US Hands Off Syria
The United National Antiwar Coalition

(December 10, 2024) — Below is a statement by UNAC written on December 10.  Since, we have seen Israeli forces enter Syria and have even heard Netanyahu take credit for the fall of the Assad government.  Israel and the US have conducted hundreds of bombing raids against Syria in the past days, and there are meetings taking place to discuss how to dismantle Syria.

The rebel forces, led by a former leader of Al Queda and ISIS, Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani, have stated that they will have a “free market” economy to show their favor to the Western imperialist powers, and they have stated they want no new wars, meaning that they will not oppose Israel, and they have not spoken out against the Israel incursion into Syria and their bombing.

The US and Western media are painting a false picture that Assad was hated in Syria and that Syrians are celebrating and Syrian refugees are returning to the country. They paint a picture of this being a popular uprising, which it was not. While it may be true that some Syrians are celebrating and that some refugees have come back to the country, they do not show the masses who are leaving in fear of the new, developing Jihadi regime or the horrible assassinations and reprisals that have started and are being shown on social media.

Syria was an important part of the Axis of Resistance that was the main outside support of the Palestinians in their fight against the Israeli/US genocide. The fall of Syria is a blow to the people of Syria and Palestine. But as the UNAC statement says, the final chapter of this story has not been written.

When a people have their sovereignty violated and are oppressed, they always resist. There may be crisis in Syria for a time, but we will see the Syrian people reclaim their independence and resist the tyranny of Western imperialism and its Jihadist allies.

UNAC Statement
(December 11, 2024) — This is a moment to salute and remember the martyrs and resistance fighters in Syria, who for decades and against all odds held firm against U.S. imperialist domination.

Because imperialism has no solutions the struggle will regroup and break forth again and each time at a higher level.

After the U.S. backed surge of mercenaries and funded terrorist forces in 2011 launched the all out effort to destroy Syria, the Syrian Arab Army was able to regroup and fought heroically, with help from Hezbollah, Iran and Russia, to retake the major cities of Syria, including Aleppo on the Turkish border. But the effort to regain full control of Syria was frozen for years.

US, Turkish, and foreign mercenary forces maintained control of 1/3 Syrian territory – the vital, resource rich, oil rich agricultural base of Syria. Armies of foreign mercenary forces were paid, trained, fully outfitted in Turkey and Jordan. The U.S. maintained bases, troops and trainers in Syria. Israeli and U.S. missiles continually targeted Syrian infrastructure.

U.S. imperialism bragged for years that they were able to maintain the political isolation and especially the economic isolation of Syria through starvation sanctions and the complete denial of all reconstruction aid. There were endless funds for reconstruction in US controlled regions. Psychological and media warfare was unrelenting.

This was a decade long all-out imperialist effort to freeze, starve, hollow out the Syrian economy, until collapse.

Syria had the foresight to uplift the Axis of Resistance as the only path towards liberation from US imperialism and Zionism for the whole region. Syria’s vital defense weapons were shared with Hezbollah as part of struggle to defend  Palestine.

In UNAC we keep the bigger picture in mind. It is a global struggle on many fronts.

As Israeli tanks roll into Syria and U.S. bombers target Syrian infrastructure and mercenary forces loot hospitals and schools we remain confident that repression launches new resistance.

In this difficult moment we are determined to strengthen our solidarity with Palestine and with all countries targeted by U.S. imperialism.

We continue to demand:
•  US imperialism and its reactionary allies Out of Syria Now!
•  US Hands Off the Middle East! 
•  Self-determination for Syria! 
•  Free Palestine! From the River to the Sea! 

Click here to read the statement on Syria
From the Black Alliance for Peace