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U.S. Occupation

US Occupation Loots More Syrian Oil: SANA

from The News Desk at The Cradle, April 22, 2023 The US occupation forces continue to steal and loot Syrian wealth, transporting dozens of tankers loaded with stolen oil from the northeast Jazeera region across the border and into Iraqi territory in recent days, Syrian state media SANA reported on …

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Can Netanyahu ‘Let Go’ the Syrian Punchbag at a Time of Domestic Crisis?

by Alastair Crooke, published on Al Mayadeen, April 8, 2023 It is perhaps fitting that in the bloody tangle of US policy triggered by Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination in 1995, and the elevation of Benjamin Netanyahu to the premiership in its wake, Syria was first and foremost the ‘head’ to this …

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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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Syria Episode Shows How Contractors Still Used to Fight America’s Wars

by Ted Galen Carpenter, published on Responsible Statecraft, March 31, 2023 It’s become increasingly apparent that official data on U.S. military personnel deployed in so-called war zones overseas may be understating the actual number. Likewise, active duty military casualties account for only a portion of the American deaths suffered in …

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US Resumes Theft of Syrian Oil Hours After Merciless Attack on Occupation Bases

from the News Desk at The Cradle, published March 25, 2023 On 25 March, the US army smuggled at least 80 fuel tankers loaded with hundreds of tons of stolen Syrian oil from the country’s resource-rich Jazira region to their bases in Iraq. The tanker trucks were taken out of …

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US Occupiers Lash Out as Syria War Draws to an End

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on People’s Dispatch, March 27, 2023 The circumstances surrounding the flare-up in Syria between the US occupation forces and pro-Iranian militia groups remain murky. President Biden claims that the US is reacting, but there are signs that it is likely being proactive to create new facts …

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Syrians Have Every Right To Attack US Occupiers: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Caitlin Johnstone’s Substack, March 24, 2023 The western world is solemnly commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion by blindly following the US into more conflict and militarism while repeating all the same kinds of mass media malpractice. ———- If you think it’s a …

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Why the Hell Is the US Occupying Syria?

by Jon Reynolds, published on Antiwar.com, March 23, 2023 In early March, Syria’s foreign ministry condemned a surprise visit by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley to an army base in northeast Syria, with Syrian media dubbing it “illegal” and a “flagrant violation of the sovereignty …

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U.S. Pays for Israeli attacks on Syria

by the Editor at Mideast Discourse, March 15, 2023 Syria retaliates for Israeli bombing attacks against US 0ccupiers. [jb] Israel’s repeated attacks on Syria are leading to a military escalation against United States forces in the war-torn country. Damascus and its allies, mainly Tehran, are apparently attempting to indirectly deter …

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How US Exceptionalism Has Spawned War in Ukraine and Syria

by Rick Sterling, published on Antiwar.com, February 25, 2023 The following is an adapted version of the presentation made at the webinar “Connecting Dots” on 2.25.2023. Other speakers were Dr. Marwa Osman and Dr. Atif Kubursi. Introduction Syria has been at war since 2011. The conflict is in a stalemate. …

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