The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
Syria’s Prisoners: Absent but Never Forgotten
A recent report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) estimates that the number of detainees is likely to exceed 215,000. 99 per cent of these have been detained by Syrian regime forces. by Leila Al-Shami June 14, 2017 This article was originally...
The Threat of Wider Wars in the Middle East and the Responsibilities of Socialists
The coming together of Qatar, Iran and Turkey against Saudi Arabia and its allies, showed that coalitions now forming to compete with each other are not strictly based on the Shi’a-Sunni divide. The alliances currently confronting each other are fighting over the...
The Other Iran’s Views on the May 2017 Presidential Election
At a time when the Trump administration’s bellicose language about Iran is raising serious concerns, it is important not to equate opposition to U.S. imperialism with support for Iran’s repressive regime and its own regional imperialist wars. There is an Other Iran...
New Peace Coalition in Los Angeles
In contrast to the authoritarian left, we oppose and organize against the machinations not only of U.S. imperialism and its subimperialist allies like Israel and Saudi Arabia, but also those of Russian imperialism and of subimperialist powers like Iran. Thus, we...
Blogger Provides Proof that Assad Regime Carried Out the Chemical Bombing in Khan Sheikhoun
Socialist blogger, Clay Claiborne, carefully examines what happened on the morning of 4 April 2017 in Khan Sheikhoun that left more than eighty people dead from sarin poisoning. He will start with the people in Khan Sheikhoun, those that both witnessed and suffered...
Iranian Student Challenges Iran’s Syria Intervention
Iranian student challenges Hassan Abbasi, "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" officer and supporter of Iran's intervention in Syria: "Your theory is supporting the dictator and murderous Bashar Al-Assad". This was during an election debate in Tabriz University....
Alliance of Syrian & Iranian Socialists’ Statement on Assad’s Chemical Bombing & Trump’s Latest Airstrikes
The Trump administration’s April 6 targeted missile strike on the Syrian airbase from which the chemical attack was launched, is not a reflection of any genuine concern for the Syrian people. It will not help the struggle against the Assad regime, ISIS and Al...
SYRIA AND THE LEFT
The starting point is to have an open and sincere conversation with Syrian activists who, because of the war and because of the revolution, have been exiled and are present in almost every society on earth. Many of them were involved to different degrees with the...
The New Balance of Terror in Syria
The scorched-earth war of the Assad dictatorship, backed by allies Russia and Iran, against the Syrian Revolution has attained a critical victory with the conquest of the rebellion stronghold of Eastern Aleppo. Now the left must place a premium on understanding the...