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 …
Read More »‘We are staying’: Israeli war chief vows indefinite occupation of Lebanon, Syria
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 …
Read More »Israeli Troops Stole ‘Mountains Of Cash and Gold’ From Gaza, Lebanon, Syria
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 …
Read More »Lebanese Tribesmen Humiliate HTS Elite Forces
by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, February 11, 2025 Extraordinary events have taken place on the borders with Lebanon and Syria over the last few days. It is very unlikely that this will be reported in Western media, still slavishly erasing the terrorist crimes of HTS members and self-elected President …
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 »Stealing water: Israel’s Covert War on Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan
by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, January 14, 2025 At the beginning of January, less than a month after rebel forces seized Damascus and toppled the Syrian government, Israeli occupation forces launched an unchallenged advance extending to the vicinity of the Al-Mantara Dam – a critical water source …
Read More »Ceasefire Is Not The End
by Jonathan Kuttab, published on FOSNA Website, January 17, 2025 We need to report this though it is not directly about Syria. I like this article because it focuses on the details of the present interaction and what it leaves open. [jb] It looks as if there will finally be …
Read More »Only Force will Stop Genocide
by Paul Larudee, published on Paul’s Substack, January 4, 2025 We have long passed the point of mobilizing world opinion against Israel’s shameless and wanton slaughter of countless defenseless civilian Palestinian men, women, children and even the unborn. They are countless because no one has the means to count those …
Read More »Israeli Army Bombs Damascus Outskirts, Seizes Control of Syrian Water Sources
from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 2, 2025 The Israeli air force launched a violent attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus on 2 January, coming as Israel’s military continues to expand its occupation in the country, reaching a key dam in the southern Quneitra area. Syrian media …
Read More »Syria’s Assad Has Fallen – Just as the Pentagon Planned 23 Years Ago
by Jonathan Cook, published on Defend Democracy, December 11, 2024 When westerners see ‘enemy’ governments fall, or civil wars erupt, they are led to think they are the geopolitical equivalent of a natural event. Nothing could be further from the truth The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel …
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