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Sanctions and Regime Change: The Hypocrisy of U.S. Imperialists and Syrian Reactionaries

May 14, 2025 New Syrian Government, sanctions, Statements Comments Off on Sanctions and Regime Change: The Hypocrisy of U.S. Imperialists and Syrian Reactionaries

Statement by the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, May 13, 2025 Editor’s note:  Great statement but I would keep watching this issue.  Remember, we are dealing with Donald Trump here, and a country with 3 different zones of occupation controlled by 3 different countries.  Congress put the sanctions on Syria and renewed …

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The Economic War Against Syria

December 4, 2024 Analysis, Eastern Syria, Investigative Report, Palestine, sanctions, Syria in International Context, Turkey, U.S. Occupation, Western Intervention in Syria Comments Off on 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 …

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The US Steals Syrian Oil, and the Kurds Sell it to Israel at a Discount

January 25, 2024 Analysis, Eastern Syria, PKK, SDF, U.S. Occupation Comments Off on The US Steals Syrian Oil, and the Kurds Sell it to Israel at a Discount

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, January 23, 2024 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRG) claimed responsibility for missile attacks on an Israeli “spy headquarters.” Kurdish businessman Peshraw Dizayee and four of his family members were killed in the attack on their home on January 16 near the US Consulate in …

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