from the News Desk at The Cradle, February 27, 2025 Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on 27 February that Tel Aviv is planning to keep its occupation forces in southern Lebanon and Syria “indefinitely.” “There is a buffer zone [on the border with Lebanon]. It wasn’t easy, but I …
Read More »Israeli Troops Stole ‘Mountains Of Cash and Gold’ From Gaza, Lebanon, Syria
from the News Desk at The Cradle, February 28, 2025 The Israeli military’s “Loot Unit” has seized enough weaponry to establish “a small army,” as well as “mountains” of cash and gold since launching the wars in the Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon, and Syria, Ynet reported on 28 February. “We …
Read More »Fear and Loathing in the “New” Syria
by Daniel Kovalik, published on Defend Democracy, February 15, 2025 During her confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard was grilled about having been a purveyor of “Putin’s talking points” about the U.S. supporting al-Qaeda in Syria. Of course, Gabbard responded, there can be no doubt about the …
Read More »Is the Syrian Administration Seeking to Restore Relations with Iran
from Syria TV, published on Syrian Observer, February 20, 2025 Syria TV has learned from Iraqi political sources that Baghdad is preparing to receive Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in the coming period, signaling a shift in relations from intelligence-level coordination to full political engagement. Speaking to Syria TV, the …
Read More »New Syrian Resistance Group Vows ‘Surprise’ Strikes Against Israeli Forces, Jolani’s ‘Terrorist Gangs’
News from PressTV, February2, 2025 A new resistance group has emerged in Syria, pledging to stage “surprise” strikes against the Israeli forces occupying the country as well as the “terrorist gangs” of the country’s self-proclaimed “president” Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria (IRFS) passed the remarks in …
Read More »Bashar Assad’s Son: “There was never a plan—not even a backup—to leave Damascus, let alone Syria.”
by Hafez Assad, from an ‘X‘ Thread by Eva Bartlett, February 10, 2025 Hafez Assad’s ‘x’ account was immediately shut down after he posted these messages. BREAKING: This is the first of a two part post from Bashar al-Assad’s son, Hafez al-Assad. I can confirm this account is his and …
Read More »Lebanese Tribesmen Humiliate HTS Elite Forces
by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, February 11, 2025 Extraordinary events have taken place on the borders with Lebanon and Syria over the last few days. It is very unlikely that this will be reported in Western media, still slavishly erasing the terrorist crimes of HTS members and self-elected President …
Read More »Ahmad al-Awda – The Power Broker of Southern Syria
by The Syrian Observer, February 5, 2025 “Western analysts and regional observers have speculated that al-Awda could emerge as a counterweight to Syria’s new rulers, particularly given his previous ties to Russia and his potential backing from regional players like the UAE and Jordan” Ahmad al-Awda is a pivotal figure …
Read More »In Syria, the Lunatics are Running the Asylum
by Fuad Walid Itayim, published on The Cradle, January 31, 2025 For years, many speculated what Syria – a country with deep religious and cultural diversity – would look like if the armed, extremist-dominated opposition managed to overthrow Bashar al-Assad’s government. Early in the war, even Assad’s staunchest critics began …
Read More »What Sultan Erdogan is Really Up To
by Pepe Escobar, published on Strategic-Culture, January 29, 2025 On the table, a geopolitical banquet – served by some of the best independent analytical minds from Bursa to Diyarbakir. ISTANBUL – The scene is a Circassian restaurant off fabled Istiklal street in historic Beyoglu. On the table, a geopolitical banquet …
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