Syria
Turkiye’s plans to govern Tripoli, via covert ops in Damascus
The Cradle's Lebanon Correspondent
JUL 16, 2025
Unsatisfied with its significant control over northern Syria and Iraq, Ankara is seeking to establish a political, security, and...
Syria’s HTS Government Preps 50,000 Troops for a Large Anti-Kurd Offensive...
by Jason Ditz
Aug 17, 2025
Sources say new offensive likely to begin by October
The Islamist Syrian government is trying to give the impression they support peaceful...
What Can Be Done to Stop the Genocide of the Palestinians?
by Larry C. Johnson
Aug 3, 2025
People around the world are shocked by the images coming out of Gaza, yet feel impotent to do anything...
Why Thailand and Cambodia Are at War in the Heart of...
Fog of war rules. A crack Thai analyst worries about the intersection of so many vectors not making sense: “There's something so odd about...
MI6 Embedded With Syria’s Al Qaeda Government
Kit Klarenberg
Jul 25, 2025
On July 19th, the Mail on Sunday revealed that Inter-Mediate, a shadowy firm founded by Jonathan Powell, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s National Security...
Israel and the Drug War in Syria
July 29, 2025
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war,...
Trump Promised to Be a ‘Peacemaker’ President. He Launched Nearly as...
Alex Woodward/The Independent
Jul 17, 2025
Donald Trump’s administration has carried out more than 500 bombings since taking office in January
In his inaugural address, Donald Trump...
Israel Launches Airstrikes on Syria’s Defense Ministry and Near the Presidential...
The heavy bombing comes despite a US push for a normalization deal between Israel and the al-Qaeda-linked Syrian government
by Dave DeCamp
Jul 16, 2025
Israel launched heavy...
How Turkiye’s eastward ambitions serve the Atlanticist order
Ankara’s penetration into Eurasia blends neo-Ottoman ideology, Islamic soft power, and NATO-aligned geopolitics in a bid to rival Russia, China, Iran, and India.
Ali Nassar
JUL...
Turkiye backs extremists in Lebanon as ‘blackmail’ over Cyprus ties
Lebanese sources say Turkish and Syrian intelligence are directly sponsoring cross-border arms smuggling into Lebanon, while noting Ankara's alleged ambitions for control in the...