Syria

Israel Is Provoking The US Into A Conflict With Iran

January 2, 2024 James North, Mondoweiss. Educate! Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Media, Palestine, Syria, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

For years, this site has warned that Israel, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, have tried to instigate the U.S. into a wider war in the Mideast, particularly with Iran. We’ve also regularly indicted the U.S. mainstream media for ignoring this danger. Today, the threat is greater than ever. And, true to form, the New York Times, National Public Radio, and the others continue to cover it up, instead treating Netanyahu as the embattled but honest leader of an Israel that is only trying to defend itself. For more than a decade, Netanyahu’s main aim was to destroy Iran’s alleged (and unproven) program to build nuclear weapons.

Israeli Air Strike In Syria Kills Top Iranian Military Adviser

December 26, 2023 Al Jazeera. Educate! Assassination, Axis of Resistance, Iran, Israel, Syria, Wars and Militarism

An Israeli air strike outside the Syrian capital of Damascus has killed a senior adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to reports from Iranian state media. Sayyed Razi Mousavi, one of the top IRGC commanders in Syria, was killed on Monday. He was responsible for coordinating the military alliance between Syria and Iran, an important part of Iran’s regional network of allies and proxies known as the “Axis of Resistance”. Mousavi “was killed during an attack by the Zionist regime a few hours ago in Zeinabiyah district in the suburbs of Damascus,” Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported, using a different name for Sayyida Zeinab south of the Syrian capital.

US Troops Are Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields; Congress Rejects Withdrawl

December 12, 2023 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Congress, Occupation, Oil and Gas, Senate, Syria, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

The US military has occupied Syrian sovereign territory since 2014, preventing Damascus from accessing its own oil and wheat fields. A top Pentagon official has acknowledged that Washington’s strategy is to starve Syria’s central government of revenue it needs to rebuild, after a decade of war fueled by foreign powers devastated the country. Former US President Donald Trump boasted in 2020: “They say, ‘He left troops in Syria’. You know what I did? I left troops to take the oil. I took the oil. The only troops I have are taking the oil. They’re protecting the oil. I took over the oil”.

UN General Assembly Demands Israel’s Withdrawal From Golan Heights

November 29, 2023 People's Dispatch. Educate! Golan Heights, Israel, Occupation, Syria, United Nations

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a fresh resolution on Tuesday, November 28 asking Israel to withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The resolution said that Israel’s continued occupation of the Syrian territory “constitutes a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region.” A total of 91 countries voted in favor of the resolution drafted jointly by some of the Arab countries, including the UAE and Syria, along with Cuba, Venezuela and North Korea. 61 countries abstained from voting, TASS reported. Countries such as China, Russia, Brazil, and India voted in favor of the resolution. Only eight countries, including the US and the UK, voted against the resolution.

Report: US Bases In Iraq, Syria ‘Plagued By Weapons Thefts’

November 26, 2023 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Iraq, Report, Syria, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism, weapons

US military bases in Iraq and Syria are plagued by thefts of weapons and equipment, a report from The Intercept published on 26 November has shown. Criminal investigation documents obtained by The Intercept via the Freedom of Information Act show that “multiple sensitive weapons and equipment” — including guided missile launch systems as well as drones — have been stolen in Iraq. This follows hundreds of thousands of dollars in military equipment stolen from US troops in Iraq and Syria between 2020 and 2022, as reported previously by The Intercept. Officials in Washington claim the US bases in Iraq and Syria are needed to conduct “counter-ISIS missions,” but Russian and Syrian officials have said that US forces support ISIS, which continues to target the Syrian army.

Attacks On US Bases In Iraq And Syria Continue After US Airstrikes

October 30, 2023 Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. Educate! Iraq, Syria, US military, Wars and Militarism

Attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria have continued through the weekend after the US launched airstrikes in eastern Syria early Friday. Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen reported that a group calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it “successfully” targeted the US’s al-Shadadi base in northeast Syria’s al-Hasakah province on Sunday. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported a drone attack on the al-Shadadi base, saying explosions were heard in the area and smoke columns rose from the base. Al Mayadeen also reported an overnight attack on a US base in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province.

Israel Bombs Syrian Airports, Increases Possibility Of Wider Conflict

October 14, 2023 Wyatt Souers, People's Dispatch. Educate! Israel, Palestine, Regional conflict, Syria, Wars and Militarism

Israel forces simultaneously bombed the Damascus and Aleppo airports in Syria early on Thursday October 12, in flagrant violation of international law. According to a report from the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the airstrips in both airports–which are primarily for civilian use–were damaged and both airports were taken out of service. Flights were instead diverted to Latakia in Northwest Syria. Israel has yet to speak publicly on the strikes. In response to the strikes, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the attack was an attempt by Israel to “export its crises, inflame the situation in the region, and divert attention from war crimes, crimes against humanity, and mass massacres committed against innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Drone Attack On Syrian Military College Leaves Dozens Of Casualties

October 6, 2023 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Deaths, Drones, Syria, Terrorism

Dozens of casualties have been reported in Syria's central Homs governorate following a deadly drone attack that hit a military college after the end of an officers’ graduation ceremony on 5 October. In a statement released by the armed forces, authorities said the attack was conducted by “armed terrorist organizations supported by well-known international parties." The statement highlights that women and children are among those critically injured. No official death toll has been released as of press time, however, local reports say the number of dead could surpass 50, with over 150 injured.

Files Expose Syrian ‘Revolution’ As Western Regime Change Operation

September 27, 2023 Kit Klarenberg, MintPress News. Educate! Protests, Regime Change, Syria, US Imperialism

Throughout August and September, anti-government protests have rocked Syrian cities. While the crowds are typically small, numbering only a few hundred, they show little sign of abating. Demonstrators are motivated by increasingly unlivable economic conditions spurred by crippling U.S.-led international sanctions against Damascus. These have produced hyperinflation, mass food insecurity, and many daily hardships for the population. They also prevent vital humanitarian aid from entering the country. The media has given the unrest blanket coverage. No reference to Washington’s central role in imposing the misery under which average Syrians suffer today, let alone that several key figures in the protests are former opposition fighters who laid down their arms under a government-approved reconciliation deal in 2018, can be found in the reporting.

The Exposing Of US’ Anti-Assad Psyops Brought Ongoing Repercussions

September 18, 2023 Rainer Shea, Orinoco Tribune. Strategize! Russia, Syria, Ukraine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

A hidden disadvantage of our ruling class within the US/NATO imperialist sphere is that frequently, these elites need to scramble in response to developments they haven’t foreseen, and whose consequential outcomes they have limited control over. When the Democratic Party and its partnered intelligence agencies used the DNC leaks to construct a narrative about “Russian hacking,” they hadn’t planned the inciting incident; they were reacting to it. And their attempt to turn the leak in their favor by pointing to it as “evidence” of a Russian plot against America wasn’t ultimately effective. When somebody decides to lie strategically, they then take on the risk of that lie getting exposed.

Leaked Memo Undermines US Narrative On Syria Sarin Attack

September 15, 2023 Mintpress News Desk, MintPress News. Educate! Chemical Weapons, Propaganda, Seymour Hersh, Syria, US Imperialism

Read the leaked Pentagon/DIA assessment of the chemical warfare capability of Al Qaeda in Syria, known as al-Nusra, from June 20, 2013, made public by Seymour Hersh in September 2023. The leaked documents were released in an article penned by Seymour Hersh titled, “When the Intelligence is Inconvenient” on his Substack page and can be read in full with a subscription to his Substack page. Below is an excerpt of the article. On Sunday Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Jonathan Karl of ABC’s This Week that he remained “very confident in Ukraine’s ultimate success” in the ongoing war with Russia. He depicted Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to escalate its attacks inside Russia as “their decision, not ours.”

Statement By The Syria Support Movement

September 13, 2023 Syria Support Movement, Popular Resistance. Educate! Fuel Shortages, Syria, US Sanctions, Wars and Militarism

The war on Syria is no longer front page news, but it has never ended. Currently, the United States and its allies are placing enormous pressure on the Syrian people in an effort to topple the Syrian government. The goal is not just to replace Bashar Assad with a President more conciliatory to western goals, but rather to break the country into small semi-autonomous states so it can never again be a center of resistance to Israeli and U.S. Domination. the latest efforts involve a western media campaign promoting and exaggerating the unrest in southern Syria. In 2011, heavily armed U.S. backed terrorists flooded Syria, committing murder and mayhem across the nation.

New Reinforcements Reach US-Occupied Syria

September 6, 2023 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Oil, Syria, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

The Pentagon deployed new reinforcements from Iraq to Syria late on 5 September, as local reports say a military convoy consisting of 30 trucks entered the oil-rich Hasakah governorate via the illegal Al-Waleed border crossing. This was the second military convoy headed for US occupation bases in northeast Syria to cross from Iraq on Tuesday and the third since the start of September. According to the Sputnik correspondent in Hasakah, the convoys consist of dozens of trucks carrying “military and logistical equipment, electric generators, fuel tanks, cement blocks, and closed boxes.”

Heavy Clashes Between US Proxy Militia, Arab Tribes In Eastern Syria

September 3, 2023 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Occupation, Syria, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Clashes between the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Arab tribesmen in Deir Ezzor governorate left at least 25 dead and more than a dozen wounded as of 30 August, raising tensions between the Kurdish proxy militia and Syrian locals to the highest point in years. The fighting was reportedly sparked by the detention of Ahmed Khbeil, better known as Abu Khawla, in Hasakah governorate. Khawla leads the SDF-affiliated Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC). SDF forces took him on Sunday after being invited to a meeting in Hasakah. Local tribes issued a statement following Khawla's detention for Arab fighters within the SDF to defect and join the fight against the US occupation of northeast Syria.

The Suwayda Protests: A Foreign-Backed Plot To Fragment Syria?

August 31, 2023 The Cradle. Educate! Regime Change, Syria, US Intervention, Wars and Militarism

Thirteen years after the onset of the war on Syria, a domestic political eruption backed by foreign states has resurfaced, threatening to once again ignite conflict in the country despite years of relative calm. Economic woes today underpin the public grievances expressed on the street. The much-heralded May 2023 reinstatement of Syria in the Arab League has thus far failed to deliver any significant political or economic relief for the beleaguered Levantine state. Instead, Syria's economy continues to deteriorate with the devaluation of the national currency against the dollar.

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