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Emmanuel Florac

Peace for Syria. Not a piece of Syria

#geopolitics #imperialism #war #Syria

For 13 years, Syria has been engulfed in unimaginable suffering, with its people enduring war, displacement, and oppression. The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime – a symbol of systematic human rights violations including imprisonment, torture, and murder – has sparked hope. Yet, this moment demands more than hope. It demands action.

The international community must finally confront the tragic reality of Syria: a nation treated as a chessboard by global powers, where the people’s humanity is overshadowed by the pursuit of geopolitical advantage. From Russia and Iran to Turkey, the United States, NATO, Israel, and Qatar, these players have exploited Syria, each backing factions to further their own interests. These interventions have fuelled sectarian violence, displaced millions, and committed crimes against humanity, all while leaving Syrians to grapple with unending loss and despair.

It is time to say enough. Enough of treating Syria as a prize to be divided. Enough of forced displacement and the endless deaths at Europe’s borders. Enough of racism in countries meant to be places of refuge. The cycle of normalised violence must end.

https://diem25.org/peace-for-syria-not-a-piece-of-syria/

Peace for Syria. Not a piece of Syria

The international community must finally confront the tragic reality of Syria: a nation treated as a chessboard by global powers

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wazoox@diasp.eu
Emmanuel Florac

In Syria dirty war, “our side” has won - by Aaron Maté

#geopolitics #imperialism #war #Syria

Biden and his team of Obama administration veterans, who began the CIA war against Syria in 2011, now find themselves leaving office just as their regime change project achieves its goal. After hundreds of thousands of deaths, millions of refugees, and a country decimated – all so that a secular dictator could be replaced by a former leader of Al Qaeda -- it will not be a surprise if Biden and his aides soon stop taking credit for the fact that “our side” has won.

https://www.aaronmate.net/p/in-syria-dirty-war-our-side-has-won

In Syria dirty war, “our side” has won

The overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and his replacement by the leader of an "Al Qaeda spin-off", fulfills a more than decade-long, US-led regime change campaign.

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anonymiss

#Ukraine’s #Drone Boats Are Now #Shooting Machine Guns At Russian Helicopters, Boats

Source: https://www.twz.com/sea/ukraines-drone-boats-are-now-shooting-machine-guns-at-enemy-helicopters-boats

When it comes to the actual #weapon systems on the Sea Babies, they are “equipped with large-caliber machine guns” of unspecified types and “with ballistic programs for automatic guidance and auto-capture of targets,” according to the SSU/SBU video caption.

The automatic shot is of course not mentioned here because it would sound too dystopian and Ukraine is of course the good guys in the western narrative.

#news #technology #ai #Skynet #war #terror #robot #terminator #kill #humanrights #ethics #humanity #russia #future

Ukraine's Drone Boats Are Now Shooting Machine Guns At Russian Helicopters, Boats

Machine gun-armed Sea Baby uncrewed vessels have emerged amid growing Russian efforts to stymie Ukraine's kamikaze drone boat attacks.

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anonymiss

UN rights chief urges accountability in #Syria, sees huge chance for fair transition

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-rights-chief-urges-accountability-syria-sees-huge-chance-fair-transition-2024-12-09/

"We will need to make sure that those who are responsible for these violations, be it on the side of the previous #government, the #president and others, but also all others who are #responsible for #violations - that they are brought to account," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights #VolkerTurk told a #Geneva #press briefing, calling for meticulous preservation of evidence.

As always, everything is cleared up and the butchers of #humanity are accused except of course US #war #crimes in Syria and #CIA #torture, which has been proven to have taken place in Syria. Because everyone knows that the US is above the #law and only the others are accused.

#news #uno #usa #justice #humanrights #fail #World #crime #Problem #politics #military

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Bert Ernste • NL | BR

Disappearing Genocide: BBC ‘Balance’ Between Perpetrator Israel And Palestinian Victims After Damning Amnesty Report

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(...) By contrast, last week’s devastating Amnesty International report stating that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, detailed in a carefully-documented 296-page report, received only token ‘mainstream’ media coverage. (...)

In a sane world, such a powerful indictment by the world’s most prestigious human rights organisation would receive intensive, widespread and continuing news coverage and commentary. (...)

In the real world, when they covered the report at all, ‘mainstream’ news reports gave ample room to Israel’s crazed denunciations of Amnesty as a ‘deplorable and fanatical organisation’ that had issued a report that was ‘entirely false and based on lies’. (...)

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Israeli Holocaust Scholar Says This IS Genocide
Finally, consider the recent powerful statement by Amos Goldberg, an Israeli Professor of Holocaust Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem:

‘For nearly 30 years I have researched and taught the Holocaust, genocide and state violence.

‘And I want to tell whoever is willing to listen that what’s happening now in Gaza is a genocide.’ (...)

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Tags: #english #amnesty #genocide #gaza #israel #palestine #palestinians #occupied_territories #war #war_crimes #bbc #guardian #lobby #media #news #journalism #journalist

Disappearing Genocide: BBC ‘Balance’ Between Perpetrator Israel And Palestinian Victims After Damning Amnesty Report

Imagine that the world’s largest and most respected human rights group issued a report detailing Russian war crimes in Ukraine and concluding that Russia was committing genocide. Western news media would devote massive coverage to the report....

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wazoox@diasp.eu
Emmanuel Florac

Devant la guerre - by Branko Milanovic

#history #geopolitics #imperialism #war

As this brief description makes clear similarities with today’s situation are many. Whereas the conclusion of the Cold War did not have an official ending similar to Versailles, its main contours reproduced Versailles. The satisfied powers, the winners of the Cold War, were the US, UK, France and foremost Germany that regained unity. On the other hand, the “New World Order” produced one large power (Russia) that was from the very beginning unsatisfied with the outcome, especially since Russia, like Germany in 1918, did not at all feel defeated. From the very beginning when under Yeltsin the country was half-destroyed and internationally behaved more or less like a US vassal, Russia was resentful of one aspect of the victors’ policies: the extension of their military alliance to Russia’s borders.

https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/devant-la-guerre

Devant la guerre

On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"