Syria

‘Is this who Americans are?’: Gitmo is US’ enduring shame

Mar 10, 2021 07:00

Even if US President Joe Biden is able to overcome pressure from the military, from the CIA, and from Congress to shut Guantánamo down, justice will still be absent, not only because of the numerous lives that are forever shattered but because America still refuses to learn from its mistakes.
US war machine doesn’t want Americans to take war personally

Mar 10, 2021 06:45

The United States has bombed Syria more than 20,000 times over the past eight years. The United States began bombing these ancient lands 30 years ago. The U.S. has continued bombing Iraq and neighboring countries on and off ever since.
Syrian President Assad, wife test positive for COVID-19, both in good health and stable condition

Mar 08, 2021 13:56

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his spouse Asma have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a statement by his office, but they are both in good health.
SDF militants kidnap more than 200 people in Syria’s Raqqah, Hasakah Provinces

Mar 08, 2021 04:05

Militants from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is supported by the United States, have abducted more than 200 people in Syrian Provinces of Raqqah and Hasakah in an attempt to forcibly recruit them in the militant group.
Russia calls on OPCW to unveil truth behind alleged 2018 chemical attack in Syria's Douma

Mar 07, 2021 14:07

Russia has called on the global chemical weapons watchdog to conduct impartial and reliable investigation into an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma near the capital Damascus on April 7, 2018.
'Russian, Syrian missile strikes target terrorists smuggling oil to Turkey'

Mar 07, 2021 11:40

Russian and Syrian military forces have launched a barrage of missiles at makeshift refineries in Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo, causing a massive blaze as hundreds of tankers caught fire.
Trump & Biden’s secret bombing wars

Mar 07, 2021 06:34

Unbeknownst to many Americans, the U.S. military and its allies are engaged in bombing and killing people in other countries on a daily basis.
Russia dismisses Western attempts to abuse Syria's so-called chemical file

Mar 05, 2021 12:36

Russia has ripped Western countries for their continued use of Syria's so-called chemical file to exert more pressure on the war-ravaged West Asian country, despite the fact that the Damascus government has completely and irreversibly dismantled its chemical weapons production facilities and stockpiles.
Russia warns against using IAEA to settle scores with Syria

Mar 05, 2021 02:00

Russia has called for not politicizing and exploiting the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Syria, warning against using the body to settle scores with the Damascus government.
Iraqi deputy FM calls on Arab League to end suspension of Syria's membership

Mar 04, 2021 14:45

A senior Iraqi official has renewed his country's call on the Arab League to end its suspension of the Syrian government’s membership in the 22-member pan-Arab body.