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 …
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by the Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published July 13, 2025 SSM Editor’s Note: If you can stand to look at these images, they are no different than the work of ISIS, Al Qaeda, Jabhat al Nusra and the many other salafist groups large and small that flooded Syria (with assistance from …
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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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Steven Sahiounie, published by PointS News on Youtube, March 31, 2025 This is an interview with our friend Steven Sahiounie who lives in Latakia. I hope he and his family stay safe there. [jb] As a journalist who has witnessed the complexities of the Syrian conflict firsthand, I’m proud to …
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Dutch Alternative Media with John Lauland, Peter Lavelle, Kevork Almassian, Mother Agnes Mariam, Jersh
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by Defend Democracy, March 9, 2025 While the Islamists of HTS of Syria’s interim president Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa also known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julanin are slaughtering religious minorities, Alawites and Christians alike, the Greek Orthodox and the Catholics in the country are calling for help. Yet …
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by Mouin Rabbani on X, republished on Vanessa Beeley’s Substack, December 29, 2024 A little New Years treat for people interested in Syria. ~jb Despite the shock reverberating around the region there are the first signs that Syria will not die as an ancient, pluralist civilization ~vb A thread covering …
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by Rick Sterling, published on the LA Progressive, December 10, 2023 My friend lives in Damascus. I will call him Qusay to protect his identity. Qusay was born and grew up in Aleppo and still has family there. He is a high-level translator and university professor. From his family, he …
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by Editor, Mideast Discourse, published on May 5, 2024 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad underlines that Damascus stands with the Palestinian Resistance and cause despite the perilous circumstances undergone by Syria. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad emphasized that his country’s position has been consistent since the emergence of the Palestinian cause in …
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by Susan Dirgham, published on Pearls and Irritations, December 22, 2023 ‘In the document drawn up by a top secret and high-level working group that met in Washington in September 1957, Mr Macmillan and President Eisenhower were left in no doubt about the need to assassinate the top men in …
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