Sept 16, 2014 Friends – The U.S. Administration has proposed to dramatically increase funding of mercenary “moderate rebels” fighting in Syria and to escalate air attacks in Iraq and extending into Syria. The pretext is to combat ISIS but we believe the real goal is to re-establish U.S. dominance in …
Read More »Don’t Bomb Syria, Don’t Bomb Iraq
The Syria Solidarity Movement supports the petition below. Even the humanitarian intervention on behalf of the Yazidis should be through international cooperation such as the UN and not unilaterally by the US. We are concerned that it is the thin end of the wedge that opens the door to another …
Read More »SSM Statement on the Third Anniversary of the War
Since the collapse of the Geneva 2 talks, US President Obama has asked his Secretary of Defence, Chuck Hegel, to come up with “further options” on Syria. The results of Obama’s request are now becoming clearer. They include the establishment of a 25-mile-deep, no-fly zone along Syrian borders (probably based …
Read More »Alert! Open War Vs. Syria in the Offing?
The Syria Solidarity Movement wishes to draw the attention of the peace movement to the renewed danger of a unilateral US attack on Syria. Here’s what we have recently observed: 1) Since the collapse of the Geneva 2 talks, US Secretary of Defence, Chuck Hegel, has come up with “further …
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