Sabbagh: U.S. Destructive Actions Have Taken Millions of Syrians to a State of Insecurity and Instability

25 January، 2023 New York, SANA Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh, said Wednesday that the US destructive actions have taken millions of Syrians to a state of insecurity and instability, and turned large part of them into displaced, refugees, and deprived them from food security. Sabbagh, speaking at UN Security Council…

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on the Political and Humanitarian Situation in Syria

Mr.President, We thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and OCHA Deputy Director Ghada Mudawi for the briefings on the political and humanitarian aspects of the situation in Syria. The situation in Syria remains tense. Illegal foreign military presence in the northeast and south of the SAR, the persisting threat of another military operation in the north,…

Mossad and CIA are Training Christian Extremist Militia in Lebanon

Steven Sahiounie Covert training camps in the Jordanian desert are currently the site of British and American trainers developing young Lebanese men, loyal to the Christian warlord, Samir Geagea, according to chief editor of Al Mariah magazine, Fadi Abu Deya.  In an interview given to Al Jadeed TV, Abu Deya claimed Geagea is sending fighters to…

Canada Agreed to Repatriate ISIS Wives from Syria

The federal government of Canada has agreed to repatriate 19 Canadian women and children who are detained in northeastern Syria. These Canadians live in camps controlled by the US-backed Kurdish militias that managed to detain hundreds of ISIS terrorists and their wives and children. Phil Gurski, a former CSIS analyst, told CBC News Network that…

Syria and US War Crimes: The Reckoning is Coming

Christopher Black In an article published here in November 2018, I referred to the statement of the UK representative of a UN organisation named the International, Impartial, Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March…

Why is Egypt’s Navy Commanding a NATO-Led Coalition in the Red Sea?

The Cradle’s Egypt Correspondent In recent years Egypt has been developing and strengthening its navy in and around the Red Sea, but this is arguably part of a broader US strategy for the region. On 12 December 2022, the Egyptian Navy took over command of the newly established Combined Task Force 153 (CTF 153) from the…

The US Holds Iraq Hostage with the Dollar

Zaher Mousa Since 2003, Iraq is required to send all its oil revenues to a single US bank account. Washington is now weaponizing Baghdad’s own dollars against Iraq, by devaluing its currency and hindering payments. In an effort to combat rampant corruption in Iraq, the US has implemented several strict measures, including sanctions on Iraqi banks…

Erdoğan:“Europe’s Sick Man”?

Alexandr Svaranc Turkey, by virtue of its objective geographical position, occupies an important position in the Middle East, has a key influence on regional developments, remains relevant on NATO’s southern flank and controls strategic communications at the junction of three continents (Asia, Europe and Africa). Consequently, many processes in the international system depend on Turkey’s…

Operation “Gladio” as a New Form of Confrontation Between F. Gülen and R. Erdogan

Alexandr Svaranc Over the past 20 years of the new century, for various reasons, relations within the NATO alliance have undergone certain transformations. It should be acknowledged that after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the USSR, for some time the threat of nuclear confrontation between the leading powers was lessened. However, this state…

Israel and the Russia-Ukraine (NATO) Military Conflict

Salman Rafi Sheikh With multiple objectives in its target list, Israel’s new Netanyahu administration is becoming a key player in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine (Russia-NATO) military conflict. Israel, in other words, is far from neutral. In fact, it has many objectives, and the Netanyahu administration – which is very well connected both with Washington and Moscow…

New Report Charges Major Corporations As Complicit in Israel’s Water Apartheid

JESSICA BUXBAUM In December, the Palestinian human rights organization, Al-Haq, released a report accusing major corporations of maintaining Israel’s water apartheid on Palestinians living in the occupied territories. According to Al-Haq, businesses are instrumental in helping Israel restrict water access to Palestinians and destroy Palestinian water infrastructure. Additionally, foreign companies profit from Israel’s system of water…

Iraqi PM Supports Continued Presence of US, NATO Troops

The Cradle The interview with The Wall Street Journal was the first Sudani held with a US media outlet since the October election In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed that the US would continue to have an indefinite military presence in Iraq to combat ISIS. “We think…