Tag Archives: Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, March 5, 2023 Dr. Bassma Kodmani died March 2, 2023, in Paris, where she had lived most of her life.  She was a Franco-Syrian activist who played a large role in the destruction of Syria beginning in 2011. Kodmani was born in Damascus …

Donbass Devushka and JM sit down with independent journalist Kevork Almassian from “Syriana Analysis” YouTube channel to discuss the Syrian War, the Beauty of Syria, the perseverance and strength of her people and the popularity of Bashar al-Assad.

U.N. Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan discusses the devastating impact of illegal US sanctions on Syria and how they are continuing to block aid in earthquake recovery efforts. Professor Douhan explains how despite the US Treasury issuing a 180-day waiver on certain sanctions imposed on Syria, countries and humanitarian actors are …

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 …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on The Canada Files, February 20, 2023 Canada has blood on its hands in Syria. Canadian intelligence would have provided its government with the facts concerning the Syrian uprising in Deraa in March 2011. That information would have allowed the Canadian government to determine whether to …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, February 20, 2023 The Turkish defense minister disclosed this new development while dismissing claims that Turkiye has faced a new influx of Syrian migrants through its southern border Following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Syria and Turkiye on 6 February, 10,663 Syrians in …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, February 6, 2023 Selective empathy. Syria and Turkey suffer massive  earthquake. But Western countries only send condolences and aid to  Turkey and not Syria (except for the terrorist enclave in Idlib)  (Editor) At least 780 are dead in Syria, with another 2,300 injured …

by Patrick Martin, published on WSWS,  January 31, 2023 Israeli military and intelligence units carried out multiple acts of aggression over the weekend against Iran and Iranian forces in Syria. The attacks were the first offensive military operations under the ultra-right government newly installed in Israel, under Prime Minister Benjamin …

The OPCW Third Report on Douma would make Joseph Goebbels proud “A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth” Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Party Minister of Information in the Adolph Hitler Regime On January 27, 2023, the Organization for the Prohibition of …

by Feroz Mithiborwala, published on Countercurrents, January 21, 2023 The US continues to wage war upon the nations of the world by resorting to imposing economic sanctions. These sanctions are a continuation of war by other means, and the world has been witness to the disastrous and genocidal consequences of …