By Michael Karadjis July 31, 2026 In a recent interview in al-Jazeera, Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa repeated the statement made many times that Syria seeks a “security agreement” with Israel, which it is trying to reach by “involving a large group of countries to put pressure on Israel to adopt a balanced policy towards Syria.” Continue reading Assad, Sharaa, the occupied Golan and the…
March 21, 2026 By Michael Karadjis Between February 13-15, a very strange Syrian delegation attended the Munich Security Conference – along with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani were Commander-in-Chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi, and co-chair of the Kurdish-led Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), Ilham Ahmad. The…
By Michael Karadjis Asked about Syria’s view of the current war against Iran at the recent Antalya Diplomacy Forum, president Ahmed al-Sharaa began that for Syria this is a somewhat complex question, because “Syria has had a negative experience with Iranian aggression over the past 14 years and its involvement in supporting the former regime Continue reading Syria rejects US push for intervention…
April 18, 2026 mkaradjisLeave a comment By Michael Karadjis In early April, thousands of Syrians across the country took to the streets expressing solidarity with Palestine, condemning the new Israeli apartheid law to execute Palestinian prisoners/hostages and the ongoing closure of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The law does not apply to Jews, but is Continue reading Syrians demonstrate for…
By Michael Karadjis The agreement between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on January 30 brings about the integration of the SDF and the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) into the Syrian state’s institutions. However, it contains a number of aspects which allow a degree of continued Continue reading Rojava, Kurdish…
By Michael Karadjis Today, November 27, marks one year since the sudden Syrian rebel offensive landed them in control of Aleppo in 3 days, and in Damascus in 10 days, with the complete collapse like a house of cards of the 54-year hereditary monarchy of the Assad family. Everywhere they marched, the hated tyranny collapsed; Continue reading One year since the Syrian rebel offensive that toppled…
by Michael Karadjis First published July 22, 2025 at https://theirantiimperialismandours.com/2025/07/22/sharaa-governments-catastrophic-debacle-in-suweida-full-druze-alienation-from-post-revolution-syria-israel-unleashed-to-step-up-ongoing-aggression/ In bombing the Syrian Defence Ministry building in Damascus, and also outside the presidential palace, along with killing 15 Syrian troops and…
By Michael Karadjis Originally published July 9, 2025 at https://theirantiimperialismandours.com/2025/07/09/syria-6-months-after-the-revolution-part-i-the-domestic-situation/ The fall of the Assad regime on December 8 2024 was a belated culmination of the revolution which began in 2011, an extremely broad, diverse, democratic revolution; however, long before this, by around 2016-18, this…
by Michael Karadjis Originally published July 7, 2025 at https://theirantiimperialismandours.com/2025/07/07/israels-aggression-against-syria-the-israel-syria-peace-talks-deceit-the-golani-peoples-national-pact/ In this extraordinary declaration reproduced below, the ‘Civil Assembly of the People of the Golan’ has released a document entitled ‘The National Pact,’ not only condemning ongoing Israeli…
Above: Syrians celebrate news of the lifting of US sanctions, New Arab By Michael Karadjis Originally published May 1, 2025 at https://theirantiimperialismandours.com/2025/05/16/the-end-of-us-sanctions-a-huge-victory-for-the-syrian-people/ Trump’s proclamation that the US will lift the sanctions on Syria is a tremendous gain for the Syrian people. Everywhere in Syria were scenes of wild…