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Read More »HTS Raids Slaughter Alawites in the Coastal Provinces
by Tim Anderson, src: X/WhatsApp Posts, March 7, 2025 There are dozens of images on the internet of Syrian Civilians being massacred. There is a report of an ambush by Alawites in Latakia who attacked and incoming convoy of HTS military and killed 13 soldiers, but this occurred after the …
Read More »Sectarian Murder in Syria: Rogue Militias or Policy From Damascus?
by The Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published on The Cradle, January 29, 2025 Nearly two months after the toppling of the Syrian government by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led (HTS) extremist forces, the western countryside of Homs has been gripped by a brutal security campaign marked by grave human rights violations, including field …
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 »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 »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 …
Read More »Six Scenarios for Syria
by Asa’ad AbuKhalil, published on Consortium News, January 29, 2025 It is naive to assume that the current regime in Syria will remain in place — as it is — going forward. Syria is now in a state of uneasy transition and the political-military situation will remain in flux as …
Read More »The Regional Realignment Post-Syria-Coup
by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, January 28, 2025 On Thursday I am going to record a conversation with Moscow-based journalist and friend, Fiorella Isabel. You can follow her excellent analysis at her Substack. We are going to focus on the direction of travel of Russian foreign policy since the …
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