First, links to reports from the Cradle and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (LEBANON, IRAN, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down. SYRIA 3-20-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.)— MCM

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FROM MARCH 20  The battle between ‘Greater Israel’ and ‘neo-Ottomanism’ in Syria, by Mohamad Hasan Sweidan | The Cradle  In January, Israel’s Security and Force Building Budget Examination Committeeel Committee released a report highlighting the potential security threat posed by a Syrian-Turkish alliance. It warned that this emerging axis could . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 19  Inside the HTS-Israeli campaign to eliminate Syria’s military engineers and scientists. From the Cradle. As Hayat Tahrir al-Sham consolidated control last December and Israel intensified airstrikes, the targeted killing of Syrian scientists and engineers continued. On Jan. 26, HTS militants massacred 13 military engineers in Fahel, a village in Homs province. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for Sept. 9, 2024, report from Reuters.

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MAY BE CONTINUED