BY staff | Syria | 2/08/16
On Sept. 30, 2015, Russian planes began conducting airstrikes against rebel targets in Syria at the request of President Bashar al-Assad.
BY staff | Cuba | 12/27/15
The Syrian Arab News Agency reported Dec. 26 that Cuba is ready to meet Syria’s needs for medicine.
BY Fabian Van Onzin | Houston, TX | 12/04/15
Students and anti-war activists at the University of Houston rallied in solidarity with Syrian refugees on Dec. 4.
BY Tom Burke | Grand Rapids, MI | 12/03/15
Twenty people gathered at a busy West Michigan street corner holding signs that read, “Stop war, not refugees!” and “Refugees are welcome here,” featuring an image of the Statue of Liberty.
BY Jim Byrne | Tucson, AZ | 11/22/15
50 Tucsonans issued a warm welcome to any future Syrian refugees. The Nov. 19 demonstration came in response to the Islamophobic statement made by Republic Governor Doug Ducey.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 11/01/15
A coalition of Twin Cities area peace groups gathered Oct. 31 for an emergency protest against the sending of U.S. Special Forces troops to Syria.
BY Cassia Laham | Miami, FL | 9/05/15
For the last several days, the news media has been ablaze with graphic photos conveying the desperate situation facing thousands of Arab refugees fleeing the Middle East for asylum in Europe.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 8/09/15
To mark one year since the start of the latest U.S. military intervention in Iraq, over 60 people joined a Minneapolis anti-war protest on August 8.
BY Gage Lacharite | Tampa, FL | 3/31/15
Over a dozen students at the University of South Florida (USF) gathered outside of Russell M. Cooper Hall on campus, March 30, to condemn recent interventions by the U.S. in Venezuela, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine.
BY staff | Syria | 1/03/15
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) is reporting that the Israeli corporation, Afek Oil and Gas, is about to start drilling for oil in the occupied Syrian Golan. The Jan. 2 report states that heavy equipment has arrived at a site called Oil 5. Actual drilling is expected in two weeks
