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Kurdish Forces Vow to Defend Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud, Reject Damascus’s Call to Surrender

from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 9, 2026 Editor’s Note:  Sad to say, neither of these organizations represents the Syrian people.   Yes, the Kurds aren’t as deeply violent as Jolani’s crew, but they are just as avaricious and power hungry.   In any case, they are fighting it out …

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Israel Fights Turkey in Syria For Regional Dominance

by Marwa Osman, comments from Facebook, December 24, 2025 Gang wars in Aleppo.  Again.  How sad.  [jb] What is unfolding today in Syria, particularly the clashes between the Syrian government and the SDF in Aleppo, is not an isolated security incident. It is a pressure point in a much wider …

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Uncertainty Surrounds Disappearance of Civilians and Security Forces Remain Silence, Despite the Return of Some

by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, May 30, 2025 Aleppo province: SOHR activists have documented a series of disappearances of civilians, including minor girls, in Aleppo city and eastern countryside in May. In this context, uncertainty surrounds the circumstances of the disappearance of the those civilians, while security services have …

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A Voice From Syria on Christmas Day: “All of Us Are lost.”

by Rick Sterling, published on Global Research, December 27, 2024 Following are some key points from a discussion with my friend Qusay (not his real name) in Damascus. He is a translator and university professor. The situation in Syria continues to evolve. See the X account of Tim Anderson @TimAnd2037 …

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Syria Support Movement Stands In Solidarity With Syria and Its People

Syria Support Movement Statement, December 3, 2024 The Syria Support Movement stands with the people of Syria and its democratically-elected government, led by President Bashar al-Assad, in the face of the current aggression by terrorist mercenaries of HTS, the latest iteration of Al Qaeda, and by the Free Syrian Army, …

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Ukrainian special forces bomb Russian base in Syria

from the News Desk at The Cradle, published September 17, 2024 Special forces from the Khimik group of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) attacked a Russian military base in Syria, the Kyiv Post reported on 16 September. The Ukrainian newspaper learned of the attack through information and video of …

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Aleppo Defeats US-backed Terrorists and Restores Heritage Site

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, September 9, 2024 The ancient bazaar in Aleppo, Syria has been restored and is open for business once more. The long alleyway of shops was severely damaged after the US-sponsored mercenaries of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), and their Al Qaeda allies, fought …

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Israel Violates Syrian Air-Space on a Criminal Assassination Mission

by Vanessa Beeley, published on Vanessa’s Substack, June 4, 2024 At approximately 00.20 on the 3rd of June 2024 Israel again violated Syrian airspace to target sites in the vicinity of Aleppo, northern Syria. The Israeli jets entered Syrian air-space via Jordan and the illegal U.S. military base at Al …

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Turkey Plans to Annex Aleppo

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 17, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his plan to return Syrian refugees in Turkey to Aleppo. For many years he has proposed a plan to create a safe zone, or de-escalation zone specifically developed to hold the millions of …

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UN Aid Crosses Govt Controlled Syria to Region Occupied by Al-Qaeda Affiliates

from the News Desk at the Cradle, June 24, 2023 Damascus has long insisted that UN deliveries be coordinated by the government, as the extremists in control of Idlib often seize the aid and resell it at higher prices On 23 June, ten trucks carrying UN humanitarian aid crossed from …

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