by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, April 27, 2023 Another hair brained scheme from the Zelenski-Biden course.  I have long argued that U.S. Turkish occupation of Syria is enough to consider Syria an additional front to the U.S. proxy war on Russia, with the front face in Ukraine.   …

by The CounterCurrents Collective, published on CounterCurrents, May 2, 2023 The foreign ministers of Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq said on Monday after meeting in Amman said the government in Damascus should re-establish the rule of law on all of Syria’s territory, ending the presence of foreign armed …

from The News Desk at The Cradle, April 25, 2023 Unknown persons attacked a military checkpoint protecting the main road leading to the Al-Omar oil field, where one of the most prominent US bases in occupied eastern Syria is located, Sputnik reported on 25 April. Local sources confirmed to Sputnik …

by William Van Wagenen, published on The Libertarian Institute, June 12, 2022 “Germ and chemical weapons may often be weak in their battlefield applications but they are always strong in their emotiveness. Accusations of association with them have for centuries, even millennia, been used by well-intentioned as well as unscrupulous …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, April 25, 2023 The defense ministers of Syria, Turkiye, Russia, and Iran held a four-way meeting in Moscow on 25 April in order to continue negotiations regarding an eventual normalization of ties between the Syrian and Turkish governments. The meeting “was held in …

from the News Desk, The Cradle, April 25, 2023 Turkish military forces in northern Syria were forced to temporarily suspend trench-digging operations over the past few days near the border wall between the two countries after massive protests by locals in the city of Ras al-Ain and a number of …

by Scott Ritter, published on Consortium News, April 24, 2023 While the world continues to come to grips with the reality — and consequences — of the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, another diplomatic coup is unfolding in the Middle East. This one is orchestrated by the Russians. …

by Helena Cobban, published on Globalities, April 21, 2023 Suddenly, within the past few weeks, there has been a flurry of diplomatic activity that provides real hope that the civil war that’s devastated Syria for 12 years may be headed toward a negotiated peace and a chance for rebuilding. These …

from The News Desk at The Cradle, April 22, 2023 The US occupation forces continue to steal and loot Syrian wealth, transporting dozens of tankers loaded with stolen oil from the northeast Jazeera region across the border and into Iraqi territory in recent days, Syrian state media SANA reported on …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, April 12, 2023 The shifting sands of the Middle East were caught up in a whirlwind last month, as the deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran in China was announced. The two rival powerhouses of the region have decided to work towards peace …