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 …
Read More »How Syria’s Kurds Were Erased From the US-led Endgame
by Musa Ozugurlu, published on The Cradle, January 21, 2016 For nearly 15 years, US flags flew over Syrian territory with near-total impunity – from Kurdish towns to oil-rich outposts. In the northeast, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) manned checkpoints, American convoys moved freely, and local councils governed as …
Read More »Syrian Forces Overrun ISIS Prison as SDF Condemns US Inaction
from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 19, 2026 The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on 19 January that Damascus has continued to attack its positions across northern Syria despite the US-backed ceasefire reached a day earlier, warning that attacks are targeting the vicinity of SDF-run prisons holding tens …
Read More »The U.S.A.’s Longest “Democracy” Project in Syria Has Resulted in the Empowerment of Al-Qaeda
by Ben Arthur Thomasson, published on CovertAction Magazine, May 2025 This is the first of a 4 part series showing the depth of U.S. Intervention in Syria. Research reveals a decades long battle to get rid of the sovereign nationalist government of Syria and replace it with a puppet. [jb] …
Read More »The Great Wall-in of Syria; a Blueprint for the Region? Isolating the Resistance.
by Vanessa Beeley and Jamarl Thomas, published on Vanessa’s Substack, November 26, 2025 In this excellent intervie2w, Vanessa creates a big picture of Israeli expansion in SouthvWest Asia in general and Syria in particular She makes some excellent points about the methodologies of oppression/aggression as well. The same video is …
Read More »‘The Era of International Mediation is Over’ — Israel & US attempt to Impose a New ‘Reality’ on Gaza, Syria & Lebanon
from the Conflict Forum Substack, October 22, 2025 A compilation tracking consequential & strategic observations in West Asia — from analysis & reports from the Arabic/ regional press (22 Oct 2025) Israel is attempting to determine and impose its strategic framework across the region – with full US support. Israel …
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 »‘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 »Riches vs Ideology: Extremists Battle Over Syria’s Spoils
by Fehim Tastekim, published by The Cradle, May 30, 2025 After Abu Mohammad al-Julani (Ahmad al-Sharaa), self-declared president of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led authority in Syria, shook hands with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh on 14 May, a storm of questions erupted over the future of the extremist …
Read More »Syrian Security Forces Launch Arrest Campaign in Al-Mayadeen
from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, May 19, 2025 Syria’s General Security forces launched a large-scale security campaign in Al-Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on 19 May, following the detonation of a car bomb near the police station in the city the night before. According to …
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