from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 19, 2026 The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on 19 January that Damascus has continued to attack its positions across northern Syria despite the US-backed ceasefire reached a day earlier, warning that attacks are targeting the vicinity of SDF-run prisons holding tens …
Read More »Who’s Killing Who in Iran
A discussion between veteran Middle East reporter Sharmine Narwani and ex Diplomat to Lebanon and Conflict Resolution Negotiator Alistair Crooke. Fascinating global analysis of the crisis in Iran
Read More »‘The Real War is Washington’s’: Senior Ansarallah Official Exposes US Control Over Saudi–UAE Feud
by Mawada Iskandar, published on The Cradle, January 8, 2026 With tensions mounting and alliances fracturing, Yemen is once again positioned on the frontlines of a broader imperial confrontation. As Riyadh and Abu Dhabi struggle over influence and territory, the real war, says senior Ansarallah official Ali al-Imad, is not between …
Read More »Iran jams Starlink in ‘Game-Changing Move’; Foils CIA-Mossad ‘Colour Revolution’ Attempt
Alistair Crooke’s Conflicts Forum on substack, January 12, 2026 China’s ‘Kill Switch’ Just Erased the Iranian Regime-Change ‘Protestors’ / ‘Iran playing it strategically & managing the chaos efficiently’ / Veteran Israeli commentator Ehud Yaari: ‘We do not see clear cracks in the Iranian regime, in the government, nor the Army …
Read More »Trump’s Gaza Plan: A Foreign Force to Finish The Job
by F.M. Shakil, published on The Cradle, December 23, 2025 As 2026 approaches, Washington is laying the groundwork for yet another intervention – once again wrapped in the familiar language of peacekeeping. Behind closed doors, US officials are pushing for the deployment of an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza. …
Read More »Western Soft-Power Agencies Established a Support Front for Armed Insurrection in Syria by Al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels
by Ben Arthur Thomasson, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 10, 2025 [This is the second of a two-part series. Part I can be found here—Editors] Part 2 of a series exposing the farce of so-called U.S. “democracy promotion” From 2011 to 2016, demonstrations in Syria against the Ba’athist government headed …
Read More »Jeremy Kuzmarov – Syria Anatomy of Regime Change
by Phil Taylor and Jeremy Kuzmarov, The Taylor Report, December 8, 2025 00:00:00 – Phil Taylor Good morning. Welcome to CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto. This is the Taylor Report. I’m Phil Taylor, your host. We’re going to be talking today with one of the authors of a book, “Syria, …
Read More »An Islamic Monarchy for Syria: When Washington’s “Reformer” Starts Talking Like a Caliph
by Kevork Almassian, published on Kevork’s Newsletter, December 14, 2025 As Washington blesses monarchies and Jolani echoes Baghdadi’s words from the Umayyad Mosque, Syria is being steered from broken republic to Islamic throne. SSM Editor: External forces are building a new Syria on the Saudi Model, only without the fortune …
Read More »Administering Gaza: American Control, International Abdication, Palestinian Refusal
by Rima Najjar, published on Global Research, December 8, 2025 For the first time in the history of the U.S.-Israel relationship, Washington has moved beyond arming, funding, and diplomatically shielding Israeli violence and has instead inserted its own military personnel, intelligence systems, and command structures into Israel’s war machine. It …
Read More »What the UN Gaza Vote Revealed About the Imperialist World Order
by Gary Wilson, published on La Lucha/The Struggle, November 20, 2025 A colonial plan in diplomatic clothing A U.S.-drafted UN resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace plan” passed in the Security Council on Nov. 17. Palestinians responded immediately: This was not peace — it was a blueprint for foreign …
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