Syrian genocides

There is a lot of chemical attack denialism and barrel bomb denialism defending Bashar al-Assad's war crimes against Syrian people. The Syrian Civil War is one of the most well-documented series of war crimes in history.

* "From Halabja to Ghouta" by Sabrîna Azad https://www.mangalmedia.net/english/from-halabja-to-ghouta [EN]
* "Narrative war is coming" by Uğur Ümit Üngör https://www.aljumhuriya.net/en/content/narrative-war-coming [EN]

### **Related pages**

* Anfal genocide
* The Assads are anti-communists
* Lebanon Protests
* Palestine
* Palestinian genocide
* Syria Protests
* Syrian refugee crisis
* Red-brown alliances, post-Cold War

### **News articles**

* "What the OPCW’s latest report really tells us about chemical warfare in Syria" by Patrick HIlsman https://www.rudaw.net/english/analysis/syria-opcw-chemical-weapons-iit-report-16042020 [EN] (owned by Rudaw Company)
* "Syria: chemical weapons inspectors barred from Douma site" by Patrick Wintour and Julian Borger https://theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/syria-chemical-attack-inspectors-unable-to-access-douma-site [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)

* "Syria gas attack evokes flashbacks of death for survivors of Halabja massacre" by Fazel Hawramy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/09/syria-gas-attack-halabja-massacre-iraq [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)

* "An ally of Syria, Iran also bears scars from chemical weapons attacks — by Iraq" by Jason Rezaian https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle\_east/an-ally-of-syria-iran-also-bears-scars-from-chemical-weapons-attacks--by-iraq/2013/09/12/2d2eaa6e-1b8b-11e3-80ac-96205cacb45a\_story.html [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/EYlFG)

* "شهادات متأخرة: هجوم غوطة دمشق يوقظ جراح أهالي حلبجة" https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/83743/live-testimonies-al-ghouta-chemical-attack-awakens/ [AR]
* "Syrian Activist on Ghouta Attack: “I Haven’t Seen Such Death in My Whole Life” https://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/23/syrian\_activist\_on\_ghouta\_attack\_i [EN]
* "Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin attack - sources" by Anthony Deutsch https://reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1FJ0MG [EN]
* "What’s happening in Syria is genocide" by Keenan Kassar https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/11/whats-happening-syria-is-genocide/ [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/Fcqw4)
* "History of Syria’s war at risk as YouTube reins in content" by Sarah El Deeb https://apnews.com/article/syria-ap-top-news-international-news-technology-online-video-d9f1c4f1bf20445ab06cbdff566a2b70 [EN]
* "Ann Coulter Retweets White Nationalist Charlotesville Leader Who Attacked Trump With Syria Conspiracy Theory" by Michael Edison Hayden https://www.newsweek.com/ann-coulter-trump-white-nationalist-887699 [EN]
* "Syria Gas Attack Conspiracy Theories Fueled by Tucker Carlson and Far-Right Fringe" by Michael Edison Hayden https://www.newsweek.com/syria-gas-attack-tucker-carlson-878933 [EN]

### **Magazine articles**

* "New Evidence Links a Far-Right French NGO to War Crimes in Syria" by Inès Daif and Stéphane Kenech https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/new-evidence-links-a-far-right-french-ngo-to-war-crimes-in-syria/ [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/IJRkW)
* "What They Don’t Teach You In Medical School" by Mohammed Zaher Sahloul https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/what-they-dont-teach-you-in-medical-school/ [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/KPbmk)

* "Syrian Medics Lay Out the Devastating Scale of Attacks on Healthcare Facilities Over 10 Years of War" by Joseph Hincks https://time.com/5943719/syria-medics-irc/ [EN] (archived: https://archive.is/zoCmb)
* "How an Email Sting Operation Unearthed a pro-Assad Conspiracy—and Russia’s Role In It" by Michael Weiss and Jett Goldsmith https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/how-an-email-sting-operation-unearthed-a-pro-assad-conspiracy-and-russias-role-in-it/ [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/Ckjuw)
* "How the American Left Abets Genocide in Syria" by Bill Weinberg https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/397-winter-2017/how-the-american-left-abets-genocide-in-syria/ [EN]; https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/bill-weinberg-how-the-american-left-abets-genocide-in-syria [various formats, EN]; https://countervortex.org/american-left-abets-genocide-in-syria/ [EN]
* "Sy Hersh's Chemical Misfire" by Eliot Higgins https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/12/09/sy-hershs-chemical-misfire/#sthash.6ouq8xgU.dpbs [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/dOyoU)

### **Blog posts**

* "Was the Douma chlorine gas attack a 'false flag'?" by Louis Proyect https://louisproyect.org/2019/06/01/was-the-douma-chlorine-gas-attack-a-false-flag/ [EN]
* "Jackson Hinkle spreads debunked conspiracy theories about the chemical attack in Douma, Syria" by Matthew Dimtri https://inquisitormatt5.medium.com/jackson-hinkle-spreads-debunked-conspiracy-theories-about-the-chemical-attack-in-douma-syria-10c194f4b28c [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/2wNYx)
* "Syria tells OPCW that Israel has destroyed the Douma cylinders" by Brian Whitaker https://brian-whit.medium.com/syria-tells-opcw-the-douma-cylinders-have-been-destroyed-7177696ba443 [EN]
* "Whose Seymour Hersh?" by Clay Claiborne https://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2013/12/whose-seymour-hersh.html [EN]
* "Chemical Warfare In Syria, and Its Corrosiveness Beyond" by Manuel Garcia, Jr. https://manuelgarciajr.com/2021/07/09/chemical-warfare-in-syria-and-its-corrosiveness-beyond/ [EN]

### **Encyclopedia**

* "Refugees of the Syrian civil war" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees\_of\_the\_Syrian\_civil\_war [EN]
* "List of massacres during the Syrian civil war" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_massacres\_during\_the\_Syrian\_civil\_war [EN]
* "List of Syrian civil war barrel bomb attacks" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_Syrian\_civil\_war\_barrel\_bomb\_attacks [EN]
* "Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use\_of\_chemical\_weapons\_in\_the\_Syrian\_civil\_war [EN]
* "Ghouta chemical attack" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghouta\_chemical\_attack [EN]
* "Khan Shaykhun chemical attack" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan\_Shaykhun\_chemical\_attack [EN]

### **Videos**

* "Decoding Syria's 2018 Chemical Attacks w/ Patrick Hilsman" uploaded by The Young Turks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4Z4Uzheaw [39:06, EN] (TYT is a union-busting news organization who named themselves after a group responsible for Armenian genocide, Patrick Hilsman is fine)

### **Websites**

* "Syria ← Forensic Architecture" https://forensic-architecture.org/location/syria [EN]
* "The Specter of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria" https://chemicalweapons.gppi.net/ [EN]
* "A Maps of Attacks on Health Care in Syria" https://syriamap.phr.org [AR, EN]
* "What's Happening in Syria" http://whoiskillingciviliansinsyria.org/ [EN]

### **Archived**

#### **Explainers**

* https://archive.ph/xevIQ [EN] - victims of the 1987 chemical attacks on Sardasht, Iran show solidarity with victims of Khan Sheikhoun
* https://archive.ph/g7Cdm [EN] - Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarifcondemns Assad's chemical attacks

#### **Platforming**

* https://archive.vn/tFPA9 [EN], https://archive.vn/9yxjC [EN] - *The Grayzone* platforms a Bosnian genocide denier Noam Chomsky on the topic of Syria
* https://archive.vn/hA6kO [EN], https://archive.vn/CskyG [EN], https://archive.vn/cwg4Y [EN], https://archive.vn/JKXDx [EN], https://archive.vn/h2jcN [EN] - Aaron Maté amplifies a Bosnian genocide denier Noam Chomsky on the topic of Syria

* https://archive.vn/dTsD7 [EN] - Briahna Joy Gray lectures a Bosnian genocide survivor on how to feel about her media appearance with a Syrian genocide denier and Palestinian genocide denier, Rania Khalek

#### **Networks**

* https://archive.ph/D4Hc7 [EN] - former Marcyist Caleb Maupin joins a livestream with chemical attack denialist Jackson Hinkle
* https://archive.ph/TQZqg [EN] - board member of Amnesty Finland, Syksy Räsänen, promotes chemical attack denialism

#### **Bigotry**

* http://archive.is/Ni21A [EN] - *Red Scare* podcast makes ironic joke about ISIS at the expense of Syrian refugees’ trauma

#### **Red flags**

* https://archive.vn/JCCTV [EN] (WARNING!- LaRouche BS) - conspiracy theories on the left about ISIS, Soros, Syrian refugee crises etc can be directly traced back to F. William Engdahl’s blog

### **Notes**

* Reason why the Syrian regime bears most of the responsibility for chemical attacks and barrel bombs is because they are the only military with an air force without interventions from other nations
* Skeptics are correct in second-guessing U.S. claim about Assad using nerve agents, but the chemical attack in 2018 in Douma was done with chlorine because Bashar al-Assad was worried about his own public image after the international backlash of the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack. Nor is it the first or last incident the use of chlorine was documented over a span of a decade and multiple massacres.
* Forensic Architecture, who investigated the Douma attack, also document crimes of the Israeli Defense Forces in Palestine and are not known to be pro-Washington
* None of the so-called whistle-blowers from the OPCW said the dead bodies were planted, they just cast doubts about whether or not the evidence was sufficient enough to definitely draw conclusions. Both of the whistle-blowers left before the investigations were complete.