by Ken Stone, published on The Canada Files, November 6, 2022 Kimberley Polman, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, returned to Canada recently after having secretly travelled to Syria in 2015 to marry an ISIS fighter (a member of the armed terrorist group styling itself as the Islamic State in Iraq …
Read More »How TikTok profits from vulnerable Syrian refugees In-depth
by Rodayna Radan, published on The New Arab, October 28, 2022 The site this comes from is hostile to the Syrian Government. However, there are a couple of interesting aspects to this story. First, a friend was just complaining to me about single mothers in the US who use their …
Read More »Social Media Snitches: How Israel Recruits Spies Inside Syria
by Radwan Mortada, published on The Cradle, October 23, 2022 The war raging between Israel and Iran is not as inconspicuous as it may seem. It is taking place on a wide front that not only includes Iran, but also Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan and other regional states. Syria, however, remains …
Read More »UN Rapporteur to Meet Syria Regime Officials, Assess Sanctions Impact
by Staff at The New Arab, October 30, 2022 This publication is hostile to the Syrian Government, but the fact of Douhan’s visit is important, and the fact that her stated purpose is to evaluate secondary sanctions and over-compliance is even more important. [Editor] United Nations rapporteur Alena Douhan will …
Read More »Syria Renews Call for New Intl. Order to Stop Israeli Criminal Practices in Occupied Arab Lands
from PressTV, October 26, 2022 Syria has renewed its call for the establishment of a new international order that would pay great respect to the Charter of the United Nations, and would effectively put an end to the arbitrary measures and criminal practices of the Israeli regime in the occupied …
Read More »US Theft of Resources: American Military Forces Smuggle Wheat Crops, Crude Oil from Northeast Syria to Iraq’s Kurdistan
from PressTV, October 27, 2022 As part of the US military’s systematic smuggling of basic commodities out of Syria, a convoy of nearly two dozen US military trucks and tankers has carried tons of grain and crude oil from the northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern …
Read More »Syria and Lebanon Update: Lebanon Face Political Instability and Syrian Refugees Begin Going Home
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, October 29, 2022 The presidency of Lebanon’s Michel Aoun is coming to a close and politicians are anticipating a possible power vacuum if a decision cannot be made soon to fill the office. The parliament voted on October 24, but with only a …
Read More »Thousands of Syrian Refugees to be Repatriated from Lebanon Next Week
from The News Desk at The Cradle, published on October 21, 2022 Earlier this month, outgoing President Michel Aoun announced the launching of the repatriation plan, despite an apparent lack of coordination with Damascus Lebanon’s Minister of Displacement, Issam Sharafeddine, announced on 20 October that 6,000 Syrian refugees will be …
Read More »On the Barriers to Turkish-Syrian Rapprochement, an Interview with Alptekin Dursunoğlu
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Global Research, October 19, 2022 This is a very interesting article which highlights some of the issues that make it difficult to end the Syrian war and move forward. It is important to think about these issues when you look at bringing peace to the …
Read More »Clashes Resume Between Armed Groups in Northern Syria After Failed Truce
from The Cradle, October 15, 2022 Clashes resumed in northeast Syria on 15 October between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Turkish-backed factions of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Syrian National Army (SNA), after a preliminary ceasefire agreement had been reached the day before. Fighting was reignited in the Aleppo …
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