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 »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 »Arab Tribes Seize Control of US-occupied Syrian Towns in Large-scale Assault
from the News Desk at The Cradle, published August 7, 2024 Editor’s Note: Looks like Syria is now openly engaged in the regional war for sovereignty! A coalition of Syrian Arab tribes seized several towns from US-backed Kurdish forces in the countryside of eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor governorate on 7 …
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 …
Read More »Arab League Drops Hezbollah ‘Terrorist’ Designation
News from The Cradle, June 30, 2024 The Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League announced on 29 June that the body had canceled its designation of Lebanon’s resistance movement, Hezbollah, as a terrorist organization. “In previous Arab League decisions, Hezbollah was designated as a terrorist organization, and this designation was …
Read More »Iraqi Resistance Dismisses US Withdrawal Talks, Vows More Attacks
from the News Desk at The Cradle, published January 26, 2024 US officials say a withdrawal from Iraq and Syria is not imminent despite new talks about their status with the Iraqi government The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) criticized the US request to hold talks with the Iraqi government …
Read More »The Gathering in Support of the Choice of Resistance Met in Tehran to Honor the Achievements of the Martyr Qasem Soleimani
by Judith Bello, January 19, 2024 I traveled to Tehran to meet with the Gathering in Support of the Choice of Resistance the first week in January this year. The Gathering is an international organization based in Lebanon, but our meeting in Tehran at this time was an opportunity to …
Read More »Iraqi Resistance Targets US Military Base in Eastern Syria in Retaliatory Strike
From the Newsdesk at Mideast Discourse, January 13, 2024 Amid simmering anti-US sentiment over Washington’s support for the Israeli air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip, Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have carried out an attack against a US military installation in the eastern Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr. The …
Read More »An Iraqi Confrontation Grows Between the US and PMU
by The Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent, published on The Cradle, December 4, 2023 The October 2023 war, which kicked off with the Palestinian resistance’s Al-Aqsa Flood operation and Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza, has extended to Baghdad, with Iraqi resistance factions launching drone and missile strikes on US bases after warning …
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