Palestine Update Resources

Video: Syria whom to support whom to trust? Impressive analysis from Susan Dirgham of AMRIS

Dec 18, 2014, (We) Can Do Better How could we allow America, NATO, Israel or other Arab states to destroy something so ancient and valuable for all humanity as Syria – the last secular Arab state? Australian peace activist, Susan Dirgham, taught English for years in Syria and got to …

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Assad elected to serve Syria, not America’s New World Order

Dec 29, 2014, Taylor Report AUDIO LINK Stephen Gowans, political analyst, and Phil Taylor discuss Gowans’ article, “Why Assad Refuses to Step Down,” which is based on a Paris Match interview with Assad. In response to Paris Match, President Assad defended his right to rule democratically, to serve the Syrian …

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An alert from inside Syria: Kassab Under Attack

Dear Friends of Syria and the Syria Solidarity Movement, Below please find the latest news from Latakia, Syria, received today from our good friend and correspondent Lilly Martin Sahiounie. Lilly grew up in Fresno, California but has lived in Latakia for twenty years with her Syrian husband and children, now …

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A shift in the approved view of Syria?

Dear Friends, We wish to draw your attention to a potentially important article in Foreign Policy.http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/18/syria-assad-ceasefires-surrender-nir-rosen-hd-centre-report/ It is in fact only a review or preview of a potentially important unpublished report on Syria by journalist Nir Rosen.  What makes the preview and the report important is not so much that …

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UN: 300 cultural heritage sites destroyed, looted in Syria

Dec 23, 2014, al-Akhbar Nearly 300 cultural heritage sites have been destroyed, damaged and looted in Syria since 2011, the UN said Tuesday in a report citing satellite evidence. The report focused on 18 areas, of which six are UNESCO-listed: the Old City of Aleppo; Bosra; Damascus, the Dead Cities …

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AIDING ISIS: Israel Bombs Syria For Fifth Time in 18 Months, Gives Arms, Medical Aid to Militants

Dec 8, 2014, 21st Century Wire SPECIAL REPORT Israeli warplanes hit two separate areas near Syria’s capital of Damascus yesterday, including a facility at the city’s international airport. This latest attack reveals a pattern of involvement which spells out Tel Aviv’s role in the destabilzation of Syria, which includes providing intelligene, air support, arms, and …

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Syria Repels ISIS Attack on Eastern Air Base

Dec 7, 2014, Antiwar.com Nearly a week of heavy fighting over the Syrian government’s easternmost remaining military air base, in Deir Ezzor Province, has ended with the Syrian military expelling ISIS from the airport grounds. Heavy losses were reported on both sides, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a …

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UN details Israel helping Syrian rebels at Golan Heights

Dec 8, 2014, RT.com Israeli security forces have kept steady contacts with the Syrian rebels over the past 18 months, mainly treating wounded fighters but possibly supplying them with arms, UN observers at the Israeli-Syrian border reported. In a series of reports to the UN Security Council by the United …

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