by The Syrian Observer, October 10, 2024 Social media platforms were filled with tributes to the victims, among them Dr. Rahaf Abdul Rahim Qamhia, a resident doctor specializing in nephrology at the Damascus Health Directorate An Israeli airstrike on the Mezzeh neighbourhood of Damascus has sparked outrage and widespread mourning, …
Read More »Seven Martyrs in an Israeli Aggression Targeting a Residential Building at Mezzah Neighborhood in Damascus
from SANA, published October 8, 2024 Israel is now bombing civilians in 4 neighboring countries at the same time Damascus, SANA- Seven citizens, among them children and women, were martyred Tuesday in an Israeli aggression that targeted a residential building at Mezzah neighborhood in Damascus. “Nearly at 20.15 on Tuesday, …
Read More »Syrian, Russian Air Defenses Confront Violent Israeli Attack Near Strategic Airbase
from The News Desk at The Cradle, published October 3, 2024 Drones, warplanes, and warships took part in the early morning attack on western Syria, targeting a depot near Russia’s largest base in the country Syrian and Russian air defenses confronted a suspected Israeli attack early on 3 October that …
Read More »Syrian-Iranian Relations Stable Despite Political and Security Storms That Hit the Region
by Editor, published on Mideast Discourse, May 3, 2023 President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday received Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who has arrived in Syria, heading a large ministerial delegation on a two-day visit to Syria. During the plenary talks with the Iranian President, President Bashar al-Assad said “the Syrian-Iranian relations …
Read More »Syria and Palestine: a Palestinian perspective
by Amal Wahdan of Ramallah, published on Counter-Hegemonic Studies, October 11, 2022 During the last aggression on Gaza, of May 2021 President Bashar Al Assad called the Palestinian factions to a meeting to discuss the “The Jerusalem Sword” military operation, its lessons and ramifications. He praised the role of the …
Read More »A Brief History of the Destruction of Yarmouk
by William Van Wagenen, published on the Libertarian Institute, April 3, 2019 How the CIA helped jihadist rebels invade and occupy the capital of the Palestinian diaspora Introduction The Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria was thrust into international conscientiousness in March 2014 when the United Nations published the now …
Read More »Syrian FM Denies Mending Ties With Turkey
From the News Desk on The Cradle, September 24, 2022 On 23 September, the Syrian Foreign Minister, Faysal Mikdad, denied establishing contact with the Turkish Foreign Ministry concerning the normalization of relations between the two conflicting countries. “There are no negotiations underway on the normalization of relations with Turkey,” Miqdad …
Read More »A Cold Winter Ahead for Europe and Syria
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 24 2022 While the world has sympathy for the plight of Europeans facing a cold winter because of their energy crisis, Syrians have been suffering a lack of energy since 2011. The European energy crisis is based partly on politics, but the …
Read More »U.S. Exposed as “Secret Partner” in Israeli Airstrikes Against Syria
by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on Covert Action Magazine, June 29, 2022 The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Israel secretly coordinates with the U.S, on many of the airstrikes it carries out in eastern Syria near the al-Tanf military base, a U.S. outpost near the Syria-Jordan border. Since 2017, 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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