by Sami al-Arian, published on Middle East Eye, August 2, 2025 Syria’s future as a unified state hangs in the balance as both countries pursue long-standing plans to cement hegemonic control through violence and divide-and-conquer tactics Last month, Israel launched a new round of air strikes on Syria, hitting targets …

from the News Desk at the Cradle, published July 25 Hardly worth posting except as a reminder of who’s calling the shots (SSM Editor) Negotiations between Damascus and Tel Aviv are resuming after a series of violent Israeli strikes on Syria last week. The US envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, August 4, 2025 At least 254 people have been murdered in Syria since the beginning of the year, including many on sectarian grounds The above seems like a ridiculous undercount, but I suppose they are not counting the massacres of Druze and Alawites …

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 …

from Agence France-Presse, published on Al-Monitor, July 19, 2025 Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria’s Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to “slaughter” residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted. Just hours earlier, Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa had announced an immediate ceasefire, but …

by the Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published July 13, 2025 SSM Editor’s Note: If you can stand to look at these images, they are no different than the work of ISIS, Al Qaeda, Jabhat al Nusra and the many other salafist groups large and small that flooded Syria (with assistance from …

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, July 8,  2025 This is just a little reminder of the regional context of the destruction of Syria.   Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and surrounding areas are under attack by a single force that leads with terrorism in it’s genocidal war for land theft and …

Statement by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, July 19, 2025 FYI: Apparently, these events began the day after the Syrian President returned from his meeting with Israeli officials in Azerbaijan  [jb] Tensions in southern Syria are escalating at a staggering rate. Yesterday, mainstream headlines reported that Israeli jets bombed Damascus and targeted …

Below is a report by Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed from his Facebook Page.  The references in the Arabic press are gone, i.e., the pages are no longer available online.  More on this in a later post.  Al Mayadeen has removed the articles, and Syrian News outlets have gone dark. Sweida is strewn with …