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Russia strikes Turkish-backed extremist groups in northwest Syria

from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 25, 2023 The Russian air force carried out a series of raids targeting military bases of Turkish-backed armed groups in the countryside of Idlib and Latakia over the past two days, Al-Mayadeen reported on 25 June. Russian warplanes targeted bases belonging to …

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UK Activists Urge Judiciary to Lift ‘Cruel’ Sanctions on Syria

from The News Desk at The Cradle, June 23, 2023 A group of British-Arab citizens have filed an application to the High Court in England seeking permission to proceed to a Judicial Review for the sake of ending UK sanctions on Syria, Al-Mayadeen reported on 23 June. The leader of …

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U.S. Uses Displaced Syrians as Human Shields to Protect Occupation Bases

by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, June 22, 2023 Sources to Al Mayadeen from within Al-Rukban camp near Al-Tanf US occupation base confirm that Washington plans to prevent the dismantling of the camp to safeguard its military base. The United States wants to preserve Al-Rukban camp in Syria in …

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Extremists Who Left Syria to Fight in Ukraine Realize Journey ‘Futile’: Expert

From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 21, 2023 Egyptian researcher and political analyst Ahmad Sultan was quoted as saying on 21 June that many of the extremist militants who left Syria for the Ukrainian battlefield last year have realized that the fight against Russia is futile. “The jihadists …

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Netanyahu Concedes to Golan Residents, Pauses Wind Turbine Plans

by Al Mayadeen English, June 22, 2o23 Following fierce rejection from residents of the occupied Syrian Golan, the Israeli occupation PM freezes the work on wind turbines in the region until after Eid Al-Adha. According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, the spiritual head of the Druze community in Palestine, Sheikh Muwafaq …

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UN Aid Crosses Govt Controlled Syria to Region Occupied by Al-Qaeda Affiliates

from the News Desk at the Cradle, June 24, 2023 Damascus has long insisted that UN deliveries be coordinated by the government, as the extremists in control of Idlib often seize the aid and resell it at higher prices On 23 June, ten trucks carrying UN humanitarian aid crossed from …

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Jordanians Reject Ties with Israel, Welcome Normalization with Iran, Syria

From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 20, 2023 An overwhelming majority of Jordanians say they oppose “all sorts of cooperation” with Israel, including receiving humanitarian aid in the case of a natural disaster, according to a public opinion poll commissioned by the Washington Institute and conducted between March …

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US Troops Conduct Defensive Drills in Occupied Syrian Oil Fields

from The News Desk at The Cradle, June 10, 2023 The US occupation army is reportedly in a heightened state of alert over possible attacks by resistance groups The US occupation army conducted defensive drills on 9 June using live ammunition in the vicinity of their base in the oil …

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U.S. Sanctions are Drowning Syrians

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 15, 2023 Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship …

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UN Slashes Food Aid to Syria as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens

from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 14, 2023 The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it has to cut food aid to Syria by 50 percent due to a lack of funding, Middle East Monitor reported on 14 June. “An unprecedented funding crisis in Syria is forcing …

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