Idlib

How USAID Paved The Way For Syria’s Jihadist Takeover

January 2, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Color Revolutions, Humanitarian Aid, Hybrid Warfare, International Charities, Political Corruption, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, Syria, US Hypocrisy, US Intervention

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[…]

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

December 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Occupation, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, 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[…]

Feeding a Stalemate in Syria

July 21, 2022 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria, Terrorism, United Nations

by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, July 12, 2022 The UN Security Council has agreed to extend a system for cross-border aid to Idlib, Syria until January 2023. The US and its allies had demanded a year-long extension, but Russia used its veto on Friday. UN and other NGO aid delivery trucks will cross from Turkey into Syria at[…]

Western Powers Are Using Aid as a Cover to Keep a Terrorist-ruled Syrian Region Afloat

July 5, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Syria

by Kevin Karp, published by Global Research, June 17, 2021 With July 10 approaching, we can look at this as a pivotal event in the Syrian War. Either the UN Security Council will allow the crossing/s and militants occupying parts of Syria will be reinforced or the crossings will not be allowed and Syrian Sovereignty over Syrian territories will be[…]

How Washington is Positioning Syrian Al-Qaeda’s Founder as Its ‘Asset’

June 15, 2021 UNAC Editor Terrorism, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal, published on The Grayzone, June 9, 2021 March 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the Western regime-change war on Syria. And after a decade of grueling conflict, Washington is still maneuvering to extend its longstanding relationship with the Salafi-jihadist militants fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. With the northwestern province of Idlib under the control[…]

Hypocrisy of US, Allies in the UNSC and AI Regarding Aid to ‘The Syrian People’

July 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Statement, Syria, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

Statement from Syria Solidarity Movement On July 11, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution presented by Germany and Belgium that would permit one border crossing from Turkey into Syria’s Idlib province for a US- backed UNSC aid program. The United States has been battling with China and Russia for a resolution increasing the number of gateways for cross-border[…]

Syria Forming a New Constitutional Draft Committee

August 6, 2019 UNAC Editor Soft Power Imperialism, Syria, United Nations

Steven Sahiounie, Published on the Middle East Observer, August 5, 2019 UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said, “I’m very pleased that now we seem to be closer to establishing the constitutional committee,” Syria’s post-war government and new constitution are seen as crucial components of the Syrian peace process which could see the end of the 8-year conflict. A 150-member committee made up[…]

US Greenlights Missiles for Al Qaeda-linked Jihadists Occupying Syria’s Idlib

June 12, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Russia, Syria, Terrorism, US Hypocrisy

by Ben Norton, Published on the Grayzone, May 31, 2019 While the US corporate media continues propagating the conspiracy theory that Donald Trump is a secret Kremlin asset, the Trump administration has approved heavy weapons for al-Qaeda-allied, Turkey-backed militants to fight against a Russian-backed offensive in Syria. The Syrian army has relaunched a campaign to retake the northwestern province of[…]

Liberate Syria’s Idlib, Precisely for the Civilians

June 1, 2019 UNAC Editor Syria

Photo: Looking out from a factory in western Aleppo, just 400 metres from al-Qaeda snipers. © Eva Bartlett by Eva Bartlett, Published by Information Clearing House, May 25, 2019 Western media and politicians are crying for Al-Qaeda in Syria again. It doesn’t get much more absurd than this! After years of brutal occupation by terrorists from various groups and now overwhelmingly Hay’at Tahrir[…]

Is Trump Letting Al-Qaeda Sympathizers Survive in Syria?

October 3, 2018 UNAC Editor Russia, Terrorism

Image: Al Qaeda Graduation Day in Idlib by Scott Ritter, Published on Information Clearing House, September 27, 2018 On September 13, 2018, two days after the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard addressed her colleagues from the floor of the House of Representatives. “Two days ago, President Trump and Vice President Pence delivered solemn speeches about the[…]