Arab-American Tom Barrack is our ambassador to Turkey, and special envoy to Syria as well. Barrack has fallen hard for Ahmed al-Sharaa’s charade of being a “moderate” who wants to make “peace” with Israel. Barrack also seems as impressed as his boss with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the padishah who rules Turkey and nurses his neo-Ottoman […]
Syria admits holding nuclear material, but refuses handover, saying: ‘We have the right to use it’
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is a former al-Qaeda terrorist who has also worked closely with Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, before double crossing him. The only thing that has changed about al-Sharaa is his name (from Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) and his attire: He now wears a suit. He has fooled the naive West, including […]
U.S. slams Israeli strikes on Syrian base as ‘unnecessary escalation,’ but which side is really escalating?
We are deeply concerned that the confirmed Israeli airstrikes on Abu al-Duhur Airbase constitute an unnecessary escalation that does not advance regional stability. The Al-Sharra government has neither adopted a predatory posture nor maintained proxy forces. It has, in fact,… — Ambassador Tom Barrack (@USAMBTurkiye) August 18, 2026 This comes along with the news of […]
Israel Strikes Syrian Air Base
Israeli planes struck Abu Al-Duhur, a Syrian airbase, on August 18, dropping eight bombs, destroying a main runway and, even more important, devastating storage facilities containing what Israel knew was Turkish weaponry. Israel had information that the Turkish army was just about to deploy troops at the base, which could then be used both to […]
Syrian Soldiers Chant ‘I Am Coming for You, Jew’
Ahmad al-Sharaa continues his charade of being a “moderate” who is ready “to make peace with Israel.” But he is no moderate. His soldiers have massacred Alawites in Latakia, Druze in Suweida governorate, and Christians throughout the country, but especially in Aleppo and Damascus. And now Syrian Arab Army soldiers have been chanting their genocidal […]
Syrian Government Persecutes Christians, Alawites, Kurds, and Druze
Ahmed al-Sharaa presents himself as a “moderate” to the world, someone who is ready to make peace with Israel (provided, of course, that Israel returns all of the Golan Heights to Syria, something Jerusalem will never do), someone worthy of American political and economic support. But the persecution of Christians, Alawites, and other minorities suggest […]
Syria’s Time of Epuration
The Sunni regime that has ruled in Damascus since December 2024 has been a mixed bag. Its army has attacked both the Alawites in Latakia, who had been the mainstay of Bashar Assad’s regime, and the innocent Druze in Sweida Governorate who inhabit the territory between Damascus and the Golan, showing its determination to keep […]
Australia: ‘Very radical’ and violent ISIS-linked Sharia enforcer in Syrian camp to return ‘home’
Hodan Abby is the last known Australian Islamic State-linked woman in Syria, and she is extremely violent and dangerous. Now she’s been given permission to return “home” to Australia. Women involved with the Islamic State, including ISIS brides, are often every bit as dangerous as their male counterparts. The Australian Broadcast Corporation reports that Australia’s […]
Trump Wants Syria to ‘Fight Hezbollah’ in Lebanon
And both Israel and Lebanon are appalled. Trump sees Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa as a “strong leader,” someone who can take on Hezbollah and deal better with it than Israel. That is not how either Beirut or Jerusalem sees things. More on Trump’s suggestion that Lebanon let Syria back in to crush Hezbollah can be […]
Syria: Christian mayor who defended his town from the Islamic State is imprisoned
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? “Coalition Asks U.S. […]