Syria is a particularly informative example of the ways in which Unilateral Coercive Measures have caused extreme suffering for the people while they did nothing to end the cited abuses of their government. The charitable works funded by Syria Support Movement allowed us to have an inside look at the …
Read More »UK lifts Sanctions on Syrian Ministries and Intelligence Agencies
MEE Staff, published on Middle East Eye, April 24, 2025 Syria’s president has urged western countries to relieve his country of sanctions and allow it to rebuild after 14 years of war The UK has lifted sanctions on Syria’s defence and interior ministries and a range of its intelligence agencies …
Read More »Compatible Left Joins Imperialism in Celebrating Defeat of Syria
by Stansfield Smith, published on CovertAction Magazine, January 8, 2025 Editor’s Note: I guess this is just a reminder that the of left leaning propaganda hostile to Syria is still out there. I never really understood this willful blindness to obvious truths, but some people seem to think that if …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
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 »A Conversation With Venezuelan Ambassador in Damascus – Latin America and Palestine
by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, October 28, 2924 Two days ago I had the privilege to have a conversation with the Venezuelan Ambassador at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Syrian Arab Republic – Dr. Jose Gregorio Biomorgi. You can watch a previous interview with …
Read More »Demands for Reassessing Relationship with Damascus Getting More Vocal Among the EU
Some EU states recommended re-establishing direct communication with Damascus and appointing a special EU envoy to engage with Syria, al-Watan writes. from Al Watan (Pro Government newspaper), published on Syrian Observer, July 26, 2024 Sources in Brussels, the Belgian capital, commenting on a recent report in Al-Watan, confirmed that a …
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 »DECONSTRUCTING H.R. 3202: ISRAEL’S PERSISTENT ROLE IN SANCTIONING SYRIA
By Hekmat Aboukhater, MintPress News. February 23, 2024 On February 13, the U.S. House of Representatives deliberated on Resolution 3202, the “Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023.” The following day, the House passed the bill with a 389 to 32 bipartisan majority. Now, the bill moves on to the Senate, where it will most …
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