by Al Mayadeen English, May 4, 2025 Mahmoud Muwaldi, head of the Islamic Resistance Front’s political bureau, clarified the group’s stance in an interview with Al Mayadeen. A newly emergent faction in Syria, the Islamic Resistance Front, has taken responsibility for launching rockets toward the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, marking a …
Read More »US Greenlights Syrian Plan to Integrate Foreign Extremists Into New Army
from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 2, 2025 After 2011, tens of thousands of foreign extremists flooded into Syria with the backing of western intelligence agencies to help topple the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad The US has agreed to a plan by Syria’s transitional government to incorporate …
Read More »Damascus Stock Exchange Reopens as Western Nations Ease Syria Sanctions
News from The Cradle, June 2, 2025 This is interesting because so far, Syria does not have access to SWIFT (dollar transfer system). Furthermore, it has only been suspended since Assad left. So, it was open even as Syria was falling apart under the sanctions. It will be interesting to …
Read More »Qatar, KSA Unveil Three-month ‘Support Package’ For Syria Following First IMF Visit in 18 Years
from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 2, 2025 Syria is currently being granted relief from over a decade of western sanctions and Arab isolation Saudi Arabia and Qatar have announced a joint three-month financial support package for public sector workers in Syria, as part of Gulf efforts to …
Read More »‘Global Britain’ gobbling up Syria (Video)
Diane Sare interviews Vanessa Beeley, published on Vanessa Beeley’s substack, June 2, 2025 Conversation with Diane Sare about the British (and US [jb]) masterminds behind the regime change war against Syria. There is a lot of good information in this interview and some perspectives that everyone should consider. Well worth …
Read More »Riches vs Ideology: Extremists Battle Over Syria’s Spoils
by Fehim Tastekim, published by The Cradle, May 30, 2025 After Abu Mohammad al-Julani (Ahmad al-Sharaa), self-declared president of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led authority in Syria, shook hands with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh on 14 May, a storm of questions erupted over the future of the extremist …
Read More »US Roadmap for Syria Sanctions Removal Includes Israel Normalization, Expulsion of Palestinian Factions
News From The Cradle, May 23, 2025 Syria’s path to having sanctions removed is virtually impossible. The three stipulations ignore the real issues facing the new government and the horrors facing the Syrian people. Getting rid of the Palestinians, well, maybe; embracing the SDF and controlling ISIS, unlikely; normalization with …
Read More »Syria’s New Security Forces Undergo Intensive Training in Qatar and Saudi Arabia Amid Fears of Collapse
from Al Hal, published on The Syrian Observer, May 22, 2025 More than 1,800 Syrian security personnel are currently undergoing intensive training in Qatar and Saudi Arabia as part of a sweeping regional initiative to restructure and professionalise Syria’s internal security forces, Al-Hal Net has learned from exclusive sources. The …
Read More »A Discussion About Israel’s Geopolitics in the Middle East | Syriana Analysis
Dr. Karim Bettache, Kevork Almassian and Dr. Tarik Cyril Amar, published on Syriana Analysis This is a very interesting, and I think, important discussion about the wars in the Middle East and Syria’s centrality to regional security. There will likely be opinions expressed that you disagree with, but these guys …
Read More »Syrian Security Forces Launch Arrest Campaign in Al-Mayadeen
from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, May 19, 2025 Syria’s General Security forces launched a large-scale security campaign in Al-Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on 19 May, following the detonation of a car bomb near the police station in the city the night before. According to …
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