The “War” Against Daesh(ISIS): A Military Strategy Doomed to Political Failure
by Joseph Daher Abstract: On June 30, the Obama administration proposed a new agreement on Syria with the Russian government. This agreement would deepen military cooperation between the two countries against Daesh and Al Qaida but not against the fascistic Assad...
Lessons of the Syrian Revolution for Iranians: A Review of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War
Five years after the Syrian Revolution, many Iranians are still wondering why a popular revolution which demanded democracy, justice and equality turned into a holocaust of the Syrian people. Why was Bashar al-Assad’s fascistic regime able to remain in power? Why...
Radio Zamaneh’s Interview About the Alliance of Syrian & Iranian Socialists
Radio Zamaneh, a Persian-language human rights station and website in Holland conducted an interview with Joseph Daher and Frieda Afary. Date of publication: May 31, 2016 Persian source: https://www.radiozamaneh.com/280709 Introduction by Zamaneh Editors: There is...
What peace process in Syria?
by Joseph Daher May 25, 2016 Source: http://peacenews.org/2016/05/26/peace-process-syria-joe-daher/ Any peace process must allow the establishment of a transition without Assad and his partners at the head of the state, and for a Syria that is democratic, social,...
The Anti-War Left 100 Years Ago vs. the Anti-War Left Today
Ben Norton March 23, 2015 Source: http://bennorton.com/the-anti-war-left-100-years-ago-vs-the-anti-war-left-today/ Alliance Editors' Note: Today's global powers and regional powers in the Middle East are in agreement about maintaining the Assad regime(possibly...
Solidarity with the resistance of political prisoners in Syria, Iran and throughout the Middle East
By Joseph Daher May 15, 2016 The repressive policies and actions of authoritarian regimes to crush popular movements and any forms of resistance have increased the number of political prisoners throughout the region during the past few years. The activists and...
Solidarity with Aleppo and Popular Democratic Resistance in Syria
Joseph Daher May 10, 2016 Source: http://peacenews.org/2016/05/10/solidarity-aleppo-popular-democratic-resistance-syria-joseph-daher/ *Assad Tells Putin he will crush resistance • Democratic civilian infrastructure the main target of Assad-Russian forces • Political...
Aleppo Burning: On Russian & Syrian Regime Bombardment of Democratic Opposition
Interview with Joseph Daher by Stanley Heller of "The Struggle" news magazine in the USA. May 2, 2016 https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/aleppo-is-burning-interview-with-joseph-daher/
How Assad Helped Jihadists
Suspects into Collaborators Peter Neumann argues that Assad has himself to blame Reprinted from the London Review of Books http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n07/peter-neumann/suspects-into-collaborators April 3, 2014 No one doubts that jihadist groups in Syria draw on...