(2025-11-04). 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?
(2025-11-04). Syria's Former Al-Qaeda Leader-Turned President To Visit the White House. news.antiwar.com Syria's de facto president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, is set to visit the White House within the next week as the Trump administration is pushing for Congress to fully lift the Caesar Act sanctions that were imposed on Syria in 2020. The sanctions were specifically designed to prevent Syria's reconstruction, and they had …
(2025-11-04). Iran is not what Western media depicts, Indian ambassador says. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN – In an exclusive interview with the Times of Tehran on Saturday, the Indian ambassador to Iran urged greater efforts to correct what he called a "distorted image" of Iran shaped by Western media.
(2025-11-03). Jamal Soliman starts filming series about famous Sednaya Prison. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – After the fall of Bashar Assad's regime last December, horrific stories have emerged from the famous Syrian Sednaya Prison, which is also known as the "human slaughterhouse".Syrian writer Samer Radwan revealed on his Facebook page that filming has begun for the series "Al Khoroj Men Al-Bear" [Coming Out to the Well].He said that the story, screenplay, and dialogue were written by Radwan, while the series is directed by Mohamed Lotfi.The Syrian series will be filmed between Beirut and Damascus and will depict a historical period of years lived by detainees inside Sednaya Prison in Damascus.Syrian actor…
(2025-11-03). When Zohran Mamdani Campaigned In Arabic, He Was Speaking an Old American Language. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani made a campaign ad in quite passable colloquial Arabic for the some 180,000 Arab residents of New York, who live primarily along Steinway Street in Queens and in Brooklyn. Mamdani's wife, artist Rama Duwaji, is a Houstonian whose family hails from Syria. …
(2025-11-03). PKK announcement of withdrawal from Turkey has ramifications for Iraq, Syria. longwarjournal.org On October 26, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced that it was withdrawing its fighters from Turkey as part of a peace process with the Turkish government. Media reports indicate that the PKK may be moving to northern Iraq, leading to questions about how the withdrawal may affect the Kurdish regions of eastern Syria and northern Iraq.
(2025-11-03). Israeli Troops Advance Into Southwest Syria, Infiltrate Multiple Villages. news.antiwar.com Israeli troops have been launching operations in southwestern Syria on a fairly regular basis of late, and on Monday they carried out multiple incursions into both the Quneitra and Daraa Governorates, entering multiple villages therein. Israeli tanks and vehicles raided the village of al-Mushayrifa and searched several homes. They went on to the village of …