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Ahmad Badr Al Din Hassoun Interview Syria’s Grand Mufti Hassoun Discusses Peaceful Coexistence, Love, and an Inclusive, Nonsectarian Syria

by Eva Bartlett, published on Mint Press News, December 7, 2018 DAMASCUS, SYRIA — On October 2, 2018, I met with the Grand Mufti of Syria, Dr. Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun, a scholar and the highest official of Islamic law in Syria, who assumed the position of grand mufti in …

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The Euphrates Floods: A Political Crime, Not a Natural Disaster

News from Daraj, published on the Syrian Observatory, June 5, 2026   The sudden opening of Turkish spillway gates did more than inundate fields in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. It exposed the fragility of the Syrian government’s narrative. While official statements framed the deluge as an unavoidable act of nature, …

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Uzbek Militants Escalate Confrontation with Syria’s Transitional Government

News from Al Haq, published on the Syrian Observatory, June 5, 2026 Seems like the Pot and the Kettle are engaged in a dispute.    Militants Accuse Damascus of Targeted Harassment Addressed to the Syrian public and residents of Damascus, the statement accuses the government of orchestrating smear campaigns and …

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Kurdish Forces Vow to Defend Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud, Reject Damascus’s Call to Surrender

from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 9, 2026 Editor’s Note:  Sad to say, neither of these organizations represents the Syrian people.   Yes, the Kurds aren’t as deeply violent as Jolani’s crew, but they are just as avaricious and power hungry.   In any case, they are fighting it out …

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Shadow rule: How the Sharaa family and a foreign-born operative built Syria’s new deep economy

From The Cradle, published December 1, 2025 Beneath Syria’s ministries and decrees lies a shadow economy controlled by the Sharaa brothers and a foreign-born operative, whose journey from Idlib militancy to the heart of Damascus exposes how power and profit intertwine in the post-Assad state. Since the fall of former Syrian …

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Symbolic Israeli Airstrikes Conceal Real Druze Massacre in Syria

Statement by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, July 19, 2025 FYI: Apparently, these events began the day after the Syrian President returned from his meeting with Israeli officials in Azerbaijan  [jb] Tensions in southern Syria are escalating at a staggering rate. Yesterday, mainstream headlines reported that Israeli jets bombed Damascus and targeted …

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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 …

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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 …

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Sons of the Muslim Brotherhood in the New Syrian Era: Memory, Relation with the World, Skills, and Generational Convergence – The Syrian Observer

from Al Jumhariya, published on The Syrian Observer, June 25,  2025 The authorities still insist on treating the Brotherhood as a party subject to activity prohibition until political life is restored one day, Hussam Jazmati argues for Al-Jumhuriya SSM Editor’s note: Muslim Brotherhood have been the strongest supporter of the …

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When the Candles Were Extinguished in the Church: What Remains of Syria? – The Syrian Observer

by Wael Sawah, published by the Syrian Observer, June 26, 2025 The bombing – and the government’s tepid response – not only exposed the growing threat of sectarian terror but also revealed the extent of  Syria’s internal fracture. Questions are mounting over the fragility of Syria’s security, the duplicity in …

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