by Kevork Almassian, published on Substack, July 8, 2026 After watching Emmanuel Macron arrive in Damascus and stand beside Abu Mohammad al-Julani, I kept returning to one question because I believe it explains far more than the visit itself. If the war against Syria was truly fought for democracy, human …
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by Asa’ad AbuKhalil, published on Consortium News, January 29, 2025 It is naive to assume that the current regime in Syria will remain in place — as it is — going forward. Syria is now in a state of uneasy transition and the political-military situation will remain in flux as …
Read More »Friends of Syria or Friends of Imperialism?
Oct 23, 2013, Stephen Gowans The Friends of Syria—an 11 country coalition ranged against the Syrian government—favors what it calls a “democratic” transition in Damascus. There are multiple problems with this. The coalition says that the current president, Bashar al-Assad, must have “no role in Syria.” How odd that an …
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