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Shadow rule: How the Sharaa family and a foreign-born operative built Syria’s new deep economy

From The Cradle, published December 1, 2025 Beneath Syria’s ministries and decrees lies a shadow economy controlled by the Sharaa brothers and a foreign-born operative, whose journey from Idlib militancy to the heart of Damascus exposes how power and profit intertwine in the post-Assad state. Since the fall of former Syrian …

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When the Candles Were Extinguished in the Church: What Remains of Syria? – The Syrian Observer

by Wael Sawah, published by the Syrian Observer, June 26, 2025 The bombing – and the government’s tepid response – not only exposed the growing threat of sectarian terror but also revealed the extent of  Syria’s internal fracture. Questions are mounting over the fragility of Syria’s security, the duplicity in …

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At Least 20 Killed, 52 Injured in Suicide Bombing at Damascus Church

 published on The Straits Times, June 23, 2025 DAMASCUS – At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighbourhood of Syria’s capital Damascus on June 22, health authorities and security sources said. The incident marks …

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Foreign Fighters in Post-War Syria: Between Integration, Instrumentalization, and Institutional Collapse

by The Syrian Observer, June 9, 2025 A timely analysis.  I only wonder why these issues never occurred to them over the long years when they were supporting the “revolution” driven by these same men. [ jb] In the uneasy interstice between war and peace, Syria grapples with a question …

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Over 100 Killed in Fresh Sectarian Violence by HTS Militants in Syria

News from PressTV,  May 1, 2025 At least 101 people have been killed over the past two days in a Damascus suburb in fierce clashes between ruling Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham militants and fighters from the local Druze religious community, a report says.  According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Thursday, …

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Mother Agnes And Aid for Alawites Under Seige in the ‘New’ Syria

Max Blumenthal speaks to Mother Superior Agnes Mariam De La Croix, published by The Grayzone, May 2, 2025 Max Blumenthal speaks to Mother Superior Agnes Mariam De La Croix, a Lebanese Christian nun, as she organizes a second convoy of aid and food to the Alawite community which has been …

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The Brutal Sectarian History of Western, Zionist and Turkish Proxies in Syria

by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, April 13, 2025 Vanessa Beeley has spent a great deal of time in Syria interviewing ordinary people caught in the horrific proxy war to destroy the Republic of Syria.   It is a painfully graphic  reminder of what a war on an innocent population really …

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The Fall of Assad to US Supported Extremists and the Massacre of Christians and Alawites

by Dennis Kucinich, published on Substack, March 12, 2025 I am no apologist for any government. I stand for transparency and common sense. In this article I detail the US policies, over many administrations, which have resulted in this manufactured disaster. While many in Washington claim to defend Christianity and …

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Syria’s Sectarian Massacres are Blowback for Foreign-led Dirty War

by Aaron Mate, Published on Aaron’s  Substack, March 10, 2025 Since Friday, fighters loyal to Syria’s new Al Qaeda offshoot government have massacred hundreds of people in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus, the heartland of Syria’s Alawite population. Contacts in Syria have shared stories, corroborated by gruesome videos …

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