Syria
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...
US Envoy: Disarm Hezbollah or Israel, Syria Will Conquer Lebanon
Syria denies reports of escalatory tensions with Lebanon
by Jason Ditz*
Jul 12, 2025
In comments in an interview with The National, US Ambassador to Turkey and special...
Syrian warlords behind torture, kidnapping of ethnic minorities benefit from US...
JUL 2, 2025
Sayf Abu Bakr and Abu Amsha were involved in war crimes against Syrian Kurds, and played a part in this year’s coastal...
Report: Syria Talks With Israel Involve Seizing North Lebanon
by Jason Ditz*
Jul 6, 2025
Israel could keep parts of Golan if HTS gets Tripoli, Bekaa Valley
Israeli media began reporting new specificities about the Syria-Israel peace...
Putin and Trump Talk Ukraine, Iran, Syria, and Space in Wide-Ranging...
Jul 3, 2025
Putin and Trump held a phone conversation. Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said they discussed the following:
Putin informed Trump about the progress of implementing...