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Syrians Find Hope Under Crushing US Sanctions

Aaron Mate and Kate Halpern interview Kevork Almassian and Hekmat Aboukhater, from Useful Idiots Substack, May 25, 2023 From Iraq to Syria to everywhere else the US government attempts regime change, when corporate media tells us what the “voices of the people” are saying, it’s not often that we actually …

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The Leaked Plan to Attack Russians in Syria Revealed

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, April 27, 2023 Another hair brained scheme from the Zelenski-Biden course.  I have long argued that U.S. Turkish occupation of Syria is enough to consider Syria an additional front to the U.S. proxy war on Russia, with the front face in Ukraine.   …

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If Not Oil, Then Antiquities; US Looting of Syrian Wealth Continues

from Al Mayadeen, April 4, 2023 The areas where the US occupation forces are deployed in cooperation with US-backed SDF militia dealt with widespread looting of Syrian archaeological sites in the war-torn country’s Jazira region, as well as the northern province of Raqqa, a new report by Syria’s news agency …

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US Occupiers Lash Out as Syria War Draws to an End

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on People’s Dispatch, March 27, 2023 The circumstances surrounding the flare-up in Syria between the US occupation forces and pro-Iranian militia groups remain murky. President Biden claims that the US is reacting, but there are signs that it is likely being proactive to create new facts …

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The Terrorism Pretext: US-ISIS-Kurdish Nexus Preserves Occupation of Syria

from the NewsDesk at The Cradle, February 3, 2023 In March 2019, former US President Donald Trump startled Washington’s war establishment by announcing that the mission of “eliminating terrorism” had been accomplished in Syria. Seven months later, Trump solidified his claims by celebrating the assassination of ISIS leader Abu Bakr …

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“The US Will Leave Syria Once the YPG Reconcile with Damascus” Interview with Dr. Ahmad Alderzi

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, January 20, 2023 Many Syrians may have left as refugees, but the country seems very crowded.  The US-NATO attack on Syria for regime change began in 2011 and brought in outside actors: Iran, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the US. The foreign …

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US Says It Opposes Countries Normalizing With Assad After Syria-Turkey Talks

by Dave DeCamp, published on Antiwar.com, January 4, 2023 The State Department on Tuesday said that the US opposes other countries normalizing with the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad following high-level talks between Syria and Turkey. The defense ministers of Syria and Turkey met in Moscow at the end …

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The Kurds in Syria Are Part of a Larger Imperial Design

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 27, 2022 The Kurds in northeastern Syria have established their semi-autonomous administration which they call “Rojava”. They are now under threat of an increased invasion and occupation by Turkish ground troops, which could end in ethnic cleansing and mass casualties. Turkish President …

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US Troops in Dispute with Their Terrorist Mercenaries in Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Global Research, October 9, 2022 The US-employed terrorists, Maghawir al-Thawra (MaT), have turned against their partners, the US Army, stationed at al-Tanf base in the eastern Syrian desert.  On October 4, the terrorists, who are employed as mercenaries by the US military, attempted to break …

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Whose War is the US Fighting in Syria, and Why?

by Daniel Larison, published on Responsible Statecraft, August 26, 2022 U.S. forces in Syria have been carrying out strikes against “Iran-backed” militias this week in response to a recent drone attack on the American base at Tanf and rocket attacks at two other bases in northeastern Syria. The first U.S. …

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