Translated “Avante!” article by Luís Carapinha, Member of the International Department

The USA direct military involvement in Syria, carries on to increase. The cruise missile attack, on April 7th, in the moment when Trump hosted the president of China, at his mansion , in Florida, was the motto for a cycle during which the Pentagon military actions intensified, against the Damascus armed forces. The dangerous escalade had recently, as result, the strike, by the USA, of a Syrian fighter jet, in a mission, in the Raqqa province, which caused a solemn warning coming from Moscow. However, this week-end, it was Israel that attacked Syrian unities, that fight the Front al-Nusra followers ( catalogued by the UN, as a terrorist organization), in the Mount Golan region, a territory which remains illegally occupied and annexed by the Zionist regime.
In South Syria, Washington installed , next to the Jordan border ( and Iraq), a military base and a so-called security perimeter. In Northwest Syria, the North-American imperialism appeared as the patron of the Curd interests, causing the rage of NATO’s Turkish ally. And, within this very zone, the USA troops are installing several bases as the pretext of fighting the Daesh, as what previously happened in Iraq. Independently of knowing that the real strategic objectives are otherwise, the hardening of the aggressive regional campaign tone, against Iran becomes visible, it is important to remind, that the operations within Syria of the so-called international coalition, headed by the USA, are totally illegal and represent a gross violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and the basic rules of international law.
The USA action and the NATO powers and allies, including the occupation by Turkey of a territorial strip in North Syria or even Israel furtive regular attacks against the neighbour country, are an act of piracy, aggression and state terrorism. As well as all the network of supports to multiple terrorist armed groups. Contrarily to the Russia and Iran forces participation, with the agreement of the legitimate and internationally recognized Damascus government.

The greatest USA, along with the accomplices power carrousel direct intervention, nurtures the Syria partition scenario. At the same time the confirmation of imperialism defeat in achieving the proposed goals. The Syrian people and institutions carry on resisting. The armed groups loose their strength. President Bashar al-Assad ‘s government are in control of the main towns and with the help of its allies, undergo advances regarding the complex territory liberation. The USA, EU, Israel, Turkey and the Gulf monarchies have used against Syria, the Iraq and Libya wars outcome, but did not achieve to perform the Libyan scenario.
On the contrary, fractures and contradictions amid the anti-Syria terrorist coalition countries expose the growing difficulties before the USA, in imposing their rules, in spite of the thousands of committed soldiers in the region. This is a war of a deep international meaning. And therefore, the added importance of solidarity with the people of Syria’s resistance and the defence of its sovereignty.