For today, links to five reports: from the Cradle, Reuters, the Associated Press, and Anadolu Agency; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK, YEMEN, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date and a NOTICE are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.  SYRIA 30-29-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Syrian interim president appoints new transitional government, promises ‘new state.’ From the Cradle. Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa announced the formation of the country’s new transitional government late on Saturday. Several of his top officials have . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, AP and Anadolu Agency.

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FROM MARCH 28  Behind Syria’s silent, sectarian slaughter, by Hamide Rencus | The Cradle  The massacres and repression of Alawites and Christians in Syria began immediately after the fall of Damascus and have continued for the past three and a half months. READ MORE . . .

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