(2025-11-13). Israel shells Southern Syrian regions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) — In continuation of the Israeli regime's attacks on Syrian territory, its forces have targeted areas in southern Syria with artillery fire.
(2025-11-13). The improbable rehabilitation of al-Qaeda's Ahmed al-Sharaa. asiatimes.com 
The surreal spectacle of Ahmed al-Sharaa strolling through the White House—greeting supporters, playing basketball with American military officials, and schmoozing with congressional leaders—would have been dismissed as fever-dream fantasy just two years ago. Yet here we are, watching a former al-Qaeda affiliate, once hunted by American forces in Iraq, receiving the royal treatment from a …
(2025-11-13). Syria's Sharaa Says Good Progress Made on Potential Deal With Israel. news.antiwar.com Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, told The Washington Post in an interview published Wednesday that good progress has been made on a potential deal with Israel, though he said any agreement hinges on Israel withdrawing from the territory it has captured since his forces ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December …
(2025-11-13). Al-Qaeda Goes To Washington. popularresistance.org I never thought I would see the day, but the day came Monday, when Ahmed al—Sharaa arrived at the White House for a sit-down with President Donald Trump and the usual gaggle of misfits who must be there to make sure the Trumpster understands at least a little of what is being said. | A freak-show terrorist amid all that retro Oval Office elegance: Who could have imagined so offensive a tableau? | Al—Sharaa, alert readers will know, is one of those dripping-with-blood Sunni jihadists who, during the West's extended covert operation against the Assad regime in Syria, had the habit of changing their name…
(2025-11-13). Syria's president: from Al-Qaeda to White House guest. peoplesdispatch.org Syrian interim President The occurrence, which marks Al-Sharaa's first visit to the United States has stirred controversy, and invited the mockery of critics, as it came a mere two days after Al-Sharaa was removed from the US Specially Designated Global Terrorist (
(2025-11-13). Time Magazine picks former Gaza memoir among books of 2025. haaretz.com Eli Sharabi's 'Hostage,' which depicts his 491-day captivity in the Gaza Strip, is 'a raw, intimate perspective on one of the most divisive conflicts in modern history,' the magazine wrote…