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Syria: New democratic front formed
Democratic Forces of Syria held a founding meeting on October 12 and released a final declaration three days ... democratic military forces in Syria. It includes the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's ... important need for unity among democratic military forces in Syria in order to work towards peace. It said ...
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Syria: New horrors as outside powers worsen crisis
Another round of international talks on Syria, and a ceasefire, have come and gone. The ... total population of Syria is about 17 million. Western and Russian air strikes A US-led coalition of ... Western powers has been engaging in air strikes in Syria since September 2014, while Russia has since ...
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SYRIA: Baath Party renounces socialist agenda
SYRIA: Baath Party renounces socialist agenda The ruling Syrian Baath Party held its ninth ... convened for 15 years, in order to prepare a smooth succession. Though Syria is a republic by law, Assad ... One may trace such usage from Morocco through Egypt, the Gulf States, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and, how ...
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Is Syria socialist?
Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom By Alan George Zed Books, 2003 REVIEW BY CHRIS SLEE Israel's ... government on October 5 launched a missile attack on Syria, the first strike into Syrian territory in 30 ... Syria Accountability Act, which contains sanctions against Syria. Since the US-led conquest of Iraq, the ...
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‘We must say no to bombing Syria’
Imperialism & war Pip Hinman Malalai Joya Sydney Stop the War Coalition Syria Donald Rumsfeld ... against the bombing of Syria at a rally on that day. * * * Stop the War Coalition (STWC) adds its voice to ... of Syria. The United Nations-declared international day of peace, September 21, is a good time to ...
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No to US-led war on Syria, socialists say
August 28. * * * The Socialist Alliance condemns the threatened US-led Western military assault on Syria ... Bashar al-Assad regime but we reject the interventions of the US and its allies in Syria. The Syrian ... interest of the people of Syria. The terrible consequences of the Western invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan ...
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Peace alliance condemns Israel’s Syria attack, opposes Western intervention
Imperialism & war The mass, democratic uprising that broke out in Syria in 2011 against the ... for a “free and democratic Syria”. However the statement also accused the US-allied Gulf states of ... military strikes on Syria by Israel. Israel’s May 5 bombings, the second strikes on Syria within 48 hours, ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Exhibition to raise funds for earthquake victims in Rojava
North and East Syria. Images courtesy of MerJa Media. Kurds appeal for urgent aid in wake of earthquakes ... in Turkey and Syria Turkish dictator Erdogan weaponises earthquake disaster against Kurds ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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'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 ...
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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 ...
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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ӳ's Syria coverage. * * * This was ...
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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 ...
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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 ...