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Washington’s request for its allies to stay back in Syria

Washington's request for its allies to stay back in Syria

20 February 2019
During the Security Conference that has just taken place in Munich, the US Secretary of Defence, Patrick Shanahan, brought together his principal allies (which included Iraq and Turkey) and asked them to take over from the US in Syria as the US gets ready to pull out.
Declaring that Damascus’s taking back control of the territory would not guarantee stability, the US Secretary of Defense requested that 1,500 men remain in North East Syria.
In any event, those present have questioned the (...)

France put the pressure on Egypt keep its distance from Syria

France put the pressure on Egypt keep its distance from Syria

7 February 2019
The daily newspaper, Al Hayat, has cited the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shukri as saying that the French President, Emmanuel Macron, probably put pressure on his Egyptian partner, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.
It is likely that, due to this pressure, Egypt backed away from letting Syria back into the Arab League.

The 116th US Congress is preparing a new war against Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

The 116th US Congress is preparing a new war against Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 31 January 2019
We were wrong to think that the Syrians were out of danger after their victory over the jihadists. They are not. Israël and the United States have not abandoned their war objective of the destruction of state structures. They are preparing a new war, this time financial, in order to prevent the reconstruction of the country and condemn the Syrian people to rot in the ruins.

Israeli bombardment of Syria, January 21, 2019

by Bashar Ja’afari

Israeli bombardment of Syria, January 21, 2019

New York (USA) | 24 January 2019
On instructions from my Government, I draw your attention to the following:
At dawn on Monday, 21 January 2019, at 0110 hours, the Israeli occupation authorities once again attacked the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, in flagrant violation of Security Council resolution 350 (1974) on the Disengagement of Forces Agreement, launching successive waves of rockets from over Lebanese and occupied Palestinian territory and from over Lake Tiberias in the occupied Syrian Golan.
Since the (...)

Bahaa Hariri’s secret meeting with Bashar al-Assad

Bahaa Hariri's secret meeting with Bashar al-Assad

23 January 2019
According to the publication Lebanon Debate, Bahaa Hariri – half brother of Saad Hariri (former Prime Minister of Lebanon) – had a secret meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad .‎
Bahaa Hariri [to the right in the photo] is the eldest son of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon ‎(Rafic Hariri). Yet it was his brother Saad (who is the illegitimate son of a Saudi Prince) who stepped into the shoes of the former Prime Minister who was assassinated. Throughout the external aggression (...)

The European Union decrees sanctions against Syrians that seek the reconstruction of their homeland

The European Union decrees sanctions against Syrians that seek the reconstruction of their homeland

23 January 2019
On 21 January 2019, the EU Council published a new list of sanctions against Syria. These sanction target businessmen or Syrian businesses that are participating in the Marota City project.‎
The European Union recognises that, apart from rare exceptions, none of the persons sanctioned under the new list have participated in any way in the Syrian conflict. They are being imposed for their intention to participate in the reconstruction of the country. ‎
According to the UN, the Syrian (...)

Israeli attack on Syria, January 11, 2019

by Bashar Ja’afari

Israeli attack on Syria, January 11, 2019

New York (USA) | 12 January 2019
On instructions from my Government, I should like to draw your attention to the following:
On the night of Friday, 11 January 2019, at 2315 hours, the Israeli occupation authorities launched yet another attack against the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, in flagrant violation of Security Council resolution 350 (1974) on the agreement on the disengagement of forces between the two sides, when they attacked number of locations in the area around the city of Damascus and its (...)

“Trump Is Right on Syria. Turkey Can Get the Job Done”

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

“Trump Is Right on Syria. Turkey Can Get the Job Done”

Istanbul (Turkey) | 7 January 2019
President Trump made the right call to withdraw from Syria. The United States withdrawal, however, must be planned carefully and performed in cooperation with the right partners to protect the interests of the United States, the international community and the Syrian people. Turkey, which has NATO’s second largest standing army, is the only country with the power and commitment to perform that task.
In 2016, Turkey became the first country to deploy ground combat troops to fight the (...)

Attempts to assassinate Assad and Israeli negotiations

Attempts to assassinate Assad and Israeli negotiations

3 January 2019
According to an anonymous official, cited abundantly in the Israeli press, General Aviv Kochavi (director of military intelligence from 2010 to 2014 and Tsahal’s future Chief of Staff) had probably organized several attempts to assassinate the elected Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.
General Kochavi (see photo) thought that if Assad was eliminated, then Tsahal could invade Syria and destroy the Iranian bases there.
On the contrary, according to the same official who does not wish to be (...)

US withdrawal opens the question of the Coalition’s war crimes

US withdrawal opens the question of the Coalition's war crimes

2 January 2019
Following the announcement that the US was withdrawing its troops from Northern Syria, Syrian and Russian experts have declared that at long last it would be possible to draw up an accurate evaluation of the war crimes perpetrated by the Coalition.
This alliance is formed of 74 States, and includes France and the United Kingdom among them. Notably, the Alliance has bombarded Raqqa under a carpet of bombs killing almost all the inhabitants of this city which was under Daesh occupation.
The (...)

Turkey reveals the position of French troops in Syria

Turkey reveals the position of French troops in Syria

2 January 2019
Andolu, the official Turkish press agency, has published a map that reveals the military bases of the French troops in Syria.
From the beginning of the 2005 Anglo Saxon operation against Syria, in particular from the beginning of the military operations against the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011, France has been hoping to re-establish a mandate over its former colony. This plan had been clearly articulated by President François Hollande during a trip to the United Nations Headquarters in New (...)

On the request of the pro-US Kurds the Syrian Arab Army enters Manbij

On the request of the pro-US Kurds the Syrian Arab Army enters Manbij

2 January 2019
From 2014 – 2016, the city of Manbij, in the governorate of Aleppo, has been occupied by Daesh. It has been freed by pro-US Kurds supported by the International Coalition. In June 2018, the US entrusted the management of the city to the “Military Council of Manbij” and organized common patrols there with Turkey.
Although they are seeking “libertarian communalism” of the US anarchist Murray Bookchin, the authorities of Manbij have implemented a policy of the forced Kurdization of the city. Even (...)

Arab League gets ready to admit Syria to its membership once again

Arab League gets ready to admit Syria to its membership once again

2 January 2019
In Cairo the Arab League is getting ready to admit the Syrian Arab Republic once again to its membership. The latter had been excluded in 2011, in violation of the League’s own by-laws.
Syria is one of the founding members of the League. It had been excluded from it at the request of President Barack Obama. Obama’s specious justification was that Syria was a dictatorship repressing its people, but his real motive was part of a secret operation aimed at destroying state structures.
At the (...)

Saudi Arabia will fund the reconstruction of Syria

Saudi Arabia will fund the reconstruction of Syria

2 January 2019
According to President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia could providing the core funding for reconstructing the Syrian Arab Republic.
Over the last seven years, Saudi Arabia has spent more than 500 billion dollars to bring down the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The only reason Saudi Arabia had criticized him was because he was not Sunni. Furthermore, Saudi Arabia was willing to accept that the Republic remains intact and that his vice president succeeds him.
The Saudi decision was taken (...)

Anti-air protection fails to stop Israel bombing a target in Syria

Anti-air protection fails to stop Israel bombing a target in Syria

2 January 2019
Christmas Day (2018): Tsahal managed to bomb a target in Syria despite new anti-air protection. This is the second time that the aeronautical military is operating in Syria following the deployment of the S-300 missiles, state-of-the-art missiles and the coordination system: Polyana D4M1.
The Israeli planes fired missiles from Lebabon’s air space in the direction of an airport in the capital of Syria, just as the city was celebrating the birth of Christ for the first time since the end (...)

US Forces evacuating Syria

US Forces evacuating Syria

21 December 2018
The spokespersons for the White House and the Pentagon, Sarah Sanders and Dana White respectively, have confirmed that President Donald Trump had a conversation with his Turkish Partner Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after which he gave the orders for US personnel to evacuate Syria.
The Department of State personnel will leave this country in less than 24 hours. The personnel of the Department of Defense - around 4000 men of which only 2000 are present in an official capacity – will evacuate in under (...)

Why is the United States suddenly withdrawing from Syria?

by Valentin Vasilescu

Why is the United States suddenly withdrawing from Syria?

Bucharest (Romania) | 21 December 2018
The US Air Force is condemned to defeat if it confronts the Syrian Arab Army, which now has in its possession Russian anti-air materials, the best in the world. The US’s only viable option is to leave, sparing itself any humiliation.
History is repeating itself. Once before, in Iraq, the United States had used Kurdish combattants, promising them a State before letting them be massacred by Saddam Hussein. Today the US lets other Kurds to whom it has also promised a State, face up to Turkey alone. _ In a few months the war will be over. After eight years of fighting and tens of thousands of Islamist mercenaries being sacrificed, Nato’s dream of destroying Syria’s state structures will have failed.

Unesco presented with a complaint against France and Turkey

Unesco presented with a complaint against France and Turkey

14 December 2018
The Syrian Arab Republic has filed a complaint with UNESCO (the UN body dealing with Education, Science and Culture) against France and Turkey, charging them with looting cultural assets belonging to the Syrian people.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that the French and Turkish armies supervised searches on the territories that they occupied (Manbij, Afrin, Idlib, Hassaké and Raqqa). They looted archeological treasures that they then sent abroad.
Furthermore, at the beginning of the (...)

Bernard Kouchner enters Syria illegally

Bernard Kouchner enters Syria illegally

14 December 2018
On 1 Dec 2018, the former French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Kouchner, entered Syria illegally. He participated in an International Forum on Racial Cleansing and Demographic Change, organized in the zone occupied by the United States and administered by the PKK’s Kurdish militia.
When the pro-US Coalition invaded Iraq, Mr Kouchner tried in vain to be appointed as the special representative of the UN Secretary General in the Iraqi Kurdistan, as he had been in Kosovo after the NATO (...)

Joint Statement by Iran, Russia and Turkey on the International Meeting on Syria in Astana

Joint Statement by Iran, Russia and Turkey on the International Meeting on Syria in Astana

Astana (Kazakhstan) | 29 November 2018
The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey as guarantors of the Astana format:
1. Reaffirmed their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter;
2. Highlighted that these principles should be universally respected and that any action that might violate them and undermine achievements of the Astana format should be avoided; (...)

When you want to sanction States, you call them « terrorists »

by Thierry Meyssan

When you want to sanction States, you call them « terrorists »

Damascus (Syria) | 27 November 2018
The new unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran, Russia and Syria add to the previous actions concerning the same three targets. They now form the most unforgiving embargo in History. The way in which they have been organised is illegal according to the definition of the Charter of the United Nations – these are weapons of war, designed for killing.

Russian comment on the chemical attack in Aleppo

Russian comment on the chemical attack in Aleppo

Moscow (Russia) | 26 November 2018
On November 24, Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists located in the Idlib de-escalation zone attacked several residential neighbourhoods in Aleppo, including Khalidiya, al-Zahraa and Nile Street, using shells filled with toxic substances. According to available information, as a result of the attack 73 civilians, mostly women, children and old people were hospitalised with symptoms of acute chemical poisoning (asphyxiation, nausea, damage to the upper respiratory tract, etc.). Eight of the injured (...)

Teleconference Briefing with Special Representative For Syrian Engagement Ambassador James Jeffrey

by James Jeffrey

Teleconference Briefing with Special Representative For Syrian Engagement Ambassador James Jeffrey

20 November 2018
Moderator: Greetings to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s Dubai Regional Media Hub. I would like to welcome our callers who have dialed in from across the region. Today we are joined by the Secretary’s Special Representative for Syrian Engagement, Ambassador James Jeffrey. Ambassador Jeffrey is a senior diplomat with experience in political, security and energy issues in the Middle East, Turkey, Germany and the Balkans. He has held several senior assignments in Washington, D.C., (...)

France issues an arrest warrant for Syria’s Number 2

France issues an arrest warrant for Syria's Number 2

8 November 2018
A French investigation judge has just indicted three Syrian personalities, one of which is General Ali Mamlouk on the following charges:
• “complicity in acts of torture”;
• “complicity in forced disappearances”; and
• “complicity in crimes against humanity, war crimes and delitos of war”.
This judge has issued international search warrants to prevent the accused from travelling outside Syria. General Mamelouk, Syria’s number 2, has recently travelled to Europe, the Persian Gulf, and North (...)

Syria: peace implies international condemnation of the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood

by Thierry Meyssan

Syria: peace implies international condemnation of the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood

Damascus (Syria) | 6 November 2018
Although several peace projects are currently circulating in the chanceries, Thierry Meyssan points out their inadequacy for this sort of war. According to him, those who begin with an amputated analysis of the conflict, yet still believe they are doing the right thing, will not only fail to resolve the problem, but will pave the way for a new war. It is imperative to treat the ideological question as a priority.

International Coalition massacres Syrian civilians with banned weapons

by Bashar Ja’afari

International Coalition massacres Syrian civilians with banned weapons

New York (USA) | 1 November 2018
On instructions from my Government and further to our letters regarding the targeting of innocent Syrian civilians by the illegitimate “international coalition” led by the United States, I should like to convey to you the following:
The illegitimate “international coalition” led by the United States of America continues to commit crimes against innocent Syrian civilians. Over the past few days, coalition warplanes continued bombarding homes in the city of Hajin, Dayr al-Zawr Governorate, with (...)

Jeremy Hunt meets leader of the Syrian White Helmets

Jeremy Hunt meets leader of the Syrian White Helmets

1 November 2018
In July this year the Foreign Secretary coordinated an international effort to rescue dozens of members of the volunteer rescue service and their families from Southern Syria. This effort was in light of the threat to their lives from the Syrian regime.
The UK has since given a number of the rescue workers and their families a safe haven in communities across the country, as part of the Home Office’s Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said:
Few (...)

What is not being said about the quadrilateral summit on Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

What is not being said about the quadrilateral summit on Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 30 October 2018
The quadrilateral summit in Istanbul on Syria has endorsed the political advances of Russia, but has decided nothing. Moscow gave its Turkish, French and German partners a lesson on the situation. The allies of Washington are having a hard time digesting their defeat and drawing its conclusions.

Joint Statement by the Quadrilateral Summit on Syria

Joint Statement by the Quadrilateral Summit on Syria

Istanbul (Turkey) | 27 October 2018
President of the Republic of Turkey H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the French Republic H.E. Emmanuel Macron, President of the Russian Federation H.E. Vladimir Putin, and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany H.E. Angela Merkel gathered in Istanbul on 27 October 2018 for a Quadrilateral Summit on Syria.
The Presidents and the Chancellor,
Reviewed the recent developments regarding the conflict in Syria and expressed their shared concern on the risks and threats emanating (...)

The reopening of Syria’s borders with Lebanon, Israel and Jordan and soon with Iraq

The reopening of Syria's borders with Lebanon, Israel and Jordan and soon with Iraq

19 October 2018
All border-stations between the Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon have now been re-opened.
On 15 October the border stations of the Syria region of Quneitra with Golan, which is occupied by Israel, was reopened. So too were reopened the border stations of Nassib/Jaber with Jordan.
The Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibrahim Jaafari, came to make preparations for reopening the border-station of Boukamal between Syria and his country.
The reopening of Syria’s border stations with its (...)

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