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Syria: no ceasefire, attacks continue, a feckless 'West' puts all of us at risk
Jan 22, 2026
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The letter below was sent to the UN late last night by Ilham Ahmed, representative of the autonomous administration of North East Syria. The Security Council is due to discuss Syria today, 22 January. Of course, the al-Sharaa government (which is what I think we should call it now, not the ‘Syrian g...
Syria: Catastrophe
Jan 21, 2026
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Posted on substack 20 January 2026
A catastrophe is unfolding, hour by hour, in North East Syria.
The transitional government of Al-Sharaa agreed a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of North East Syria (called ‘the Kurds’ by most in the press) on Sunday. But government forces and a...
Alarming New Developments in Syria: we could be looking at the start of a new civil war
Jan 14, 2026
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Government forces attack Kurdish neighbourhoods in Aleppo; the risk of broader breakdown is rising
Developments in Syria have been overshadowed by news from Iran but they are not good. A few days ago a coordinated and planned attac
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