(2025-10-15). Messages from President Erdoƒüan on Gaza; Statements from Foreign Minister Fidan on Syria; Slogans for àñcalan in the Parliament and the PKK disarmament process. uwidata.com Last week's agenda in Türkiye largely revolved around Palestine and Syria. with the disarmament process of PKK was once again under the spotlight. President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan made remarks about the ongoing ceasefire process in Gaza. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's remarks on developments in Syria stood out as another important event. Another topic was the …
(2025-10-15). Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow. newleftreview.org Netanyahu is building on the obliteration of Gaza to launch an external offensive across multiple fronts, aiming at cantonization in Lebanon and Syria, and regime change, if not state break-up, in Iran. What explains the West's political investment in an Israeli-centric Middle East, on conspicuous display during June's Twelve-Day War?
(2025-10-15). Syria's ticking time bomb. responsiblestatecraft.org In March of this year, Laya's world came crashing down. Following a series of skirmishes in the coastal region of Syria, the country's transitional government had mobilized forces to put down what it saw as a brewing rebellion among Alawites, a minority offshoot of Shia Islam and the religion of former President Bashar al-Assad. The operation quickly turned into a bloodbath. Government-affiliated militants and non-state actors swept through coastal towns, going door to door and killing any Alawite men they could find. Hundreds of bodies were dumped in the sea or in mass graves. "They killed my cousin," recall…
(2025-10-15). Assad regime secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings. newarab.com 
The conspiracy by President Bashar al-Assad's military to excavate the mass grave in