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US to ‘allow’ Lebanon to import life-saving gas and fuel via Syria

James Porteous 11 June 2022 0 Comment

The US says that amending its sanctions against Syria is critical to ‘preventing a total energy collapse in Beirut.’ It is beyond comprehension how a country that demands others adhere to the rule of...

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Report: Optics of Pentagon’s Deadly Syrian Airstrike ‘Disappointing’

James Porteous 18 May 2022 0 Comment

The inquiry concludes ‘that most of the people killed,’ in the airstrike, including women and children, were ‘probably Islamic State fighters.’ Photo: People fleeing in Baghuz, Syria, in 2019. A Pentagon inquiry into a...

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U.S. to ‘Permit’ Some Foreign Investment In Northern Syria Despite Sanctions

James Porteous 13 May 2022 0 Comment

The US says it’s a ‘strategy designed to defeat Islamic State through economic stabilization,’ without mentioning the sanctions that created many of those issues. 12 May 2022 | Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis |...

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Palestinian writer responds to ‘civilized’ war coverage in Ukraine

James Porteous 8 March 2022 0 Comment

As Ghada Hania points out, there is a stark difference between war coverage in Ukraine and other… ‘uncivilized’ battles for freedom Photo: Screenshot – CBS correspondent Charlie D’Agata 07 March 2022 | GHADA HANIA ...

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The U.S. drops an average of 46 bombs a day

James Porteous 7 March 2022 0 Comment

The U.S. has dropped at least 337,000 bombs and missiles in 20 years Photo: Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, day after a...

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The Terrible Plight of Refugees

James Porteous 7 March 2022 0 Comment

The memories of the refugees linger, of walking for days in harsh weather, or losing lives in perilous sea crossings Photo: The Massini family from Syria awaiting transport in the forest near the east...

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US airstrike in Syria killed at least 25 civilians (2018)

James Porteous 5 March 2022 0 Comment

U.S.-led airstrikes continue. U.S. and coalition forces carried out 41 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq between February 16 and February 22 2018. Photo: US bombing in Syria 2018 28 Feb 2018...

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Little Amal: Art is also About Telling Uncomfortable Truths

James Porteous 21 October 2021 0 Comment

The puppet’s journey from Turkey to the UK charmed audiences – but also discomfited them. She is following the route that a child migrant from Syria might take. Photo: Little Amal walks along Folkestone...

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Syria: Displaced children hold their own ‘Tent Olympics’

James Porteous 10 August 2021 0 Comment

Children from 12 camps in northwest Syria mark the end of the Tokyo Olympics with their own competition 09 August 2021 | Ali Haj Suleiman | Middle East Eye Displaced children from camps across...

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US sanctions ‘disrupt Google services’ in Syria

James Porteous 21 April 2021 0 Comment

Google’s decision to pause and alter services comes amid US sanctions on Syria [NurPhoto/Getty] 20 April 2021 | Staff | The New Arab (original link) Several Google services have been disrupted in Syria due to US sanctions, The New Arab’s Arabic-language...

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Watch: ‘I wish it had been a dream’: Voices from Syria”

James Porteous 21 March 2021 0 Comment

15 March 2021 | Staff | The New Arab | Original: Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad releases Syria ‘soundscape’ to mark 10th anniversary of revolution Silkroad, the non-profit of world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and the United Nations...