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The Cradle is an online news magazine covering West Asian geopolitics from within.
"From the Speicher Massacre of 2014 to the Syrian coastal massacres of 2025, the criminal is one."
Lebanese citizens in Martyrs' Square stand against the massacres taking along the Syrian coast.
❗️Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
"The killing of civilians in coastal areas in Syria must stop immediately."
❗️Lebanese Ministry of Health reports that a citizen was injured by Israeli occupation forces' fire in the town of Kfar Kila, south of the country.
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Israeli occupation forces blew up a house in Jenin Camp a short while ago.
For the 48th day, invading forces continue to besiege the camp and carry out demolition operations—with the support of the Palestinian Authority.
Trump revokes US sanctions waiver for Iraqi energy imports from Iran
A state department spokesperson said the move aims to ensure ‘no economic or financial relief’ for the Islamic Republic
❗️Spokesman for the HTS-led Syrian Ministry of Defense, Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani, announces the "second phase" of the "military operation" against "remnants" of the Assad government.
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⭕️ Director of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported yesterday that 30 massacres have claimed the lives of at least 745 civilians from the Alawite sect alone, since Friday.
The numbers are estimated to be much higher.
❗️A source in the HTS-led Ministry of Defense to SANA:
"Violent clashes are currently taking place around the village of Ta'nita in the countryside of Tartous, where many war criminals affiliated with the defunct Assad regime and groups of armed remnants protecting them have fled."
⭕️ Qatar calls for international oversight of Israel’s nuclear program and compliance with global treaties
Qatar has urged the international community to bring Israel’s nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards and to compel Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a non-nuclear state. Speaking before the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna on 8 March, Qatar’s UN representative Jassim Yacoub Al Hammadi emphasized that Israel remains the only West Asian country outside the NPT while continuing aggressive policies against Palestinians, including military operations, forced displacement, and aid blockades.
❗️President of the Bakery Owners Association in Gaza, Abdul Nasser al-Ajrami:
○ "All bakeries operating with cooking gas in Khan Yunis have shut down.
○ There are five bakeries in total, including two fully automated ones, while the rest are semi-automated.
○ The remaining diesel supply for the other bakeries will barely last two weeks.
○ Storage facilities are nearly empty, lacking sufficient diesel or food supplies.
○ The ongoing blockade threatens to starve Gaza’s population, necessitating urgent action."
❗️In Syria, communications and internet services have been suspended in the Deraa and Suwayda governorates due to the cable linking Deraa and Damascus being cut off.
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❗️Palestine Today correspondent:
"Two martyrs and wounded in [Israeli] artillery shelling on the Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City."
⭕️ Journalist Tamer al-Mishal on US meetings with Hamas:
○ "Four direct meetings were held between the US and Hamas in Doha last week.
○ The Americans requested a separate (partial) deal for the release of a living soldier with US citizenship, and four bodies.
○ Hamas agreed to a partial deal and requested the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The US agreed to release 250 prisoners, including 100 serving life sentences, with the rest serving long sentences.
○ Israel requested the right to veto 50 names from the life-sentence list, while Hamas agreed to a maximum of 10 objections.
○ In the fourth meeting, the US backtracked, stating that President Trump wanted the releases to happen without anything in return.
○ The meeting ended without finalizing the deal."
The pro-Palestine activist who climbed Big Ben remains in place despite sustaining foot injuries and ongoing pressure from the police to descend. He is demanding the immediate release of fellow protesters detained by British authorities for expressing solidarity with Palestine.
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Government forces commit nearly two dozen massacres, hundreds of field executions on Syria's coast
Gunmen affiliated with the HTS-led Syrian government carried out a series of killings of Alawite civilians over the past three days, constituting 'one of the biggest massacres' of the 14-year Syrian conflict
❗️Ongoing shelling of the village of Taanita in the Tartous countryside by Syrian government forces.
Rural and mountainous areas are being targeted, where government forces say 'Assad regime loyalists/remnants' are taking refuge as clashes continue.
Some residents are issuing urgent distress calls in an attempt to escape the indiscriminate shelling.
❗️Al-Manar correspondent:
"Enemy forces open fire near Fatima Gate in Kfar Kila town again, wounding a Lebanese army soldier."
For the 8th consecutive day, Israel has kept all crossings closed, blocking much needed aid and essential goods from reaching Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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❗️Security source in Latakia to SANA:
A mass grave containing a number of [HTS-led] public security forces and police personnel was found near the city of Qardaha."
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
"5 new martyrs and 37 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours."
❗️Self-apppointed Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani) on the massacres taking place along the Syrian coast and countrysides of Homs, Hama and Damascus:
"What is happening in Syria now is among the expected challenges."
❗️Israeli Broadcasting Authority:
"The Israeli delegation that will head to Doha is a technical team and will not include the head of the delegation, Minister Ron Dermer."
⭕️ According to Israeli newspaper Maariv, Israeli sources deny any advancement in ceasefire and prisoner exchange talks with the Palestinian resistance. An Israeli official involved in the talks says Hamas has not agreed to any proposals, including the Witkoff framework or an extension of the ceasefire based on the first phase's terms. Hamas also rejects discussions on a second phase involving Israel's known demands, such as disarmament of the Qassam Brigades and exile of Hamas’s leadership. Instead, Hamas insists on remaining in Gaza and demands a complete and permanent Israeli withdrawal, with assurances against renewed war. Israel maintains that these conditions are unacceptable.
In response, Israel is dispatching a delegation to Qatar to give the United States and mediators a chance to discuss a bridging proposal for a temporary ceasefire extension. This afternoon, the Security Cabinet is set to convene to discuss diplomatic efforts, continued pressure on Hamas—including halting water and electricity supplies to Gaza—and the military’s plans to resume its war on the Gaza Strip if no agreement is reached on extending the ceasefire.
❗️Hamas, following meetings with the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service in Cairo:
○ "The delegation stressed the need to adhere to all terms of the agreement, move immediately to start negotiations for the second phase, reopen crossings, and allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza unconditionally."
○ "The delegation also confirmed the movement’s approval of forming a Community Support Committee composed of independent national figures to administer Gaza until the internal Palestinian situation is resolved and general elections are held at all national, presidential, and legislative levels."
❗️Israeli Army Radio:
"Suspicion of an infiltration operation south of the Dead Sea, and the army is combing the area."
❗️Israeli occupation forces arrest 7 Palestinians from Hebron Governorate, occupied West Bank.
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Netanyahu's refusal to end Gaza genocide killed over 40 Israeli captives: Report
An analysis from the New York Times shows that many were killed by Israeli bombing and friendly fire during military operations after Netanyahu refused to reach a ceasefire with Hamas to end the warf
❗️Statement Issued by Hezbollah's Media Relations Office:
"Certain parties persist in dragging Hezbollah’s name into the events unfolding in Syria, accusing it of being involved in the ongoing conflict there.
Hezbollah clearly and categorically denies these baseless allegations and calls on media outlets to exercise accuracy in reporting news and to avoid being drawn into disinformation campaigns that serve political objectives and dubious foreign agendas."
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HTS militant steps on the body of a slain woman while posing for the camera in Huraysun, Baniyas District, Syria.
❗️Yemen's Sanaa government:
"Yemeni armed forces are fully prepared to resume naval operations against the Zionist enemy as a religious and moral duty."