Syria

Syria strike shows the callousness of our rulers

17 April 2018
Missiles were launched against Syria as all the imperial powers jockey for their position in the carve up

Big protests oppose airstrikes in Syria

16 April 2018
Hundreds of people protested outside parliament and across Britain this evening after Theresa May attempted to justify bombing Syria.

The attacks on Syria will only bring more horror

14 April 2018
The US, Britain and France have launched missile strikes on Syrian targets.

British intervention in Syria could lead to a war between Iran and Israel

13 April 2018
Donald Trump and his hangers on Theresa May and French president Emmanuel Macron have paused attacking Syria—for now.

Our rulers’ sickening hypocrisy over Syria

10 April 2018
The bluster and grandstanding of Western leaders over horrific deaths in Syria gets ever more hypocritical, ghoulish—and dangerous.

British soldier’s death in Syria shows how West lies over its interventions

03 April 2018
A British SAS soldier was killed in Syria last week—despite a vote in parliament against British army intervention there.

How revolution turned to horror in eastern Ghouta

21 March 2018
Jad Bouharoun traces the rise and fall of the rebellion on the outskirts of Damascus

Turkey ready to assault besieged city of Afrin

13 March 2018
Turkish soldiers looked set to launch an assault on the Kurdish-held city of Afrin in northern Syria this week

How the crisis in Syria was caused by imperialist ambition

23 February 2018
The Syrian regime’s horrific bombing in Ghouta is the legacy of a defeated revolution and a struggle for power over the Middle East

Syrian tragedy risks bigger imperialist clash

20 February 2018
Syria is undoubtedly the most dangerous place in the world at the moment.

The Middle East is on the brink of a major imperial clash

13 February 2018
Israel took the Middle East one step closer to a major war last weekend

Imperialism won’t end Kurdish agony

23 January 2018
In a Middle East tormented by the domination of Western imperialism, the Kurdish people have been among the greatest victims.

As Boris Johnson calls for more Middle East intervention - get the Tories out

07 December 2017
Not wishing to be outdone by Donald Trump, foreign secretary Boris Johnson has said that Britain should return to the Middle East.

Is Putin pulling the strings?

18 November 2017
Politicians and commentators seem to think anything that goes wrong can be blamed on Russian spybots on Twitter. But the truth is scarier still, warns Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Stop the drive to a new war in Middle East

14 November 2017
The prospect of another war hangs over the Middle East—this time in Lebanon.

Sharp rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran forces out leader of Lebanon

07 November 2017

Trump goads Iran in race to grab Syrian territories

17 October 2017
US president Donald Trump is edging closer to conflict with Iran as the two states jostle for control in Syria.

Western bombs slaughter civilians in Raqqa

26 August 2017
The Western-backed offensive to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Isis has killed “hundreds of civilians”.

Lebanese socialist activists targeted after call for solidarity with Syrian refugees

17 July 2017
Activists from the Socialist Forum in Lebanon are facing a campaign of threats and intimidation after they called for a protest in solidarity with Syrian refugees.