by William Van Wagenen, published on The Cradle, September 18, 2023 On 17 August, anti-government protests erupted in Suwayda, a province in southern Syria with a Druze-majority population. These demonstrations were triggered by the Syrian government’s decision to lift fuel subsidies, which came amidst a severe economic crisis exacerbated by …
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, September 16, 2023 A Republican member of the US Congress has spoken with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijiri regarding the recent anti-government protests in Syria’s southern Suwayda governorate, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on 16 September. The Saudi-owned paper reported that Syrian opposition member Maher Sharaf al-Din …
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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 …
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Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
