From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 20, 2023 An overwhelming majority of Jordanians say they oppose “all sorts of cooperation” with Israel, including receiving humanitarian aid in the case of a natural disaster, according to a public opinion poll commissioned by the Washington Institute and conducted between March …
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by YaLiban, published June 7, 2023 This is interesting. Though I disagree with the analyst’s perspective, the article lays out exactly the imperialist context that keeps Lebanon from having a functioning government, and from any kind of viable independence. Aside from the factional infighting, notice the credentials cited for the …
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 9, 2023 On 8 May, US President Joe Biden signed a new one-year extension for the “national emergency” declared concerning Syria, just one day after the Arab League approved Damascus’ reentry to the bloc despite Washington’s objections. Initially signed in 2004 by …
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, April 25, 2023 The defense ministers of Syria, Turkiye, Russia, and Iran held a four-way meeting in Moscow on 25 April in order to continue negotiations regarding an eventual normalization of ties between the Syrian and Turkish governments. The meeting “was held in …
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by Helena Cobban, published on Globalities, April 21, 2023 Suddenly, within the past few weeks, there has been a flurry of diplomatic activity that provides real hope that the civil war that’s devastated Syria for 12 years may be headed toward a negotiated peace and a chance for rebuilding. These …
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from the NewsDesk at The Cradle, January 22, 2023 The unconfirmed reports say that Turkish helicopters flew into the base to retrieve dead and injured soldiers. Syrian news outlets affiliated with the extremist opposition group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), reported the targeting of a Turkish military base by the Syrian …
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from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, December 30, 2022 Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told media on 29 December that Ankara is willing to withdraw from the territory it occupies in northern Syria and hand it over to Damascus in the event that “political stability” is reached. Cavusoglu’s comments came …
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by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 27, 2022 The Kurds in northeastern Syria have established their semi-autonomous administration which they call “Rojava”. They are now under threat of an increased invasion and occupation by Turkish ground troops, which could end in ethnic cleansing and mass casualties. Turkish President …
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by Steven Sahiounie, published on Global Research, October 19, 2022 This is a very interesting article which highlights some of the issues that make it difficult to end the Syrian war and move forward. It is important to think about these issues when you look at bringing peace to the …
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by the Iraq Correspondent of The Cradle, September 28, 2022 Although the porous Iraqi-Syrian border stretches for over 600 kilometers, about half of it – in practice – is not subject to the authority of either state. Over the years, this lack of comprehensive border control has given rise to …
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