Safaa Syria: They Sold the Golan for a Forged Certificate, and Called It Peace

Syria News contributor Safaa Syria, writing back to the site from inside the wound, refuses to let the world call this "progress."

On the sidelines of the recent NATO summit in Turkey, Trump summoned Al Qaeda HTS commander and former deputy commander of ISIS Abu Mohammad Al-Jolani and his foreign minister, and spewed the full recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan in front of the terrorists' delegation, dressed up as American generosity: a promise to finally scrub Syria off Washington's terrorism list after 47 years.

Al Qaeda HTS's Foreign Ministry called it the closing of a "dark chapter." Safaa calls it what it actually is: a forged certificate of good conduct, purchased with land that was never Israel's or Jolani's, to be traded away.

Safaa walks through the nineteen months since Al Qaeda HTS took Damascus without a fight — the dollar back at war-time highs, sixty percent of minority public employees fired before the "raises" arrived, electricity priced out of reach of anyone without a salary, hundreds of hectares of Syrian wheat fields burned to keep bread an import, and the new regime's own oil fields sold back to citizens at world price.

Ten bombings in Damascus in a single week, one near the low-rated Macron while he shook Al-Jolani's hand, the worst bombing gutted a cafe behind the Justice Palace. She asks the only honest question left: Is this what liberation from terrorism looks like?

Don't let anyone tell you the lie of selling the Golan to Israel died quietly with Hafez Al-Assad's name attached to it; it was buried in silence, along with everyone who spread it for years and never apologized: The Golan Was Sold With a Forged Certificate of Good Conduct.

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Calling on Putin to Save Russia's Credibility: Petition to Free Syrian Political Detainees

For over two decades, Russia under President Putin has risen up from the horrible status the dismemberment of the USSR left it in but that was not solely with Russia's own efforts, if it was not for Syria and in particular, for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad rejection of the Western traps to isolate Russia when it was in its weakest status, and withstanding the enormous pressure with massive sacrifices by the Syrian people, Russia might have been dismembered further into many more republics.

How Russia, especially the Russian presidency under Mr. Putin, paid back Syria or at least stood by Syria when Syria was attacked, and mostly because it refused to isolate Russia, is a cause of shame that will forever stain the views of the Syrian people and many across the planet on Russia.

Russia turned from a leading light of hope supporting countries in the face of Western imperialism into a backstabber, and seller of those same allies who trusted the country with the rich history which was invaded and betrayed by its 'Western partners' repeatedly, turned under the Zionist-leaning Chabad Lubavitch control into an example of betrayal from Iraq to Libya, Venezuela, Syria, and now Iran, also remembering Cuba, and even the people of the Donbas in Ukraine, no good examples.

However, this is a plea to whatever decency is left in the Russian leadership to do the right thing and like how they sold out Syria for cheap to Turkey and for free to Israel, at least save the Syrian officials persecuted by those same terrorists Mr. Putin wanted to 'combat in Syria rather on the streets of Moscow or St. Petersberg' as he justified Russia's interference in Syria in late September 2015.

You might think the criticism of Russia in the Petition I wrote is a bit harsh, trust me, it's not even scratching the surface of the betrayal the Syrian people are feeling, who not only lost hundreds of thousands of their relatives, had their coutnry destroyed, and millions maimed and displaced in the 13.5 years of war against the same terrorists that Mr. Putin wanted to combat, they continue to face persecution and massacres on daily basis.

The Petition, should you feel humane and help spread, hoping it'll reach Mr. Putin eventually and not too late: A Petition to Russian President Putin Regarding Syria.

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Stefan Heuer to Syria: They Want You Forgotten, We Refuse

Prominent German historian and political analyst Stefan Heuer wrote this letter to his Syrian friend still living under the boot of the world's filthiest filths — Al Qaeda HTS and their puppet master Al-Julani, who was handed Damascus by the same NATO criminals, their Turkish attack dog Erdogan, the backstabbing Russia, and Gulf despots who spent 13.5 years financing the most horrific terror war ever waged against a people.

Stefan writes with the pain of someone who has followed Syria's tragedy closely and personally, and his words carry the weight of a man who understands that what happened to Syria was not a revolution, not a civil war, but a carefully engineered destruction of a sovereign nation by the most criminal alliance in modern history.

What makes Stefan's letter worth reading is that he does not sugarcoat, does not diplomatically dance around the truth, and does not pretend the Western media's silence on Syria's ongoing suffering is accidental — it is deliberate, it is criminal, and he says so plainly. He sees through the perfumed handshakes at the White House and the glossy media rebranding of a terrorist into a statesman, and he refuses to let the world forget.

Read the full letter on Syria News, share it widely, and keep talking about Syria — the least we can do for the Syrian people is refuse to be silent like the complicit Western mainstream media that is paid to look the other way while a nation is being slowly exterminated: The Fight for Syria’s Soul is Not Over.

Al Qaeda HTS Nominates a Terrorist as an Ambassador to Egypt, Gets Rejected

Egyptian authorities didn't like the ambassador nominated by Syria's Al Qaeda affiliate, HTS; they deemed him unsuitable for such a high diplomatic post.

The Egyptians made it clear in a cable to Al Qaeda HTS occupying Syria that their nominated individual is rejected based on his terrorist past, despite being a former student at Cairo University.

Unlike the welcoming of the commander of Al Qaeda HTS Julani by the US president, European leaders and top officials, the Russian president, who praised his work (!), and others, the Egyptians have standards for those they deal with, especially if they are linked to the anti-Islamic Muslim Brotherhood radical organization.

More in this report: Egypt Rejects Syrian Al Qaeda HTS-Nominated Ambassador

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The Shah's Son in Berlin: He Wants Power, West Wants Oil

When the son of the last Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, recently visited Berlin and criticized the German government for not doing enough to help him take power, prominent German historian Stefan Heuer looked deeper.

Mr. Heuer addresses the historic context starting with the 1953 CIA-MI6 coup that removed Iran's democratic prime minister Mossadegh. That coup brought back Reza's father as a puppet of Western oil companies and a faithful slave for Israel. The article explains how the West always supports dictators if they serve Western interests, just like today in Syria and Ukraine.

Mr. Heuer shows how Reza Pahlavi now works with the same friends – the United States and Israel. He even supported Israeli and US attacks on his own country, Iran and called Iranian children murdered by his buddies "collateral damage."

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Reza is linked to a violent movement among Iranian exiles and a suspicious murder in Canada, Mr. Heuer highlights. But the West still wants to use him as a face for regime change because Iranian oil must flow to Western markets, along with the vast wealth of a nation of almost 100 million people.

This is a strong and honest article that everyone should read: Reza Pahlavi’s Berlin Visit: A Prince of Unholy Alliances

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