by Mark Taliano, published on Global Research, July 18, 2025 In 2016, elected Syrian President Bashar al-Assad presciently cautioned that, “Their plan was to undermine the constitution and then unleash absolute chaos—chaos that could only be resolved by imposing an ethnically and sectarian-based constitution. This would turn us from a …
Read More »Symbolic Israeli Airstrikes Conceal Real Druze Massacre in Syria
Statement by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, July 19, 2025 FYI: Apparently, these events began the day after the Syrian President returned from his meeting with Israeli officials in Azerbaijan [jb] Tensions in southern Syria are escalating at a staggering rate. Yesterday, mainstream headlines reported that Israeli jets bombed Damascus and targeted …
Read More »Jolani Escapes to Latakia as Israel Bombs Damascus
Below is a report by Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed from his Facebook Page. The references in the Arabic press are gone, i.e., the pages are no longer available online. More on this in a later post. Al Mayadeen has removed the articles, and Syrian News outlets have gone dark. Sweida is strewn with …
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 »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 »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 …
Read More »Shattered Narative: Syrian Refugees Refuse to Return Despite Assad’s Ouster
by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, June 11, 2025 The fall of Damascus has not led to mass repatriation – Syrians abroad remain unconvinced by promises of reform amid insecurity, economic collapse, and fragmented governance under Syria’s new, unelected, foreign-backed leaders. The fall of former Syrian president Bashar …
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