from the NewsDesk at The Cradle, January 3, 2023 Abu Mohammed al-Julani, the chief of the Idlib-based extremist group in northern Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – formerly known as the Al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front – made a video statement on 2 January rejecting the prospect of Russian-mediated talks between …
Read More »Protests Expand against SDF and US occupation in Syria
from the NewsDesk at The Cradle, December 27, 2022 According to the Syrian news agency SANA, demonstrations against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US occupation in Syria continue to grow. The protests, which are still ongoing on 27 December, demand the expulsion of US forces and their …
Read More »Turkey Agrees to Withdraw Troops from Syria: Syrian Media
News from Al Manar, December 30, 2022 Turkey has agreed to a complete pull-out of its troops from Syria after a recent meeting between defense ministers of Russia, Turkiye and Syria in Moscow, according to a report published in Syrian media. The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper said in a Friday report …
Read More »Ankara Willing to Withdraw From Syria if ‘Stability’ is Reached: Turkish FM
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 …
Read More »Turkish Occupation Armored Vehicle Runs over Girl and Woman in Aleppo Countryside
News from Al Manar, December 6, 2022 A girl and her grandmother died after being run over by a military armored vehicle affiliated with Turkish occupation forces in the occupied city of Atarib, in Aleppo western countryside. Local and media sources stated that a military armored vehicle of the Turkish …
Read More »Turkish attacks on SDF in northern Syria disrupt US oil smuggling
From the Newsdesk at The Cradle, December 7, 2022 Lebanese daily newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on 7 December that the US-backed Kurdish militia, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has suffered immensely in the latest wave of Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria. Despite the gradual Turkish change of plans away from a …
Read More »International Oil Assets Reported Hit as Turkey Strikes US/SDF Occupied Region of Syria
by Amberin Zaman, published on Al Monitor, December 2, 2022 Turkey’s airstrikes destroyed western controlled property, but it also injured Syrian people. Moreover, the Syrian government takes the stance that this property, which is theirs, will eventually be restored to them, and they will have to repair it. The US …
Read More »Syria Refused Turkiye’s Request to Hold a Meeting Between Erdogan and Assad
from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 6, 2022 On 6 December, Orhan Miroglu, the head of the Justice and Development Party, reported that Damascus turned down Ankara’s proposal to set up a meeting between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Al-Mayadeen news reported. On …
Read More »Sousan: Turkish Occupation Pretexts to Justify Syria Policy Deceives Nobody
from SANA, published on The Syrian Observer, November 24, 2022 Dr. Ayman Sousan, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, head of the Syrian Arab Republic delegation to the 19th International Meeting in Astana Format on Syria, said on Wednesday that the world has witnessed further escalation due to the …
Read More »Istanbul Terror Attack May Prompt Turkish Invasion and Deportations
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 18, 2022 On November 13, a blast ripped through Istiklal street, a busy pedestrian area in the Beyoglu neighborhood of Istanbul. The explosion killed six people and wounded 81 at about 4:30 pm local time. Among the dead were Arzu Ozsoy and …
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