Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2026 5 p.m. CONTACT: R. Sterling / 925.478.8343 / [email protected] P. Larudee / 510.236.5338 in Syria +963 959376094 [email protected] MASSIVE TURNOUT FOR SYRIAN ELECTION The Syria Solidarity Movement applauds the Syrian people for their widespead participation in the first competitive election since the new Constitution approved in …

San Francisco Bay Area residents Rick Sterling and Paul Larudee have just returned from two weeks in Lebanon and Syria. In Syria they were part of an international delegation of approximately 50 members including 12 nationalities and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire. A Canadian member of the delegation, Eva …

Press release: 5 April, 2014 Peace Pilgrimage to Syria, is a civil movement of peace activists for providing humanitarian aid to Syria and strive to bring peace in the country as soon as possible. This movement has eminent personalities and peace activists from all over the world. This caravan after …

Yes to Democracy. No to Foreign Intervention. [Translations: Russian, Arabic ] Every day it becomes clearer that the Syrian war cannot be won by anybody with a positive outcome for the Syrian people. With its internal divisions on every side the civil war has reached the state of an unprecedented …

The Syria Solidarity Movement calls on all combatants in and around Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria to spare the civilian population in the camp from starvation and suffering, to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and to recognize the rights of the population. We condemn the inhuman treatment of the population. …

Déclaration de PAJU sur la Syrie, conférence de presse le 3 décembre 2013 En tant que représentant de Palestiniens et Juifs unis, je suis ici non pour appuyer le gouvernement de Bachar al-Assad ni pour appuyer les forces de l’opposition syrienne. PAJU appuie certains principes, dont le principe de la …

Pour diffusion immédiate UNE ARTISANE DE PAIX, MÈRE AGNÈS MARIAM, TÉMOIGNE : CE QUI SE PASSE VRAIMENT SUR LE TERRAIN EN SYRIE Mère Agnès Mariam de la Croix, religieuse catholique melkite, initiatrice et porte-parole du mouvement MUSSALAHA (« Réconciliation ») qui travaille à promouvoir le rapprochement et la paix entre les …

Montréal, le 3 décembre 2013, 14 heures Salle ‘’C’’ de la Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN), au 1601 avenue De Lorimier Give peace a chance, chantait John Lennon, accordons une chance à la paix. Mère Agnès Mariam de la Croix, c’est un honneur de vous recevoir à Montréal. Mon nom …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov 3, 2025 /1:30 PM CONTACT: Rick Sterling (925) 639.2670 Paul Larudee(510) 236.5338 Mother Agnes-Mariam is a Melkite Catholic nun who ordinarily lives in a monastery in Qara, Syria. Just days ago she successfully negotatiated with rebel and government forces to arrange a ceasefire which allowed …

August 30, 2013, WILPF International Statement: The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) welcomes the decision by the British Parliament to refuse the endorsement of military action against Syria. Parliament upheld the principle that the use of chemical weapons can never be justified, but reasserted the importance of …