Tag Archives: syria

Are the Saudis really going to support Syria?!

Posted on January 26, 2023 by fatherdave

I had resigned myself to never having a nice word to say about the house of Saud. Even so, the recent initiatives taken by the Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) seem to be genuinely progressive. He even seems to … Continue reading →

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Boxers for Peace Syria 2019 video archive

Posted on July 30, 2019 by fatherdave

One way we remember events that are important to us is through video. Below is an archive of a dozen videos from our June/July trip to Syria. I have ordered the videos chronologically:

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The Gassing Game in Syria: Regime Change and Beyond

Posted on April 19, 2017 by fatherdave

This excellent analysis of the latest crisis in Syria is penned by my friend, Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, President of the International Movement for a Just World. Father Dave THE GASSING GAME IN SYRIA: REGIME CHANGE AND BEYOND By Chandra Muzaffar … Continue reading →

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Regime changers declare war on Congresswoman

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Jim Maher

RISING US political star Tulsi Gabbard has been linked to Nazis and labelled a “dictator’s stooge” after daring to promote a peace agenda for war-ravaged Syria. The Hawaiian Congresswoman set off a firestorm when she advocated a break with the … Continue reading →

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Beyond tolerance – Syria as a model for religious integration and harmony

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Jim Maher

Father Dave has just returned from a moving visit to war-ravaged Syria. One of the hard lessons he learned is that, in the face of aggressive, ‘takfiri’ Islam, Australians might need to rethink their attitudes to religious tolerance. DIVINE Service … Continue reading →

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New year blighted by old problems

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Jim Maher

As the latest ceasefire settled across Syria’s killing fields, Father Dave and several other Australians of goodwill, were in the air. He put these thoughts together as a new Damascus year struggled to kick clear of the shadows of dark … Continue reading →

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Fathers – don’t let your daughters grow up to be women

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Jim Maher

FATHERS in Eastern Aleppo are asking religious scholars if it is cool to kill their daughters before they are “captured and raped by Assad, Hezbollah, and Iranian militias”, Middle East Monitors reports. The publication, sometimes accused of links with the … Continue reading →

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Aleppo – where media ethics curled up and croaked

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Jim Maher

AS SYRIAN loyalists danced in the streets of newly-liberated Aleppo, western propaganda unleashed a chorus of anger from every shiny weapon in its high-tech arsenal. The big guns – Al Jazeera, the BBC, CNN, Fox News, even Australia’s ABC – … Continue reading →

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Rebel, rebel – how couldn’t they know?

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Jim Maher

SUDDENLY, late in the Syrian day, one mainstream western news outlet is taking baby steps towards honouring the claim in its title. The Independent’s Robert Fisk has joined colleague, Patrick Cockburn, in calling bullshit on key elements of the propaganda … Continue reading →

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Media turns its guns on Syria

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Jim Maher

  In war, truth is the first casualty THE QUOTE above is generally attributed to a Greek bloke called Aeschylus, a dramatist churning out blockbusters a good 500 years before Jesus Christ walked the earth. In the American age, however, … Continue reading →

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