Palestine Update Resources

Richard Medhurst on Israeli and U.S. Occupations in Syria

The clip is about an hour of a longer show.  Richard provides a play by play timeline of Zionist/western terrorism and betrayal since WWII that I have heard, starting with the attack on the Europeans in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946, sending a message to the British …

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“The US will strengthen its occupation of Syria, while plundering oil resources”

Interview with Glenn Diesen by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 11. 2023 The Obama administration began the US military occupation of Syria in November 2015. Obama sold the public on the idea of fighting ISIS, but in reality military personnel of Syria, Russia, Iraq and Iran were already …

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The Suffering of Syrians and US Sanctions

by Susan Dirgham, published on Pearls and Irritations, August 11, 2023 For Syrians, hope lies in the fact that – given time and effort – people outside their country will learn of the deleterious effect of sanctions, will question the justifications given for imposing them, and will see them as …

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Turkey Plans to Annex Aleppo

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 17, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his plan to return Syrian refugees in Turkey to Aleppo. For many years he has proposed a plan to create a safe zone, or de-escalation zone specifically developed to hold the millions of …

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Syria’s President Assad would ‘welcome home refugees’

Another Take on President Assad’s Sky News Interview Editor’s note: The perspective here is not friendly to Assad, but his words speak for themselves.   by Niamh Lynch, published on Sky News , August 9, 2023 Brief Video out-take from the interview: https://news.sky.com/story/syrias-president-assad-would-welcome-home-refugees-12936973 Syrian President Bashar al Assad has said he …

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Highlights From Assad’s Interview

by The Syrian Observer, August 12, 2023 In an interview with Sky News Arabic, an Abu Dhabi-based channel, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed key issues regarding his country’s relations with the Arab world, Turkey, and the international community. In his discussions, Assad tempered expectations for swift economic gains from rekindled …

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Commander of the Free Syrian Army: Progress with SDF to Establish a Joint Operations Room

by ATHR PRESS (Pro-government newspaper), published on Syrian Observer, August 10, 2023 The leader of the US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) faction, Muhammad Farid Qassim, has announced significant strides in collaboration with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and undisclosed armed groups to establish a joint operations center. Qassim stated the …

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Syria Today – Assad Extends Aid Delivery; Drug Prices Up By 50%

by THE SYRIAN OBSERVER, Wednesday August 9th, 2023 On Tuesday, the spokesperson for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that Syria has granted an extension for the United Nations to continue delivering humanitarian aid through two Turkish border crossings. This permission will be in effect until …

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Are They Really Fighting Terrorists? U.S. Occupation Forces in Syria Receive New Weapons for a Future Conflict

by Timothy Alexander Guzman, published on Global Research, August 4, 2023 In early May, Syria was welcomed back to the Arab League, a development that was sure to anger the US and European establishments so new tensions between US occupation forces and the Russia-Syria alliance have been escalating quite rapidly …

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Syria to Receive People With Chronic Diseases From Rebel Areas

from TeleSUR TV, July 23, 2023 Last week, the Health Ministry said it was “following with great concern” the health conditions of people in northern Syria. The Syrian military stood ready to open crossings for patients from rebel-held regions to seek medical treatment in government-controlled areas. Idlib Governor Thaer Salhab, …

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