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Joint US-Israeli Airstrike on Syria Kills Over 80

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 26, 2024 The deadliest strike on Syria in terms of casualties was carried out by Israel on November 20, with American military complicity. Most of the dead were officers and soldiers in the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the only national army in …

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Death Toll Surges from ‘Deadliest’ Israeli Attack on Syria’s Palmyra

from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, November 21, 2024 The death toll of the Israeli attack on central Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra a day ago shot up significantly on 21 November, with official Syrian media announcing 36 deaths and an opposition-linked war monitor reporting nearly 80. According to UK-based …

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If Not Oil, Then Antiquities; US Looting of Syrian Wealth Continues

from Al Mayadeen, April 4, 2023 The areas where the US occupation forces are deployed in cooperation with US-backed SDF militia dealt with widespread looting of Syrian archaeological sites in the war-torn country’s Jazira region, as well as the northern province of Raqqa, a new report by Syria’s news agency …

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Concerts at Palmyra represent liberation, resilience, revival

May 8, 2016, American Herald Tribune -Eva Bartlett The momentous Syrian-Russian liberation of world heritage site Palmyra on March 27, 2016, came and went with zero congratulations from world leaders who are supposedly fighting terrorism. Palmyra is an area that was subject to ten months of Da’esh (ISIS) occupation, slaughters, …

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Palmyra: The bride of the desert

Apr 21 2016, Crescent International -Ken Stone, Liberated Palmyra Ken Stone, executive member of the Syria Solidarity Movement (syriasolidaritymovement.org) and a longtime antiwar activist, was among the first foreigners to enter the historic city of Palmyra after its liberation from the takfiri terrorists at the end of March. Below we …

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What’s Left of Palmyra — and Syria

Apr 23, 2016, Consortium News By pouring weapons and money into the Syrian war, the West and its Gulf state allies share in the guilt for the Islamic State’s partial destruction of Palmyra’s historic ruins, which Jeff Klein visited. -Jeff Klein ISIS/Daesh is on the retreat in Syria, which is …

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Liberated Palmyra: a photo essay by Prof. Tim Anderson

“Palmyra’s citadel. The Syrian Army and Russian air power made great efforts to avoid historic sites, but the citadel did suffer some damage in the fierce fighting,, as DAESH tried to seize that higher ground.” -Professor Tim Anderson   April 16, 2016, Professor Tim Anderson [see: Why Palmyra, Recently Liberated, …

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