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Inside the Anti-Syria Lobby’s Capitol Hill Push for More Starvation Sanctions

by Hekmat Aboukhater, published on The Grayzone, March 20, 2024 A week from the 13th anniversary of the US-backed Syrian dirty war, the American Coalition for Syria held its annual day of advocacy in Washington DC. I went undercover into meetings with Senate policy advisors and witnessed the lobby’s cynical …

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The Role of Turkey and Idlib in the Moscow Attack

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, March 25, 2024 On the Americans having their cake and eating it too in Syria.  [jb] The road to the Crocus Center in Moscow began in Turkey, as one of the attackers confessed who killed 143 concert goers and injured more than 150 …

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Civilians held under terrorist rule in Idlib demand their freedom

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, March 11, 2024 Thousands of civilians living under terrorist occupation in Idlib have taken to the streets to demand the fall of the government on Friday. No, not the Syrian government in Damascus, but the Idlib government ruled by Abu Mohamed al-Julani, and …

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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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Iraqi Hezbollah Suspends Operations Against United States

News from Al Mayadeen, January 30, 2024 The Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah have suspended their operations against the US occupation forces in Syria and Iraq so as to not go against the wishes of the Iraqi government, Secretary-General Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi said on Tuesday. The Islamic Resistance “has taken the decision …

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21st Int’l Meeting Final Statement Calls for Pushing Forward Astana Process to Combat Terrorism, Facilitate Refugee Return

from SANA, January 25, 2024 Astana, SANA- The guarantor states of the Astana Process have renewed their firm commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity and to the goals and principles of the UN Charter. The final statement of the guarantor states at the 21st International Meeting on …

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Antidotes Against the Allure of War: Information and Empathy

by Susan Dirgham, published on Pearls and Irritations, December 22, 2023 ‘In the document drawn up by a top secret and high-level working group that met in Washington in September 1957, Mr Macmillan and President Eisenhower were left in no doubt about the need to assassinate the top men in …

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Will Gaza Hasten the Exit of US Troops From Iraq, Syria?

by Khalil Harb, published on The Cradle, December 8, 2o23 By unequivocally supporting Israel’s military assault on Gaza, the US has exposed itself to vulnerabilities across West Asia, particularly in the already volatile Iraqi and Syrian theaters. Far from fostering peace or stability, illegal US troop presence in these areas …

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Putin Replaces Russia’s OPCW Representative (Annotated)

by AL-SOURIA NET (Opposition website) published on Syrian Observer, Wednesday December 6th, 2023 On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a presidential decree relieving Alexander Shulgin of his duties as Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and Russian ambassador to the Netherlands. According …

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Rand Paul Wants to End Undeclared War in Syria

by Nick Turse, published on The Intercept, December 5, 2023 Editor’s Note: This initiative was voted down, but Paul had 9 cosigners on the bill, and a week later, The Nation ran a story supporting the initiative for political reasons.  I suppose it’s a matter of context, but over the …

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