from the News Desk at the Cradle, August 1, 2025 As diplomatic negotiations seek to determine the future of southern Syria, Israeli military operations are intensifying around Suwayda and the outskirts of Damascus. A new round of talks, reportedly set to take place in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, between Syria’s Foreign …
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, July 16, 2025 The Israeli air force carried out an attack on the entrance to the Syrian General Staff Headquarters in the capital Israel renewed its attacks on Syria on 16 July as fierce clashes between government forces and Druze militant factions in …
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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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