Below is a report by Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed from his Facebook Page. The references in the Arabic press are gone, i.e., the pages are no longer available online. More on this in a later post. Al Mayadeen has removed the articles, and Syrian News outlets have gone dark. Sweida is strewn with …
Read More »Syrian Presidency Thwarts Suwayda Peace Initiative
by al Hawar (ANHA), July 18, 2025 The transitional government presidency in Syria has thwarted a truce agreement aimed at ending the bloody tensions between the people of Suwayda and the tribes in the south, despite extensive mediation efforts involving dignitaries from Daraa and religious leaders from Suwayda. The Presidential …
Read More »Clashes, Grave Violations Continue Against Civilians in Sweida
by al Hawar News Agency (ANHA), July 16, 2025 Fighting reignited in Sweida city, southern Syria, on Tuesday, just hours after a ceasefire was announced. Eyewitnesses reported that local armed factions launched a counterattack inside the city, regaining strategic positions around the National Hospital, the central market, and Tishreen Square, …
Read More »Israel Bombs Damascus as Clashes Escalate Between Druze, Government Forces
from the News Desk at The Cradle, July 16, 2025 The Israeli air force carried out an attack on the entrance to the Syrian General Staff Headquarters in the capital Israel renewed its attacks on Syria on 16 July as fierce clashes between government forces and Druze militant factions in …
Read More »New Syrian Group Claims Golan Strike Vows Resistance to ‘Israel’
by Al Mayadeen English, May 4, 2025 Mahmoud Muwaldi, head of the Islamic Resistance Front’s political bureau, clarified the group’s stance in an interview with Al Mayadeen. A newly emergent faction in Syria, the Islamic Resistance Front, has taken responsibility for launching rockets toward the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, marking a …
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 »Druze vs Sunni: Israel’s Sectarian Game in Syria
by The Cradle’s Syria Correspondent, published on The Cradle, May 6, 2025 In late April, Syria plunged into renewed sectarian violence, with clashes erupting between extremist Sunni factions affiliated with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led (HTS) Syrian government and Druze armed groups in Suwayda and Damascus, leaving at least 100 dead. A …
Read More »Syria’s New President Has an Offer For Trump
by Murtaza Hussein and Ryan Grim, published on Dropsite, May 9, 2025 Editor’s note: Propaganda for activists. A “charm offensive” from the blood soaked top head chopper in Syria. Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has authorized envoys to make a groundbreaking series of concessions to President Donald Trump in the hopes …
Read More »Druze Near Syria’s Capital Resist Demand to Turn in Arms as Tensions Boil
Reporting by Yamam Al Shaar and Firas Makdesi, writing by Maya Gebeily editing by Gareth Jones, produced by Reuters, May 6, 2025 Editor’s note: Coverage by the Mainstream News is significantly improved over that during the war and the last years of the Republic governed by Bashar Assad. [jb] JARAMANA, …
Read More »Israel Supports the Druze in Syria to Sow Divisions
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, May 4, 2025 More grandstanding by the evil one/ Seems like they actually bombed the grounds of the Presidential Palace. Seems likely that a-Jolani/al-Sharaa wasn’t present at the time; likely in Europe getting money to govern. [jb] Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has occupied …
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