by Father Dave, published on his blog According to the Syria Justice Archive, my dear friend, brother and mentor, Dr Sheikh Ahmed Badr al-Din Hassoun, former Grand Mufti of the Syrian Arab Republic, has been hospitalised due to injuries suffered during two months of imprisonment. When is son, Saria, was murdered by rebels, early …
Read More »Kurdish Nationalism and Decentralization in the Kurdish Delegation’s Agenda
by Amir Huquq, published on Enab Baladi, June 20, 2025 The dialogue between the Kurdish fabric and the Damascus government is heading towards practical steps that may lead to understandings on joint management or determining mechanisms to ensure the rights of all components of the fabric, in a manner that …
Read More »Foreign Fighters in Post-War Syria: Between Integration, Instrumentalization, and Institutional Collapse
by The Syrian Observer, June 9, 2025 A timely analysis. I only wonder why these issues never occurred to them over the long years when they were supporting the “revolution” driven by these same men. [ jb] In the uneasy interstice between war and peace, Syria grapples with a question …
Read More »Shattered Narative: Syrian Refugees Refuse to Return Despite Assad’s Ouster
by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan, published on The Cradle, June 11, 2025 The fall of Damascus has not led to mass repatriation – Syrians abroad remain unconvinced by promises of reform amid insecurity, economic collapse, and fragmented governance under Syria’s new, unelected, foreign-backed leaders. The fall of former Syrian president Bashar …
Read More »More signs of Britain Grooming Syria’s Al-Qaeda-rooted government
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 …
Read More »‘Global Britain’ gobbling up Syria (Video)
Diane Sare interviews Vanessa Beeley, published on Vanessa Beeley’s substack, June 2, 2025 Conversation with Diane Sare about the British (and US [jb]) masterminds behind the regime change war against Syria. There is a lot of good information in this interview and some perspectives that everyone should consider. Well worth …
Read More »Riches vs Ideology: Extremists Battle Over Syria’s Spoils
by Fehim Tastekim, published by The Cradle, May 30, 2025 After Abu Mohammad al-Julani (Ahmad al-Sharaa), self-declared president of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led authority in Syria, shook hands with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh on 14 May, a storm of questions erupted over the future of the extremist …
Read More »A Discussion About Israel’s Geopolitics in the Middle East | Syriana Analysis
Dr. Karim Bettache, Kevork Almassian and Dr. Tarik Cyril Amar, published on Syriana Analysis This is a very interesting, and I think, important discussion about the wars in the Middle East and Syria’s centrality to regional security. There will likely be opinions expressed that you disagree with, but these guys …
Read More »The High Human Cost of Syria Sanctions
by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voice, May 17, 2025 On May 13, U.S. President Trump announced he is ordering the removal of sanctions on Syria. Some of the U.S. sanctions can be quickly terminated because they were issued by Executive Order. Other sanctions, including the extremely damaging 2019 “Caesar” …
Read More »The UK Private Security Boom in Syria under Al Qaeda Regime
by Vanessa Beeley, published on Substack, May 2, 2025 When it comes to the world of Private Military Companies (PMC) or Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC), public perception has been conditioned to think of the Russian Wagner Group, formerly led by the maverick Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. Western commentators …
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