Syria--my writings

Father Dave interviews the Grand Mufti of Syria – Dr Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun

In a mini mart yesterday afternoon, a guy patiently waiting for me to stuff my cucumbers and other groceries into my bag and clear out of the way, pointed at my wristband with surprise. “I couldn’t wear that here,” he smiles. Aha, gut feeling confirmed: Syrian. Another man shows up, his brother, and we get chatting.
They now work at the construction site across the road but are from a Jabal al-Shaykh area village.

Ramsey Clark and US delegation meet with four French representatives, ” naughty Frenchmen, against our government.”
-By Eva Bartlett, Mar 22, 2015

Mar 15, 2015, Eva Bartlett, Russia Today
[re-published at: Dissident Voice and in Arabic at Dr. Shaaban’s FB page]

**belatedly-penned thoughts on June 2014 visit to Ma’loula. As the Syrian Arab Army and allies continue to fight western-sponsored terrorism in Syria, it is important to recall the victory of places like Ma’loula, which faced the west’s **absolutely** non-“moderates” for 8 months before victory. 
 

Fourteen year old girl from Arihah, Idlib, critical condition after hit by mortar shrapnel.
From February 24-26, 2015, I joined a US delegation of 6 anti-war activists—including, notably, former Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, as well as former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and long-time anti-war advocate Sara Flounders, of the International Action Center—in a solidarity visit to Damascus.