by Kevork Almassian, published on Substack, July 8, 2026 After watching Emmanuel Macron arrive in Damascus and stand beside Abu Mohammad al-Julani, I kept returning to one question because I believe it explains far more than the visit itself. If the war against Syria was truly fought for democracy, human …
Read More »The New Syria: An Impossible Survival Strategy in the Age of Economic Corridors
News from Daraj, published on the Syrian Observer, May 26, 2026 Syria is being torn apart under the Sharaa government. If there are any remnants of the Republic in existence, one would imagine they are busy building a network and sharpening their knives. Ahmad al-Sharaa’s intensive diplomatic tours in recent …
Read More »Israelis With Dual Nationality Behind ‘Large-Scale’ Acquisition of Syrian Agricultural Lands
from the News Desk at The Cradle, May 4, 2026 Israel is expanding its control over territory in southern Syria, not merely through military means, but also through the purchase of agricultural lands by individuals of Jewish descent holding multiple nationalities, Al-Akhbar reported on 4 May. According to a local …
Read More »Shadow rule: How the Sharaa family and a Foreign-Born Operative Built Syria’s New Deep Economy
by a Cradle Correspondent, published on The Cradle, December 17, 2025 Editor’s note: It appears that Ahmad al-Sharaa and his family have taken Syria as their private fiefdom, canceled the socialism and pan-Arabism of the Baathist Assads, and gutted the substance of the Syrian Republic while unempowering and disinheriting members …
Read More »The Empire’s Recycled ISIS in Syria
by Kevork Almassian, published on Substack, February 25, 2026 When the headlines tell you that ISIS is resurfacing in Syria, that prison breaks are accelerating, and that American forces are “withdrawing,” you are supposed to read it as a chaotic but ultimately familiar story: terrorism comes back, the international community …
Read More »The “Hidden” Genocide in Syria, Creeping American Fascism, and the Inevitable Victory of the Palestinians
Interview of Dr. Paul Larudee by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, published on DefendDemocracy.Press and Militaire.gr, January 30 2026 Trump is not absolutely identified with Netanyahu, but he knows that the margins for emancipating himself from the Israeli Prime Minister are limited—at least if the US President wishes to survive! With the American …
Read More »Why Syria Needs a Prime Minister, Not a One-Man State
by Malak al-Zoubi, published on the Syrian Observer, January 28, 2026 Editor’s Note: I don’t know much about Riad Hijab, but the description of al-Sharaa/al Jolani’s credentials tell’s you all you need to know about his qualification to govern a country, And we won’t mention who chose him as the …
Read More »‘They Want to Cleanse Syria of Christians’: A Community Speaks of Betrayal, Terror, and Exile
by The Cradle‘s Syria Correspondent, published December 25, 2025 On Christmas morning in Damascus, the sound of church bells rings hollow against a backdrop of fear. In a city once proud of its religious mosaic, Syria’s Christians now live as shadows of themselves – cautious, silent, and increasingly absent. For decades, the …
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 …
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Vanessa Beeley talks to Roohulla Rezvi of Iran Talks, published on Vanessa’s Substack, October 11, 2025 Syria now, after the Zionist bloc brought Al Qaeda to power – with Iran Talks by vanessa beeley I talk to Roohulla Rezvi about the fall of Damascus and the subsequent bloodshed facilitated by …
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