Syria

Statement from the International Delegation to the 2021 Syrian Presidential Election

June 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Democracy and Consent, Syria

This independent delegation was assembled to witness the May 26, 2021 presidential election in Syria and to investigate on-the-ground conditions of Syrian life in the current period. Activists and journalists from Palestine, Syria, South Africa, France, Canada, and the United States joined this delegation on the invitation of the Syria Solidarity Movement and Arab Americans 4 Syria. This joint statement[…]

International Delegation Visits Douma Day Before Syrian Elections

May 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, False Flags, Syria

by Staff, published on Fightback News, May 26, 2021 Douma, Syria – On Tuesday, May 25, one day before the Syrian election, an international delegation, which includes a number of observers from the U.S., visited the war-torn cities of Douma and Jobar just outside Damascus. The observers viewed tunnel networks used by terrorists during the six-year occupation of the city[…]

Eyewitness report: Syrians Celebrate Election Outcome

May 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Citizen Diplomacy, Democracy and Consent, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Kobi Guillory, published on Fightback News, May 28, 2021 Damascus, Syria – On Wednesday, May 26, election day in Syria, crowds flocked to polling places to cast their votes. A delegation of observers from the U.S., South Africa, France and Palestine visited polling locations east of Damascus in the war-torn Ghouta region to witness the voting and celebrations taking[…]

“The Most Unkindest Cut of All” A Rejoinder to “Syria and the ‘Anti-Imperialism’ of Fools”

May 16, 2021 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, May 14, 2021 A nice research piece that soundly rebuts an outrageous attack from the faux left on UNAC and other anti-imperialist antiwar organizations and press outlets. [jb] “Erasing people through disinformation: Syria and the ‘anti-imperialism’ of fools” is the title of a pitiful and tragically flawed signed statement that appeared on the[…]

How Syria Divided Palestine Solidarity

April 27, 2021 UNAC Editor Featured, Imperialism, Interview, Israel-Palestine, Syria

Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley interview Rania Khalek for Electronic Intifada Podcast, April 23,2021 This is a very important topic that people are more likely to argue about than discuss, although the hard line has somewhat softened recently. It is especially important because the propaganda and lies are once again being ramped up in the press. Rania Khalek, an Arab[…]

EU-UN Conference Raises Donations to Maintain Syrian Stalemate

April 2, 2021 UNAC Editor International Aid and Debt, Migrants and Refugees, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, April 2, 2021 The European Union has co-chaired with the United Nations a conference on ‘Supporting the Future of Syria and of the Region‘, March 29-30. This is the fifth EU donor conference on Syria claiming to pursue a peaceful and sustainable future for all Syrians. However, the actual focus is not on[…]

SSM: Remarks on the 10th Anniversary of the Syrian War

March 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

Expanded Statement by Ken Stone on behalf of Syria Solidarity Movement, March 12, 2021 The February 25th, 2021, US bombing of Syria signaled the new US regime’s intention to continue its war of attrition on Syria. It is merely the latest stage of a hybrid war that began when the Arab Nationalist Movement came to power in 1963. Since 2011, Washington[…]

US Peace Council Statement Condemns Biden Bombing Syria

February 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Statement, Syria, U.S. Aggression

U.S. Peace Council Strongly Condemns the Biden Administration’s Illegal Bombing of Syria! February 26, 2021 Only thirty-six days after taking office, President Biden took his first illegal foreign-policy action by ordering an air strike on the sovereign nation of Syria, killing more than a dozen Syrian citizens. This air strike, a blatant violation of international law and the United Nations[…]

Texas and Syria Suffer Freezing Temperatures and Electricity Outages

February 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Syria Solidarity Movement, February 26, 2021 Yes, one more on Syria, a look at the Texas/Damascus freeze from the other side. Indeed, Sanctions Kill. [jb] Americans in Texas and several other states have been badly hit by a severe snowstorm and accompanying electricity outages, with water shortages due to frozen and burst water pipes. As the global[…]

Stop Biden’s Bombing in Syria, Emergency Aid to Arctic Storm Victims

February 27, 2021 UNAC Editor Connecting the Dots, Statement, Syria, The War at Home, US Government Action

Statement by the Workers Voice Socialist Movement in New Orleans, La I saw this statement on the UNAC Discussion list. Great statement by workers in New Orleans. [jb] Millions go cold in Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Damascus, Syria What does the working class in these places have in common? Through military force, the U.S. government has seized oil and[…]