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from the News Desk at The Cradle, June 2, 2025 Syria is currently being granted relief from over a decade of western sanctions and Arab isolation Saudi Arabia and Qatar have announced a joint three-month financial support package for public sector workers in Syria, as part of Gulf efforts to …

News From The Cradle, May 23, 2025 Syria’s path to having sanctions removed is virtually impossible.  The three stipulations ignore the real issues facing the new government and the horrors facing the Syrian people.  Getting rid of the Palestinians, well, maybe; embracing the SDF and controlling ISIS, unlikely; normalization with …

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 …

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 …

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 …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 12, 2025 Syria’s self-appointed interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa will not attend the upcoming Arab League summit in the Iraqi capital, according to an Arab diplomatic source who spoke with AFP on 12 May. In his stead, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani will lead …

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 …

MEE Staff, published on Middle East Eye, April 24, 2025 Syria’s president has urged western countries to relieve his country of sanctions and allow it to rebuild after 14 years of war The UK has lifted sanctions on Syria’s defence and interior ministries and a range of its intelligence agencies …

from The News Desk, published on The Cradle, April 22, 2025 Two top officials from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement in Syria have been detained by Syrian security forces. Khaled Khaled, head of PIJ operations in Syria, and Yasser al-Zafari, head of the organizational committee, were arrested five days …

from the Newsroom,  on Mideast Discourse, March 27, 2025 Sadly, I missed this before.  I had met Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, and like him very much.   The highest Sunni cleric in Syria when I met hi, he was a passionate man, but also tolerant, with a sharp mind and sharper …