by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, July 8, 2023 Lebanese clans living in Germany, who are involved in drug trafficking, have caused death and mayhem. The German police responded to a massive brawl which broke out on June 16 in front of a restaurant in Essen that left a …
Read More »UK Activists Urge Judiciary to Lift ‘Cruel’ Sanctions on Syria
from The News Desk at The Cradle, June 23, 2023 A group of British-Arab citizens have filed an application to the High Court in England seeking permission to proceed to a Judicial Review for the sake of ending UK sanctions on Syria, Al-Mayadeen reported on 23 June. The leader of …
Read More »Jordanians Reject Ties with Israel, Welcome Normalization with Iran, Syria
From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 20, 2023 An overwhelming majority of Jordanians say they oppose “all sorts of cooperation” with Israel, including receiving humanitarian aid in the case of a natural disaster, according to a public opinion poll commissioned by the Washington Institute and conducted between March …
Read More »Assad in Jeddah: Tangibly, what does this mean for Syria?
by Georgio Caffiero, published on The Cradle, May 30, 2023 Arab reconciliation with Syria is a two-way street, with both sides seeking important concessions from each other. While all solutions can be found within a grand regional compromise, not all Arab states will be willing to challenge Washington’s red lines. …
Read More »The Resistance Crescent and the End of US Domination
by Ali Abunimah, published on Electronic Intifada, May 31, 2023 The videos associated with this article are particularly interesting and informative. [jb] Almost two decades ago, Jordan’s King Abdallah warned in a Washington Post interview of a so-called “Shiite crescent” stretching from Iran through Iraq and west to Lebanon. This …
Read More »Never Mind Who Lost Syria, Who the Hell Lost Saudi Arabia?
by Peter Ford, published on 21st Century Wire, May 19, 2023 It is hard to overstate the significance of Syria’s readmission to the Arab League and President Assad’s attendance at the Jeddah Arab summit. The significance goes way beyond Syria itself. Let’s get straight to the point. It’s a massive …
Read More »Syria Returns to Arab League with Saudi Arabia at the Helm
by Steven Sahiounie, published on MidEast Discourse, May 8, 2023 Syria has been reinstated as a member of the Arab League, which will meet on May 19 in Riyadh. After a 12-year absence, Syria is in the midst of an Arab-led political path to normalization in the region. The regional …
Read More »The Leaked Plan to Attack Russians in Syria Revealed
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, April 27, 2023 Another hair brained scheme from the Zelenski-Biden course. I have long argued that U.S. Turkish occupation of Syria is enough to consider Syria an additional front to the U.S. proxy war on Russia, with the front face in Ukraine. …
Read More »Syria Comes in From the Cold
by Scott Ritter, published on Consortium News, April 24, 2023 While the world continues to come to grips with the reality — and consequences — of the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, another diplomatic coup is unfolding in the Middle East. This one is orchestrated by the Russians. …
Read More »Untangling Syria’s Devastating War?
by Helena Cobban, published on Globalities, April 21, 2023 Suddenly, within the past few weeks, there has been a flurry of diplomatic activity that provides real hope that the civil war that’s devastated Syria for 12 years may be headed toward a negotiated peace and a chance for rebuilding. These …
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