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China Says It Wants to ‘Play Constructive Role’ in Post-Assad Syria

China's special envoy to the United Nations declared on Tuesday that Beijing aims to play a “constructive role” in Syria's future after the fall of China's ally Bashar al-Assad. The Assad family has ruled Syria for more than 50 years and has waged a civil war with various opposition groups since 2011 under President Bashar […]

Biden Administration and Greater West Contact Victorious Syria Jihadis

Western countries, including the United States, have tentatively opened lines of communication with Syria's new rulers. Its rulers are an Islamist coalition led by an al-Qaeda splinter group, whose boss, inconveniently, is a designated terrorist with a $10 million bounty on the table from the United States. head. Ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad has few friends […]

Antony Blinken’s Turkey Trip Fails to Stop Onslaught Against U.S.-Allied Kurds in Syria

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led militia allied with the United States, confirmed on Monday that a brief ceasefire with Turkish Islamist proxies in the country had collapsed due to Turkey's intransigence. The ongoing fighting between the SDF and the Syrian National Army (SNA), an Islamist coalition that evolved from the Free Syrian Army […]

Netanyahu Enters Syria; Visits IDF Troops on Mount Hermon; ‘I Was Here 53 Years Ago’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Syrian territory on Tuesday and met with Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) forces that have occupied a former Syrian military post on Mount Hermon, the region's highest mountain. update: Prime Minister Netanyahu released a video from the summit in which he recalled the last time he climbed to the top […]

Purported Bashar Assad Message, First Since Fall of Syria, Contradicts Russian Narrative

The official account of the Syrian presidential palace on the encrypted messaging app Telegram on Monday published a statement attributed to deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who voluntarily resigned as the country's leader. He insisted that he had not abandoned his soldiers. A person identified as Assad said in a statement: “During these events, I […]

US warns Americans to flee Syria or prepare to ‘shelter in place for extended periods’

The US Embassy in Syria is calling on Americans in war-torn Syria to evacuate immediately or prepare for “extended evacuation.” The warning was issued as the security situation in Syria “remains unstable and unpredictable, with armed conflict and terrorism occurring across Syria” following the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the embassy said. said in […]

No more nation-building: Step back from post-Assad Syria 

Syrian rebels have shocked the world suddenly overthrew Bashar al-Assad's regime. Political and foreign policy establishments who had long advocated for regime change had reason to celebrate. President Assad has been in their sights for more than a decade. But that same organization is now wringing its hands over the question: “What's next?” After all, […]

Austin Tice’s mother voices newfound hope that Syria will release her son

The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was captured on a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, expressed hope Sunday that the unrest in Syria will lead to her son's freedom. Debra Tice said the news that Missouri resident Travis Timmerman had been freed from a Syrian prison by rebels “felt like a […]