by Mohamed Nader Al-Omari, published on The Cradle, October 13, 2024 In a familiar strategy of backing proxy forces, the US has orchestrated a toxic alliance between Ukrainian forces and Syrian extremists to counter Russia’s influence — continuing Washington’s decades-long pattern of leveraging terror groups to pursue its geopolitical goals. …
Read More »Emir of Kuwait Dissolves the National Assembly and Takes Aim at the Muslim Brotherhood
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, May 18, 2024 Dr. Waleed al-Tabtabai, a former Kuwaiti member of the National Assembly, and a man integrally involved in the fundraising of the Radical Islamic terrorists who invaded Syria and killed thousands of unarmed civilians, was arrested by Kuwaiti authorities on May …
Read More »The Suwayda Protests: A Foreign-Backed Plot to Fragment Syria?
by The Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published on The Cradle, August 29, 2023 Thirteen years after the onset of the war on Syria, a domestic political eruption backed by foreign states has resurfaced, threatening to once again ignite conflict in the country despite years of relative calm. Economic woes today underpin …
Read More »Russia strikes Turkish-backed extremist groups in northwest Syria
from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 25, 2023 The Russian air force carried out a series of raids targeting military bases of Turkish-backed armed groups in the countryside of Idlib and Latakia over the past two days, Al-Mayadeen reported on 25 June. Russian warplanes targeted bases belonging to …
Read More »Extremists Who Left Syria to Fight in Ukraine Realize Journey ‘Futile’: Expert
From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 21, 2023 Egyptian researcher and political analyst Ahmad Sultan was quoted as saying on 21 June that many of the extremist militants who left Syria for the Ukrainian battlefield last year have realized that the fight against Russia is futile. “The jihadists …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Turkiye-Syria Talks Resume As Moscow Hosts Four-Way Defense Meeting
from the News Desk at The Cradle, April 25, 2023 The defense ministers of Syria, Turkiye, Russia, and Iran held a four-way meeting in Moscow on 25 April in order to continue negotiations regarding an eventual normalization of ties between the Syrian and Turkish governments. The meeting “was held in …
Read More »US Occupiers Lash Out as Syria War Draws to an End
by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on People’s Dispatch, March 27, 2023 The circumstances surrounding the flare-up in Syria between the US occupation forces and pro-Iranian militia groups remain murky. President Biden claims that the US is reacting, but there are signs that it is likely being proactive to create new facts …
Read More »International Aid to Idlib, Syria is Controlled by the Terrorists
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, February 23, 2023 I highly suggest reading some of the linked articles. HTS is apparently ‘taxing’ aid providers and ‘managing’ distribution in Idlib, while the main body of Syrians are denied aid entirely due to U.S. sanctions. An Arabic language article that is …
Read More »After Brutal Earthquake, Canada Should End Its Role in Regime Change Campaign Against Syria
by Steven Sahiounie, published on The Canada Files, February 20, 2023 Canada has blood on its hands in Syria. Canadian intelligence would have provided its government with the facts concerning the Syrian uprising in Deraa in March 2011. That information would have allowed the Canadian government to determine whether to …
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