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A new Geo-Political Map is Unfolding – The end of Syria

by Alastair Crooke, published on Strategic Culture, December 16, 2024 Israelis generally are celebrating their ‘victories’. Will this euphoria weigh with U.S. business élites? Syria has entered the abyss – the demons of al-Qa’eda, ISIS, and the most intransigent elements of the Muslim Brotherhood are circling the skies. There is …

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Syrian Minorities Under Threat

from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 29, 2024 Reports of sectarian killings and ethnic cleansing of Alawites and Christians continue to emerge as Ahmad al-Sharaa’s new government seeks to exert control over the country The new Syrian government led by former Al-Qaeda leader Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani …

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Syria’s Assad Has Fallen – Just as the Pentagon Planned 23 Years Ago

by Jonathan Cook, published on Defend Democracy, December 11, 2024 When westerners see ‘enemy’ governments fall, or civil wars erupt, they are led to think they are the geopolitical equivalent of a natural event. Nothing could be further from the truth The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel …

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All Factions in Syria to Be Dissolved, no Mandatory Draft: Al-Sharaa (Al Jolani)

News from Al Mayadeen, December 17, 2024 The US is deliberating lifting sanctions.  But I am still wondering who will pay for this, and for how long. Ahmad al-Sharaa, the head of the Military Operations Administration in Syria, revealed a set of decisions currently under review by the country’s interim …

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Controversy Hits CNN over ‘Staged’ Report on Syrian Prisoner Rescue

from the News Desk at the Cradle, December 17,2024 CNN has acknowledged that a report filed by star journalist Clarissa Ward from Syria claiming to show her discovering a prisoner in a Damascus jail was false. The description of the video report stated that “Clarissa Ward discovers a man in …

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Has the Resistance in West Asia Been Defeated?

By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein, published on Workers World,  December 20, 2024 A Venezuelan international relations expert, Rodriguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country’s ambassador to Nicaragua and an adviser for international politics for TeleSUR. Translation: John Catalinotto. …

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Israel’s Calculus in Syria: Exploit Anarchy for Strategic Dominance

by Khalil Nasrallah, published on The Cradle, December 16, 2024 In its unobstructed territorial grab and destruction of Syria’s military infrastructure, Tel Aviv hopes to either expand its borders into a newly partitioned Syria, or to use its gains as negotiating chips in a grand bargain for regional primacy. Thirteen …

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The Fall of the Keystone in the Axis of Resistance

by Paul Larudee, published on Dissident Voice, December 16, 2024 For most of the time since its 1946 independence from France, Syria has resisted all attempts to make it a vassal state. It has paid dearly, as a target of subversion, war, occupation and the most onerous economic sanctions in …

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No Quick Solution to EU Migration Crisis as Syrian Refugees Refuse to Return

by Patrick Poppel, published on InfoBRICS.com, December 12, 2024 Europe reaps what it sows. ~jb Initially, Austria was against Bulgaria and Romania joining the Schengen area because they were afraid that many migrants would come to the Alpine republic via these countries. But that’s different now. Austria drops its veto …

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Ukraine Provided HTS Extremists With 150 Drones Ahead of Syria Takeover

from the News Desk at The Cradle, December 11, 2024 The Ukrainian government provided fighters from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) extremist armed group with “about 150 first-person-view drones” and at least 20 experienced drone operators in the lead-up to the flash offensive that ended with the fall of the …

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