January 3, 2021 marked one year since the brazen US assassinations of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi Deputy-Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, heroes of the struggle to defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Here is the video of SSM Steering Committee member Ken Stone’s speech at the Beirut commemoration of their martyrdom. …
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