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Internationalism Is Not a Luxury, but a Survival Mechanism

Leila Al-Shami , Oleksandr Kyselov — 2026-05-01T07:16:04Z

The world of yesterday at the abyss: How can a solidary vision be built that does not side with one imperialist camp or another, but rather relies on liberation from below? A conversation with British-Syrian author Leila al-Shami and Ukrainian socialist Oleksandr Kyselov.

- Features / Syria, Ukraine

Syria, refugees, and solidarity

Leila Al-Shami — 2019-10-29T10:17:57Z

As current international pushes for Syrian refugee returns take hold, European solidarity efforts must understand that the danger of return is not simply war but corrupt and brutal state repression.

- IV537 - October 2019 / Syria, Migration

Why are Syria's refugees going through hell?

Ashley Smith, Leila Al-Shami — 2016-05-24T17:27:39Z

Violence and repression in Syria have caused half the country's population—some 11 million people—to flee their homes. And now the desperate exodus will grow worse following a scorched-earth assault on Aleppo by the Syrian regime, backed by Russian warplanes and other allied forces.

- IV496 - May 2016 / United States (USA), Syria, Turkey, Migration, Lebanon, Arab Revolutions