from the News Desk at The Cradle, August 4, 2025 Armed clashes erupted early in the morning on 4 August between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian government forces near the town of Deir Hafer in northern Syria. The US-backed SDF issued a statement saying that factions affiliated …
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from the News Desk at the Cradle, published July 25 Hardly worth posting except as a reminder of who’s calling the shots (SSM Editor) Negotiations between Damascus and Tel Aviv are resuming after a series of violent Israeli strikes on Syria last week. The US envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, …
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from the News Desk at the Cradle, August 1, 2025 As diplomatic negotiations seek to determine the future of southern Syria, Israeli military operations are intensifying around Suwayda and the outskirts of Damascus. A new round of talks, reportedly set to take place in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, between Syria’s Foreign …
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from Agence France-Presse, published on Al-Monitor, July 19, 2025 Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria’s Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to “slaughter” residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted. Just hours earlier, Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa had announced an immediate ceasefire, but …
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by al Hawar (ANHA), July 18, 2025 The transitional government presidency in Syria has thwarted a truce agreement aimed at ending the bloody tensions between the people of Suwayda and the tribes in the south, despite extensive mediation efforts involving dignitaries from Daraa and religious leaders from Suwayda. The Presidential …
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, July 16, 2025 The Israeli air force carried out an attack on the entrance to the Syrian General Staff Headquarters in the capital Israel renewed its attacks on Syria on 16 July as fierce clashes between government forces and Druze militant factions in …
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by Kevork Almassian, published on Substack, May 29, 2025 What happened in Aleppo on November 27, 2024, was not just a battlefield event—it was a political earthquake. The rapid fall of the city, and with it the backbone of the Assad regime’s military presence in northern Syria, sent shockwaves through …
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by Malek Hafez, from Facebook published on The Syrian Observer, May 26, 2025 While London has avoided presenting itself as an official sponsor of Syria’s transitional authorities, its fingerprints are increasingly visible, Malek Hafez argues. In a significant revelation that sheds new light on the architecture of Syria’s post-Assad political …
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 2, 2025 Syria is currently being granted relief from over a decade of western sanctions and Arab isolation Saudi Arabia and Qatar have announced a joint three-month financial support package for public sector workers in Syria, as part of Gulf efforts to …
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News From The Cradle, May 23, 2025 Syria’s path to having sanctions removed is virtually impossible. The three stipulations ignore the real issues facing the new government and the horrors facing the Syrian people. Getting rid of the Palestinians, well, maybe; embracing the SDF and controlling ISIS, unlikely; normalization with …
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