by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voice, January 11, 2024 Peter Ford served in the UK Foreign Ministry for many years including being UK Ambassador to Bahrein (1999-2003) and then Syria (2003-2006). Following that, he was representative to the Arab world for the Commissioner General of United Nations Relief and …
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by Jonathan Cook, published on Defend Democracy, December 11, 2024 When westerners see ‘enemy’ governments fall, or civil wars erupt, they are led to think they are the geopolitical equivalent of a natural event. Nothing could be further from the truth The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel …
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by Khalil Nasrallah, published on The Cradle, December 16, 2024 In its unobstructed territorial grab and destruction of Syria’s military infrastructure, Tel Aviv hopes to either expand its borders into a newly partitioned Syria, or to use its gains as negotiating chips in a grand bargain for regional primacy. Thirteen …
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by Paul Larudee, published on Dissident Voice, December 16, 2024 For most of the time since its 1946 independence from France, Syria has resisted all attempts to make it a vassal state. It has paid dearly, as a target of subversion, war, occupation and the most onerous economic sanctions in …
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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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by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 26, 2024 The deadliest strike on Syria in terms of casualties was carried out by Israel on November 20, with American military complicity. Most of the dead were officers and soldiers in the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the only national army in …
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by Mohamed Nader Al-Omari, published on The Cradle, October 13, 2024 In a familiar strategy of backing proxy forces, the US has orchestrated a toxic alliance between Ukrainian forces and Syrian extremists to counter Russia’s influence — continuing Washington’s decades-long pattern of leveraging terror groups to pursue its geopolitical goals. …
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by Editor, Mideast Discourse, published on May 5, 2024 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad underlines that Damascus stands with the Palestinian Resistance and cause despite the perilous circumstances undergone by Syria. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad emphasized that his country’s position has been consistent since the emergence of the Palestinian cause in …
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by Khalil Harb, published on The Cradle, December 8, 2o23 By unequivocally supporting Israel’s military assault on Gaza, the US has exposed itself to vulnerabilities across West Asia, particularly in the already volatile Iraqi and Syrian theaters. Far from fostering peace or stability, illegal US troop presence in these areas …
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by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 8, 2023 Syrians are understandably miffed by U.S. policy towards “terrorism”, and the Muslim Brotherhood in general. Steven compares how the U.S. empowered the Muslim Brotherhood and associated militias in both Syria and Egypt, but now they are ready to commit genocide …
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