Syria

Peace Action West Executive Director Jon Rainwater has made this statement on today’s announcement: The announcement today that the President is sending U.S. ground troops to Syria was as [...]

A year ago today, the Senate voted to authorize $500 million to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels to help in the fight against ISIS. One year later, the effort has become an embarrassment. [...]

For 14 years the US has waged a global war on terror with a stated goal of denying al Qaeda a safe haven anywhere in the world.  Now several of our regional partners in the Middle East, hell-bent [...]

It’s not too late to stop an endless war in Iraq and Syria. We’ve spent over $1.1 billion bombing Iraq and Syria since August 2014, yet Congress has not debated or authorized our latest [...]

With the first U.S. strikes on Syria came the first tragic reports of civilians killed in those very strikes. As our country enters into another open-ended war in the Middle East it’s [...]

Here is our analysis on supporting Syrian rebel groups that we shared with Congress today. You can take action to ask for a no vote here. Arms transferred to “moderate” rebel groups have wound up [...]

It’s astounding to watch a run-up to war come to a screeching halt. And it wouldn’t have happened without your efforts. Just a couple of weeks ago, the media was discussing a strike on Syria as [...]

We are on Capitol Hill this week urging members of Congress to vote against authorizing force in Syria. In our first day, we’ve already visited dozens of offices, and most people we talk to [...]

It’s time to really ramp things up. The House and Senate are scheduled to vote on attacking Syria this week. We’re on Capitol Hill right now urging members to vote no, and we need your voices [...]

Our pressure is working. Last week, many people thought war with Syria was inevitable—until the clamor you helped raise forced the president to put on the brakes. President Obama’s dramatic [...]