from the News Desk at The Cradle, September 17, 2024 Editor’s Note: More and more it appears that a global conflagration has already begun. A group of 250 Ukrainian military experts has arrived in Syria’s northern Idlib governorate to train extremist militants in the use and manufacture of drones, a …
Read More »Aleppo Defeats US-backed Terrorists and Restores Heritage Site
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, September 9, 2024 The ancient bazaar in Aleppo, Syria has been restored and is open for business once more. The long alleyway of shops was severely damaged after the US-sponsored mercenaries of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), and their Al Qaeda allies, fought …
Read More »Why Anti-Imperialists Must Defend Syria and the Axis of Resistance
by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 The anti-colonial struggle against U.S./Western imperialism and the Zionist settler state has long shaped the geopolitical dynamics of West Asia. Syria stands at the epicenter of this struggle as a vital member of the Axis of Resistance, a united front …
Read More »Iran Decries Israel’s Deadly “Criminal Attack” in Syria
by Jake Johnson, published on Common Dreams, September 9, 2024 A spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry called on Israel’s allies to “stop supporting and arming it.” The Israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes on central Syria late Sunday, reportedly killing more than a dozen people and prompting a …
Read More »Boiling the Israeli Frog in In Southwest Asia (video)
A lecture by Sharmine Narwani at the American University in Beirut, Posted by The Cradle, September 4, 2024 This talk really helps with a understanding a lot of issues occurring in the “Middle East” at this time, so that many people who oppose the wars, oppose the occupation of Palestine …
Read More »Syrian Mercenaries Fighting Alongside Turkish Army Against PKK in Iraq: Report
from the News Desk, at The Cradle, September 5, 2024 Editor’s Note: I suppose it could qualify as “good” news that Syria’s enemies and hopeful occupiers are busy fighting among themselves at the present. Not pretty, though; and not so nice for the local residents who mostly don’t support any …
Read More »President Bashar al-Assad Addresses the New Syrian Parliament.
From Ken Stone, SSM FB Page, 25 August، 2024 Damascus, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad said that the People’s Assembly is the most important institution in the State’s institutions and its impact won’t be tangible if the development doesn’t be comprehensive for all institutions in light of the solid relation among …
Read More »Turkey and Syria Both Want the US Military Out of Syria
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 17, 2024 On August 13, US troops in Syria came under attack, according to local media sources, but no details on possible injuries. On August 9, eight US military troops were wounded in a drone attack at Rumaylan base in North East …
Read More »The Other Occupation: US Forces in Syria
by Mohamed Nader al-Omari, published on The Cradle, August 16, 2024 While the world’s attention has been fixed on the brutalities of the Israeli occupation state, the illegal US military occupation of neighboring Syria has been largely neglected. Now, local and regional resistance is coalescing to target the American occupation …
Read More »The Battle in North-east Syria for Syrian Oil and Territory
by Vanessa Beeley, published on Vanessa’s Substack, August 12, 2024 The War Continues: Syrian Tribal Forces clash with US proxies and threaten Al Omar oil field with liberation There is a very real risk of Israel expanding the war in the West Asia region – Netanyahu is not bowing to …
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