by Brad Pearce, published on the Libertarian Institute Website, August 1, 2024 This article, which has a US-centric perspective, was published the day before The Cradle published an article saying that 1,000 ISIS prisoners were released from this gulag, causing significant consternation in Iraq, and more or less co-temporal with …
Read More »Syrian Army Shells US Proxies in Deir Ezzor as Tribal Uprising Continues
from the News Desk at The Cradle, published August 8, 2024 US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria have accused Damascus’ General Intelligence Service of being behind the large-scale tribal assault launched against them on Wednesday Syrian army troops shelled positions of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on 8 August, responding …
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 »Iraq Boosts Security on Syrian Border after US Proxies Free Hundreds of ISIS Fighters
from the News Desk at The Cradle, August 1, 2024 Officials from Mosul say the released ISIS fighters have been ‘dispersed along the Iraqi borders’ with no monitoring. The Iraqi armed forces have increased security along the country’s border with Syria following the release of hundreds of ISIS fighters from …
Read More »Iraq Opens New Border Command as Fears Grow Over ISIS Fighters Freed by SDF in Syria
from the News Desk, published on The Cradle, August 2, 2024 The Iraqi News Agency (INA) published a statement by the Ministry of Interior saying that Shammari, “accompanied by the Undersecretary of the Ministry for Federal Security Affairs and the Commander of the Border Forces, arrived in the Al-Waleed district …
Read More »Rocket Attack Hits US Occupation Base in Syria’s Conoco Oil Field
from the News Desk, published on The Cradle, July 26, 2024 Rocket salvos hit the US occupation army base at Syria’s largest oil field during the early hours of 27 July, according to local sources who reported the sound of explosions in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor in the …
Read More »Erdoğan Signals End of Military Ops in North Iraq, Syria Amid Reconciliation Efforts
by Turkish Minute, July 15, 2024 Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Saturday announced the imminent end of his government’s operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and Syria, Agence France-Presse reported. Turkey began its Operation Claw-Lock in April 2022, claiming it needed to secure its …
Read More »Chinese Minister Says US Should Stop Plundering Syria (Video)
Published by Middle East Monitor on Twitter, July 4, 2024 Chinese FM: the US, now plundering Syria under entirely false pretexts, is “a manufacturer of humanitarian crises”.
Read More »Can Iraq broker peace between Syria and Turkiye?
by Khalil Harb, published on The Cradle, June 17, 2024 Recent developments indicate a potential thaw in the frosty relations between Damascus and Ankara, but a breakthrough remains uncertain. Despite the bleak outlook, Baghdad hopes to replicate its past success in mediating between adversaries. In April 2021, Iraq facilitated a …
Read More »Worst in 70 Years: Syria Experiencing Drought and Shocking Statistics of Desertification in North and East of Country
published in English on Syrian Observer, June 21, 2024, Source: SHAAM NETWORK (Opposition website), Experts have warned that the drought situation could be exacerbated if global warming rises by an additional two degrees from pre-industrial levels. The U.S. embassy in Syria tweeted on the X platform (formerly Twitter) that Syria …
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