from The News Desk at The Cradle, January 10, 2025 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated on 10 January that Turkiye is determined to defeat the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria in 2025, as heavy fighting between the SDF and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) continues near …
Read More »Clashes Erupt in Western Syria After Locals Ambush HTS Fighters
from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 26, 2024 The ambush was reportedly carried out by former elements of the Syrian Arab Army, coming during an eruption of sectarian tensions across Syria Clashes raged in Syria on 26 December between the remnants of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and …
Read More »Alawites Are Syrians Too
by Peter Ford, published on 21st Century Wire, December 27, 2024 Alawites in their towns and villages in the Tartous and Lattakia provinces of Syria are being subjected to hideous pogroms under the new Islamist dispensation in Syria. And the world turns its back. The Alawites are just too inconvenient …
Read More »A Voice From Syria on Christmas Day: “All of Us Are lost.”
by Rick Sterling, published on Global Research, December 27, 2024 Following are some key points from a discussion with my friend Qusay (not his real name) in Damascus. He is a translator and university professor. The situation in Syria continues to evolve. See the X account of Tim Anderson @TimAnd2037 …
Read More »‘Hiroshima in Tartus’: Israeli Strikes Shake Tartus, Martyrs Reported
News from Al Mayadeen English, December 16, 2024 Editor’s Note: Not to make the Israeli’s seem more powerful than they are, but rather to show their calloused indifference to civilian lives and infrastructure. The most violent Israeli aggression on Syria, which targeted Tartus, on Monday at dawn, resulted in the …
Read More »HTS Officials Order Palestinian Resistance Factions to Disarm, Close Bases in Syria: Report
from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 13, 2024 The new rulers in Damascus are taking actions to prevent the Palestinians from defending themselves or resisting Israel Representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the new ruling extremist organization in Damascus, informed the representatives of the Palestinian factions in Syria …
Read More »Ukraine Provided HTS Extremists With 150 Drones Ahead of Syria Takeover
from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 11, 2024 The Ukrainian government provided fighters from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) extremist armed group with “about 150 first-person-view drones” and at least 20 experienced drone operators in the lead-up to the flash offensive that ended with the fall of the …
Read More »Death Toll Surges from ‘Deadliest’ Israeli Attack on Syria’s Palmyra
from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, November 21, 2024 The death toll of the Israeli attack on central Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra a day ago shot up significantly on 21 November, with official Syrian media announcing 36 deaths and an opposition-linked war monitor reporting nearly 80. According to UK-based …
Read More »Syrian, Russian Air Defenses Confront Violent Israeli Attack Near Strategic Airbase
from The News Desk at The Cradle, published October 3, 2024 Drones, warplanes, and warships took part in the early morning attack on western Syria, targeting a depot near Russia’s largest base in the country Syrian and Russian air defenses confronted a suspected Israeli attack early on 3 October that …
Read More »Aleppo Defeats US-backed Terrorists and Restores Heritage Site
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, September 9, 2024 The ancient bazaar in Aleppo, Syria has been restored and is open for business once more. The long alleyway of shops was severely damaged after the US-sponsored mercenaries of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), and their Al Qaeda allies, fought …
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