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1. Resisting Russia’s war in Ukraine: Left voices speak out

   geopolitical interests, such as building its own sphere of influence in Iraq and Syria and attacking the Kurds. ...

2. Bombing Syria is no solution

   Socialist Alliance Syria US bombing Donald Trump The Socialist Alliance released the following ... Trump against Syria on April 7.  The pretext for Trump's missile attack was a deadly chemical ... against the people of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province. A similar call to bomb Syria in retaliation for ...

3. Syria: Kurdish-led forces on the verge of taking Raqqa, but what comes next?

   States Raqqa, the de facto ISIS capital in Syria, is on the verge of falling. The rapid advance of the ... eliminating ISIS will not end the violent multi-sided war in Syria that spawned it. Other indications of this ... al-Assad regime forces in the south of Syria, near the Jordanian border; and  • the continued bombardment ...

4. Now Turkey is bombing Kurdish-led revolutionaries in Syria — with Western complicity

   Syria and Iraq on April 24. For months local and foreign forces have been closing in on the main ISIS ... strongholds: the cities of Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq. Turkey is a NATO member and recognised as an ally ... against ISIS by the US-led coalition of Western powers in Iraq and Syria, that includes Australia. But the ...

5. Syria: Amid terror, blockades, autonomous democratic federation struggles to meet refugee needs

   Salibi border crossing between Iraq and Syria left 37 refugees dead and at least 20 injured. Victims were ... Refugees Perhaps more surprising is that the refugees attacked were mainly fleeing to, not from, Syria ... — despite Syria being renowned as a country of origin of refugees. Since the Syrian Civil War began in 2011, ...

6. Behind the US's confusing, shifting Syria policy

   February 23, clashes have intensified in northern Syria between Turkish forces and local proxies occupying ... an enclave in northern Syria, on one hand, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the other. The ... structures of the Democratic Federation of North Syria. The SDF is currently closing in on the Syrian capital ...

7. US bombs accused of killing civilians in Iraq, Syria

   Syria, those using the school in the village of Mansoura as shelter “were displaced civilians from Raqqa, ... Syria March 25, 2017 1131 World ...

8. Photographer captures Syria’s suffering

   construction make the wall, in rural Homs, seem to weep, for this child and for Syria. Once a relatively ... has reduced many parts of Syria to relying on the simple strategies that have served for millennia. ... find food to support the family. This is life in Syria today as Bashar al-Assad clings to power, ...

9. Syria: New talks amid shifting alliances

   The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on December 31 to support a ceasefire in Syria ... ending the conflict in Syria, which has raged for almost six years, killing half a million people and ... but do reflect changes in both the situation in Syria and the alignment of regional and global powers ...

10. Syria: the peace of the weak

    Syria: the peace of the weak Last week, the latest round of peace talks between Israel and Syria ... consequences of the peace talks for Syria and the Arab world. On the Israeli side, the necessity is perceived ... Oslo, Syria stands as the final obstacle to official acceptance in the Arab world ("official" ...

11. Peace in Syria can only come from the democratic empowerment of Syrians

    Aleppo, the continued division of Syria between competing armed groups, the continued military operations ... is now represented by the Democratic Federation of North Syria-Rojava and the Syrian Democratic ... Australian forces to Syria in 2014 and continues to call for the withdrawal of the US-led coalition forces. ...

12. Turkey fails to get international support for invasion of Rojava

    no-fly zone Kobane Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) After meetings with the ... North and East Syria (Rojava), according to Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief Mazloum ... Erdoğan regime broached the possibility of mending ties with Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime on August ...

13. Syria: Is the multi-sided conflict at a turning point?

    Imperialism & war National liberation Tony Iltis Rojava Rojava revolution Syria ... of predominantly Islamist rebel groups. Previously Syria’s largest city, Aleppo has been the location ... disaster Since the regime’s suppression of the 2011 uprising evolved into a multi-sided civil war, Syria ...

14. Western intervention won’t help Syria

    the Free Syria Army,l has meant casualties are more frequent on both sides. On February 3, talks ... Assad’s abuse of human rights. “We believe the UN must act to support the people of Syria and that Russia ... a close and stable diplomatic relationship with Syria even before Assad’s father, Hefaz al-Assad, took ...

15. Turkey: HDP, Kurds persecuted by the Erdogan regime

    these cities has become routine for the inhabitants. Turkish troops in Iraq and Syria Parliament passed ... a resolution on October 26, to send more troops to Iraq and Syria. Deployment of Turkish troops, which were ... first sent to Iraq in 2007 and to Syria in 2012, was extended for two more years, to October 2023. The ...

16. SYRIA: al-Assad junior ascends the throne

    SYRIA: al-Assad junior ascends the throne HOMS — Syria's government-imposed 40 days of ... the streets of Syria, they are now complemented by romantic portraits of Dr Bashar al-Assad and flags ... I departed Syria, cigarettes and bread were still the recommended "gifts" for checkpoint officials ...

17. 'There Can Be No Democratic Syria Without Rojava'

    group called the Democratic Forces of Syria (HSD) has recently been announced. What role will this group ... have in the future of Syria? There has been a war underway in Syria for a long time. Many different ... the process of emerging from the Democratic Forces of Syria. This is an alliance of democratic groups. ...

18. Syria: Kurdish people fight for self-determination amid civil war

    Union Party (PYD), a Syria-based Kurdish party fighting for self-determination. The PYD is a sister ... Kurdish areas of Syria and took over three enclaves with Kurdish majorities in 2012. The PYD is part of ... Salih Muslim speaks about the project of Kurdish self-rule in Syria amid the civil war between the Assad ...

19. Syria: New democratic front formed

    Democratic Forces of Syria held a founding meeting on October 12 and released a final declaration three days ... democratic military forces in Syria. It includes the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's ... important need for unity among democratic military forces in Syria in order to work towards peace. It said ...

20. Syria: New horrors as outside powers worsen crisis

    Another round of international talks on Syria, and a ceasefire, have come and gone. The ... total population of Syria is about 17 million. Western and Russian air strikes A US-led coalition of ... Western powers has been engaging in air strikes in Syria since September 2014, while Russia has since ...

21. SYRIA: Baath Party renounces socialist agenda

    SYRIA: Baath Party renounces socialist agenda The ruling Syrian Baath Party held its ninth ... convened for 15 years, in order to prepare a smooth succession. Though Syria is a republic by law, Assad ... One may trace such usage from Morocco through Egypt, the Gulf States, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and, how ...

22. Is Syria socialist?

    Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom By Alan George Zed Books, 2003 REVIEW BY CHRIS SLEE Israel's ... government on October 5 launched a missile attack on Syria, the first strike into Syrian territory in 30 ... Syria Accountability Act, which contains sanctions against Syria. Since the US-led conquest of Iraq, the ...

23. ‘We must say no to bombing Syria’

    Imperialism & war Pip Hinman Malalai Joya Sydney Stop the War Coalition Syria Donald Rumsfeld ... against the bombing of Syria at a rally on that day. * * * Stop the War Coalition (STWC) adds its voice to ... of Syria. The United Nations-declared international day of peace, September 21, is a good time to ...

24. No to US-led war on Syria, socialists say

    August 28. * * * The Socialist Alliance condemns the threatened US-led Western military assault on Syria ... Bashar al-Assad regime but we reject the interventions of the US and its allies in Syria. The Syrian ... interest of the people of Syria. The terrible consequences of the Western invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan ...

25. Peace alliance condemns Israel’s Syria attack, opposes Western intervention

    Imperialism & war The mass, democratic uprising that broke out in Syria in 2011 against the ... for a “free and democratic Syria”. However the statement also accused the US-allied Gulf states of ... military strikes on Syria by Israel. Israel’s May 5 bombings, the second strikes on Syria within 48 hours, ...

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