by Greg Goedels, published on ZZ’s Blog, March 18, 2025 It is cruelly fitting that one of the acknowledged cradles of civilization is now a showroom for the cruelties, irrationalities, and injustices of the modern capitalist world. At various times, Syria was part of the lands that were widely admired …
Read More »Is the Syrian Administration Seeking to Restore Relations with Iran
from Syria TV, published on Syrian Observer, February 20, 2025 Syria TV has learned from Iraqi political sources that Baghdad is preparing to receive Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in the coming period, signaling a shift in relations from intelligence-level coordination to full political engagement. Speaking to Syria TV, the …
Read More »Six Scenarios for Syria
by Asa’ad AbuKhalil, published on Consortium News, January 29, 2025 It is naive to assume that the current regime in Syria will remain in place — as it is — going forward. Syria is now in a state of uneasy transition and the political-military situation will remain in flux as …
Read More »The Regional Realignment Post-Syria-Coup
by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, January 28, 2025 On Thursday I am going to record a conversation with Moscow-based journalist and friend, Fiorella Isabel. You can follow her excellent analysis at her Substack. We are going to focus on the direction of travel of Russian foreign policy since the …
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 »Israeli Minister Threatens Bashar al-Assad: ‘You are in Danger’
from The News Desk at The Cradle, October 28, 2024 Editor’s note: Israeli ministers certainly are arrogant and entitled. Here, among the threats are acknowledgements of their participation in the so called “Syrian Civil War” which was actually an all out attack on Syria by US allies in the region …
Read More »Why Anti-Imperialists Must Defend Syria and the Axis of Resistance
by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 The anti-colonial struggle against U.S./Western imperialism and the Zionist settler state has long shaped the geopolitical dynamics of West Asia. Syria stands at the epicenter of this struggle as a vital member of the Axis of Resistance, a united front …
Read More »Boiling the Israeli Frog in In Southwest Asia (video)
A lecture by Sharmine Narwani at the American University in Beirut, Posted by The Cradle, September 4, 2024 This talk really helps with a understanding a lot of issues occurring in the “Middle East” at this time, so that many people who oppose the wars, oppose the occupation of Palestine …
Read More »Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran Unite to Refuse a Kurdish State in Syria
Steven Sahiounie interviews Dr. Nidal Kabalan, journalist, political analyst, and former Syrian Ambassador to Turkey. Published on Mideast Discourse, July 7, 2024 According to the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mr. Shia Sudani, Syria and Turkey are moving closer to a possible normalization of relations which were broken after the U.S.-NATO attack …
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