US-led forces were helpless to stop Islamic State from scoring a hat trick, conquering the city of Ramadi in Iraq’s Anbar province, occupying Syria’s historic gem Palmyra, and taking over Al-Tanf, the last remaining border crossing with Iraq. The multinational, American-led ‘Coalition’ launched last August to thwart Islamic State’s (IS, formerly ISIS) march across Syria…
Last week, millions around the world marked the 67th anniversary of the Nakba – literally “the disaster” or “the catastrophe” in Arabic – commemorating the seizure of Palestinian land and transformation of historic Palestine into modern Israel. Naturally, there is little ambiguity among pro-Palestine activists that the Nakba represents the opening salvo in the ongoing…
On Wednesday April 1, 2015 at Yarmouk Palestinian camp in the outskirts of Damascus, a ceremony was held, organized by the Syrian Ministry of Reconciliation. However, the camp was attacked by elements from the nearby village of Hajar al-Aswad, allied with some ex-militants of Hamas who first joined the Al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda) and who have…
Ten new year resolution ideas for a healthier American role in Syria and the Middle East in 2015 | Part III of a discussion with Ambassador Robert Ford Former Ambassador Robert Ford was kind enough to accept my invitation to participate in a public political debate about Syria and America’s foreign policy. I started by…
I would like to share this with you. Tweeted by Dr Annie Sparrow who, if you didnt know, is wife of HRW’s director Ken Roth wink emoticon. So no collusion there? This was tweeted on the 12th April and was blatantly claimed to be proof of the use of Chlorine by the SAA as a…
There are many illusions about what is happening to the Yarmouk district of Damascus and its Palestinian refugee population. The district was originally set aside in 1957 for Palestinian refugees already living there, whom Israel had expelled from their homes in 1948, with periodic additional populations thereafter. Today it is home to around one million…
Chlorine gas attack on Idlib area alleged to have occurred March 16, 2015 ~ as reported by HRW, BBC, Fox News, CNN and all other Empire mouthpieces. The following is an account from within Syria: “I have no evidence to present to confirm this attack, or to confirm who were the criminals who…
YARMOUK: UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION Given the immense amount of lies and war-mongering prevalent not only in the corporate media/MSM but also amongst Palestine supporters who either unknowingly have got the story of Yarmouk wrong or, worse, are collaborating with the war-mongerers against Syria, and thus against Palestine… I’ve collated some important articles for anyone who is…
A major “terrorist” attack against Aleppo took place (or started) yesterday, using a new type of missile, that are destroying buildings over the heads of their inhabitants. Some said that this is a “gift” for the Armenians and Eastern Christians in general, as they are celebrating their Good Friday (yesterday) and Easter (tomorrow), as the attacks were against the…
BREAKING NEWS FROM YARMOUK: Conversation between Paul Larudee and Khaled Abdul Majeed, the secretary general of the united Palestinian factions that are fighting the extremists. “Khaled says that until now it is units of the PFLP and other Palestinians fighters that are doing the fighting inside the camp, that the Syrian army is not entering…
The Wall Will Fall 