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The reports through Western presses read rather familiarly. Joyful residents taking selfies on abandoned, sullen tanks. Armed men ebullient and shooting into the sky with adventurist stupidity. The removal of statues and vulgar reminders of a regime. Prisoners freed; torture prisons emptied. The tyrant, deposed.
This is the scene in Syria, a war with more external backers and … Läs mer “12/12 Chilling Warnings for Syria: When Foreign Interventions Go Bad”
Several nations have been loudly cheering the weekend regime change in Syria (some are even taking credit for it). But despite the Islamist faction they were backing ending up taking Damascus, neither the US, Turkey, nor Israel are actually stopping attacks on Syrian territory. If anything, they are increasing strikes.
The US, Turkey and Israel all carried out … Läs mer “10/12 US, Israel and Turkey Launch Airstrikes in Syria After Cheering Regime Change”
The UN General Assembly adopted on 3 December a resolution demanding Israel’s withdrawal from Syria’s illegally occupied Golan Heights, which the Israeli army captured during the 1967 war.
The resolution demanded “once more” that Israel withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights “to the line of 4 June 1967″ while stressing the illegality of settlement building and other activities … Läs mer “6/12 UN demands Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights”
The American republic morphed well over a century ago into an empire of many endless wars. With U.S. troops still in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and numerous African countries, with over 800 military bases in more than 70 countries and a war budget of roughly one trillion dollars a year, it’s no surprise that one of our main exports … Läs mer “3/1 – Eve Ottenberg: Wars and More Wars: The Sorry U.S. History in the Middle East”
Kurderna lider den största skadan till följd av kriget i Ukraina, skriver Patrick Coburn. Ukrainska flyktingar drar till sig global uppmärksamhet, men Ukrainakriget har även öppnat dörren på vid gavel för massutdrivningen av två miljoner syriska kurder, som sannolikt kommer att ske under de kommande månaderna. Turkiet hotar att slutföra den etniska rensningen av kurder från norra Syrien … Läs mer “5/7 – Patrick Coburn: The Mass Ethnic Cleansing of Syrian Kurds is Collateral Damage From the War in Ukraine”
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is producing secondary crises. Some are well publicised, such as the threat to world food supplies because the war has prevented Ukraine exporting millions of tons of grain from its Black Sea ports. The exodus of Ukrainian refugees crammed onto trains as they sought refuge in other countries was shown on every television … Läs mer “14/6 – Patrick Coburn: Turkey’s Assault on Syrian Kurds: a Secondary Crises of the Ukraine War?”
Jason Ditz – October 27, 2019 – antiwar.com
Having sent growing numbers of troops into eastern Syria explicitly to control the oil, President Trump now says he is seeking a deal with Exxon Mobil or “one of our great companies” to go into occupied Syria and take the oil.
Trump has … Läs mer “30/10 – Trump wants Deal with Exxon or Other Company to take Syrian Oil”