Editorial, May 31, 2025 If you have read and listen to the recent material posted on this blog, you will have been informed that over the last few weeks, the new Syrian Government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, at minimum, facilitated the murder of tens of thousands of Syrian civilians; at …
Read More »Alawites and Christians: Behind Syria’s Silent, Sectarian Slaughter
by Hamide Rencus, published on The Cradle, March 28, 2025 The massacres and repression of Alawites and Christians in Syria began immediately after the fall of Damascus and have continued for the past three and a half months. On 7 December 2024, the day after the capital city fell to …
Read More »The Fall of Assad to US Supported Extremists and the Massacre of Christians and Alawites
by Dennis Kucinich, published on Substack, March 12, 2025 I am no apologist for any government. I stand for transparency and common sense. In this article I detail the US policies, over many administrations, which have resulted in this manufactured disaster. While many in Washington claim to defend Christianity and …
Read More »Inside the HTS-Israeli Campaign to Eliminate Syria’s Military Engineers and Scientists
by The Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published on The Cradle, March 19, 2025 On 27 November w024, militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, launched a lighting assault on Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city. Amid the chaos, Armenian born professor Yervant Arslanian was assassinated by a suspected …
Read More »The Tragedy of Syria
by Greg Goedels, published on ZZ’s Blog, March 18, 2025 It is cruelly fitting that one of the acknowledged cradles of civilization is now a showroom for the cruelties, irrationalities, and injustices of the modern capitalist world. At various times, Syria was part of the lands that were widely admired …
Read More »Thousands Reported Killed in Syria as HTS-allied Forces Attack, Execute Alawites
by The Grayzone and Antiwar.com, published on The Grayzone, March 13, 2025 Editor’s note: Sectarian Sunni forces linked to the new HTS-led government of Syria have massacred over 1300 Alawites in the past week, according to a conservative estimate. The Grayzone has spoken to staff from a Western aid organization …
Read More »Bashar Assad’s Son: “There was never a plan—not even a backup—to leave Damascus, let alone Syria.”
by Hafez Assad, from an ‘X‘ Thread by Eva Bartlett, February 10, 2025 Hafez Assad’s ‘x’ account was immediately shut down after he posted these messages. BREAKING: This is the first of a two part post from Bashar al-Assad’s son, Hafez al-Assad. I can confirm this account is his and …
Read More »Putin Weighs in on the Syrian Situation
by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, December 22, 2024 This is a different and very interesting reflection of the precipitous collapse of the Syrian government and the transition to new leadership, ostensibly financed and directed by Turkish/Qatari and U.S./Israeli money, training and equipment. The date is interesting as well. …
Read More »How the West Destroyed Syria
by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voice, January 11, 2024 Peter Ford served in the UK Foreign Ministry for many years including being UK Ambassador to Bahrein (1999-2003) and then Syria (2003-2006). Following that, he was representative to the Arab world for the Commissioner General of United Nations Relief and …
Read More »Erdogan’s Dual Kurdish Strategy: Peace Talks vs Reconfiguring Syria Militarily
by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, January 8, 2025 Turkiye’s renewed push to resolve the Kurdish question – through a mix of delicate negotiations with an incarcerated separatist icon and military action in Syria – could either pave the way for peace or deepen divisions in a region facing collapse. …
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