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from the News Desk at The Cradle, April 4, 2025 The Israeli army is organizing hiking tours for civilians inside recently occupied Syrian territory during the upcoming Passover holiday, according to Israeli media reports. The tours, coordinated by the Israeli military’s Northern Command and 210th Division alongside the “Friends on …

by Sabah Haidar, published on Mondoweiss, March 24, 2025 The IMF and World Bank are conditioning reconstruction funds on Lebanon’s normalization with Israel and disarming Hezbollah. In the Dahiya suburb of Beirut, the people who’ve lost their homes in the war think this is unacceptable. Since February 2025, the United …

Ken Stone speaking on PressTV.

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 …

from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, March 25, 2025 The Israeli army said it opened fire and called in an airstrike on ‘terrorists’ in the town of Koya, west of Deraa At least seven people were killed in Israeli attacks on the town of Koya west of southern Syria’s Deraa …

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 …

by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, March 20, 2025 In January, Israel’s Security and Force Building Budget Examination Committee – known as the Nagel Committee, after its chairman Yaakov Nagel – released a report highlighting the potential security threat posed by a Syrian–Turkish alliance. The committee warned that …

from al-Araby al-Jadeed, published on the Syrian Observer, March 5, 2025 Speaking to a Delegation from Jaramana, Sheikh al-Hijri reiterated his unwavering support for Syria’s territorial integrity and called for all communities to coexist with dignity. Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community, has reaffirmed his commitment …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, February 27, 2025 Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on 27 February that Tel Aviv is planning to keep its occupation forces in southern Lebanon and Syria “indefinitely.” “There is a buffer zone [on the border with Lebanon]. It wasn’t easy, but I …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, February 28, 2025 The Israeli military’s “Loot Unit” has seized enough weaponry to establish “a small army,” as well as “mountains” of cash and gold since launching the wars in the Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon, and Syria, Ynet reported on 28 February. “We …