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A statue of late Syrian President Bashar Assad lies destroyed in Dayr Atiyah, Syria, January 5, 2025, after he was removed from power by a rebel offensive in December
SATELLITE images reveal that Israel is building military bases in the Syrian buffer zone, it was reported on Monday.
A report by the Al Jazeera news network says that images taken on December 19 2024 — 11 days after the toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — and on February 1 2025, show six sites have been built inside the buffer zone.
Another site, outside the buffer zone and well within Syrian territory, also appears to be under construction.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
