Syria and Neocolonialism: “We Must Avoid at All Costs Dividing Syria into Small States. We Would then Create a New Israel”

Dr Jean Bassmaji, Interviewed by Paolo Pergolizzi The Italian online newspaper Reggio SERA conducted a very interesting interview with Syrian doctor Jean Bassmaji, who lives in Italy but was born in Al Hassaka, a city in northeastern Syria affected by the Turkish attack. The Syrian doctor denies many clichés of a story without historical reality…

US-Led Coalition Destroys Own Military Base in Syria After Withdrawing Troops

Sputnik-Middle East Earlier, Erdogan’s government launched “Operation Peace Spring” in the north of Syria, with Turkey’s NATO allies severely criticising the move and halting arms sales to Ankara, whereas the US responded by imposing sanctions on the Turkish administration. The US-led international coalition destroyed a base near the Syrian city of Ayn al-Arab (known as…

Syria: Exposing Western Radical Collaboration with Imperialism

Ajamu Baraka “Western radicals must take a consistent anti-imperialist position despite the internal contradictions or problems that existwithin a state in the Global South.” Despite so many self-defined radicals’ reading and claims to understand Gramsci’s corrective to Marxism-Leninism’s mechanistic understanding of the relationship between the base and the ideological superstructure, the ease by which some radicals…

Turkey, Allied Militias Kill Over 630 Kurdish Militants in 1 Week

TEHRAN (FNA)- More than 630 Kurdish fighters have been killed since Ankara launched ‘Operation Peace Spring’ in Northern Syria, the Defense Ministry announced Wednesday via its official Twitter account, as the Kurdish militias’ so-called ally, the US army, continues to pull its forces out of the war-torn country. As Turkey’s anti-terror operation in Northern Syria…

Winners and Losers in the Turkish Attack on Kurds in Syria

Elijah J. Magnier Part I President Donald Trump has given the orders to begin a “deliberate withdrawal” of his troops and end the occupation of north-east Syria (NES). This is accelerating the race between the Turkish and the Syrian forces to control NES. Turkey is in a rush to establish its 30-35km wide safe zone…

Popular Marches in Raqqa City Welcome the Syrian Arab Army

15 October، 2019 Raqqa, SANA People in Raqqa city took to streets on Tuesday to welcome the arrival of the Syrian Arab Army to protect al-Jazira region from crimes of Erdogan’s mercenaries. They participants, organizing gatherings and marches in all neighborhoods of Raqqa, carried the Syrian national flag and banners condemning the Turkish aggression and…

Ankara-Backed Militants Start Operation to Capture Damascus-Controled Manbij

TEHRAN (FNA)- Ankara-backed militants have launched an operation to capture Manbij, as Syrian government forces have entered the strategic city after Kurds announced that an agreement has been reached with Damascus for the Syrian Army troops to be deployed along the border with Turkey. Youssef Hammoud, the spokesman for the Turkey-backed militants, stated that militants…

Army Enters Manbij, Tal Tamr in Hasaka Countryside, Towns in Raqqa Countryside

15 October، 2019 Hasaka, Raqqa, SANA Units of the army entered on Monday evening Manbij city in Aleppo north-eastern countryside. Earlier, the Syrian Arab Army entered a large number of villages and towns in the southern, southwestern and northern countryside of Raqqa, al-Tabqa city and its countryside and al-Tabqa military airport, SANA reporter said. Units…

US Pressed for Turkish Military Intervention in Syria

ROME, October 15. /TASS/. Turkey’s military intervention in Syria has always been the United States’ real aim, the leading analyst of the Italian geopolitical magazine Limes, Dario Fabbri, told TASS in an interview. “The situation that is taking shape in Syria is something the Americans have long pressed for. The US has long wished to…

Turkish Forces Burn Houses of Citizens in Tal Tamr, Ras al-Ayn in Hasaka Countryside

15 October، 2019 Hasaka, Raqqa, SANA Two civilians were martyred due to targeting their car by the Turkish forces in Abu Surra village north of Ayn Issa in Raqqa northern countryside, SANA reporter said. The reporter added that the Turkish occupation forces burned the houses of a number of citizens after stealing them in the…

US-led Coalition Exits Manbij

TASS, October 15. Forces of the US-led coalition are withdrawing from northeastern Syria and have left Manbij town, the spokesman for the Operation Inherent Resolve said via Twitter on Tuesday. “Coalition forces are executing a deliberate withdrawal from northeast Syria. We are out of Manbij,” the spokesman said. On October 9, Ankara launched a military…

UN: Turkish Aggression on Syria Displaced 160 Thousand

The ongoing Turkish military incursion in northeast Syria could unintentionally lead to the release of scores of people associated with the terrorist group ISIL, the UN Secretary-General fears. António Guterres called for an immediate de-escalation of the fighting which has generated many civilian casualties and displaced up to 160,000 people in less than a week….