from the News Desk at The Cradle, April 4, 2025 The Israeli army is organizing hiking tours for civilians inside recently occupied Syrian territory during the upcoming Passover holiday, according to Israeli media reports. The tours, coordinated by the Israeli military’s Northern Command and 210th Division alongside the “Friends on …

Editorial, May 31, 2025 If you have read and listen to the recent material posted on this blog, you will have been informed that over the last few weeks, the new Syrian Government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, at minimum, facilitated the murder of tens of thousands of Syrian civilians; at …

by Hamide Rencus, published on The Cradle, March 28, 2025 The massacres and repression of Alawites and Christians in Syria began immediately after the fall of Damascus and have continued for the past three and a half months. On 7 December 2024, the day after the capital city fell to …

by Dennis Kucinich, published on Substack, March 12, 2025 I am no apologist for any government. I stand for transparency and common sense. In this article I detail the US policies, over many administrations, which have resulted in this manufactured disaster. While many in Washington claim to defend Christianity and …

News from Defend Democracy Press, March 29, 2025 A large-scale massacre is currently underway against inmates of Damascus Central Prison, located in Adra, in the rural region of Damascus. This follows a revolt by some prisoners in reaction to the physical and verbal assaults they are suffering at the hands …

by Sabah Haidar, published on Mondoweiss, March 24, 2025 The IMF and World Bank are conditioning reconstruction funds on Lebanon’s normalization with Israel and disarming Hezbollah. In the Dahiya suburb of Beirut, the people who’ve lost their homes in the war think this is unacceptable. Since February 2025, the United …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, March 25, 2025 The Russian air base at Hmeimin, near Latakia, Syria has rescued over 8,000 Syrian minorities fleeing the recent sectarian massacres. Kremlin spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said Russia is shocked by the tragic events in Syria. “The victims were innocent, peaceful civilians. …

by Ben Chacko, published on Defend Democracy, March 22, 2025 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) swept to power in Syria surprisingly quickly following a civil war of well over a decade. Was this because the previous Assad government had lost all support? Were there other reasons?
 The regime’s downfall has many …

Ken Stone speaking on PressTV.

by Drago Bosnic, published on Global Research, March 19, 2025 Ever since the destruction of sovereign Syria, the situation on the ground keeps deteriorating. The EU/NATO-backed terrorist “government” is resorting to extreme violence in an attempt to establish control over areas primarily populated by minorities, particularly Alawites and Christians. Thousands …