Sovereignty Support Movement Sovereignty for West Asia

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

News from Daraj, published on the Syrian Observer, May 26, 2026 Syria is being torn apart under the Sharaa government.   If there are any remnants of the Republic in existence, one would imagine they are busy building a network and sharpening their knives. Ahmad al-Sharaa’s intensive diplomatic tours in recent …

by Alistair Crooke, published on Conflicts Forum, June 4, 2026 The US war with Iran has moved beyond its initial phase to an emerging new one — one in which Iran implicitly stakes its chances on the next phase being war. Most likely this will be in abbreviated episodes of …

The Israeli Implementation of a Ceasefire by Lylla Jones, published on Dropsite News, June 2, 2026 BEIRUT, Lebanon—When Lebanon and Israel announced a ceasefire agreement on April 16, Nasreen Abd Elaal and her husband and four children packed their few belongings and departed the public school in Marj al-Zuhoor where …

from the Arab Press, published on Conflicts Forum, May 26, 2026 A compilation tracking consequential observations — Analysis & reports from regional commentators MbZ gambles with UAE’s future; stakes everything on Israel & US / ‘Abraham Accords are an Emirati-controlled structure; Saudi Arabia will never join’ / ‘Current normalisation talk …

News from The Cradle,  May 23, 2026 Twenty-seven countries have moved to activate emergency World Bank financing mechanisms since the US-Israeli war on Iran began in late February, Reuters reported on 22 May. Three nations have already received approval for fast-tracked funding, while the other 24 are in the process …