from The News Desk, published on The Cradle, April 22, 2025 Two top officials from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement in Syria have been detained by Syrian security forces. Khaled Khaled, head of PIJ operations in Syria, and Yasser al-Zafari, head of the organizational committee, were arrested five days …

by The Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published on The Cradle, April 23, 2025 In Post-Assad Syria, the Mass Abduction and Sexual Enslavement of Alawite Women Under Sharaa’s Rule Mirrors the Darkest Atrocities of ISIS—Yet is Met With Global Silence. Since December, when the former Al-Qaeda affiliate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), toppled …

published by Daraj, April 17, 2025 “They tortured and beat us. We weren’t allowed to speak to each other, but I heard the kidnappers’ accents. One of them had a foreign accent and the other had a local Idlib accent. I knew that because they were insulting us because we …

by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, April 16, 2025 For decades, Washington has ensured Israel’s military dominance by systematically weakening Arab armies. Lebanon is the most current and obvious example of this doctrine in practice The US does not merely support Israel – it guarantees the occupation state’s …

from the Newsroom,  on Mideast Discourse, March 27, 2025 Sadly, I missed this before.  I had met Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, and like him very much.   The highest Sunni cleric in Syria when I met hi, he was a passionate man, but also tolerant, with a sharp mind and sharper …

by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, April 13, 2025 Vanessa Beeley has spent a great deal of time in Syria interviewing ordinary people caught in the horrific proxy war to destroy the Republic of Syria.   It is a painfully graphic  reminder of what a war on an innocent population really …

Steven Sahiounie, published by PointS News on Youtube, March 31, 2025 This is an interview with our friend Steven Sahiounie who lives in Latakia.   I hope he and his family stay  safe there.   [jb] As a journalist who has witnessed the complexities of the Syrian conflict firsthand, I’m proud to …

This is a powerful video from FreePalestineTV.video.   It includes some difficult images, but what stands out is an interview with a particularly articulate gentleman, an Alawite now living in a refugee center in a town in Lebanon.  Click the image below to view it.  

Paul Larudee and Dan Kovalik on Spotlight, April 4, 2025

from the News Desk at The Cradle, April 4, 2025 The Israeli army is organizing hiking tours for civilians inside recently occupied Syrian territory during the upcoming Passover holiday, according to Israeli media reports. The tours, coordinated by the Israeli military’s Northern Command and 210th Division alongside the “Friends on …