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Saad Hariri, Economic Collapse of Lebanon and Syria

by William VanWagenen, published on The Libertarian Institute, September 12, 2022 This piece from a year ago reveals the role of Lebanese leadership in the Syrian War, and at the deep economic and business connections between the two countries (one carved from the other a century ago).  It also shows …

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The US, Russia, and Iran Butt Heads in Syria and Iraq

by Hamed al-Rubaie, published on The Cradle, August 23, 2023 Add to this the fact that there are numerous recent provocations and clashes between the Syrian army and Idlib based terrorists, and it looks like things are heating up across the country.  [Editor] In a significant development last month, US …

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I Crashed an Anti-Syria Lobby Meeting Where They Pushed for a New Caliphate and More Starvation Sanctions

by Hekmat Aboukhater, published on The Grayzone, August 21, 2023 I crashed the meeting of a lobbying front that ended the life-saving General License 2023 on Syria, and is now pushing to extend Washington’s economic war for another 8 years. Behind closed doors, the former State Department official leading the …

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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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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 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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Situation Will Improve If All Illegal Sanctions, Occupation Are Withdrawn

from People’s Dispatch, July 25, 2023 Syria has allowed the continuation of the cross-border aid program in the rebel-held areas in its north-east even though the UN Security Council had failed to adopt a resolution on its extension earlier this month It seems that Syria made a show of generosity …

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Damascus Strongly Condemns U.S. and Turkey for Cutting off Water Supply in Hassakeh

from the Syrian Observer / al-Baath, July 20, 2023 Syria urgently calls upon the United Nations to take immediate and effective action to halt violations of international laws, according to al-Baath. In an official statement, the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs expressed Syria’s vehement condemnation of the heinous act …

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