After the Fall

by the Cradle’s Lebanon Correspondent, published on The Cradle, July 16, 2025 Unsatisfied with its significant control over northern Syria and Iraq, Ankara is seeking to establish a political, security, and economic foothold in northern Lebanon – while Beirut watches impotently. SSM Editor: The vultures are circling.   As Lebanon grapples …

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, May 21, 2025 The administration of prisons of the Syrian government continues blackout regarding the situation of thousands of detainees who have been held in Hama, Adra and Harem prisons for nearly five months and 11 days ago without legal grounds or clear judicial process, …

by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, May 30, 2025 Aleppo province: SOHR activists have documented a series of disappearances of civilians, including minor girls, in Aleppo city and eastern countryside in May. In this context, uncertainty surrounds the circumstances of the disappearance of the those civilians, while security services have …

by the Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published on The Cradle, June The rise of a London-born Muslim Brotherhood activist to the heart of Damascus politics reveals even deeper layers to the UK’s long war to rebrand Al-Qaeda power as legitimate Syrian governance. When Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa (previously known as Abu …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 2, 2025 After 2011, tens of thousands of foreign extremists flooded into Syria with the backing of western intelligence agencies to help topple the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad The US has agreed to a plan by Syria’s transitional government to incorporate …

News from The Cradle, June 2, 2025 This is interesting because so far, Syria does not have access to SWIFT (dollar transfer system). Furthermore, it has only been suspended since Assad left.  So, it was open even as Syria was falling apart under the sanctions. It will be interesting to …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 2, 2025 Syria is currently being granted relief from over a decade of western sanctions and Arab isolation Saudi Arabia and Qatar have announced a joint three-month financial support package for public sector workers in Syria, as part of Gulf efforts to …

from Al Hal, published on The Syrian Observer, May 22, 2025 More than 1,800 Syrian security personnel are currently undergoing intensive training in Qatar and Saudi Arabia as part of a sweeping regional initiative to restructure and professionalise Syria’s internal security forces, Al-Hal Net has learned from exclusive sources. The …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 14, 2025 Rubio made the comments during a press conference with his Syrian counterpart, coinciding with reports of talks between Damascus and Tel Aviv. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after a meeting with his Syrian counterpart in Turkiye on 15 …