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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Riches vs Ideology: Extremists Battle Over Syria’s Spoils
by Fehim Tastekim, published by The Cradle, May 30, 2025 After Abu Mohammad al-Julani (Ahmad al-Sharaa), self-declared president of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led authority in Syria, shook hands with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh on 14 May, a storm of questions erupted over the future of the extremist …
Read More »Syria’s de Facto President to Skip Arab League Summit in Iraq
from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 12, 2025 Syria’s self-appointed interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa will not attend the upcoming Arab League summit in the Iraqi capital, according to an Arab diplomatic source who spoke with AFP on 12 May. In his stead, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani will lead …
Read More »A Surprise Assault on Syria, But Can It Last?
by Haidar Mustafa, published on The Cradle, November 30, 2024 In his speech announcing Israel’s agreement to a ceasefire with Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a direct threat to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, warning him of “playing with fire.” Those words came mere hours before armed terrorist factions from …
Read More »I Crashed an Anti-Syria Lobby Meeting Where They Pushed for a New Caliphate and More Starvation Sanctions
by Hekmat Aboukhater, published on The Grayzone, August 21, 2023 I crashed the meeting of a lobbying front that ended the life-saving General License 2023 on Syria, and is now pushing to extend Washington’s economic war for another 8 years. Behind closed doors, the former State Department official leading the …
Read More »Clashes Resume Between Armed Groups in Northern Syria After Failed Truce
from The Cradle, October 15, 2022 Clashes resumed in northeast Syria on 15 October between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Turkish-backed factions of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Syrian National Army (SNA), after a preliminary ceasefire agreement had been reached the day before. Fighting was reignited in the Aleppo …
Read More »Al-Qaeda Truth in Syria is Coming Out, U.N. Hiding It (Video)
Redacted Inc. With Clayton Morris, July 11, 2022 Interview with Vanessa Beeley on the UN Aid Transit into Idlib Province in Syria, from Turkey as discussed in the UN Security Council. This is an important issue to understand and Vanessa is very clear on it. Russia is attempting to block …
Read More »Did the Syrian Revolution Have Popular Support?
by William Van Wangenen, published on the Libertarian Institute Website, August 3, 2022 In the mainstream view, the armed groups fighting the Syrian government since 2011, collectively known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA), were part of a Syrian revolution that represented the Syrian people. At the same time, the …
Read More »Syrians Live in Turkey Without Dignity or Rights
by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, June 14, 2022 Suleyman Soylu, Turkish Interior Minister, announced on Saturday new measures affecting Syrians living in Turkey. Firstly, Ankara has banned all Syrians from visiting their relatives in Syria during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which will take place in …
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