from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 2, 2025 After 2011, tens of thousands of foreign extremists flooded into Syria with the backing of western intelligence agencies to help topple the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad The US has agreed to a plan by Syria’s transitional government to incorporate …
Read More »Damascus Stock Exchange Reopens as Western Nations Ease Syria Sanctions
News from The Cradle, June 2, 2025 This is interesting because so far, Syria does not have access to SWIFT (dollar transfer system). Furthermore, it has only been suspended since Assad left. So, it was open even as Syria was falling apart under the sanctions. It will be interesting to …
Read More »Qatar, KSA Unveil Three-month ‘Support Package’ For Syria Following First IMF Visit in 18 Years
from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 2, 2025 Syria is currently being granted relief from over a decade of western sanctions and Arab isolation Saudi Arabia and Qatar have announced a joint three-month financial support package for public sector workers in Syria, as part of Gulf efforts to …
Read More »‘Global Britain’ gobbling up Syria (Video)
Diane Sare interviews Vanessa Beeley, published on Vanessa Beeley’s substack, June 2, 2025 Conversation with Diane Sare about the British (and US [jb]) masterminds behind the regime change war against Syria. There is a lot of good information in this interview and some perspectives that everyone should consider. Well worth …
Read More »Syria’s New Security Forces Undergo Intensive Training in Qatar and Saudi Arabia Amid Fears of Collapse
from Al Hal, published on The Syrian Observer, May 22, 2025 More than 1,800 Syrian security personnel are currently undergoing intensive training in Qatar and Saudi Arabia as part of a sweeping regional initiative to restructure and professionalise Syria’s internal security forces, Al-Hal Net has learned from exclusive sources. The …
Read More »US Secretary of State Says Syria Faces ‘Two Choices, Transformation or Civil War’
from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 14, 2025 Rubio made the comments during a press conference with his Syrian counterpart, coinciding with reports of talks between Damascus and Tel Aviv. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after a meeting with his Syrian counterpart in Turkiye on 15 …
Read More »Led by Rami Maklouf: New Alawite Party Seeks Autonomous Rule In Syria’s Coastal Region
from EREM News, published by The Syrian Observer, May 11, 2025 Founded in Moscow, the party reportedly aims to pave the way for the creation of an autonomous coastal region under the nominal authority of Damascus A Russian intelligence source has revealed the establishment of the first political party claiming …
Read More »Syria’s de Facto President to Skip Arab League Summit in Iraq
from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 12, 2025 Syria’s self-appointed interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa will not attend the upcoming Arab League summit in the Iraqi capital, according to an Arab diplomatic source who spoke with AFP on 12 May. In his stead, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani will lead …
Read More »Druze vs Sunni: Israel’s Sectarian Game in Syria
by The Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published on The Cradle, May 6, 2025 In late April, Syria plunged into renewed sectarian violence, with clashes erupting between extremist Sunni factions affiliated with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led (HTS) Syrian government and Druze armed groups in Suwayda and Damascus, leaving at least 100 dead. A …
Read More »Kevork Tells It Like It Is
Kevork Almassian, Substack, May 14, 2025 Will the sanctions really be lifted? [jb] For over a decade, the Syrian people have endured one of the most punishing economic sieges of modern history. Western governments, with full-throated support from exile activists and lobbyists posing as “human rights defenders,” weaponized sanctions against …
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