NOTES. Work on today’s three entries began and concluded later than usual. And an inaccuracy in the item below from the Cradle was corrected.

For this date, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, the Cradle, and Foreign Affairs; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for SYRIA 12-6-25 and for UKRAINE and GAZA.) — MCM

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Syria’s leader says Israel is fighting ‘ghosts’ after the Gaza war, by Josef Federman and Samy Magdy | AP  DOHA — Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, today accused Israel of fighting “ghosts” and searching for enemies following the war in Gaza. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.

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Damascus conditions full Israeli withdrawal from Syrian soil for signing security agreement. From Middle East Monitor. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said today Damascus will not pursue a security agreement with Israel unless it fully withdraws from the lands it occupied after Dec. 8, 2024, Anadolu reports. “It’s not possible,” he said, “to have . . . READ MORE . . .

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Only 14 percent of Syrians support normalization with Israel: poll. From the Cradle. The prominent U.S. political journal Foreign Affairs published an in-depth survey of Syrians’ opinions on Saturday, providing a window into the condition of the country one year after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, seized power with help from the U.S., Israel, UK, Turkiye, and Russia. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for article from Foreign Affairs.

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