2025-07-22: Syria Roundup

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newarab (2025-07-22). US confirms death of citizen in Syria last week. newarab.com The US State Department on Tuesday confirmed the death of a U.S. citizen last week in the predominantly State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Hossam Saraya, adding that the US was providing consular assistance to the family. She declined to provide further details. | ABC News earlier reported that friends and family of Saraya, a American-Syrian citizen, confirmed that he and other relatives were among those seen in a video being gunned down. | The violence in Suwe…

author (2025-07-22). Tribal Leader Says Evacuations from Syria's Sweida are 'Temporary'. english.aawsat.com

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-07-22). Israel's Quiet Partition Plan: Sectarian Cantons from Golan to Sweida. english.almanar.com.lb Through the smoke rising from Sweida and the embers glowing along Syria's coastline, the contours of a deeply fractured nation emerge. What's unfolding in Syria today is not simply the latest chapter in a prolonged civil conflict. It is the manifestation of a more insidious transformation—one that is quietly redrawing national borders along sectarian lines, …

newarab (2025-07-22). Syria identifies 298 suspects in Alawite heartland killings. newarab.com A Syrian committee investigating sectarian violence in the country's Alawite heartland said Tuesday that it had identified 298 The findings come after

_____ (2025-07-22). Journalists wounded, media office damaged in Syria violence. Soran Rashid

newarab (2025-07-22). Israeli army chief vows to 'weaken' Syria and Hezbollah. newarab.com In a special session held on Monday,

newarab (2025-07-22). Turkey says it will intervene against any attempt to divide Syria. newarab.com

Global Affairs (2025-07-22). US Warned of 'No Plan B' for Syria After Realizing 'Plan A' Was a Sectarian Death Trap. 21stcenturywire.com
| Israel's claimed interest in protecting the Druze poses a unique challenge for Damascus and the United States as the Hebrew state has about 150,000 Druze, many of whom serve in the Israeli military and police and openly advocate for intervention against Syria and Al-Sharaa's US-backed policies in the country. Israel, which views the Druze as a strategic asset for its territorial goals in southern Syria, has conducted numerous strikes from December to July to weaken Syria's military and secure the Golan Hei…

Unicorn Riot (2025-07-22). Questions Remain after Syria — Rojava Integration Deal. unicornriot.ninja

eadaily (2025-07-22). A US citizen was executed in the Syrian Essaouide. eadaily.com During the fighting in the Syrian Essaouide on July 17, a US citizen, 35-year-old Druz Hosam Saraya, was shot. He was executed along with seven other men of his family. Israeli media write about this today…

api.follow.it (2025-07-22). Ron Paul: America's Syrian Civil War — OpEd. api.follow.it As Syria descends into full-scale civil war, with more than a thousand people killed in just the last few days, it may be a good time to remember the phrase, "Assad must go." That was the slogan the regime-changers rolled out some 14 years ago during the "Arab Spring" that was supposed to usher liberal democracies into power throughout the region. | From Tunisia to Egypt to Libya and on to Syria, the plan was to remake the Middle East according to the will of Washington's "master planners." The State Department, the media, the Pentagon, and the think tanks fed by the military-industrial complex were all enthu…

api.follow.it (2025-07-22). Why Lebanon's Fragile State Hinges On Hezbollah's Next Move — Analysis. api.follow.it By Sherouk Zakaria | As pressure intensifies on Lebanon's new government to resolve the question of Hezbollah's arms, it confronts a fundamental challenge: Can the Iran-backed group relinquish its military wing and become a purely political party? And if it does, will Lebanon's state institutions and political culture prove capable of supporting such a transition? | Earlier this month, Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Türkiye and special envoy for Syria, telegraphed Washington's growing impatience with the status quo in Lebanon in remarks to journalists following his visit to Beirut. He described Hezbol…

newarab (2025-07-22). Has Israeli 'pro-Druze' intervention in Syria already backfired. newarab.com The By July 15, Israel had

fightbacknews (2025-07-22). Chicago demands 'Hands off Syria!' 'End US aid to Israel'. fightbacknews.org

bianet (2025-07-22). Turkish FM says 'we won't allow Israel to divide Syria,' issues warning to Kurds. bianet.org Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused Israel of attempting to divide Syria and warned that Turkey and neighboring countries would not allow such efforts to succeed. | Fidan's accusations come against the backdrop of recent clashes in Syria's Druze-populated southern Suwayda province, during which Israel conducted airstrikes targeting Syrian government forces. | The situation took a different turn with Israel's intervention under the pretext of protecting the Druze," Fidan said today during a joint press conference in Ankara with his Salvadoran counterpart Alexandra Hill. | "Israel is clearly trying to sabotage all…

a guest author (2025-07-22). Symbolic Israeli airstrikes conceal real Druze massacre in Syria. workers.org The Bronx Anti-War Coalition published the following statement on July 17, 2025. Tensions in southern Syria are escalating at a staggering rate. Yesterday, mainstream headlines reported that Israeli jets bombed Damascus and targeted HTS [Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the dominant group in Syria since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad] assets. . . . |

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2025-07-22). US Occupation Forces in Syria Are Not "Fighting Terrorism" globalresearch.ca [We repost this important article by Timothy Guzman, first published by GR in March 2023. It should be clear to our readers by now that the Western agenda in Syria was regime change. "Counter-terrorism" was just a pretext; otherwise, why …

Muhammad Siddeeq (2025-07-22). Pakistan revives steel industry with Russian support. 5pillarsuk.com In a major boost to its industrial and defence capabilities, Pakistan has secured Russian support to restore and modernise the iconic Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) in Karachi. The move marks a new phase of bilateral economic cooperation between Moscow and Islamabad, according to Pakistan's Ambassador to Russia, Muhammad Khalid Jamali. A key agreement has been …

newarab (2025-07-22). Top Palestinian official meets US diplomat Huckabee in Ramallah. newarab.com Hussein al-Sheikh, vice-president of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), on Tuesday said he met the US ambassador to Israel, Sheikh, a close aide to Palestinian president The meeting was Huckabee's first official visit to Ramallah, which is home to key Palestinian Authority instituti…

Luis De Vega Hernández (2025-07-22). La crisis de malnutrición en Gaza se agrava con 15 nuevas muertes en 24 horas. elpais.com

Staff (2025-07-22). Headlines for July 22, 2025. democracynow.org 15 More Palestinians Die of Malnutrition as Gaza's Starvation Crisis Deepens, 28 Countries Call for Immediate End to Israel's Assault on Gaza, Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Killing Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison, Officers Caught on Camera Beating Black Motorist Will Not Face Charges, Pentagon to Withdraw 700 Marines from Los Angeles, ICE Detains Former Haitian Presidential Candidate in Florida, 21 Attorneys General Sue Trump Admin over Federal Benefits to Undocumented Immigrants, CBO: Trump's Tax and Spending Bill to Add $3.4T to National Debt, Judge Orders OMB to Restore Public Funding Tracker Websi…

newarab (2025-07-22). Hunger crisis in Gaza kills 21 children. newarab.com The head of Gaza's largest hospital on Tuesday said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Gaza's population of more than two million people is facing severe shortages of food and other essentials, with residents frequently killed as they try to collect humanitarian aid at a handful of distribution points. | "Twenty-one children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in various areas across the G…

english.palinfo (2025-07-22). Israeli army kills, injures dozens of Gazans, amid ongoing genocide. english.palinfo.com GAZA, (PIC) | The Israeli occupation army continued, last night and on Tuesday, to carry out deadly attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens of civilians. | According to local media sources, Israeli forces also continued today to detonate and bomb more homes and displace families in the Gaza Strip, further deepening the dire humanitarian crisis as the population grapples with worsening famine. | According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter in Gaza, Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli strike on a gathering of civilians tha…

NAEEM (2025-07-22). From classrooms to crisis response: Schoolchildren in Charmadi learn to save lives. coastaldigest.com From classrooms to crisis response: Schoolchildren in Charmadi learn to save lives | naeem | Tue, 07/22/2025 – 17: 43…

Qassam Muaddi (2025-07-22). How one Israeli company controls — and cuts off — Palestinians' access to water in the West Bank. therealnews.com Palestinians in the West Bank are facing an unprecedented crisis in accessing enough water. But drying water resources isn't the problem — it's the fact that Israel extracts and controls all of the water from under their feet. | KHAN YUNIS, GAZA – SEPTEMBER 08: Palestinian people with empty jerrycans wait in long queues to receive clean water amid the ongoing Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza on September 08, 2024. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images) | KHAN YUNIS, GAZA – NOVEMBER 12: Palestinians, including children, carry water jerry cans from mobile tanks as families who fled thei…

author (2025-07-22). US Envoy Reaffirms Backing for Damascus, Rules Out 'Plan B'. english.aawsat.com

Global Affairs (2025-07-21). Israel's Fortress of Fragmentation: Al-Tanf and the Yinon Plan for Syria. 21stcenturywire.com
| Oded Yinon, author of the 1982 paper "A Strategy for Israel in the 1980s," is often cited regarding Israel's aim to divide neighboring Arab and Muslim areas into ethnic mini-states. Yinon was a former advisor to Ariel Sharon, a former senior official with the Israeli Foreign Ministry, and a journalist for The Jerusalem Post. Although Yinon downplays the paper's direct relevance to current geopolitics, its ideas have arguably become foundational to Zionist policy; balkanization was crucial for Israel's establishm…

Staff (2025-07-21). Headlines for July 21, 2025. democracynow.org Israeli Tanks & Snipers Kill 79 Palestinians at Aid Site in Northern Gaza, At Least 19 Palestinians Starve to Death as U.N. Warns Gaza Has "Reached New Levels of Desperation", Pope Leo Calls for End to "Barbarity of War" After Israeli Fatal Attack on Gaza Church, U.K. Police Arrest Another 100 for Supporting Banned Group Palestine Action, Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla Ship Sets Sail for Gaza, Syrian Gov't Announces New Ceasefire in Suwayda After 1,000+ Killed, U.S.-Venezuelan Prisoner Swap Frees 250 Men Held in El Salvador, Human Rights Watch Exposes Abuse at Krome Immigration Jail in…

Eli Gerzon (2025-07-21). Livestream: Love and care during a genocide. electronicintifada.net We speak to Asem Alnabih in Gaza. Wel also talk about how EU's decision not to impose sanctions on Israel is a greenlight for genocide. Why Israel bombed Syria and much more.

Jamal Kanj (2025-07-21). From Auschwitz to Gaza's "Humanitarian City" counterpunch.org The starvation and genocide in Gaza and Israel's unconstrained colonial and imperial arrogance have reached a point beyond redemption. Benjamin Netanyahu's endless wars now bleed into Syria, attacking the heart of Damascus with absolute impunity. Meanwhile, the United States, supposedly the world's leading superpower, remains tragically mired in subservience to successive Israeli governments, often sacrificing core American values and international law.

5Pillars (2025-07-21). SYRIA: Over 900 confirmed killed in Suwaida as fragile calm returns. 5pillarsuk.com The number of documented deaths in clashes in Syria's southern Suwaida province has risen to 940, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported. The clashes erupted a week ago between an alliance of Bedouin Arab and tribal forces and some Druze groups. The fatalities occurred between July 13 and 20, according to a statement released by …

Steven Sahiounie (2025-07-21). Syria Is Poised to Be One of the World's Biggest Natural Gas Producers. globalresearch.ca GR Editor's Note | The Israeli invasion of Syria consists in acquiring the ownership of the entire maritime gas reserves of the Levant. | This military operation is conducted in liason and on behalf of Washington. | The unspoken objective is to weaken …

Global Research News (2025-07-21). Selected Articles: Video: War and the Global Economic Crisis. globalresearch.ca By The complexi…

Amy Goodman (2025-07-21). Israel Is Carrying Out "Precisely Designed Mass Starvation" in Gaza. truthout.org The starvation crisis in Gaza is deepening under Israel's brutal blockade and amid regular massacres of civilians attempting to secure aid at the only officially sanctioned aid sites, run by Israeli troops and American mercenaries. The so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the onset of famine are the subjects of a new report by analysts Davide Piscitelli and Alex de Waal for the research… |

Staff (2025-07-21). "Precisely Designed Mass Starvation" : Aid Access as Weapon in Israel's War on Gaza, Researchers Find. democracynow.org The starvation crisis in Gaza is deepening under Israel's brutal blockade and amid regular massacres of civilians attempting to secure aid at the only officially sanctioned aid sites, run by Israeli troops and American mercenaries. The so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the onset of famine are the subjects of a new report by analysts Davide Piscitelli and Alex de Waal for the research organization Forensic Architecture on the "architecture of genocidal starvation" in Gaza. "I've been working on this field of famine, food crisis and humanitarian action for more than 40 years,…

David Hencke (2025-07-21). Democracy in Crisis as Half of Young People Fail to Register to Vote. bylinetimes.com Young people are failing to register to vote because they do not see politics as representing them, or offering anything substantive to their lives, a new report by MPs has warned. | The House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee found that eight million people did not register to vote at the last general election, many of whom were young people, contributing to the second lowest voter turnout since universal suffrage was introduced 95 years ago. | The findings come as the Government announces its intention to extend the vote to 16 and 17 year olds for the next general election…

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