Contrary to the propaganda of moral upstarts, terrorism pays. It proves rewarding. It establishes states and reconstitutes others. It encourages change, for ill or otherwise. The stance taken, righteously pitiful,…
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) condemns the mass killing of civilians in the latest clashes between loyalists of the toppled Bashar al-Assad and the security forces of the present…
In Syria, the Western-backed Haiat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) regime’s massacre of Alawites has escalated, with over 1,000 people killed. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that armed…
The escalation in serious crimes across several villages and towns in the Latakia and Tartus governorates along the Syrian coast is deeply concerning, said Euro-Med Monitor in a statement. Armed…
Geneva – The United Nations Security Council must act swiftly and forcefully to prevent Israel from encroaching on Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, guarantee that its forces leave the southern regions of the country, and compel it to abide by…
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israeli forces will continue to occupy strategic locations in Lebanon and Syria. Speaking at a graduation…
Damascus (Quds News Network)- Israel has quietly established a military zone inside Syrian territory, Israeli Army Radio reported. No final date has been set for its withdrawal. The report said…
The End of Syria's Brutal Regime Brings Joy and Uncertainty to Refugees Six years ago, at the time of the first Trump administration’s Muslim ban and its initial round of…
The year ended on an extremely worrying scenario. What, with bombardments and killings havoc on, in the Middle East? Mind you, Israel’s targeted attacks spreading out, from Gaza and around,…
Moral evangelists in power preaching about democracy and human rights resemble dowdy advocates of family values. When given a chance, they will wander, leaving their principles aside like unwanted impediments. …
On December 15th, many people in Syria felt the earth quake. Seismic scales registered above 3.0 on the Richter scale and could be felt up to 500 miles away. Natural…
Damascus (Quds News Network)- Ten people were killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on a facility in Adra, near Damascus. Syrian media reported that the target was a weapons depot…
Syria has turned into a key strategic region for unfolding of imperialist interventions. It has seen the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad regime by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) which is an…
After 13 years of war and uprisings, the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has finally collapsed, sweeping the country into a vortex of high hopes and disarming joy as well…
The United States, Turkey and Israel all responded to the fall of the Assad government in Damascus by launching bombing campaigns on Syria. Israel also attacked and destroyed most of the Syrian…
Geneva - Achieving civil peace and ensuring sustainable security in Syria after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime requires adopting a transitional justice approach, strengthening the rule of law, and…
The justifications are always the same. We are moving into territory for security reasons. We are creating a temporary buffer zone from which tactical advantage can be gained against potential…
All eyes are on Syria, simply because the only thing known about how the new Syria will look like is frankly, the unknown. What is prevailing in the new predictions…
Victorious cheers and celebrations erupted across the capital, Damascus, as the nearly half-century-old Assad regime fell in Syria, the Middle East's central conflict zone. However, the stability and sovereignty of…
Orwa Nyrabia is a film activist, was a prisoner of the Assad regime in Syria before international pressure got him released. He later became artistic director of the International Film…
After December 2010 when a desperate and angry Tunisian young man of the name of Mohammad Bouazizi, dramatically immolated himself, an unprecedented wave of mass protests against incumbent totalitarian regimes…
Israel has made hundreds of air attacks on Syria in the days after the ouster of Assad, apart from its troops advancing on the ground. While these attacks have been…
Damascus (Quds News Network)- In its first official stance, the new Syrian Interim Government has condemned Israel’s invasion of Syrian territories. Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Qusai Al-Dhahhak, sent two…
After tenaciously holding on to power for more than a decade of war, the government of Bashar al-Assad crumbled in two weeks of limited fighting. Overwhelmed by a surprise blitzkrieg…
Zionist apologists commonly present support for Israel as a necessary extension of opposition to radical Islam and the threat of Jihadi terrorism. “Support us fighting them here, so you don’t…
Towards the Future of a New Syria Syria becomes a new nation free of bloody authoritarian dictatorship lasting over 54 years. The Arab-Muslim world lacks capacity to imagine this unthinkable…
A few years ago, I got a FedEx delivery the day before Mother’s Day from Cambridge, Massachusetts. I remember the package for two reasons. It was an overnight Express delivery…
After the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, Israel has been encroaching on its neighbour’s territory. Israel has attacked Syria more than 400 times and, despite UN protests, launched a military incursion into…
Arab history witnessed the rise and fall of states. This was most notably the Umayyad state, taking Damascus as its capital and from there on reaching Andalusia. It finally collapsed…
The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel to topple the Syrian government, mainly through their rebranded al-Qaeda allies, succeeded at lightning speed. Damascus fell days after Hay’at Tahrir…
None but a few corrupt cronies will be shedding tears at the tyrant’s departure. But there should be no doubt that what we are witnessing in Syria today is a…
by Asa Winstanley and Ali Abunimah Israeli tanks were reportedly on the outskirts of Damascus early on Tuesday, as Israel launched airstrikes across the country that are being called “the heaviest in the history of Syria.”…
In the famous lines of Tacitus, Roman historian, “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.”…
Although Assad's dethroning process started with the Arab Spring in 2011, thanks to the solid backing of his powerful allies in Moscow and Tehran, the motley groups of Syrian rebels…
Geneva - It is necessary that Syria attain transitional justice and uphold the rights of all people and groups who have endured numerous grave abuses over the years, particularly since 2011…
As the rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Syria Liberation Committee) seized Damascus, Syria’s capital, on December 7, 2024, the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad boarded a flight to…
After Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stepped down Sunday and ordered a peaceful transfer of power to “rebel” forces led by the Al Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militia, US and…
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again invoked biblical references to justify war crimes and violations of the international law. On Tuesday, Netanyahu revealed…
Without much ado, the Western media is currently preoccupied with this question: Are the Syrian rebels Jihadis? This is while the Arab media appears to be in a state of…
As Syrian rebels claimed victory over Damascus and Bashar al-Assad fled, Israel acted swiftly, moving forces into southern Syria and occupying strategic areas like Mount Hermon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared…
Syria is a country where several famous civilizations flourished and diverse communities learnt to co-exist peacefully. However the history of Syria from 2011 to 2024 is a very tragic chapter…
The reports through Western presses read rather familiarly. Joyful residents taking selfies on abandoned, sullen tanks. Armed men ebullient and shooting into the sky with adventurist stupidity. The removal of…
Assad is now in Moscow, and an Islamist coalition has taken over all the major Syrian cities. The great powers, Russia and Iran, which had propped up the Syrian state…
In less than a week, the Bashar al-Assad regime and that of this family fell, an era that lasted for more than half a century came to an end. There…
For more than half a century, the Assad dynasty ruled Syria with an iron grip, relying on brutal force and powerful alliances with Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah. Despite surviving a…
Events are rapidly unfolding before after the fall of the Syrian capital, Damascus, into the hands of the armed opposition forces that entered it without resistance because the Syrian army,…
Damascus (Quds News Network)- Israel has escalated its attacks on Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar Al-Assad by the Syrian opposition. This power shift has raised regional tensions, with…
The swift and unexpected fall of the Syrian capital, Damascus, to Sunni opposition forces marks a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East. Bashar al-Assad’s regime had withstood…
Syria is about to enter a new political era without Baath Party rule which has been in power since 1963 and controlled by the Al Assad family since 1971. After…
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan must be delighted about what is unfolding in Syria, though it is a feeling bound to be tempered by swiftly changing circumstances. Iran’s Shia proxies have…
In just a few days, after having remained relatively static for a few years, Syria has turned anew into a theatre of war of movement, in what looks like a…
A new bloody phase has opened up in Syria, as if it was ever possible to contemplate another one in that tormented land. Silly terms such as “moderate” are being…
Despite a focus on boxing China in the Indo-Pacific, US involvement in the Middle East continues to be widespread and problematic. While Israel is given its regular steroid diet of…
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a bill to oppose the normalization of relations between Syria and other nations. The Arab League reinstated the country this month, while…
The foreign ministers of Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq said on Monday after meeting in Amman said the government in Damascus should re-establish the rule of law on…
Even before the terrible damage caused by earthquake in Syria and Turkey, there was a strong case for ending sanctions against Syria as the existing sanctions imposed by the USA…
Israeli military and intelligence units carried out multiple acts of aggression over the weekend against Iran and Iranian forces in Syria. The attacks were the first offensive military operations under…
The US continues to wage war upon the nations of the world by resorting to imposing economic sanctions. These sanctions are a continuation of war by other means, and the…
by Noam Chomsky and Raghav Kaushik This interview with world-renowned scholar and leading dissident Noam Chomsky has two goals. The primary goal is to understand America’s role in one of…
Review of World War in Syria by A.B. Abrams On 30 August 2021, the United States’ 20-year military occupation of Afghanistan came to an end when the removal of American…
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