by Alastair Crooke, published on Strategic Culture, December 23, 2024 Syria has been disintegrated and pillaged in the name of ‘liberating’ Syrians from the threat of ISIS, which they – Washington – had installed in the first place. James Jeffrey, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, in a March …
Read More »A new Geo-Political Map is Unfolding – The end of Syria
by Alastair Crooke, published on Strategic Culture, December 16, 2024 Israelis generally are celebrating their ‘victories’. Will this euphoria weigh with U.S. business élites? Syria has entered the abyss – the demons of al-Qa’eda, ISIS, and the most intransigent elements of the Muslim Brotherhood are circling the skies. There is …
Read More »Syrian Minorities Under Threat
from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 29, 2024 Reports of sectarian killings and ethnic cleansing of Alawites and Christians continue to emerge as Ahmad al-Sharaa’s new government seeks to exert control over the country The new Syrian government led by former Al-Qaeda leader Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani …
Read More »A Voice From Syria on Christmas Day: “All of Us Are lost.”
by Rick Sterling, published on Global Research, December 27, 2024 Following are some key points from a discussion with my friend Qusay (not his real name) in Damascus. He is a translator and university professor. The situation in Syria continues to evolve. See the X account of Tim Anderson @TimAnd2037 …
Read More »Syria’s Assad Has Fallen – Just as the Pentagon Planned 23 Years Ago
by Jonathan Cook, published on Defend Democracy, December 11, 2024 When westerners see ‘enemy’ governments fall, or civil wars erupt, they are led to think they are the geopolitical equivalent of a natural event. Nothing could be further from the truth The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel …
Read More »All Factions in Syria to Be Dissolved, no Mandatory Draft: Al-Sharaa (Al Jolani)
News from Al Mayadeen, December 17, 2024 The US is deliberating lifting sanctions. But I am still wondering who will pay for this, and for how long. Ahmad al-Sharaa, the head of the Military Operations Administration in Syria, revealed a set of decisions currently under review by the country’s interim …
Read More »‘Hiroshima in Tartus’: Israeli Strikes Shake Tartus, Martyrs Reported
News from Al Mayadeen English, December 16, 2024 Editor’s Note: Not to make the Israeli’s seem more powerful than they are, but rather to show their calloused indifference to civilian lives and infrastructure. The most violent Israeli aggression on Syria, which targeted Tartus, on Monday at dawn, resulted in the …
Read More »Controversy Hits CNN over ‘Staged’ Report on Syrian Prisoner Rescue
from the News Desk at the Cradle, December 17,2024 CNN has acknowledged that a report filed by star journalist Clarissa Ward from Syria claiming to show her discovering a prisoner in a Damascus jail was false. The description of the video report stated that “Clarissa Ward discovers a man in …
Read More »Has the Resistance in West Asia Been Defeated?
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein, published on Workers World, December 20, 2024 A Venezuelan international relations expert, Rodriguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country’s ambassador to Nicaragua and an adviser for international politics for TeleSUR. Translation: John Catalinotto. …
Read More »Refugees from Nubel and Zahraa On the Road and When They Arrived in Damascus
These are the refugees from Nubel and Zahraa on the road. When they arrived in Damascus SSM provided them with food and bedding and a place to stay. On The Road: Scenes of displaced people from the towns of #Nubul and #Zahraa north of #Aleppo in the city of #Al-Safira …
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