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1. Syria: Repression, defiance rises

   Democracy Tony Iltis Thousands of people took to the streets in cities and towns throughout Syria ... resonance inside Syria, and that there is still support for the regime, was shown by tens of thousands ... to muster. Israel has attacked Syria several times and has occupied the Golan Heights since 1967. The ...

2. Terror in Syria amid Western hypocrisy

   on protests in cities and towns throughout Syria, the August 6 Gulf News said. Escalating protests ... and government violence have marked every Friday since the Arab Spring reached Syria in March. But ... Nations Security Council statement condemning Syria as “a turning point in the attitude of the ...

3. US admits killing a further 20 civilians in Iraq and Syria

   Syria over five months, a death toll far below that estimated by independent observers. Washington had ... 2014, a war that has entailed nearly 41,700 missiles being fired and bombs dropped on Iraq and Syria ... deaths from airstrikes and those admitted by belligerents in Iraq and Syria grows ever wider," Chris ...

4. Uprising in Syria ― an ugly stalemate

   world. To be honest, I did not imagine Syria would erupt like Egypt, but was delighted when it happened. ... was only a matter of time. In Syria during the first period, the military high command held firm, ... Syria to maintain an imperial presence.) Opposing Assad should not lead to backing a Western ...

5. Foreign intervention worsens Syria crisis

   Western powers on September 30 and began direct military intervention in Syria – using the same form (air ... strikes) and the same declared enemy, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Russia's campaign, aimed to ... confused, multi-sided conflict in Syria. Russia's intervention mirrors the West: use of air strikes ...

6. Syria, Yemen uprisings yield different Western responses

   powers and their Arab allies. The group cynically called itself the “Friends of Syria”. Secretary of ... people,” she said. But Syria is not the only Arab country where the government has been confronted with ... Yemen. Like in Syria, but considerably less reported, the conflict between the government and opposition ...

7. What is Russia up to in Syria? A Kurdish perspective

   Zekeriya Ayman Rojava Democratic Union Party (PYD) Russia's current military action in Syria, its ... Erdoğan exclaimed, miserably: “Russia has no border with Syria, so why are they so interested in Syria ... ?” Russia and Turkey have played the same game in Syria: saying one thing and doing another. Both say they ...

8. Syria: Rising sectarian violence push by regime, West

   seems for the time being NATO is not planning a direct military assault against Syria along the lines of ... in tune with Syria’s account and at odds with Turkey.” Emergency EU and NATO meetings condemned ... Syria, but specifically ruled out a military response. “We do not go for any interventions,” Dutch ...

9. Violence escalates in Syria

   out a Libya-style invasion. Under Assad, Israel’s border with Syria has been stable, despite the Assad ... violence faced by Syria’s people. About 30,000 people have been killed in Libya since the March 17 UN ... before they were transferred to the Air Force Military Intelligence branch.” Syria November 19, 2011 904 ...

10. John Pilger: The West's chemical hypocrisy on Syria

    The Syria psychodrama exemplifies this. Yet again, we are held hostage to the prospect of a terrorism ... independent states in the Middle East: Syria first, then Iran. “This operation [in Syria],” said the former ... the British people's overwhelming hostility to an attack on Syria, reinforcing the unmentionable ...

11. Syria: US war drive halted, for now

    East abated, at least for now, on September 20 when Syria met a deadline set in a September 14 ... agreement between the US and Russia. As part of the deal, Syria submitted details of its chemical weapons to ... Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The US threatened military action against Syria ...

12. Syria: Why Rojava is different

    Syria and weaken the Kurdish resistance against the Turkish state. Meanwhile, on December 27, the ... coalition’s formation “follows months of negotiations held in Turkey and northern Syria between the five ... Syria. Despite this, in 2014 it made several overtures towards the West, after having allied with the ...

13. Syria: Violence grows despite peace plan

    Imperialism & war Democracy Tony Iltis Syria has been rocked by fresh violence despite the ... zone” in March last year. Ambiguous The US position on Syria remains ambiguous. Reuters reported on ... Syria will be represented by the Syrian National Council (SNC). The SNC is an alliance of expatriate ...

14. 'Syria's fate must not be decided by foreign powers or forces'

    We would welcome an end to the violence in Syria, but we strongly oppose any diplomatic, not to ... mention military, intervention by outside powers that tries to dictate the shape of a future Syria or ... suffering. The fate of Syria must not be decided by foreign powers or forces, all with their own ...

15. Syria: West's hypocritical war drive slowed

    Al-Assad, for Syria’s chemical weapons to be turned over to an international authority (presumably the ... United Nations) for destruction, has temporarily put off Washington’s plans for war against Syria. Obama ... has postponed asking Congress to approve of his plans to attack Syria. This represents a political ...

16. Syria: Talks fail to stop bloodshed, but Rojava example spreads

    Rojava-based Women's Protection Units (YPJ) militia. Since a “cessation in hostilities” in Syria ... “cessation in hostilities” was brokered by the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), made up of the ... that the ceasefire would be extended to Syria's largest city, Aleppo, which is divided multiple ...

17. Syria: ‘They are using chemical weapons’ — appeal against Turkey’s intervention

    state’s invasion in northern Syria and Rojava. The Turkish army invaded the Northern Syrian City of ... remain as a corridor for foreign fighters to cross into Syria to receive training and then to cross back ... Council and the Minbij Military Council. Northern Syria has been largely cleansed of ISIS by these forces ...

18. Syria reaches boiling point

    different on CBS News: “Each of these situations is unique. Certainly we deplore the violence in Syria ... recognition of Syria’s predominant role in Lebanon, a setup that ended only in 2005 when Syrian troops were ... and Twitter. “While the administration renewed economic sanctions against Syria, it approved export ...

19. IRAQ: US warns Russia, Syria and Iran

    include Syria, which along with Russia, France and Germany, opposed a UN Security Council resolution ... 28, US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld claimed that Syria was sending military equipment to the Iraqi ... border from Syria into Iraq, including night-vision goggles", Rumsfeld said. "We consider such ...

20. Syria: Feminist hope amid multi-sided conflict

    hostilities” in Syria, sponsored by the United States and Russia, came into force on February 27. Only some of ... the internal and foreign participants in Syria's multi-sided conflicts signed on. The air wars ... that the US and Russia are waging in Syria are both officially directed against ISIS. But in reality, ...

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