The only way that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can begin to encourage “a wider range of religions” to end his “pariah” status is to end Islamic supremacy in his country and encourage the freedom of religion, and that’s highly unlikely, because Iran supports Syria financially and “Tehran has continued to use Syrian ports—particularly the port city […]
Russia, Turkey, Iran, Syria form committee to normalize Syria-Turkey relations, negotiated by Russia
Only two months after Shi’ite Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia resumed ties in a China-brokered deal comes the announcement of another brokered deal to normalize relations between Turkey and Syria. This deal is being heavily negotiated by Russia, which produced the roadmap, even though a committee is being formed among the foreign ministers of four […]
Iranian President Raisi: Zionist State Is Collapsing
Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran known best for his bloody past as a hanging judge, responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iranian dissidents, recently spoke by telephone to the Butcher of Damascus, President Bashar Al-Assad. More on the conversation can be found here: “Global Winds Blowing Away from ‘Arrogance, Zionism,’ Raisi Tells Assad,” […]
Iran, Syria, Hamas, Hizballah talk further ‘resistance’ against Israel
With the exception of the willfully blind, most people understand that the Palestinian “resistance” is a euphemism for efforts to obliterate of Israel from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. This is also clear from the repeated chants: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.” Now that Israel is undergoing internal […]
Bashar al-Assad requests more Russian bases and troops in Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has requested a greater Russian presence in Syria as he tries to adjust (like every leader and jihad group in the Middle East) to a new balance of power as America declines under Biden. Turkey has been heavily present in Syria, and ties between Assad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Hamas Under Iranian Pressure to Restore Ties With Syria
Hamas is the Palestinian offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. And the Muslim Brotherhood has for decades in Syria – long before the current civil war – been a threat to the Assad regime that keeps the Alawite minority in power. For some uber-Sunnis, including the members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Alawites (a branch of […]
Syria’s Devil You Know
“In a movement of sheer masochism, the West encouraged political developments that would destroy systems designed as a safeguard against extremism,” writes Alexandre Goodarzy in a new Sophia Institute Press translation of his French memoirs. In Kidnapped in Iraq: A Christian Humanitarian Tells His Story, this French Catholic aid worker critically examines foolish Western beliefs that the […]
Syria’s Jihad Winter
The post-2011 uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian dictatorship “wasn’t a social revolution but a coup to create a caliphate and return to the time of the prophet Muhammad” of Islam, writes Alexandre Goodarzy in a new book. Kidnapped in Iraq: A Christian Humanitarian Tells His Story, a Sophia Institute Press English translation of his memoirs […]
Syria’s Assad meets Iran’s Khamenei and Raisi in surprise visit to Tehran
After reports that Syria was distancing itself from Iran, Bashar al-Assad is once again bonding with Islamic Republic leaders, which likely means more bad news for Israel. Israel has launched many defensive strikes inside Syria against Iran-backed forces and Iran’s main proxy, Hizballah. Of concern now is also the fact that Russia controls Syria’s airspace; […]
What Does Bashar Al-Assad’s Recent Visit to the UAE Signify?
Bashar al-Assad, making his first visit to an Arab country since the Syrian civil war began, flew to the United Arab Emirates on March 18, where he met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the Emirates’ vice president and prime minister, who is also the ruler of Dubai. People are reading the tea leaves, trying […]