The Druze are a non-Muslim people spread over Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. As non-Muslims, Muslim Arabs have, of course, mistreated them. Ever since the 1930s, the Druze in Mandatory Palestine took the side of the Jews against the local Arabs. In the state of Israel, the Druze have been loyal citizens, and since 1956 they […]
Syria: New schoolbooks promote jihad and Islamic antisemitism
When Ahmed al-Sharaa became Syria’s new president in January 2025, he continued doing what he had done as the leader of a jihad group: persecuting religious minorities. The content of post-Assad schoolbooks is a testament to the utter naivety of the West, many of whose leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, apparently thought that a […]
Syrian Arabs Determined to Destroy Last Remnants of Kurdish Autonomy
During the Syrian civil war, while the Syrian army was fully occupied in fighting the rebels, the Kurds in southeast Syria managed to attain a large measure of autonomy. But since Al-Sharaa’s regime has come to power, pressure on the Kurds to surrender much of that autonomy has steadily increased. They have been forced to […]
Syria: Muslims attack Christians in Al-Suqalbiya, Damascus Christians march in solidarity
This is not like marching in Newark or Chicago or some other American city. These Christians were taking their lives into their hands, knowing that jihadis could have attacked them at any time. Christians of Damascus are marching through the streets tonight in solidarity with Al-Suqalbiya, chanting: “Nothing is more beautiful than dying on the […]
Syria: Muslims throw bomb at cathedral, threaten Christians with worse to come, Syrian media whitewashes incident
The Syrian media whitewashed the incident, reporting only that there had been an explosion in one neighborhood of Hama, without mentioning the cathedral or the threats against the Christians. This is the same pattern that the establishment media follows the world over. Any news item that might reflect poorly on Islam is thoroughly whitewashed so […]
Punished for Protecting His Town From Jihadis
Will Suleiman Khalil get justice? When Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former leader of a jihad terror group, took power in Syria, President Donald Trump met with him three times, and even welcomed him to the Oval Office. In Ankara in July 2026, Trump said of al-Sharaa: “He’s done a really fantastic job as President. He’s unified the country […]
Syria: Christian leader held without charge for 19 months, ‘sends message: Christians not welcome in Syria’
Does this have anything to do with the fact that Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a long history as a jihadi? Will Trump, who has professed his tremendous admiration for al-Sharaa, pressure his friend to release Suleiman Khalil? Or might that harm the relationship between the U.S. and its Syrian jihadi proteges? “‘Christians Are Not […]
Syria: Sunni Muslims kidnap and murder 24-year-old Alawite
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights classifies this as having taken place on “retaliatory and sectarian grounds.” This man was apparently murdered for having the wrong beliefs. “Kill them wherever you find them…” (Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, 4:91, cf. 9:5). “Sectarian violence | Unidentified gunmen kidnap and kill young man in western Homs,” SOHR, September 5, […]
More Nonsense From Erdogan
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has a number of strange observations about Israel’s strike on the Abu al-Duhur military base and more: “Israel ‘baited’ Turkey with Abu al-Duhur airbase ‘pre-election’ strike, US Envoy Tom Barrack says,” by Idan Kweller, Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2026: According to Barrack, US President Donald Trump recently asked Erdogan […]
Tom Barrack Has the Middle East Situation Backwards
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has had a lot to say about the Israeli strike on the Abu al-Duhur military base: “Israel ‘baited’ Turkey with Abu al-Duhur airbase ‘pre-election’ strike, US Envoy Tom Barrack says,” by Idan Kweller, Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2026: According to Barrack, Israel raised the concern with the United States […]