A Pen of Damascus Steel
NOVANEWS Political Cartoons of an Arab Master Ali Farzat* This is the book by the brilliant Syrian cartoonist, Ali Farzat, who was severely beaten up by armed goons of the Syrian regime yesterday. [An Arabic / […]
Category: Syria
U.S. ambassador defies Syrian travel restrictions
NOVANEWS The United States’ top envoy in Damascus defied the Syrian government Tuesday by making an unannounced visit to the restive town of Jassem, where he met with members of the opposition movement, State Department […]
With friends like these, the Syrian people don’t need enemies
NOVANEWS www.thepassioniateattachment.com In light of the Iraq war debacle, a salutary motto for any American policymaker would be: “Beware of pro-Israelis bearing advice.” Even more so when it’s pretty much the same people that worked […]
Russia against Western calls for Assad to resign
NOVANEWS AP MOSCOW – Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday cautioned the West against encouraging the Syrian opposition, and said it doesn’t support Western calls for President Bashar Assad to resign. Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said […]
D-Day for Damascus?
NOVANEWS Call for regime change signals Libya replay Justin Raimundo Amid the outcry over the Syrian government’s crackdown on protesters, and now President Obama’sdemand that dictator Bashar al-Assad step down, the “world community” is not in the […]
Zionists now feign care for the Syrian people
NOVANEWS Conservatives suggest Syria next steps By Josh Rogin President Barack Obama said yesterday that he wants to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assadstep down from office, and promised to implement more sanctions on the Syrian regime. But conservatives in Washington […]
A ''Humanitarian War" on Syria? Military Escalation. Towards a Broader Middle East-Central Asian War?
NOVANEWS Part I of a three part series by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research “As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military staff officers had time for a […]
Syria: Overview and Recent Developments
NOVANEWS The Western media has played a central role in obfuscating the nature of foreign interference in Syria including outside support to armed insurgents. In chorus they have described recent events in Syria as a […]
Background: America's Ambassador Robert S. Ford Arrives in Damascus
NOVANEWS US Ambassador Robert Ford arrived in Damascus in late January 2011 at the height of the protest movement in Egypt. America’s previous Ambassador to Syria was recalled by Washington following the 2005 assassination of […]
Arab League: Hold Emergency Meeting on Syria
NOVANEWS Nabil al-Arabi, secretary general of the League of Arab States, speaks at the League’s headquarters in Cairo, on July 19, 2011. © 2011 Reuters The region is changing, and so should the Arab League. […]