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Extremists Who Left Syria to Fight in Ukraine Realize Journey ‘Futile’: Expert

From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 21, 2023 Egyptian researcher and political analyst Ahmad Sultan was quoted as saying on 21 June that many of the extremist militants who left Syria for the Ukrainian battlefield last year have realized that the fight against Russia is futile. “The jihadists …

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Netanyahu Concedes to Golan Residents, Pauses Wind Turbine Plans

by Al Mayadeen English, June 22, 2o23 Following fierce rejection from residents of the occupied Syrian Golan, the Israeli occupation PM freezes the work on wind turbines in the region until after Eid Al-Adha. According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, the spiritual head of the Druze community in Palestine, Sheikh Muwafaq …

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UN Aid Crosses Govt Controlled Syria to Region Occupied by Al-Qaeda Affiliates

from the News Desk at the Cradle, June 24, 2023 Damascus has long insisted that UN deliveries be coordinated by the government, as the extremists in control of Idlib often seize the aid and resell it at higher prices On 23 June, ten trucks carrying UN humanitarian aid crossed from …

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Jordanians Reject Ties with Israel, Welcome Normalization with Iran, Syria

From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 20, 2023 An overwhelming majority of Jordanians say they oppose “all sorts of cooperation” with Israel, including receiving humanitarian aid in the case of a natural disaster, according to a public opinion poll commissioned by the Washington Institute and conducted between March …

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US Troops Conduct Defensive Drills in Occupied Syrian Oil Fields

from The News Desk at The Cradle, June 10, 2023 The US occupation army is reportedly in a heightened state of alert over possible attacks by resistance groups The US occupation army conducted defensive drills on 9 June using live ammunition in the vicinity of their base in the oil …

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U.S. Sanctions are Drowning Syrians

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 15, 2023 Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship …

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UN Slashes Food Aid to Syria as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens

from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 14, 2023 The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it has to cut food aid to Syria by 50 percent due to a lack of funding, Middle East Monitor reported on 14 June. “An unprecedented funding crisis in Syria is forcing …

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Presidential Election in Neighboring Lebanon; IMF Candidate vs Hezbollah Ally

by YaLiban, published June 7, 2023 This is interesting.  Though I disagree with the analyst’s perspective, the article lays out exactly the imperialist context that keeps Lebanon from having a functioning government, and from any kind of viable independence.   Aside from the factional infighting, notice the credentials cited for the …

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Syrian Kurds to Prosecute ISIS Fighters Following Western Refusal

from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 11, 2023 The Kurdish-led administration governing northeast Syria announced on 10 June that it will put on trial foreign ISIS militants currently detained in its prisons. Rudaw reported that the Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (AANES) announced the move following …

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Civilian Killed in US Offensive on Syrian Town

from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 11, 2023 According to a report from the Syrian state-run news agency SANA, the US forces carried out an airdrop operation in Syria’s northern Hasakah province in the town of al-Shadadi on 11 June, killing one civilian and injuring several others. According to local …

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