Syria

By trying to isolate Russia and Iran, the US is only isolating itself. (Moscow) – President Donald Trump won’t go to war with Iran. That was the prediction of Russian experts I interviewed in Moscow during the height of the US-Iran crisis in May. They were right. To date, Trump has threatened military action against […]

Bashar al-Assad

War Crimes: Syria’s Assad has Systematically Targeted Hospitals as a Battle Tactic

Middle East Monitor

By Zaki Kaf Al-Ghazal | – Although many reports touch on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria, little has been said about the medical situation in the war-torn country, and the plight of its doctors who remain there. The conflict has raged for eight years with no end in sight. The uprising against Bashar […]

Syria

Russia/Syria: Flurry of Prohibited Weapons Attacks

Human Rights Watch

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – The Russian–Syrian joint military operation has used internationally banned and other indiscriminate weapons in unlawful attacks on civilians in northwest Syria in recent weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. According to the United Nations, the area is home to 3 million civilians, at least half of whom […]

Bashar al-Assad

Leaked Document Revives Controversy over Syria Chemical Attacks

Brian Whitaker

(Al-Bab.com – A leaked document which contradicts key findings of an official investigation into chemical weapons in Syria has surfaced on the internet. Described as an “engineering assessment” and marked “draft for internal review”, it appears to have been written by an employee of the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – the international […]

Arab World

Arab World Warms to Russia after Trump gives Syria’s Golan to Israel

Middle East Monitor

The Ambassador of the League of Arab States to Russia, Jaber Habib Jaber has praised Russia’s steadfast position on the Jerusalem and Golan files, which is in compliance with the international laws and legislation. Jaber also thanked Moscow for its adherence to this principle and considered it the right way to play an effective and […]

Featured

How Trump Just Gave Alabama to Iraq by Giving Syrian Golan to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration’s illegal and unilateral recognition of Israeli annexation of the Syrian Golan Heights is an unfortunate return to the international jungle of the 1930s and 1940s, when Hitler annexed the Sudetenland and Mussolini annexed Nice from France. Trump’s policy is Nazi law, as so many of his policies […]

Donald Trump

After 8 Years of Civil War, Syrians Finally United … against Trump re: Golan

AFP

Damascus (AFP) – Demonstrations spread across Syria on Tuesday denouncing Washington’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, in a show of unity in the war-torn country, state media said. US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation recognising Israeli sovereignty over the strategic border area, seized from Syria in 1967 and then […]

Israel/ Palestine

Water, Oil and Netanyahu: Why Trump gave Syria’s Golan away to Israel

The Conversation

By Dina Badie | – Responding to pressure from the Israeli government, President Donald Trump has signaled via Twitter that his administration is poised to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. This change of posture over a highly disputed and strategically valuable territory between Israel and Syria is being met with delight, disapproval and […]

Israel/ Palestine

Golan: Trump Shift Denies Syrians’ Rights under International Law (HRW)

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem) – A decision by the Trump administration to deny the reality of Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights would demonstrate disregard for the protections due to the Syrian population under international humanitarian law, Human Rights Watch said. Particularly amid continuing, serious rights abuses by Israel in the Golan Heights, Syrian residents […]