Syria

Marie Colvin, Homs and Media Falsehoods about Syria

February 3, 2019 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Middle East Wars, Syria

Photo: People attend a memorial service for Sunday Times writer Marie Colvin at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London, May 16, 2012. Lefteris Pitarakis | AP by Rick Sterling, published on MintPress News, January 21, 2019 In April 2014 I was part of an international delegation which visited Syria for five days. The delegates came from many different countries. Among the[…]

Samir Amin, Imperialism and the ‘Arab Spring’

January 23, 2019 UNAC Editor Socialism, Syria

Photo: Mideast Crisis in Manbij Syria, 01/02/2019, ~Reuters Editor’s Note: Anderson explores the basis of the political fracture of ‘the left’ over the Syrian war. Don’t be dismayed if you aren’t a Marxist or don’t know the authors he cites. The issues are clearly stated and the point is that this dialog cuts across the antiwar movement and undermines the[…]

Syria After The Defeat Of Imperialism

January 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Free Speech, Resistance, Syria

by Eva Bartlett, from Popular Resistance, January 9, 2018 (initially published on In Gaza and Beyond as ‘Video Updates From Syria, Where Peace Reigns Nearly Fully Again’) Note: This article and series of videos show realities we do not see in the western media. The US, NATO, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Turkey have been defeated in their brutal attempt to[…]

Trump’s Syria Exit Provokes Washington Panic

January 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Militarism, Syria

by Jeff Mackler, from Socialist Action, January 8, 2019 President Trump’s unexpected Dec. 19 Twitter announcement ordering a 30-day timetable for the withdrawal of the 2000 U.S. troops in Syria and 7000 of the 14,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan provoked a bipartisan panic in Washington. Defense Secretary “Mad Dog” James Mattis, “the butcher of Fallujah,” resigned in protest. He stated,[…]

Reactions To Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Plan Say More Than The Plan Itself

January 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Militarism, Political Corruption, Syria

by Caitlin Johnstone, from The Medium, December 20, 2018 President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, which is reportedly expected to take 60–100 days or 30 days depending on who you ask. According to Kurdish forces in eastern Syria the withdrawal of American as well as French troops is already underway, though France is saying it’s[…]

U.S. Peace Council Statement on Proposed Removal of US Troops from Syria

January 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Protest, Syria

US Peace Council Statement, December 27, 2018 On December 19, President Donald Trump announced that he would remove 2,000 US troops “now” from the territory of Syria. Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned over differences with his President over this drawdown. Trump also announced he would remove 7,000 troops from the war on Afghanistan, arguably the longest single US war. Corporate media and[…]

What’s behind U.S. Troop Withdrawals Announced for Syria and Afghanistan?

December 27, 2018 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Imperial Wars, Middle East Wars, Syria

Image: Map of Syria December 17, 2018 from Southfront.org. For full map with legend click here. by Sara Flounders, from the International Action Center, December 24, 2018 The announced withdrawal of the remaining 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria and a partial withdrawal from Afghanistan does not mean an end to the Pentagon’s aggressive militarism and endless U.S. wars – in[…]

UNAC Statement on the Proposed Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Syria

December 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Imperial Wars, Middle East Wars, Militarism, Statement, Syria

UNAC Statement President Trump announced, this week, that he is going to withdraw all troops from Syria immediately. It is unlikely he will end all military actiity in Syria. There is too much invested in the region. UNAC strongly supports any decision that will bring us closer to an end of the illegal 5 year occupation of Syria by U.S.[…]

We Can End The US War On Syria

December 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Ending War, Hybrid Warfare, Middle East Wars, Statement, Syria

Above: No War In Syria demonstration 2013 in Los Angeles, CA. Photograph by David Mcnew for Getty By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Newsletter, December 23, 2018 The US war against Syria was one that people almost stopped. President Obama was unable to get Congress to authorize the war in 2013, but the Pentagon and foreign policy establishment,[…]

It’s About Time for the U.S. to Exit Syria and Afghanistan

December 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Middle East Wars, Rights of Opressed Peoples, Statement, Syria

Statement on U.S. exit from Syrian War by Black Alliance for Peace A real panic exists among the militarists and flunkeys of the military-industrial complex: They are concerned the U.S. president has gone completely off the ruling-class imperialist script. We find that hard to believe, since a move away from militarism and violence would indicate a fundamental departure from the[…]