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 People and to insist on…
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 young adults. With best regards…
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It is in fact only a review or preview of a potentially important unpublished report on Syria by journalist Nir Rosen.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 the analysis and information is…
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 of northern Syria; Crac des…
Dec 16, 2014, Strategic Culture If a recent report in the British Guardian is to be believed, then the West is angling for a new pretext to step up its covert war of regime in Syria. The new pretext, it would seem, is that the Damascus government of Bashar al Assad was the main driving…
Dec 10, 2014, Haaretz The ISIS propaganda video portraying the brutal execution of 22 Syrian soldiers took as long as six hours in film in multiple takes and cost at least $200,000 to produce, several media outlets have reported this week. ISIS, also known as the Islamic State or ISIL, released the video, titled “Though…
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 medical assistance - to Islamic insurgents…
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 rebel mouthpiece, saying at least…
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 Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),…
December 8, 2014, Al-Akhbar The Syrian government accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, as a UN report documented strong ties between Israel and militant groups fighting in Syria. “This afternoon, the Israeli enemy targeted two safe areas in Damascus province, namely the al-Dimas area and the…