from the News Desk at The Cradle, July 16, 2025 The Israeli air force carried out an attack on the entrance to the Syrian General Staff Headquarters in the capital Israel renewed its attacks on Syria on 16 July as fierce clashes between government forces and Druze militant factions in …
Read More »Turkiye’s Plans to Govern Tripoli, Via Covert Ops in Damascus
by the Cradle’s Lebanon Correspondent, published on The Cradle, July 16, 2025 Unsatisfied with its significant control over northern Syria and Iraq, Ankara is seeking to establish a political, security, and economic foothold in northern Lebanon – while Beirut watches impotently. SSM Editor: The vultures are circling. As Lebanon grapples …
Read More »Sons of the Muslim Brotherhood in the New Syrian Era: Memory, Relation with the World, Skills, and Generational Convergence – The Syrian Observer
from Al Jumhariya, published on The Syrian Observer, June 25, 2025 The authorities still insist on treating the Brotherhood as a party subject to activity prohibition until political life is restored one day, Hussam Jazmati argues for Al-Jumhuriya SSM Editor’s note: Muslim Brotherhood have been the strongest supporter of the …
Read More »When the Candles Were Extinguished in the Church: What Remains of Syria? – The Syrian Observer
by Wael Sawah, published by the Syrian Observer, June 26, 2025 The bombing – and the government’s tepid response – not only exposed the growing threat of sectarian terror but also revealed the extent of Syria’s internal fracture. Questions are mounting over the fragility of Syria’s security, the duplicity in …
Read More »At Least 20 Killed, 52 Injured in Suicide Bombing at Damascus Church
published on The Straits Times, June 23, 2025 DAMASCUS – At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighbourhood of Syria’s capital Damascus on June 22, health authorities and security sources said. The incident marks …
Read More »Syria Welcomed Back to SWIFT Banking System
from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, June 9, 2025 I missed this at the time, but here it is. Al Jolani’s government aside, the Syrian people cannot regain sovereignty without the capability of international commerce. Syria is rejoining the SWIFT payment system through its Central Bank, following a 7 June …
Read More »Let us Remeber Mufti Hassoun and His Sacrifices for Peace
by Father Dave, published on his blog According to the Syria Justice Archive, my dear friend, brother and mentor, Dr Sheikh Ahmed Badr al-Din Hassoun, former Grand Mufti of the Syrian Arab Republic, has been hospitalised due to injuries suffered during two months of imprisonment. When is son, Saria, was murdered by rebels, early …
Read More »Kurdish Nationalism and Decentralization in the Kurdish Delegation’s Agenda
by Amir Huquq, published on Enab Baladi, June 20, 2025 The dialogue between the Kurdish fabric and the Damascus government is heading towards practical steps that may lead to understandings on joint management or determining mechanisms to ensure the rights of all components of the fabric, in a manner that …
Read More »Inside the Cyber Operation That Cracked Assad’s Leadership
by Kevork Almassian, published on Substack, May 29, 2025 What happened in Aleppo on November 27, 2024, was not just a battlefield event—it was a political earthquake. The rapid fall of the city, and with it the backbone of the Assad regime’s military presence in northern Syria, sent shockwaves through …
Read More »Foreign Fighters in Post-War Syria: Between Integration, Instrumentalization, and Institutional Collapse
by The Syrian Observer, June 9, 2025 A timely analysis. I only wonder why these issues never occurred to them over the long years when they were supporting the “revolution” driven by these same men. [ jb] In the uneasy interstice between war and peace, Syria grapples with a question …
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