by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, September 28, 2024 Syria and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq are demonstrating exceptional solidarity with Lebanon, providing critical aid and defense against Israeli terrorist attacks and indiscriminate bombings, yet their contributions remain largely unrecognized. They are the unseen forces behind Lebanon’s defense and …
Read More »Why Anti-Imperialists Must Defend Syria and the Axis of Resistance
by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, September 11, 2024 The anti-colonial struggle against U.S./Western imperialism and the Zionist settler state has long shaped the geopolitical dynamics of West Asia. Syria stands at the epicenter of this struggle as a vital member of the Axis of Resistance, a united front …
Read More »Boiling the Israeli Frog in In Southwest Asia (video)
A lecture by Sharmine Narwani at the American University in Beirut, Posted by The Cradle, September 4, 2024 This talk really helps with a understanding a lot of issues occurring in the “Middle East” at this time, so that many people who oppose the wars, oppose the occupation of Palestine …
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 »Clashes Between National Defense and SDF East of Deir-ez-Zor
The SDF has not issued a statement regarding the events. from Enab Baladi (Opposition Website), published on Syrian Observer, June 21, 2024 Groups of the National Defense militia (auxiliary forces of the Syrian regime) launched attacks on military positions held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) along the Euphrates River in …
Read More »Israel Targets the 112th Brigade in Southern Syria
published in English on The Syrian Observer, June 20, 2024, Source: ENAB BALADI (Opposition website) A local correspondent for Enab Baladi in Daraa confirmed that the airstrikes specifically targeted a military compound associated with the 112th Brigade in the town of Saida al-Golan. Military installations in the southern Syrian governorates …
Read More »Terror in Syria: a US distraction from Gaza
by Khalil Nasrallah, published on The Cradle, May 30, 2024 Western-backed terrorist strongholds in Syria have not remained untouched by the Israeli military assault on Gaza. With the broad activation of the Axis of Resistance in support of Gaza, particularly in Lebanon, it didn’t take too long before Washington began …
Read More »Strategic Setbacks for US, Israel as the Resistance Axis Gains Ground in Syria
by Khalil Nasrallah, published on the Cradle, May 14, 20224 Recent resistance operations in eastern Syria have established new rules of engagement that constrain both Washington and Tel Aviv’s once-untethered freedom to operate in this strategic theater. For several years, the presence of the region’s Axis of Resistance forces in …
Read More »Reviving ISIS: A US weapon Against the Resistance Axis
by The Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent, published on The Cradle, January 16, 2024 Is it a coincidence that the world’s foremost terror organization is being revived just as the US struggles under a multi-front assault on its hegemony in West Asia? More curiously, both ISIS and Washington’s targets are exactly the …
Read More »Will Gaza Hasten the Exit of US Troops From Iraq, Syria?
by Khalil Harb, published on The Cradle, December 8, 2o23 By unequivocally supporting Israel’s military assault on Gaza, the US has exposed itself to vulnerabilities across West Asia, particularly in the already volatile Iraqi and Syrian theaters. Far from fostering peace or stability, illegal US troop presence in these areas …
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