by Mawada Iskandar, published on The Cradle, January 8, 2026 With tensions mounting and alliances fracturing, Yemen is once again positioned on the frontlines of a broader imperial confrontation. As Riyadh and Abu Dhabi struggle over influence and territory, the real war, says senior Ansarallah official Ali al-Imad, is not between …
Read More »Trump’s Gaza Plan: A Foreign Force to Finish The Job
by F.M. Shakil, published on The Cradle, December 23, 2025 As 2026 approaches, Washington is laying the groundwork for yet another intervention – once again wrapped in the familiar language of peacekeeping. Behind closed doors, US officials are pushing for the deployment of an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza. …
Read More »Syria Welcomed Back to SWIFT Banking System
from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, June 9, 2025 I missed this at the time, but here it is. Al Jolani’s government aside, the Syrian people cannot regain sovereignty without the capability of international commerce. Syria is rejoining the SWIFT payment system through its Central Bank, following a 7 June …
Read More »Riches vs Ideology: Extremists Battle Over Syria’s Spoils
by Fehim Tastekim, published by The Cradle, May 30, 2025 After Abu Mohammad al-Julani (Ahmad al-Sharaa), self-declared president of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led authority in Syria, shook hands with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh on 14 May, a storm of questions erupted over the future of the extremist …
Read More »Inside the HTS-Israeli Campaign to Eliminate Syria’s Military Engineers and Scientists
by The Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published on The Cradle, March 19, 2025 On 27 November w024, militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, launched a lighting assault on Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city. Amid the chaos, Armenian born professor Yervant Arslanian was assassinated by a suspected …
Read More »ISIS Conducts New Attack on Army Positions in Central Syria
from the Newsdesk at The Cradle, November 8, 2023 Local reports say at least 30 Syrian army personnel were killed during an ISIS attack on 8 November after gunmen opened fire on the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and allies in the National Defense Force in the Homs-Hama-Raqqa triangle. “Several militants …
Read More »Syria Condemns Illegal Visit of Top US General
from the News Desk at The Cradle, March 5, 2023 This is interesting because, although this is a righteous and appropriate response to the visit, General Milley returned to the states and advocated for the U.S. to end their occupation of Syria. [JB] The Syrian Foreign Ministry on 5 March …
Read More »Washington Steals over 80 Percent of Syria’s Oil Output Per Day
From the News Desk at The Cradle, August 2022 The Syrian Oil Ministry released a statement on 9 August accusing US forces occupying Syria of being responsible for the theft of most of the country’s oil. “The amount of oil production during the first half of 2022 amounted to some …
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