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1. John Pilger: The West's chemical hypocrisy on Syria

   The Syria psychodrama exemplifies this. Yet again, we are held hostage to the prospect of a terrorism ... independent states in the Middle East: Syria first, then Iran. “This operation [in Syria],” said the former ... the British people's overwhelming hostility to an attack on Syria, reinforcing the unmentionable ...

2. Syria: US war drive halted, for now

   East abated, at least for now, on September 20 when Syria met a deadline set in a September 14 ... agreement between the US and Russia. As part of the deal, Syria submitted details of its chemical weapons to ... Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The US threatened military action against Syria ...

3. Syria: Why Rojava is different

   Syria and weaken the Kurdish resistance against the Turkish state. Meanwhile, on December 27, the ... coalition’s formation “follows months of negotiations held in Turkey and northern Syria between the five ... Syria. Despite this, in 2014 it made several overtures towards the West, after having allied with the ...

4. Syria: Violence grows despite peace plan

   Imperialism & war Democracy Tony Iltis Syria has been rocked by fresh violence despite the ... zone” in March last year. Ambiguous The US position on Syria remains ambiguous. Reuters reported on ... Syria will be represented by the Syrian National Council (SNC). The SNC is an alliance of expatriate ...

5. 'Syria's fate must not be decided by foreign powers or forces'

   We would welcome an end to the violence in Syria, but we strongly oppose any diplomatic, not to ... mention military, intervention by outside powers that tries to dictate the shape of a future Syria or ... suffering. The fate of Syria must not be decided by foreign powers or forces, all with their own ...

6. Syria: West's hypocritical war drive slowed

   Al-Assad, for Syria’s chemical weapons to be turned over to an international authority (presumably the ... United Nations) for destruction, has temporarily put off Washington’s plans for war against Syria. Obama ... has postponed asking Congress to approve of his plans to attack Syria. This represents a political ...

7. Syria: Talks fail to stop bloodshed, but Rojava example spreads

   Rojava-based Women's Protection Units (YPJ) militia. Since a “cessation in hostilities” in Syria ... “cessation in hostilities” was brokered by the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), made up of the ... that the ceasefire would be extended to Syria's largest city, Aleppo, which is divided multiple ...

8. The real reason Tony Abbott wants to bomb Syria

   in the US-led air war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) — and bomb targets in Syria ... into Syria, where the majority of ISIS-held territory is. But some “coalition partners”, including ... received last week from the United States for the RAAF to join the air campaign in Syria came more from ...

9. Syria: ‘They are using chemical weapons’ — appeal against Turkey’s intervention

   state’s invasion in northern Syria and Rojava. The Turkish army invaded the Northern Syrian City of ... remain as a corridor for foreign fighters to cross into Syria to receive training and then to cross back ... Council and the Minbij Military Council. Northern Syria has been largely cleansed of ISIS by these forces ...

10. Syria reaches boiling point

    different on CBS News: “Each of these situations is unique. Certainly we deplore the violence in Syria ... recognition of Syria’s predominant role in Lebanon, a setup that ended only in 2005 when Syrian troops were ... and Twitter. “While the administration renewed economic sanctions against Syria, it approved export ...

11. IRAQ: US warns Russia, Syria and Iran

    Iraq to help it resist the US-led invasion. The Pentagon has extended this accusation to include Syria ... Donald Rumsfeld claimed that Syria was sending military equipment to the Iraqi military forces. "We ... have information that shipments of military supplies have been crossing the border from Syria into ...

12. Syria: Feminist hope amid multi-sided conflict

    hostilities” in Syria, sponsored by the United States and Russia, came into force on February 27. Only some of ... the internal and foreign participants in Syria's multi-sided conflicts signed on. The air wars ... that the US and Russia are waging in Syria are both officially directed against ISIS. But in reality, ...

13. Syria: Civil war threat as outside forces push both sides to more violence

    and 26, despite a ceasefire and the presence in Syria of 300 UN observers, 108 people ― including 49 ... attack on Syria. British foreign secretary William Hague told the BBC on June 1: “We would have to look ... Syria, as I’ve always pointed out, would have to be vastly greater in scale than was the case in Libya ...

14. Carlo's Corner: The Australian is right, no debate is allowed on Syria while �鶹��ý Weekly calls the shots

    Carlo Sands Syria The Australian �鶹��ý Andrew Bolt Maurice Newman Reading Rupert ... the ABC, SBS, Fairfax, The Guardian et al. There has been no debate whatsoever on Syria, which is why ... by the whole “bombing Syria” thing. The “bombing Syria to stop refugees” plan has, after all, proven ...

15. Syria: Catastrophe as Islamic State seizes Yarmouk Palestinian camp

    Iraq and Syria, infiltrated Yarmouk camp on April 1. Fierce battles are reported to have ensued since ... Palestinian faction Hamas, have pushed back against IS and Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria. An ... on April 4: “Tayseer Abu Baker, head of the Palestinian Liberation Front in Syria, part of the ...

16. Anger at threat to bomb Syria

    Imperialism & war Syria Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) Daniel Tehan Nick ... targets in Syria. IPAN is a network of peace groups with affiliates in every state and territory. It has ...

17. Stop the War Sydney: No to foreign intervention in Syria

    26. * * * Stop the War Coalition opposes sanctions against Syria – steps towards a military ... intervention. A US-NATO military operation against Syria would engulf the Middle East-Central Asia region in an ... it: “Today, another Afghanistan and Iraq beckon in Syria and Iran, perhaps even a world war.” The ...

18. Rojava's democratic, feminist revolution provides hope among Syria's horror

    (YPJ) Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Democratic Union Party (PYD) Rojava revolution Syria can seem ... seeking to put into practice amid great odds. Rojava is a “liberated zone” in northern Syria that forms ... public affairs, the Charter recognises Syria's territorial integrity and aspires to maintain ...

19. Syria: A love letter to Jarablus

    Kurdish Rojava in Syria's north, a profoundly democratic and revolutionary experiment is underway. ... grabs, but now in the north the US endorsed invasion of Syria by Turkey and its ISIS clones is unfolding. ... bloodthirsty vampires of capitalism help each other destroy Syria and Rojava, bombing children into terror and ...

20. Letters to the editor: Syria reporting, overtime problems

    Letters to the editor Reporting on Syria It is with deep concern that we the undersigned continue ... to read articles in the �鶹��ý Weekly about the ongoing conflict in Syria that do not reflect the ... extensive contact with the Adelaide Syrian community, with families still in Syria, who almost unanimously ...

21. Syria: YPG forces respond to rebel threats in Aleppo

    On the other hand, Kurdish officials told ARA News they expect a long war to take place in Syria ... regime troops,” the YPG official told ARA News. [Reprinted from ARA News.] Kurdistan Syria August 12, ...

22. Syria: More than military fatigues and floral scarves — the feminist revolution in Rojava

    It is no exaggeration to say that a strip of land along Syria's northern border with Turkey is ... co-presidentship, a man and a woman sharing power at every level. The political vacuum created by the chaos in Syria ... follow us on Twitter. Kurdistan Syria June 26, 2016 1099 World ...

23. Syria: Condemn massacre, but no military intervention

    foreign military intervention in Syria. Military intervention in Syria has been threatened once again by ... the US government following the massacre in Houla, Syria, on May 25, in which families in several ... pretext for Western military intervention in Syria. That has been done before and with disastrous results ...

24. Syria needs solidarity, not Western intervention

    Syria is now more than 6000. We condemn the Syrian government’s military repression of protests and ... alone) also makes a mockery of Western claims to support democracy in Syria and other Arab countries. Not ... occurring in other Arab countries, offer hope for the liberation of Syria. Western intervention only offers ...

25. No air strikes on Iraq and Syria, peace group

    State forces in Iraq and Syria, or sending our troops or SAS into combat in those countries. We know now ... unfolding in Iraq and Syria is a direct result of the disastrous policies of military intervention which the ...

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