Syria

Arab League, African Union and OIC sign joint statement on Palestine
International News

Summit Calls for Embargo Against Zionist Entity

November 19, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A recent gathering of two multilateral organizations, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has demanded united action to halt the genocide in Gaza and the rapidly spreading war […]
Domestic News

October 7 – Commemorating a Year of Palestinian Resistance and Struggle

October 14, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A public forum on Oct. 7, 2024 was organized by Moratorium NOW! Coalition and the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Al-Aqsa […]
Lebanon Resistance leader Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah killed by IDF
International News

Imperialism Makes Mockery of UN General Assembly

October 8, 2024 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Next year will represent the 80th anniversary of the formation of the United Nations Organization in San Francisco which took place in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Since 1945 […]
Jill Stein
Domestic News

Open Letter to Dr. Jill Stein

October 1, 2024 fwstaff
  By Syria Support Movement Up to last week, you graciously provided US voters with a clear, viable, electoral alternative to the twin war parties, namely, Democrats and Republicans. Regrettably, last Thursday, September 19th, your […]
Ismail Haniyeh during a video statement marking the 34th anniversary of the founding of the Hamas movement, December 2021
International News

Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran after Israel bombs Beirut

August 3, 2024 fwstaff
By Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada Hamas announced early Wednesday that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian faction’s political wing, was assassinated in Tehran, where he was present for the inauguration of the […]
Iran rep. at United Nations Security Council
International News

Iran Deputy Ambassador to the UN Condemns Israeli Attack on Embassy in Syria

April 9, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A deadly airstrike on the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, Syria has prompted outrage throughout the West Asia region. This attack continues a long line of atrocities committed […]
July 4 Veterans for Peace display on Michigan war dead from Afghanistan and Iraq at Grand Circus Park
Domestic News

Leaving Afghanistan: Why Not Iraq and Syria?

July 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Joe Biden announced several months ago that the United States would end its two decades-long occupation of the Central Asian state of Afghanistan. Since the attacks on the World Trade Center […]
Stop U.S. bombings of Syria and everywhere!
International News

No Bombs in Syria or Anywhere Else!

March 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Moratorium NOW! Coalition and Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) Two Detroit-based community organizations, the Moratorium NOW! Coalition and MECAWI, have been following the events inside the United States military in recent […]
UN inspectors in Syria in 2013
International News

Lies behind the U.S. invasion of Syria

January 18, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff The US-led intervention in Syria (2011 – present) was premised on the notion that President Bashar Al Assad is a monstrous dictator who murders his own people with chemical weapons. One […]
International News

Turkey Manbij offensive begins as Trump preps sanctions on Ankara

October 21, 2019 fwstaff
By Jim Carey October 14, 2019 The situation surrounding Syria is proving to be as complicated as ever as day six of Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring in northeast Syria comes to a close. Despite the […]