A step forward for international solidarity, a defeat for Western economic war.The following article is republished from The Cradle:by Giorgio CafieroMarking a major boost to Sino-Syrian relations, on 12 January, Syria joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s ambitious infrastructure development strategy stretching from East Asia to Europe.For analysts with an …
Read More »First 20 tanker trucks of Iranian fuel arrive in Lebanon from Syria, busting U.S. sanctions
People in Lebanon gather to welcome tankers carrying Iranian fuel pic.twitter.com/ucg9Uf8p75 — Press TV (@PressTV) September 16, 2021 A convoy of tankers carrying Iranian fuel has arrived in Lebanon, Press TV reports. Lebanon media also reported that the tankers loaded with Iranian mazut had entered the village of Hawsh al-Sayyed …
Read More »Breaking the US/EU blockade on Syria
The following article is republished from Al Masdar News: BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) – Private sources revealed to Sputnik Arabic about the establishment of an operations room (Russian, Iranian, Syrian) with the aim of securing a safe and stable flow of oil supplies, wheat and some other materials to Syria …
Read More »Joint Statement Against Canadian Sanctions
The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War and the Mouvement Québécois pour la Paix today have issued a joint statement in response to the Trudeau government’s official reply to our parliamentary petition e-2630. That reply (copied to the next page) was delivered by Rob Oliphant, Parliamentary-Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. …
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 »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 »UN expert: crippling US sanctions on Syria are illegal and hurting civilians
The following interview, by Aaron Maté, is republished from The Grayzone: Crippling US sanctions imposed under the Caesar Act are decimating war-ravaged Syrian civilians, are illegal, and should be lifted, the UN Special Rapporteur on sanctions says. An independent United Nations expert is calling on the US to lift …
Read More »More War by Other Means: Sanctioning the Wife of Syria’s President Makes No Sense to Anyone
The following article, by Philip Giraldi, is republished from the Strategic Culture Foundation: More sanctions, by all means. More grief and suffering and more people around the world wondering what exactly the United States is doing. I am a recipient of regular, usual weekly, emails from the Department of the …
Read More »Russia and Syria announce greater economic cooperation amid illegal western sanctions
Russia is trying to bust illegal western (including Canadian) sanctions on Syria. The practical effect of these “coercive economic measures” is that Syrian families have too few jobs, little food to put on the table this Christmas, and even smaller amounts of cooking and heating oil. All of this, during …
Read More »Washington threatens anyone who helps Syria rebuild after 9 years of US Attacks
The following article is republished from Cosmos Chronicle: The US Embassy in Syria threatened to punish anyone who dared to help suffering Syrians rebuild from 9+ years of US regime change attacks, including theft of oil fields and refineries and 1/3 of Syria’s best agricultural land along the Euphrates River. …
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