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Syria in International Context

The Criminal War on SYRIA Continues

Statement by Syria Support Movement, September 11, 2023 PDF available here. The war on Syria is no longer front page news, but it has never ended.  Currently, the United States and its allies are placing enormous pressure on the Syrian people in an effort to topple the Syrian government.  The …

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Richard Medhurst on Israeli and U.S. Occupations in Syria

The clip is about an hour of a longer show.  Richard provides a play by play timeline of Zionist/western terrorism and betrayal since WWII that I have heard, starting with the attack on the Europeans in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946, sending a message to the British …

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The Syrian Refugees in Germany Face Danger

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 8, 2023 Lebanese clans living in Germany, who are involved in drug trafficking, have caused death and mayhem. The German police responded to a massive brawl which broke out on June 16 in front of a restaurant in Essen that left a …

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UK Activists Urge Judiciary to Lift ‘Cruel’ Sanctions on Syria

from The News Desk at The Cradle, June 23, 2023 A group of British-Arab citizens have filed an application to the High Court in England seeking permission to proceed to a Judicial Review for the sake of ending UK sanctions on Syria, Al-Mayadeen reported on 23 June. The leader of …

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Jordanians Reject Ties with Israel, Welcome Normalization with Iran, Syria

From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 20, 2023 An overwhelming majority of Jordanians say they oppose “all sorts of cooperation” with Israel, including receiving humanitarian aid in the case of a natural disaster, according to a public opinion poll commissioned by the Washington Institute and conducted between March …

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Assad in Jeddah: Tangibly, what does this mean for Syria?

by Georgio Caffiero, published on The Cradle, May 30, 2023 Arab reconciliation with Syria is a two-way street, with both sides seeking important concessions from each other. While all solutions can be found within a grand regional compromise, not all Arab states will be willing to challenge Washington’s red lines. …

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The Resistance Crescent and the End of US Domination

by Ali Abunimah, published on Electronic Intifada, May 31, 2023 The videos associated with this article are particularly interesting and informative.  [jb] Almost two decades ago, Jordan’s King Abdallah warned in a Washington Post interview of a so-called “Shiite crescent” stretching from Iran through Iraq and west to Lebanon. This …

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Never Mind Who Lost Syria, Who the Hell Lost Saudi Arabia?

by Peter Ford, published on 21st Century Wire, May 19, 2023 It is hard to overstate the significance of Syria’s readmission to the Arab League and President Assad’s attendance at the Jeddah Arab summit. The significance goes way beyond Syria itself. Let’s get straight to the point. It’s a massive …

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Syria Returns to Arab League with Saudi Arabia at the Helm

by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, May 8, 2023 Syria has been reinstated as a member of the Arab League, which will meet on May 19 in Riyadh. After a 12-year absence, Syria is in the midst of an Arab-led political path to normalization in the region. The regional …

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The Leaked Plan to Attack Russians in Syria Revealed

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, April 27, 2023 Another hair brained scheme from the Zelenski-Biden course.  I have long argued that U.S. Turkish occupation of Syria is enough to consider Syria an additional front to the U.S. proxy war on Russia, with the front face in Ukraine.   …

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