Daily Archives: May 27, 2023

2023-05-27: News Headlines

Kusai M Alsalhanie, Fatai Oluyadi (2023-05-27). Correspondence] An open letter from Syrian to Ukrainian war-displaced medical students. thelancet.com In my fifth year of medical school, staying in Syria was no longer safe. Medical facilities, including teaching hospitals, were systematically targeted and health-care providers were detained, tortured, and subsequently killed. The theme of those days was waiting for the unknown. I spent every minute preparing my mind for the worst. In the recollection of the why, when, and how, the recurring memory was the moment when I was forced to leave the only home I had ever known. The theme thereafter became foreignness.

unitedEditor (2023-05-27). The CHP's dangerous plan for Syria. unitedworldint.com Kemal Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who is Erdoƒüan's rival in the run-off Turkish presidential elections, is now frequently emphasizing the refugee issue in his speeches. Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu states that they will send the refugees back thanks to the money promised by the EU and through an agreement with the Syrian state. …

Mohammad Ayesh (2023-05-27). Arabic press review: Egyptian wrestler flees to France, sparking questions about salaries. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Egyptian wrestler flees to France, sparking questions about salaries | Meanwhile, Sudan has reverted to manual banking systems and Turkish-Qatari cooperation brings homes to northern Syria | Sat, 05/27/2023 – 11: 49 | Ukraine's Parviz Nasibov (red) wrestles Egypt's Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed in their semi-final match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (AFP) | Egyptian w…

Asian American Legal Defense, Education Fund. (2023-05-26). Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional, Discriminatory Law. popularresistance.org Tallahassee, Florida — A group of Chinese citizens who live, work, study, and raise families in Florida, as well as a real estate brokerage firm in Florida that primarily serves clients of Chinese descent, are filing a lawsuit to combat Florida's discriminatory property law, SB 264. Signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the legislation unfairly restricts most Chinese citizens — and most citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea — from purchasing homes in the state. Unless the courts act, the law will take effect on July 1, 2023. | The plaintiffs are represented by the American Civ…

Ian Sinclair (2023-05-26). The U.S. invasion and occupation of Syria that 'never happened'. peoplesworld.org "It never happened. Nothing ever happened. Even while it was happening it wasn't happening. It didn't matter. It was of no interest. The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them." Sadly, Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize for Literature lecture continues to be as relevant today as …

infobrics (2023-05-26). Brown University studies find US post-9/11 aggression killed, displaced up to 65 million people. infobrics.org According to the University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, illegal and truly unprovoked US invasions of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Pakistan in the last over two decades have resulted in at least 4.5-4.6 million deaths, while anywhere between 38 and 60 million people have been displaced.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-26). Russian Airstrikes Hit Syria's Greater Idlib For First Time In Over Five Months (Photos). southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On May 26, Russian warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is controlled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups, for the first time in more than five months. | At least four airstrikes hit the outskirts of the towns of Fleifel and Sufuhon in Zawiya Mounta…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-26). Syrian Army Kills HTS Commander On Greater Idlib Front. southfront.org © Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev | On May 35, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) killed a field commander of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The commander, Abu Omar Darayya, was killed when SAA artillery strikes hit a position he was manning near the town of Kabani in the northern Lattakia countryside. The town is a stronghold of HTS and several other terrorist groups, including the Turkistan Islamic Party and Ajnad al-Kavk…

Elis Gjevori (2023-05-26). Turkey's anti-refugee landscape leaves Syrians with just one choice. middleeasteye.net Turkey's anti-refugee landscape leaves Syrians with just one choice | Syrians in Turkey have had to navigate the election campaign with caution, as they pin their hopes on one result | Fri, 05/26/2023 – 19: 09 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves as he addresses a speech during his campaign rally in the Sultangazi district of Istanbul, on 12 May 2023 (AFP) | Campaign posters dotting the s…

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-26). Pentagon Keeping America Safe… Blowing Up Syrian Sheepherder Father of 10. antiwar.com

Pauline Ertel (2023-05-26). Syria: Outrage at AFP over 'whitewashing' Asma al-Assad photos. middleeasteye.net

Staff (2023-05-26). Chile Appoints New Ambassador to Venezuela After 7 Years (+Brazil). orinocotribune.com Caracas, May 25, 2023 ( As Chile's new represent…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-05-26). Inicia festival de Cosecha de la Rosa de Damasco en Siria. telesurtv.net La primera dama de Siria, Asma Al-Assad, asistió al evento y compartió con los agricultores la recolección de su rosa nacional.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-26). Oman Mediates Prisoner Swap Between Iran, Belgium. southfront.org Tehran, Iran. Via Business Traveler | On May 26, Belgium freed an Iranian diplomat convicted of planning a bombing in France under a prisoner swap deal that was brokered by Oman. | The initial announcement of the deal by Oman state television did not identify the prisoners being swapped. However, it became later known that Brussels released Iranian diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, in exchange for a Belgian aid worker named Olivier Vandecasteele who was held by Tehran."Those released were transferred from Tehran and Bruss…

Areeb Ullah (2023-05-26). Hajj: UK quota cut to create fairer system, Saudi ambassador tells MPs. middleeasteye.net

Anonymous669 (2023-05-26). Hezbollah Secretary-General Threatens Israel With 'Grand War'. southfront.org Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah during his annual Resistance and Liberation Day speech. Via Al-Manar TV. | On May 25, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah threatened Israel with a "grand war," in response to recent warnings to Lebanon from officials in Tel Aviv. | In his annual Resistance and Liberation Day speech, which marks the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon 23 years ago, Nasrallah said Israeli leaders should "be careful and not make wrong calculations." | Israel…

Yusuf Selman Inanc (2023-05-27). Turkey elections: Kilicdaroglu's dilemma of keeping support of 'ultranationalists' and Kurds. middleeasteye.net Turkey elections: Kilicdaroglu's dilemma of keeping support of 'ultranationalists' and Kurds | Kurds reluctant to vote for opposition leader as he courts far-right party ahead of election run-off | Sat, 05/27/2023 – 09: 35 | Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu (R) with the leader of the Victory Party, Umit Ozdag, in Ankara, on 19 May 2023 (AFP) | The pro-Kurdish Party of…

WSWS (2023-05-26). HDP, pseudo-left back anti-refugee, anti-Kurdish candidate Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu in Turkish elections. wsws.org The Kurdish-nationalist HDP is backing Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu's right-wing campaign even after he pledged to attack the democratic rights of Kurds and refugees.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-27). Global solidarity event in Lebanon: Palestine is the cause of all. plenglish.com The participants of the event discussed the confrontation with the ambitions of the West and the United States, the centrality of the Palestinian cause and the urgency of moving towards a multipolar order. | The positions of solidarity towards Palestine on the part of intellectuals, popular communicators, academics and journalists focused on strengthening unity, rejecting normalization of relations with Israel, and demanding greater condemnation from the international community. | Lisandro Brusco, militant of the Movimiento Amplio de Izquierda-Rosario of Argentina, stressed the need to strengthen the resistance…

Unicorn Riot (2023-05-26). Revolution in Every Country Comic Series: Episode 3 — Lebanon: On the Necessity of Intersectionality. unicornriot.ninja

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