by Paul Larudee, published on Dissident Voice, December 16, 2024 For most of the time since its 1946 independence from France, Syria has resisted all attempts to make it a vassal state. It has paid dearly, as a target of subversion, war, occupation and the most onerous economic sanctions in …
Read More »No Quick Solution to EU Migration Crisis as Syrian Refugees Refuse to Return
by Patrick Poppel, published on InfoBRICS.com, December 12, 2024 Europe reaps what it sows. ~jb Initially, Austria was against Bulgaria and Romania joining the Schengen area because they were afraid that many migrants would come to the Alpine republic via these countries. But that’s different now. Austria drops its veto …
Read More »US Lawmakers Urge White House to Enact ‘Syria Sanctions Relief’: Report
from the News Desk of The Cradle, December 12, 2024 Two members of the US Congress are urging the White House to ease “some sanctions” on Syria to help its economy in the wake of the takeover of the country by extremist armed groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). …
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: We are Indirect Partners in Genocide
President al-Assad: What we need is decision to use the tools we possess to stop the Zionist massacres, genocide and ethnic cleansing by Mazen Eyon, published on SANA, November 11, 2024 Riyadh, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad stressed that priority now is to stop the massacres, genocide and ethnic cleansing committed …
Read More »Why Israel Targets Syria: The Geopolitical Stakes of Damascus’s Support for the Resistance
by Mohamed Nader Al-Omari, published on The Cradle, November 1, 2024 Over the past decade, Syria has faced hundreds of Israeli air attacks claiming to primarily target weapons manufacturing, transport, and storage facilities. According to Tel Aviv, these strikes are intended to “cut off supply routes” from Iran to Lebanon’s …
Read More »US Tees Up Ukrainian and Syrian Extremist Proxies in Fight Against Russia
by Mohamed Nader Al-Omari, published on The Cradle, October 13, 2024 In a familiar strategy of backing proxy forces, the US has orchestrated a toxic alliance between Ukrainian forces and Syrian extremists to counter Russia’s influence — continuing Washington’s decades-long pattern of leveraging terror groups to pursue its geopolitical goals. …
Read More »Italy Restores Diplomatic Ties With Syria
from the News Desk, published on The Cradle, July 26, 2024 Rome, along with seven other EU nations, recently called on Brussels to play ‘a more active role’ in Syria Italy became the first G7 nation to restore diplomatic ties with Syria on 26 July, appointing Stefano Ravagnan as their …
Read More »Russia Strikes Terrorist’s Base in Homs
from Mehr News, June, 3, 2024 Tehran~ Russia’s aerospace forces struck a base of terrorists from the US-controlled al-Tanf area in Syria’s Homs governorate, Yury Popov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian defense ministry), said on Sunday. …
Read More »Emir of Kuwait Dissolves the National Assembly and Takes Aim at the Muslim Brotherhood
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, May 18, 2024 Dr. Waleed al-Tabtabai, a former Kuwaiti member of the National Assembly, and a man integrally involved in the fundraising of the Radical Islamic terrorists who invaded Syria and killed thousands of unarmed civilians, was arrested by Kuwaiti authorities on May …
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