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How USAID Paved The Way For Syria’s Jihadist Takeover

by Alexander Rubenstein, published on PopularResistance, December 26 2024 (Originally published on MintPress News) Black Money, Black Flags. As the designated terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) establishes its proto-government in Idlib, notoriously corrupt NGOs are stepping in to fill the gaps in public services, with some even defecting to work alongside the group. The United States, which spent two[…]

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Who Controls Afghanistan’s Sovereign Assets?

Afghanistan Update by Black Alliance for Peace, Solidarity Network, November 18, 2024 Editor’s note: This is not only about Afghanistan’s “Sovereign” Assets.  For the purposes of trade, international banks have to keep a slush fund in dollars in a western bank, since money doesn’t always travel at the same rate, moving money from bank to bank, business to business.   In[…]

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The West is Goading Georgia: Tbilisi Has Been Ensnared by Nato Hypocrisy

by Thomas Fazi, published on Defending Democracy, November 2, 2024 This is a little out of date but the story is pretty much, Ukraine redux.   And, since this was written, the pressure has been rising.  Looks like in Georgia, its pizza rather than cookies.  ~jb Food. Churches. Chacha. This is what Georgia has long been known for. But now this[…]

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Will Anybody Stop Israel’s Invasion of Syria?

by Nicolas Davies, published on LA Progressive, December 25, 2024 The United States, Turkey, and Israel all responded to the fall of the Assad government in Damascus by launching bombing campaigns on Syria. Israel also attacked and destroyed most of the Syrian Navy in port at Latakia, and invaded Syria from the long-occupied Golan Heights, advancing to within 16 miles[…]

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From Relative “Peace” to Chaos: The First Phase of a New War Returns to Syria

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, December 12, 2024 The fall of the Syrian government is being heralded by Western liberals and “leftists.” The collapse is not the liberation that is being presented by the US and its corporate media partners.  Liberals and their Western allies, among the social-imperialist left in the U.S. and Europe, are celebrating the[…]

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Washington Deploys Proxies to Xinjiang to Scuttle China’s Giant Infrastructure Project

by Mike Whitney, pubished on The Unz Review, December 21, 2024 As the U.S. is preparing to send it’s proxy army of ‘jihadi’ mercenaries back into China, it will be interesting to see how China will respond.  Everywhere else, from Serbia and Kosovo, to Chechnya, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria, and of course Palestine, the result has been war and chaos. […]

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Sanctions, Syria and the Need for Solidarity

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, December 16, 2024 The following article is based on a talk given at the “Americas Without Sanctions” hybrid meeting. This program was held in-person at the historic Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2024 — Human Rights Day. In addition, more than 400 people registered for the Zoom. The program[…]

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UNAC Response to the Overthrow of the Syrian Government

UNAC Statement, December 10, 2024 This is a moment to salute and remember the martyrs and resistance fighters in Syria, who for decades and against all odds held firm against U.S. imperialist domination. Because imperialism has no solutions the struggle will regroup and break forth again and each time at a higher level. After the U.S. backed surge of mercenaries[…]

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They Lied About Gaza And They Are Lying About Syria

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Substack, November 30, 2024 Al-Qaeda affiliates with a history of receiving western funding have reactivated in Syria along with Turkish-backed fighters to recapture significant amounts of territory in the war-ravaged nation. It’s hard to say exactly what’s happening in the moment, but I will say it’s mighty convenient how Russia being tied up in Ukraine[…]

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Paris and Kiev Aim to Destabilize the Sahel

by Carlos Lopes Pereira, published on Workers World, November 14, 2024 Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso will buy satellites from Russia to better fight terrorism and promote peace and development in the region. In 2023, the three African countries formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a collective defense pact. The purchase of the equipment was agreed to between the[…]

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