2025-07-16: Syria Roundup

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The Media Line Staff (2025-07-16). Israel Strikes Syrian Forces in As-Suwayda to Protect Druze Minority, Warns of Further Action. themedialine.org

tn.ai (2025-07-16). Iran Condemns Israeli Strikes on Syria. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesman strongly condemned the Israeli military attacks that have targeted Syria in the past days, expressing concern over the recent clashes in the Suwayda region which have killed dozens of civilians.

Staff (2025-07-16). Israel launches airstrikes on Syria as sectarian violence continues to spiral. peoplesdispatch.org In a major escalation, the IOF launched an aerial raid on Damascus Wednesday afternoon, targeting Syria's Ministry of Defense, military headquarters, and presidential palace. Less than an hour later, Syria's state-run media outlets reported that military sites across the southern governorate of Daraa were hit by Israeli warplanes. Syrian media outlets also reported in the …

The Black Alliance for Peace. (2025-07-16). Western Narratives On War And Unrest In Syria. popularresistance.org In March 2025, Syria witnessed horrific sectarian massacres by government-backed forces targeting Alawites in the country's northwest coastal regions. Since the violent takeover of the Syrian government by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in November/December 2024, nearly 8,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed. | HTS, far from being an independent actor, functions as a proxy force advancing the geopolitical interests of the United States, Israel, and their allies, whose primary goal is to destabilize the region and maintain control over its resources. Damascus governor Maher Marwan indicates that HTS wants p…

Editor (2025-07-16). Why Is Israel Bombing Syria? menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Conflict in Syria has escalated with Israel launching bombing raids against its northern neighbour. | It follows months of fluctuating tensions in southern Syria between …

Rizik Alabi (2025-07-16). 'They Came as Peacemakers, Then Killed Us': Druze in As-Suwayda Accuse Syrian Forces of Massacre. themedialine.org [AS-SUWAYDA] The southern Syrian province of As-Suwayda has …

tn.ai (2025-07-16). Israel Intensifies Air Strikes on Syria Under Pretext of Protecting Druze. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Israeli regime launched a series of drone attacks targeting the General Staff building of the Syrian Army in Damascus, while officials in Tel Aviv threatened further escalation under claims of supporting Syria's Druze minority.

The Media Line Staff (2025-07-16). US Ambassador, Church Leaders, and Press Association Condemn Escalating West Bank Attacks. themedialine.org

geo.tv (2025-07-16). Iran's Pakistan envoy Reza Amiri Moghadam named in FBI's 'most wanted' list. geo.tv Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam gestures during an event at the National Defence University in Islamabad in this image released on September 11, 2023. — NDU websiteMoghadam accused of abducting FBI agent Robert Levinson.Levinson missing after travelling to…

guest author (2025-07-16). Chinese diplomacy: Some countries wage war, others promote peace. workers.org Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Rodriguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an adviser for international politics for TeleSUR. This article is dated July 10, 2025. Translation: John Catalinotto. While the United States plots wars, . . . |

Ahmed Adel (2025-07-16). Trump Warns Russia of "Very Severe Tariffs" if Peace Agreement Isn't Reached within 50 Days. globalresearch.ca The comments by United States President Donald Trump, in which he threatened to impose tariffs on Russia if a peace agreement on the Ukrainian crisis is not reached within 50 days, are an example of Washington's current international decline….

WSWS (2025-07-16). Bitcoin hits $120,000: A fever chart of the capitalist crisis. wsws.org Legislation now going through the House of Representatives has the aim of drawing billions of dollars more into the Ponzi scheme, which is the crypto market, as Bitcoin hit $120,000.

Adrian Ramsay (2025-07-16). 'Keir Starmer Must Break His Silence on the Climate Crisis Driving the UK's Extreme Temperatures'. bylinetimes.com This coming weekend is the third anniversary of UK temperatures hitting 40C hit for first time ever. Since then, countless new records have been broken. In 2023, some areas had a quarter more rainfall than normal, making the year one of the ten wettest for England and Northern Ireland since 1836. May 2024 was the warmest on record and that Spring was the wettest and warmest ever too — until this year smashed that last record. There have been three heatwaves already this summer and June became the warmest month for England. | These facts and figures can sometimes feel as relentless as the heat, but put si…

Amos Harel (2025-07-16). Fresh Syria violence undercuts the optimism over ties between Israel and the new regime. haaretz.com The Druze in Israel and Syria claim that the current escalation is a calculated move by the new regime in Damascus. Whether this is true or not, the incidents in Sweida illustrate the difficulty of dealing with a regime that persecutes minorities…

Tom Levinson (2025-07-16). As mental health crisis deepens, another Israeli soldier dies by suicide on base. haaretz.com Four soldiers have taken their own lives in the last two weeks alone – two of them in regular service, two reservists recently released from many weeks of service during the war. Since the beginning of the war, there has been an increase in the number of soldiers in active service who died by suicide compared to previous years…

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