News from PressTV, March14, 2025 There’s an irony here.  The UN Security Council condemned the massacre of thousands of civilians by a terrorist government – uncontroversial – except that some members of that council paved the way for that government to come to power.  Sighhhhhhh The United Nations Security Council …

by Greg Goedels, published on ZZ’s Blog, March 18, 2025 It is cruelly fitting that one of the acknowledged cradles of civilization is now a showroom for the cruelties, irrationalities, and injustices of the modern capitalist world. At various times, Syria was part of the lands that were widely admired …

Ken Stone is a guest on PressTV, March 17, 2025    

by The Grayzone and Antiwar.com, published on The Grayzone, March 13, 2025 Editor’s note: Sectarian Sunni forces linked to the new HTS-led government of Syria have massacred over 1300 Alawites in the past week, according to a conservative estimate. The Grayzone has spoken to staff from a Western aid organization …

from le Boulesversement, March, 2025 Editor’s note: This article is from what I assume is someone’s private blog.  You might call him an Assadist, but that’s beside the point.  I liked the title and the fact that he assembled the 2 speeches for comparison. Al-Sharaa’s speech is all over the …

by Aaron Mate, Published on Aaron’s  Substack, March 10, 2025 Since Friday, fighters loyal to Syria’s new Al Qaeda offshoot government have massacred hundreds of people in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus, the heartland of Syria’s Alawite population. Contacts in Syria have shared stories, corroborated by gruesome videos …

From the News Desk at the Cradle, March 14, 2025 Thousands of Syrian Alawites continue to seek sanctuary at a Russian air base, fearing for their lives in the wake of a series of horrific sectarian massacres carried out by Syrian government-affiliated extremist armed groups. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria …

by Guirizd Ergoz, published on The Cradle, March 11, 2025 The initial optimism that followed the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government has swiftly turned into a nightmare. The so-called ‘inclusive leadership’ of Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani), elected as ‘president’ by former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham …

by Defend Democracy, March 9, 2025  While the Islamists of HTS of Syria’s interim president Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa also known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julanin are slaughtering religious minorities, Alawites and Christians alike, the Greek Orthodox and the Catholics in the country are calling for help. Yet …