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Israeli Army Bombs Damascus Outskirts, Seizes Control of Syrian Water Sources

from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 2, 2025 The Israeli air force launched a violent attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus on 2 January, coming as Israel’s military continues to expand its occupation in the country, reaching a key dam in the southern Quneitra area. Syrian media …

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Clashes Erupt in Western Syria After Locals Ambush HTS Fighters

from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 26, 2024 The ambush was reportedly carried out by former elements of the Syrian Arab Army, coming during an eruption of sectarian tensions across Syria Clashes raged in Syria on 26 December between the remnants of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and …

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Alawites Are Syrians Too

by Peter Ford, published on 21st Century Wire, December 27, 2024 Alawites in their towns and villages in the Tartous and Lattakia provinces of Syria are being subjected to hideous pogroms under the new Islamist dispensation in Syria. And the world turns its back. The Alawites are just too inconvenient …

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The “King-Makers” Pull the Rug from Syria, Yet Again… A “Greek Tragedy” Begins

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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‘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 …

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