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New Syrian Government

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Britain’s Hidden Hand in Syria: How Jonathan Powell and Inter Mediate Shaped a New Order

by Malek Hafez, from Facebook published on The Syrian Observer, May 26, 2025 While London has avoided presenting itself as an official sponsor of Syria’s transitional authorities, its fingerprints are increasingly visible, Malek Hafez argues. In a significant revelation that sheds new light on the architecture of Syria’s post-Assad political …

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Uncertainty Surrounds Disappearance of Civilians and Security Forces Remain Silence, Despite the Return of Some

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 …

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US Greenlights Syrian Plan to Integrate Foreign Extremists Into New Army

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 …

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Syria’s New Security Forces Undergo Intensive Training in Qatar and Saudi Arabia Amid Fears of Collapse

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 …

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US Secretary of State Says Syria Faces ‘Two Choices, Transformation or Civil War’

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 …

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Led by Rami Maklouf: New Alawite Party Seeks Autonomous Rule In Syria’s Coastal Region

from EREM News, published by The Syrian Observer, May 11, 2025 Founded in Moscow, the party reportedly aims to pave the way for the creation of an autonomous coastal region under the nominal authority of Damascus A Russian intelligence source has revealed the establishment of the first political party claiming …

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Kevork Tells It Like It Is

Kevork Almassian, Substack, May 14, 2025 Will the sanctions really be lifted?  [jb] For over a decade, the Syrian people have endured one of the most punishing economic sieges of modern history. Western governments, with full-throated support from exile activists and lobbyists posing as “human rights defenders,” weaponized sanctions against …

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