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1. Syria: Rojava rebels and allies create democratic federal system

   Kurdistan), a Constituent Assembly established a “Rojava-Northern Syria Democratic Federal System”. The ... creating a separate state, violating Syria's territorial integrity. However, leaders of the new ... for the whole of Syria offering a way out of the multi-sided civil war that has divided Syria since ...

2. Turkey declares war on Syria's democratic hope

   killed, between 4-to-5 million people have left Syria as refugees and about 8 million have been internally ... self-administered areas of Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) and Northern Syria. This revolutionary experiment emerged in ... in Rojava and North Syria. Quotas ensure that all political bodies, from the neighbourhood level up, ...

3. Syria:‭ ‬Amid bloodshed,‭ ‬Rojava offers way forward

   its allies bombed the village of Birmehli in northern Syria on the night of April‭ ‬30.‭ ‬US Central ... since August and in Syria since September,‭ ‬supposedly targeting IS forces,‭ ‬have not killed any ... Syria since the US-led‭ ‬air strikes began.‭ Unlike Syria,‭ ‬in Iraq the US has allies on the ground.‭ ...

4. Britain: New push to bomb Syria

   2 after his call for more air strikes in Syria, warning that the action could fuel Islamic State ... conducting air strikes in Syria. But he said: “The exception, as the house knows, is if there was a critical ... joining Islamic State. He said: “The US is already bombing Syria as well as Iraq, with little success. ...

5. Israel kills 21 in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria

   dead in Lebanon, 8 in Syria, 2 in Gaza, and 1 in the occupied West Bank. Tens of thousands of ... Palestinians marked the Nakba anniversary by marching to the borders with Israel in Palestine, Syria and ... before dispersing peacefully. In Syria, Palestinian refugees and Syrians crossed into the occupied Golan ...

6. Syria: Assad regime close to over amid rising violence

   Democracy Tony Iltis The 50-year rule of the Ba’ath Party in Syria looks to be effectively over. ... arming Assad, particularly Russia, whose only naval base outside the former Soviet Union is in Syria ... network inside Syria. The LCC is opposed to Western intervention and stands for “transition to ...

7. SYRIA: What's behind US threats?

   visit Syria to press Assad to co-operate with US demands. Washington's accusations began with US ... equipment or fighters from Syria to Iraq". Rumsfeld repeated his accusations against Syria on April 9, ... press secretary Ari Fleischer, who accused Syria of providing sanctuary to top officials of Iraqi ...

8. ISRAEL: US condones attack on Syria

   BY NORM DIXON Israel's government on October 5 launched a missile attack on Syria, claiming ... Israel to justify the attack was "very amorphous". Syria denied the attacked facility had ... Syria. It has also been pushing the Syria Accountability Act, which will impose sanctions on Damascus. ...

9. Syria: Rebels worry about extremists, say Assad comes first

   living room late one night. Their 150-man brigade, Ahrar Syria (Free People of Syria), even has its own ... war-torn Syria into Turkey. Members of Ahrar and other armed opposition groups are angry at the US for not ... would have fallen by now.” He also favours establishing a no-fly zone over parts of Syria as the US and ...

10. US threatens Syria amid threat of fresh Western war in Mid-East

    Britain and France, has made escalating threats for a military attack on Syria. With the likelihood of ... itself the “international community”, may strike Syria unilaterally. The move comes as the uprising ... government published a “position regarding the legality of military action in Syria” saying unilateral action ...

11. UNITED STATES: War hawks set sights on Syria, Iran

    their sights on "regime change" in Syria and Iran. US war secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who ... warned Syria and Iran on March 28 not to interfere with the US invasion of Iraq, said at a Pentagon press ... briefing on April 9 the US had evidence that "Syria has been cooperative in facilitating the movement ...

12. Abbott's Syria war will create more refugees

    Tony Abbott announced on September 9 a novel approach to stemming the flow of refugees from Syria ... participants in Syria's multi-sided conflict. However, the dictatorship of Bashar Assad — which has killed ... more civilians in Syria than any other actor — has directed most of its violence against the Sunni Arab ...

13. 'The victory of Kobane is a victory of all Syria'-- YPG general command

    the future of Syria and the democratic struggle for freedom and peace. We want it to be known that the ... victory in Kobane is a victory for all Syria, and it will also be a major defeat for ISIS and terrorism. ... building a free and democratic Syria was the basis of the agreement we signed with factions of the FSA. As ...

14. Syria: Military and political stalemate as body count climbs

    Syria a third higher than previous estimates by the UN and anti-government activists. “We can assume ... humanitarian situation in Syria has deteriorated rapidly during the reporting period. Many of those interviewed ... areas … Many internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Syria are unable to return to their homes because ...

15. Syria: Amid violent repression, pro-US regimes no friends of the people

    a humanitarian disaster in the city and widespread killings. As battles raged in Syria, the US and its allies ... held a “Friends of Syria” gathering in Tunisia on February 24 that claimed its aim was to “help” the ... at the nature of the gathering. Read more of �鶹��ý's Syria coverage. * * * This was ...

16. LEBANON: US pressures Syria to withdraw

    terror", the US is seizing an opportunity. Washington is working alongside Israel to squeeze Syria — the ... drive to consolidate their grip on the Middle East. The US rattled its sabers at Syria immediately after ... Washington's conquest of Iraq in 2003, blaming Syria for allowing "foreign fighters" to cross into ...

17. Syria: Repression, defiance rises

    Democracy Tony Iltis Thousands of people took to the streets in cities and towns throughout Syria ... Left. These charges have some resonance inside Syria, and that there is still support for the regime, ... threatened by uprisings have managed to muster. Israel has attacked Syria several times and has occupied the ...

18. Terror in Syria amid Western hypocrisy

    on protests in cities and towns throughout Syria, the August 6 Gulf News said. Escalating protests ... and government violence have marked every Friday since the Arab Spring reached Syria in March. But ... Nations Security Council statement condemning Syria as “a turning point in the attitude of the ...

19. US admits killing a further 20 civilians in Iraq and Syria

    Syria over five months, a death toll far below that estimated by independent observers. Washington had ... 2014, a war that has entailed nearly 41,700 missiles being fired and bombs dropped on Iraq and Syria ... deaths from airstrikes and those admitted by belligerents in Iraq and Syria grows ever wider," Chris ...

20. Uprising in Syria ― an ugly stalemate

    world. To be honest, I did not imagine Syria would erupt like Egypt, but was delighted when it happened. ... was only a matter of time. In Syria during the first period, the military high command held firm, ... Syria to maintain an imperial presence.) Opposing Assad should not lead to backing a Western ...

21. Foreign intervention worsens Syria crisis

    Western powers on September 30 and began direct military intervention in Syria – using the same form (air ... strikes) and the same declared enemy, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Russia's campaign, aimed to ... confused, multi-sided conflict in Syria. Russia's intervention mirrors the West: use of air strikes ...

22. Syria, Yemen uprisings yield different Western responses

    powers and their Arab allies. The group cynically called itself the “Friends of Syria”. Secretary of ... people,” she said. But Syria is not the only Arab country where the government has been confronted with ... Yemen. Like in Syria, but considerably less reported, the conflict between the government and opposition ...

23. What is Russia up to in Syria? A Kurdish perspective

    Zekeriya Ayman Rojava Democratic Union Party (PYD) Russia's current military action in Syria, its ... Erdoğan exclaimed, miserably: “Russia has no border with Syria, so why are they so interested in Syria ... ?” Russia and Turkey have played the same game in Syria: saying one thing and doing another. Both say they ...

24. Syria: Rising sectarian violence push by regime, West

    seems for the time being NATO is not planning a direct military assault against Syria along the lines of ... in tune with Syria’s account and at odds with Turkey.” Emergency EU and NATO meetings condemned ... Syria, but specifically ruled out a military response. “We do not go for any interventions,” Dutch ...

25. Violence escalates in Syria

    out a Libya-style invasion. Under Assad, Israel’s border with Syria has been stable, despite the Assad ... violence faced by Syria’s people. About 30,000 people have been killed in Libya since the March 17 UN ... before they were transferred to the Air Force Military Intelligence branch.” Syria November 19, 2011 904 ...

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