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Damascus Trade Fair and Festival of the Cross Mark the Return of Peace to Much of Syria

Eva Bartlett attends the Damascus International Trade fair and the annual Maaloula Festival of the Cross to see how Syrians in areas liberated from jihadi rule are defiantly celebrating their new found freedoms. September 24, 2018, Mint Press News by Eva Bartlett DAMASCUS and MAALOULA, SYRIA — (Report) In April 2018 I returned to Syria,… Read More Damascus Trade Fair and Festival of the Cross Mark the Return of Peace to Much of Syria

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Addressing The Rebel’s Distorted and Lying Report on The Toronto (2018) Al Quds Day Protest

  On Al Quds Day in Toronto, Canadians from many faiths and backgrounds came out in solidarity with Palestinians who have been and continue to be brutally oppressed by Israel. Notably, in recent months elite Israeli army snipers have gunned down unarmed Palestinian protesters, including medics, photographers, children. Corporate media describes these as ‘clashes’ and… Read More Addressing The Rebel’s Distorted and Lying Report on The Toronto (2018) Al Quds Day Protest

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the myth of sectarianism in Syria

In his latest interview, with RT’s Murad Gazdiev, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed the question of whether Sunnis are oppressed in Syria, as corporate and Gulf media so often allege. President Assad replied: “…the first narrative when it started, internationally–mainly in the West of course–and within Syria, in some mainstream media’s in our region and… Read More Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the myth of sectarianism in Syria

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Episode #221 – ‘Trouble Over There’ with host Patrick Henningsen & guest Eva Bartlett

February 11, 2018, 21st Century Wire “This week the SUNDAY WIRE broadcasts LIVE as host Patrick Henningsen discusses this week’s top stories from the US, Europe and beyond. In the first hour we’ll cover the this week’s frightening trifecta: the the downing of an Israeli jet by Syria Army, the US airstrike in Syria which… Read More Episode #221 – ‘Trouble Over There’ with host Patrick Henningsen & guest Eva Bartlett

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Please Support My Syrian Voices Book Project

*photo: Resilience of Syrians, Old City of Homs, December 2015. As many readers will know, I have visited Syria four times, between April 2014 and December 2015—independently on a journalist’s visa and as part of two peace delegations. When in Syria as a writer, I visited key places—including liberated Homs and Ma’loula, terror-bombed regions of… Read More Please Support My Syrian Voices Book Project

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Syria Dispatch: Most Syrians Support Assad, Reject Phony Foreign ‘Revolution’

, © Eva Bartlett A newly opened fruit and vegetable stand in Homs’ Old City. Mar 7, 2016, SOTT.net (in Spanish; in German; re-published at: Off Guardian, Dissident Voice, Strategic Culture, Global Research) (cited in: “Western Reporter in Syria Finds U.S.-Backed Fighters Are Jihadists”, Washington’s Blog; “Contrary to West’s Humpty-Dumpty Allusion Syria is ‘Coming Together… Read More Syria Dispatch: Most Syrians Support Assad, Reject Phony Foreign ‘Revolution’

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Porkins Policy Radio ep. 46 The Truth About Syria with Eva Bartlett (interview)

Feb 21, 2016, Porkins Policy Radio For this episode we are joined by activist and freelance journalist Eva Bartlett for an in-depth discussion of the  war in Syria.  Fresh from her fourth trip to the embattled nation, Eva lends us her perspective of what it’s actually like on the ground.  Eva recounts the many places she has… Read More Porkins Policy Radio ep. 46 The Truth About Syria with Eva Bartlett (interview)

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Time to Grow Up about Syria Propaganda [RADIO interview]

An interview I did with Brendan Stone yesterday on his program, Unusual Sources. Their introduction: “Guest: Eva Bartlett, Canadian journalist, who has visited Syria 4 times in the past three years. Mainstream media reporting and NGO social-media posts about starvation in the Syrian village of Madaya are designed to elicit an emotional response and build… Read More Time to Grow Up about Syria Propaganda [RADIO interview]

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