by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, june 27, 2026 Editor: Wherein we learn that Syria’s great hearted Grand Mufti from during the war has been put on trial by the ISIS government installed by the United States. Many thanks to Vanessa for continuing to follow the Syrian story up close …
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by Eva Bartlett, published on Mint Press News, December 7, 2018 DAMASCUS, SYRIA — On October 2, 2018, I met with the Grand Mufti of Syria, Dr. Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun, a scholar and the highest official of Islamic law in Syria, who assumed the position of grand mufti in …
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by Alastsair Crooke, published on Conflicts Forum, June 21, 2026 Despite the MoU guaranteeing the “sovereignty and respect for the territorial integrity of Lebanon”, skirmishes in Lebanon will clearly continue. This appears to be acceptable within the wider context of the US-Iran MoU. Representatives of Hizbullah have agreed to a …
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Will the War in Iran Resume? ….Yes, but with the U.S. on the sideline…. by Paul Larudee, published on Substack, June 21, 2026 Donald Trump has accepted the fact that the US cannot win a war with Iran. In fact, he will probably agree that it was a mistake, though …
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by Kevork Almassian, published on Kevork’s Substack, June 21, 2026 This is a really important point. I also think that there is no way for Israel to establish the power dynamic they want without the U.S., and by the same token they cannot keep it alone either. So it can …
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Our partners in Lebanon received your $20,000, as we reported on June 16, and you can see some of their work in the accompanying photos (click on the links). Here is a report from the Lebanese member of our steering committee, whose family has been directly affected with as many …
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Since before the 1948 announcement of the creation of Israel, Zionist plans included south Lebanon as part of Israeli territory. They tried at least six times to seize it, and they thought they had succeeded in 1982, when Ariel Sharon’s army captured the territory. But this resulted in the creation …
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News from Daraj, published on the Syrian Observatory, June 5, 2026 The sudden opening of Turkish spillway gates did more than inundate fields in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. It exposed the fragility of the Syrian government’s narrative. While official statements framed the deluge as an unavoidable act of nature, …
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by Jamal Meselmani, published on The Cradle, June 4, 2026 Users who turn to Starlink believing it grants anonymity may be stepping into a far more dangerous trap. An Israeli investigation suggests that satellite internet users can be detected, located, and linked to real identities within minutes. This is not …
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News from Al Haq, published on the Syrian Observatory, June 5, 2026 Seems like the Pot and the Kettle are engaged in a dispute. Militants Accuse Damascus of Targeted Harassment Addressed to the Syrian public and residents of Damascus, the statement accuses the government of orchestrating smear campaigns and …
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