from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 22, 2025 Syria’s new administration has issued its first tenders to buy crude and refined products since the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government in December, as fuel shortages continue to cause electricity blackouts in the country, global market intelligence firm …
Read More »13m Syrians Food Insecure, UN Warns
News from Middle East Monitor, January 9, 2025 Editor’s note: When is the last time anyone noted that the population of Syria is “Food Insecure”. I suppose that “recent improvements” include US release of some of Syria’s wheat from the area they occupy in the East. Then we have “millions …
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 »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 »Syrian Minorities Under Threat
from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 29, 2024 Reports of sectarian killings and ethnic cleansing of Alawites and Christians continue to emerge as Ahmad al-Sharaa’s new government seeks to exert control over the country The new Syrian government led by former Al-Qaeda leader Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani …
Read More »Controversy Hits CNN over ‘Staged’ Report on Syrian Prisoner Rescue
from the News Desk at the Cradle, December 17,2024 CNN has acknowledged that a report filed by star journalist Clarissa Ward from Syria claiming to show her discovering a prisoner in a Damascus jail was false. The description of the video report stated that “Clarissa Ward discovers a man in …
Read More »US Lawmakers Urge White House to Enact ‘Syria Sanctions Relief’: Report
from the News Desk of The Cradle, December 12, 2024 Two members of the US Congress are urging the White House to ease “some sanctions” on Syria to help its economy in the wake of the takeover of the country by extremist armed groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). …
Read More »Informative Analysis of the Recent Attack on Aleppo (Videos)
Judge Neapolitano interviews Alistair Crooke on Judging Freedom, December 2, 2024 Kevork Almassian on Syrianna Analysis, December 3, 2024
Read More »Assad and Larijani’s Message of Alliance: Standing with Palestine and Lebanon
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 14, 2024 Assad and Larijani’s Message of Alliance: Standing with Palestine and Lebanon In the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, have reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Palestine and Lebanon …
Read More »Israel is Building Along U.N.-patrolled Demilitarized Zone in Syria, Satellite Images Show
by John Gambrell, published in LA Times, November 11, 2024 Editor’s note: It looks like Israel may be preparing for a direct attack on Syria, in line with it’s plans to assimilate Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and more… Israel has begun a construction project along the so-called Alpha Line that …
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