Syria

Wikileaks, the Israeli embassy takeover, and the US normalization project

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 05:10
The US project for normalization with the the Israeli colonizing and apartheid regime was dealt a severe blow last Friday when protesters battered down the walls of the Israeli embassy in Cairo and even managed to break into the embassy’s offices.

Aid efforts begin for Palestinians pushed from Syria refugee camp

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 12:12

Aid efforts have begun for some of the thousands of Palestinians forced to flee from a refugee camp in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia earlier this week.

Thousands of Palestinians flee refugee camp near Latakia, Syria - UNRWA

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 13:17

Thousands of Palestinian refugees have fled their camp in the city of Latakia on Syria’s Mediterranean coast amid an assault in the area by Syrian forces, UNRWA Spokesman Chris Gunness told The Electronic Intifada by telephone from Gaza.

How CNN helped spread a hoax about Syrian babies dying in incubators

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 05:27

A disturbing story is circulating on social networks and the media that a number of premature babies died in their incubators when Syrian forces cut off electricity to hospitals during their assault on the city of Hama. Evidence suggests it is a cruel hoax, and the pictures of the “dead babies” widely circulated online are false.

Eyewitness: Golan Heights demonstrators just wanted to return home

Adri Nieuwhof
21 July 2011
The bloodbath in the occupied Golan Heights on Nakba Day could have been worse if it wasn’t for a medical team led by Taiseer Maray.

Learning capoeira in the shadow of Israel's wall

5 July 2011
The Bidna Capoeira project aims to help children cope with trauma by learning capoeira, an age-old Afro-Brazilian martial art.

Gaza family exiled to Syria and Libya looks back

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
21 June 2011
Abdelhai al-Khaldi and his family were among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the 1967 war, or who emigrated afterwards in search of work. Al-Khaldi and his wife spoke of their life of displacement to The Electronic Intifada contributor Rami Almeghari.

The case for UN recognition of Palestine

Victor Kattan
13 June 2011
Victor Kattan argues that UN membership for a State of Palestine would be a strategic asset to the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, although there are risks involved.

New evidence about Amina, the "Gay Girl in Damascus" hoax

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 09:24

Ali Abunimah and Benjamin Doherty have gathered compelling new evidence regarding the “Gay Girl in Damascus” blogger hoax.

Update on protests, killings in Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 17:26

More information is emerging about events in Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus, Syria.

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