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Petition: Stop the Sanctions on Syria

Statement and Petition by Global Network for Syria WHY STOP ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON SYRIA? Economic sanctions contribute to large-scale poverty, destroying Syria’s health and social services infrastructure, whilst traumatising the civilian population and driving mass displacement. They: Restrict access to essential food supplies and basics like soap and disinfectant. Restrict …

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Erdogan Announces Operation to Occupy 30 KM Corridor in Northern Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, May 28, 2022 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on May 23 a new military operation in northern Syria to establish a 30-kilometer-wide zone of Turkish occupation.  Erdogan terms the proposed action as a counterterrorism operation, with details to be announced in the next …

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Decades of US Attempts to Topple the Syrian Government

by Shane Quinn, published on Global Research, May 5, 2022 Syria has for the vast majority of the post-World War II period been considered by United States governments as a staunch enemy. In more recent decades, Washington has attempted without ultimate success to isolate and overthrow the Assad dynasty in …

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Canada’s Harper Government Supports Covert Mercenary War on Syria, Funds Al Qaeda Affiliated Rebels

Nov 12, 2013, Ken Stone: As expected, Prime Minister Harper wholly endorsed President Obama’s call to punish the Syrian government for its alleged use of chemical weapons on August 21, 2013.1 Harper did, however, decline to join the tiny coalition of countries willing to join a US-led air strike on …

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