The reckless bombing by Israel near Damascus in early May has provoked a sharp response. Syrian state media quoted President Bashar al-Assad as saying he would turn the Golan Heights into a “resistance front,” allowing combatants to attack Israel from the area. (Reuters, May 11) The Golan is Syrian territory that was seized by Israel [...]
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Imperialists are behind escalated attacks on Syria
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David Sole May 13, 2013 » Add the second comment.
UNAC says U.S./Israel hands off Syria!
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Editor May 11, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The United National Antiwar Coalition, the broadest of the anti-imperialist coalitions active in the United States, issued the following statement on May 10 in the aftermath of the Israeli bombing of Syria. The May 2-3 and 4-5 nighttime bombings of Syria’s International Airport, military installations in a Damascus suburb and a military supply depot reportedly [...]
Israeli bombing of Syria threatens wider war
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David Sole May 5, 2013 » Add the first comment.
On May 3, and again on May 5, the Israeli air force bombed Syria’s capital of Damascus. According to Syria’s Sana news agency, the targets hit on May 5 included the military research center at Jamraya, an airport at al-Dimas and a site at Maysalom, all to the northwest of the capital. Other reports claim [...]
U.S. prepares public for direct attack on Syria
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David Sole May 1, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The United States government took a major step toward direct military intervention against Syria with a White House letter to Congress on April 25 stating that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons. President Obama stated earlier that such a determination would mean U.S. military action. Anti-war activists in the U.S. and around the world, [...]
Washington promotes war on Syria
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David Sole April 28, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The U.S. government is increasing its leading role in the war to topple the government of Syria. At the April 20 meeting of the 11 member “Friends of Syria” held in Istanbul, Turkey, Secretary of State John Kerry announced a doubling of U.S. aid to the Syrian rebels. An additional $123 million in “nonlethal” aid [...]
UNAC’s April protests to say no to killer and spy drones
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John Catalinotto April 18, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The United National Antiwar Coalition has announced demonstrations in 50 U.S. cities during April, which UNAC has designated “anti-drone month.” Many actions are set for April 20. These protests focus on the new dangers at home and abroad from killer and spy drones. They also call attention to the escalating U.S. war threats against north [...]
Syrian counteroffensive challenges imperialists’ plans
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David Sole April 15, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The Syrian government has launched vigorous counteroffensives against recent gains by the imperialist-backed rebels across that country. Intense fighting has been reported in neighborhoods of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, in the north. In the south, near the Jordanian border, the Syrian army has moved to push back the contra rebels while sharp fighting goes on [...]
Imperialist intervention (A case study)
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Editor April 11, 2013 » Add the first comment.
No matter how it may have started, there is absolutely no doubt now that the conflict in Syria is not a “civil war” but an imperialist-funded and -driven intervention to pull down a government that refuses to be a puppet of the United States and its NATO allies. In this full-blown war, more than 70,000 [...]
U.S. secretly fuels Syria’s flames
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Prashanth Kamalakanthan April 4, 2013 » Add the first comment.
While the Obama administration continues to claim that it is providing only “nonlethal” aid to the Syrian opposition, its role in fueling the bloody war there is increasingly coming to light. After two years of conflict, more than 70,000 people have been killed and over a million displaced in what is being described in the [...]
Obama targets Palestinian goals & Syria’s sovereignty
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David Sole March 28, 2013 » Add the first comment.
President Barack Obama’s four-day visit to Israel, the first since his first election in 2008, began March 20. Worldwide media attention was focused on what the powerful U.S. leader would tell its client regime and settler state. Overall, reports indicated worse news for the beleaguered Palestinian people and for sovereign Syria. Obama took the gravest [...]
