from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, November 8, 2023 Local reports say at least 30 Syrian army personnel were killed during an ISIS attack on 8 November after gunmen opened fire on the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and allies in the National Defense Force in the Homs-Hama-Raqqa triangle. “Several militants …
Read More »Israeli aggression targets Syrian army positions in Sweida
by Editor, published on Mideast Discourse, November 9, 2023 Syria continues to be a target for allied forces, Israel, ISIS and U.S. bombings [jb] A Syrian army source says the aggression was launched from the Lebanese airspace. The Israeli occupation army carried out an aggression late Wednesday targeting Syrian Arab …
Read More »Russia’s Public Pivot to Palestine
by Pepe Escobar, published on The Cradle, November 7, 2023 The complex, nuanced issue of Russia’s geopolitical neutrality in the Israel-Palestine tragedy was finally clarified last week, in no uncertain terms. Exhibit A is Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing – in person, on 30 October – his country’s Security Council, …
Read More »The US is Fueling, not Avoiding, a Regional War
by Hasan Illaik, published on The Cradle, October 30, 2023 Israeli ground operations in the Gaza Strip have begun. The Financial Times says Israel will not reveal much about these military operations in order to avoid Hezbollah and Iran entering the war. The Americans are now orchestrating Israel’s military campaign …
Read More »But, Do You Condemn Israel?
by As’ad AbuKhalil, published on Consortium News, November 1, 2023 It has become customary for Arabs invited on Western TV news programs to be asked, off the bat, to condemn this or that act that Israel classifies as terrorism. When I came to the U.S. in 1983, this was already …
Read More »Saudi Arabia’s leader refuses to stand with the US and Israel against the Palestinians
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 2, 2023 Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia is between a rock and a hard place. The Kingdom remains dependent on the US for security, while the US is supporting and supplying the weapons for Israel’s slaughtering of Palestinian …
Read More »Oil Trader and Militia Leader Hossam Qaterji Escapes; Asma al-Assad Seizes his Property
News published on Syrian Observer, October 18, 2023 (original publication on Syria TV (an opposition website)) The Syrian regime has imposed house arrest on Hossam Qaterji in Yafour,, according to Syria TV. Confidential sources within Aleppo have informed Syria TV that Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar …
Read More »World Federation of Trade Unions In Solidarity with Palestine and Syria
Published on the WFTU Website, October 30, 2023 These articles are published on the WFTU Website, with many more photos. Standing beside the WFTU General Secretaty, Pambis Kyritsis when he speaks, is our dear friend and board member Dr. Adnan Azzouz Addressing of the solidarity gathering with the heroic Palestinian …
Read More »A Few FACTS About Gaza
by Rick Sterling, October 27, 2023 U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres recently said, “the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.” The Israeli Ambassador responded that Guterres’ comments were “shocking”, “unfathomable” and “disconnected from reality”. He called …
Read More »Israeli Ground Invasion of Gaza ‘Opportunity’ for the Resistance: Abu Obeida
from The News Desk at The Cradle, October 28, 2023 The spokesman of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas resistance movement, gave a televised speech on 28 October, stating that the movement’s fighters in Gaza welcome an Israeli ground invasion, while criticizing Arab states for failing …
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