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Western Intervention in Syria

Israel Fights Turkey in Syria For Regional Dominance

by Marwa Osman, comments from Facebook, December 24, 2025 Gang wars in Aleppo.  Again.  How sad.  [jb] What is unfolding today in Syria, particularly the clashes between the Syrian government and the SDF in Aleppo, is not an isolated security incident. It is a pressure point in a much wider …

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Syria after Assad: How Israel and the US are Accelerating Plans to Partition the Country

by Sami al-Arian, published on Middle East Eye, August 2, 2025 Syria’s future as a unified state hangs in the balance as both countries pursue long-standing plans to cement hegemonic control through violence and divide-and-conquer tactics Last month, Israel launched a new round of air strikes on Syria, hitting targets …

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Sons of the Muslim Brotherhood in the New Syrian Era: Memory, Relation with the World, Skills, and Generational Convergence – The Syrian Observer

from Al Jumhariya, published on The Syrian Observer, June 25,  2025 The authorities still insist on treating the Brotherhood as a party subject to activity prohibition until political life is restored one day, Hussam Jazmati argues for Al-Jumhuriya SSM Editor’s note: Muslim Brotherhood have been the strongest supporter of the …

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Britain’s Hidden Hand in Syria: How Jonathan Powell and Inter Mediate Shaped a New Order

by Malek Hafez, from Facebook published on The Syrian Observer, May 26, 2025 While London has avoided presenting itself as an official sponsor of Syria’s transitional authorities, its fingerprints are increasingly visible, Malek Hafez argues. In a significant revelation that sheds new light on the architecture of Syria’s post-Assad political …

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Syria’s New President Has an Offer For Trump

by Murtaza Hussein and Ryan Grim, published on Dropsite, May 9, 2025 Editor’s note: Propaganda for activists.  A “charm offensive” from the blood soaked top head chopper in Syria. Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has authorized envoys to make a groundbreaking series of concessions to President Donald Trump in the hopes …

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Security Council Agrees to Condemn Massacre of Alawites in Syria

News from PressTV, March14, 2025 There’s an irony here.  The UN Security Council condemned the massacre of thousands of civilians by a terrorist government – uncontroversial – except that some members of that council paved the way for that government to come to power.  Sighhhhhhh The United Nations Security Council …

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The Tragedy of Syria

by Greg Goedels, published on ZZ’s Blog, March 18, 2025 It is cruelly fitting that one of the acknowledged cradles of civilization is now a showroom for the cruelties, irrationalities, and injustices of the modern capitalist world. At various times, Syria was part of the lands that were widely admired …

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Syrians Will Have Nothing and They Will Be Happy

Excellent Analysus by Kevork Almassian of Syrianna Analysis, January 23, 2025 Kevork begins with a discussion of U.S. destruction of developing world economies followed by fleecing them through privatization. He then focuses on the New (HTF) Foreign Minister of Syria, Asaad Shaibani, attended the World Economic Forum (a first for …

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How the West Destroyed Syria

by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voice, January 11, 2024 Peter Ford served in the UK Foreign Ministry for many years including being UK Ambassador to Bahrein (1999-2003) and  then Syria (2003-2006).  Following that, he was representative to the Arab world for the Commissioner General of United Nations Relief and …

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Syria’s Assad Has Fallen – Just as the Pentagon Planned 23 Years Ago

by Jonathan Cook, published on Defend Democracy, December 11, 2024 When westerners see ‘enemy’ governments fall, or civil wars erupt, they are led to think they are the geopolitical equivalent of a natural event. Nothing could be further from the truth The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel …

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