Syria is Not Tunisia or Libya

NOVANEWS Inside the nation, even people who support regime change tend to oppose sanctions, military solutions and foreign intervention.   by Sharmine Narwani   Commentators on the Arab Awakening sometimes make the mistake of assuming […]

Smuggle hope into Syria

NOVANEWS Dear friends, The Assad regime is slaughtering its citizens and tearing cities apart. The UN has failed to stop the killing, and Avaaz has the only network that is both smuggling medical equipment and […]

New Syria Resolution: Better but Still Flawed

NOVANEWS  by Stephen Lendman Its sponsors include America, Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Colombia, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, UAE, Oman, Lybia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Togo.   Notably, Russia and China aren’t included. Nonetheless, Russian UN […]

Syria: Assad looks East

Proletarian issue 46 (February 2012)     The Syrian president has reasserted his government’s anti-imperialist credentials and his people’s determination maintain their dignity and independence.       President Bashar al-Assad’s January speech in Damascus […]