from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 13, 2024 The new rulers in Damascus are taking actions to prevent the Palestinians from defending themselves or resisting Israel Representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the new ruling extremist organization in Damascus, informed the representatives of the Palestinian factions in Syria …
Read More »UNAC Statement On the Overthrow of the Syrian Government
UNAC Statement, December 10, 2024 This is a moment to salute and remember the martyrs and resistance fighters in Syria, who for decades and against all odds held firm against U.S. imperialist domination. Because imperialism has no solutions the struggle will regroup and break forth again and each time at …
Read More »The Economic War Against Syria
by Roberta Rivolta, published on Counter-Hegemonic Studies, December 4, 2024 As ancient as economic wars may be, the use of embargoes as means of coercion experienced a significant acceleration only at the end of the Cold War. While the collapse of the USSR reduced the risk that a targeted nation …
Read More »Assad and Larijani’s Message of Alliance: Standing with Palestine and Lebanon
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 14, 2024 Assad and Larijani’s Message of Alliance: Standing with Palestine and Lebanon In the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, have reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Palestine and Lebanon …
Read More »Why Anti-Imperialists Must Defend Syria and the Axis of Resistance
by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 The anti-colonial struggle against U.S./Western imperialism and the Zionist settler state has long shaped the geopolitical dynamics of West Asia. Syria stands at the epicenter of this struggle as a vital member of the Axis of Resistance, a united front …
Read More »What role for the UN in post-conflict Gaza?
by Peter Ford, originally published at Katoikos.World https://katoikos.world/analysis/what-role-for-the-un-in-post-conflict-gaza.html With the Israel-Hamas conflict still possibly having months to run and with even the outlines of an end state still far from clear, trying to chart a course for the UN at this juncture is challenging. It is nevertheless possible to identify …
Read More »Israel Wants All of Palestine, and Denies the Existence of the Palestinian People,
by Steven Sahiounie interviews Kari Jaquesson, published on Mideast Discourse, January 28, 2024 “There was no such thing as Palestinians,” said Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, in an interview with The Sunday Times on June 15, 1969. In March 2023, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, denied the existence of a …
Read More »Iraqi Resistance Dismisses US Withdrawal Talks, Vows More Attacks
from the News Desk at The Cradle, published January 26, 2024 US officials say a withdrawal from Iraq and Syria is not imminent despite new talks about their status with the Iraqi government The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) criticized the US request to hold talks with the Iraqi government …
Read More »Syria Welcomes International Court of Justice Ruling on South Africa’s Lawsuit Against Israeli Entity
from SANA, January 27, 2024 Damascus, SANA- Syria welcomed the International Court of Justice ruling to order immediate temporary measures to protect the Palestinians as this ruling is the starting point for the path of putting an end to Israeli escape from punishment on its most heinous crimes it committed …
Read More »U.S. Should Not Be Empowered to Determine the Outcome of the Israeli War on the Palestinian People
SSM Board Member Ken Stone tells PressTV that October 7 was a legal and justified response to occupation. Occupiers, on the other hand cannot claim a “right” to self defense from those in their occupied territories.
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