Sectarian Violence

by The Cradle‘s Syria Correspondent, published December 25, 2025 On Christmas morning in Damascus, the sound of church bells rings hollow against a backdrop of fear. In a city once proud of its religious mosaic, Syria’s Christians now live as shadows of themselves – cautious, silent, and increasingly absent. For decades, the …

by Vijay Prashad and Carlos Ron, Distributed by Globetrotter., January 6, 2026 Editor’s Note: Yes, I know that Venezuela is not in West Asia.  However, it is fighting for it’s life as a sovereign nation against the same demon that is stomping on West Asia.    On the early morning …

by Ben Arthur Thomasson, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 10, 2025 [This is the second of a two-part series. Part I can be found here—Editors] Part 2 of a series exposing the farce of so-called U.S. “democracy promotion” From 2011 to 2016, demonstrations in Syria against the Ba’athist government headed …

by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, November 20, 2025 On 24 October, around 9pm, extremist thugs affiliated with the HTS ruling regime in Syria threw a hand grenade into the home of a schoolteacher in the Al Waleed suburb of Homs (central Syria). Riham Nizar Hammouda (image below) was 32 …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, September 18, 2025 A number of diplomats from the US mission to Syria have been abruptly dismissed by the US envoy to the country, Reuters reported on 18 September, citing sources familiar with the matter. The diplomats were part of the “Regional Syria …

By Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, September 12, 2025 These articles are written in collaboration with Syrian analysts whose names must remain undisclosed for their security in the New Al Qaeda Syria, which is governed by foreign intelligence agencies. Is Syria inexorably heading towards partitioning? Official statements from involved predatory …

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 …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, August 4, 2025 At least 254 people have been murdered in Syria since the beginning of the year, including many on sectarian grounds The above seems like a ridiculous undercount, but I suppose they are not counting the massacres of Druze and Alawites …

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 …

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 …