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Western Intervention in Syria

US Army Admits HIMARS Deployed to Syria, Says Missiles Not in SDF Control

from The News Desk at The Cradle, May 25, 2023 Washington admitted on 31 May it has sent the High Mobile Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to Syria, but denied Turkish media reports that alleged the systems are destined for Kurdish militants Ankara has labeled “terrorists.” “Yes, there are HIMARS in …

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Turkey-Syria Reconciliation “Would End the US Presence in the Region”

by Steven Sahiounie interviews Aydin Sezer, published on Mideast Discourse, May 10, 2023 A snapshot of thinking on the Turkish election.  The first round took place but was more or less a tie leading to a runoff.  Seems like it will be very difficult for Kilicdaroglu to keep his promises …

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‘Sarin Doesn’t Slice Throats’: The 2013 Ghouta Massacre Revisited

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Libertarian Institute, June 12, 2022 “Germ and chemical weapons may often be weak in their battlefield applications but they are always strong in their emotiveness. Accusations of association with them have for centuries, even millennia, been used by well-intentioned as well as unscrupulous …

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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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International Aid to Idlib, Syria is Controlled by the Terrorists

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, February  23, 2023 I highly suggest reading some of the linked articles.  HTS is apparently ‘taxing’ aid providers and ‘managing’ distribution in Idlib, while the main body of Syrians are denied aid entirely due to U.S. sanctions.  An Arabic language article that is …

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Why was British ISIS member ‘Jihadi George’ tried in a US court?

by William Wagenen, published on The Cradle, February 2, 2023 The decision to try one of the so-called “Beatles” ISIS members in the US was to conceal his previous links to British intelligence and his role in their regime-change efforts in Syria. In January 2023, reports emerged that Alexanda Kotey, …

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Sousan: Turkish Occupation Pretexts to Justify Syria Policy Deceives Nobody

from SANA, published on The Syrian Observer, November 24, 2022 Dr. Ayman Sousan, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, head of the Syrian Arab Republic delegation to the 19th International Meeting in Astana Format on Syria, said on Wednesday that the world has witnessed further escalation due to the …

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‘Isis Bride’ Returns to Canada

 by Ken Stone, published on The Canada Files, November 6, 2022 Kimberley Polman, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, returned to Canada recently after having secretly travelled to Syria in 2015 to marry an ISIS fighter (a member of the armed terrorist group styling itself as the Islamic State in Iraq …

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