Syria

Disreputable outlets, often operating under the aegis of “independent journalism” with purportedly “leftwing” views, are spreading corrosive propaganda and disinformation that aims to strip Syrians of political agency   The years since Russia intervened in Syria on behalf of Bashar al-Assad have been marked by a curious and malign development: the...

On December 17th 2010, the fruit salesman Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to his own body in protest against both the seizure of his apples and police corruption in the rural city of Sidi Bouzid, in the Tunisian inland. By Fábio Bosco   In a few days, the protests spread over the whole...

After nine years of destruction and massacres to stop a democratic people’s revolution, both foreign occupying powers and Syrian regime face hardness to rule the country and future is uncertain.   By Hassan al-Barazili   Occupation under World Recession   Syria is an occupied country today. The World Recession brought new challenges for the...

Ten months ago, the Armed Forces of the Syrian Dictatorship and their Russian and Iranian allies began a cowardly and criminal offensive to regain control of the northern province of Idlib.   By Hasan al-Barazili   On the grounds that the Turkish regime does not comply with Sochi's agreement on the free movement...

Few individuals have caused as much sheer human suffering in Syria as Qassem Soleimani, the powerful Iranian warlord assassinated on Friday. By Al-Jumhuriya website In many ways, the life of Qassem Soleimani—the immensely powerful Iranian operative killed by a US Reaper drone near Baghdad airport on 3 January—mirrored that of Iran’s Islamic...

The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS), a London-based human rights NGO formed in 2012, reported on 9 July that 3,987 Palestinian refugees in Syria have been killed since 2011, the beginning of the revolution and the war in the Arab country. By Fabio Bosco Out of the 3,987, 1,422...

On April 28, 2019 Russian and Syrian air force began heavy bombardment against the province of Idlib and contiguous rural areas in the provinces of Hama and Homs in northern Syria. By Fábio Bosco According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights between April 30 and June 20, 2019, there were...

Brazilian and Arab activists held a beautiful action in solidarity to the Syrian population under siege and bombs in Idlib. By CSP-Conlutas Media Workgroup Carrying a huge flag of the Syrian revolution, they demonstrated in the main avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They denounced the criminal actions by Syrian regime and their...

CSP-Conlutas members stood in solidarity with Arab revolutions in Sao Paulo workers’ day rally on May 1. By CSP-Conlutas Media Workgroup May 6, 2019 They were portraying the flags of Algeria, Sudan, Palestine and Syrian revolutions. On May 5, CSP-Conlutas national coordination passed a motion in solidarity to the Palestinian in Gaza who...

By CSP-Conlutas The movie “Cries From Syria” was displayed at Beit Dirceu Travesso of Arab Culture, a small center near Sao Paulo downtown. At the same place there were a homage for Syrian martyrs: the socalled Douma 4 (Razan Zeitouneh, Samira Khalil, Wael and Nazim Hamadeh) and Hamza al-Khatib, Aylan al-Kurdi,...