Haya’at Tahrir al Sham

by Kevork Almassian, published on Substack, February 25,  2026 When the headlines tell you that ISIS is resurfacing in Syria, that prison breaks are accelerating, and that American forces are “withdrawing,” you are supposed to read it as a chaotic but ultimately familiar story: terrorism comes back, the international community …

by The Cradle‘s Syria Correspondent, published December 25, 2025 On Christmas morning in Damascus, the sound of church bells rings hollow against a backdrop of fear. In a city once proud of its religious mosaic, Syria’s Christians now live as shadows of themselves – cautious, silent, and increasingly absent. For decades, the …

By Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, September 12, 2025 These articles are written in collaboration with Syrian analysts whose names must remain undisclosed for their security in the New Al Qaeda Syria, which is governed by foreign intelligence agencies. Is Syria inexorably heading towards partitioning? Official statements from involved predatory …

by Hüseyin Vodinalı, published on Global Research,  The AKP’s neo-Ottomanist “Magnificent” Syria policy has brought Turkey to the brink of war with Israel. Ironically, every action taken has served Israel’s interests. The overthrow of Assad by terrorists brought from all over the world, the installation of Al-Sharah, a CIA-MI6-Mossad product, paving …

by the Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published July 13, 2025 SSM Editor’s Note: If you can stand to look at these images, they are no different than the work of ISIS, Al Qaeda, Jabhat al Nusra and the many other salafist groups large and small that flooded Syria (with assistance from …

by al Hawar (ANHA), July 18, 2025 The transitional government presidency in Syria has thwarted a truce agreement aimed at ending the bloody tensions between the people of Suwayda and the tribes in the south, despite extensive mediation efforts involving dignitaries from Daraa and religious leaders from Suwayda. The Presidential …

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 …

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 …

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 …