Excerpts from Iran Unfiltered, published by NIAC, January 2, 2026 Editor’s note: In general these weekly “Iran Unfiltered” posts are very interesting, directly relate to immediate events in iran, but suffer on occasion to a measure o western bias. In this case I think the notes provide a particularly interesting …
Read More »Trump’s Gaza Plan: A Foreign Force to Finish The Job
by F.M. Shakil, published on The Cradle, December 23, 2025 As 2026 approaches, Washington is laying the groundwork for yet another intervention – once again wrapped in the familiar language of peacekeeping. Behind closed doors, US officials are pushing for the deployment of an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza. …
Read More »Shadow rule: How the Sharaa family and a foreign-born operative built Syria’s new deep economy
From The Cradle, published December 1, 2025 Beneath Syria’s ministries and decrees lies a shadow economy controlled by the Sharaa brothers and a foreign-born operative, whose journey from Idlib militancy to the heart of Damascus exposes how power and profit intertwine in the post-Assad state. Since the fall of former Syrian …
Read More »Western Soft-Power Agencies Established a Support Front for Armed Insurrection in Syria by Al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels
by Ben Arthur Thomasson, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 10, 2025 [This is the second of a two-part series. Part I can be found here—Editors] Part 2 of a series exposing the farce of so-called U.S. “democracy promotion” From 2011 to 2016, demonstrations in Syria against the Ba’athist government headed …
Read More »The U.S.A.’s Longest “Democracy” Project in Syria Has Resulted in the Empowerment of Al-Qaeda
by Ben Arthur Thomasson, published on CovertAction Magazine, May 2025 This is the first of a 4 part series showing the depth of U.S. Intervention in Syria. Research reveals a decades long battle to get rid of the sovereign nationalist government of Syria and replace it with a puppet. [jb] …
Read More »Israel Fights Turkey in Syria For Regional Dominance
by Marwa Osman, comments from Facebook, December 24, 2025 Gang wars in Aleppo. Again. How sad. [jb] What is unfolding today in Syria, particularly the clashes between the Syrian government and the SDF in Aleppo, is not an isolated security incident. It is a pressure point in a much wider …
Read More »Jeremy Kuzmarov – Syria Anatomy of Regime Change
by Phil Taylor and Jeremy Kuzmarov, The Taylor Report, December 8, 2025 00:00:00 – Phil Taylor Good morning. Welcome to CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto. This is the Taylor Report. I’m Phil Taylor, your host. We’re going to be talking today with one of the authors of a book, “Syria, …
Read More »An Islamic Monarchy for Syria: When Washington’s “Reformer” Starts Talking Like a Caliph
by Kevork Almassian, published on Kevork’s Newsletter, December 14, 2025 As Washington blesses monarchies and Jolani echoes Baghdadi’s words from the Umayyad Mosque, Syria is being steered from broken republic to Islamic throne. SSM Editor: External forces are building a new Syria on the Saudi Model, only without the fortune …
Read More »Israel’s ‘Algorithmic War’ & ‘Algorithmic Assassinations’ in Lebanon Continue Unabated
Conflicts Forum, December 16, 2025 A compilation tracking consequential & strategic observations in West Asia (Lebanon & Syria) — Analysis & reports from the Arabic/ regional press & other sources (16 Dec 2025) US-Israeli Coercion of Normalisation on Lebanon — The US-Israeli-Saudi-UAE nexus and the Lebanese Right / ‘Hezbollah will …
Read More »Hamas Negotiator on Israel’s Ceasefire Violations and New Barriers to Palestinian Freedom
by Aaron Mate, published on the Grayzone@Youtube. December 13, 2025 Interesting interview by Aaron Maté with Hamas Leader and Spokesperson Dr. Bassam Naim:
Read More »
Sovereignty Support Movement Sovereignty for West Asia