by The Cradle’s Palestine Correspondent, published on The Cradle, March 25, 2025 Since the fall of the Syrian government on 8 December, the direction of the new interim administration, headed by Ahmad al-Sharaa, has become increasingly clear. Politically, militarily, and legally, Damascus now appears aligned with Washington’s long-standing vision of …
Read More »Israeli Atrocities Continue in Lebanon
by Craig Murray, published on Consortium News, January27, 2025 Rampant war crimes and ceasefire violations mark the trail of the Greater Israel project as it advances — with help from the U.S.-backed government in Beirut — in southern Lebanon. Not only did Israel fail to evacuate its army from Southern …
Read More »Sednaya: Investigating Syria’s Most Notorious Prison
by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, December 24, 2024 This article is an important counter to some of the horrific propaganda spewed by the Western press (and Al Jazeera) since the overthrow of the legitimate Syrian government in a coup perpetrated by the same entities that waged war …
Read More »Evaluating Bashar al-Assad’s Human Rights Record in Syria
by Joe Emsberger and Justin Podur, published on The Anti Empire Project, December 15, 2024 Can resisting the genocidal US Empire be a stain on your human rights record? By a slave owner’s reading of history, Abraham Lincoln butchered 260,000 to 400,000 of his “own people” in the South to …
Read More »Syria, a Fallen Civilization That Will Rise Again
by Mouin Rabbani on X, republished on Vanessa Beeley’s Substack, December 29, 2024 A little New Years treat for people interested in Syria. ~jb Despite the shock reverberating around the region there are the first signs that Syria will not die as an ancient, pluralist civilization ~vb A thread covering …
Read More »The Economic War Against Syria
by Roberta Rivolta, published on Counter-Hegemonic Studies, December 4, 2024 As ancient as economic wars may be, the use of embargoes as means of coercion experienced a significant acceleration only at the end of the Cold War. While the collapse of the USSR reduced the risk that a targeted nation …
Read More »From Dallas to Gaza: The JFK Assassination was Good for Zionist Israel
by Rick Sterling, published on MintPress News, December 13. 2023 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated sixty years ago. If he had lived and won a second term, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would have evolved differently. Possibly, the path toward Israeli apartheid and genocide in Gaza could have been avoided. In …
Read More »Saudi Arabia’s shadowy role in the Ghouta chemical attack
by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, November 6, 2023 On 13 September, acclaimed US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh revealed a crucial five-page memo prepared for the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) on 20 June, 2013. This document contained details about the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front’s plan to manufacture sarin nerve gas with the …
Read More »SDF Tightens Censorship of Journalists in Northeastern Syria
by SYRIA TV, published on The Syrian Observer, November 7th, 2023 According to a circular from the Autonomous Administration, media workers need an official authorization to operate, Syria TV. The Media Department of the Autonomous Administration has released a circular, warning journalists about potential legal consequences should they report on …
Read More »An Israeli Role in Syria’s Suwayda Protests
by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, September 18, 2023 On 17 August, anti-government protests erupted in Suwayda, a province in southern Syria with a Druze-majority population. These demonstrations were triggered by the Syrian government’s decision to lift fuel subsidies, which came amidst a severe economic crisis exacerbated by …
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