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“Damascus and SDF Advance Implementation of March 10 Agreement

The Syrian committee overseeing agreement between transitional Syrian president Ahmad al-Sharaa and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi held an "official meeting" today with an SDF delegation to coordinate on key issues.

Committee member Ziad Al-Ayesh said "the two sides agreed to form specialized subcommittees to follow up on implementing the March 10 agreement". He told SANA that discussions also addressed "facilitating displaced persons' return and reactivating the agreement concerning Aleppo’s Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods in support of civil peace and stability".

The parties committed to resolving pending issues related to exams and exam centers to safeguard students’ rights and the education process. Both sides reaffirmed "their commitment to constructive dialogue, continued cooperation, and preserving Syria’s unity, sovereignty, and stability".

A follow-up meeting is planned soon to continue implementation efforts.“

https://t.me/alakhbar_english/22245

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Samidoun writes on X

There has now been well over a year of fake "ceasefire" shenanigans from the US, the Zionist entity and the Arab reactionary regimes. This was always the danger of making the main focus on the term "ceasefire," rather than the relevant demand of "ending the genocide."

For the past week, we have witnessed a spectacle that has nothing to do with ending the genocide (nor, for that matter, a ceasefire) and is meant to do nothing more except toy with the sentiments and needs of a people undergoing genocide and being starved.

**The end of the genocide -- at least the portion of the genocide in Gaza -- can only be obtained by pressuring the Zionist regime. ** Instead, all of the pressure is being directed at the Palestinian resistance, which is not being careless and is seeking to protect their people.

The Zionist regime broke the January ceasefire, again and again. They break the ceasefire in Lebanon every day. And then they relaunched the genocide with full force on March 18. They continue to be armed and funded by the US, Canada, Britain, EU countries.

By right, all of these states should be 100% excluded from any "mediation" role -- although it is logical to demand a US guarantee for the actions of its colonial spearhead, "Israel".

So we've seen 2 US envoys, Adam Boehler and Bishara Bahbah, engage in negotiations with the Palestinian resistance, only to then have the US say that they don't actually mean any of those agreements or proposals and instead demand Netanyahu's latest proclamation.

This is not to mention the Edan Alexander matter, in which the Palestinian resistance turned over a prisoner (an occupation soldier -- a war criminal -- to be clear) to secure aid for their people, only to have the US again renege.

And, the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation," the "aid pier" reboot

ostensibly "humanitarian" but instead a mechanism to impose security control & surveillance on Palestinians & keep the starvation regime intact, with an entry into Palestine for US mercenary "military contractors"

The Palestinian resistance has engaged in all of these negotiations with a tremendous amount of responsibility. It has agreed to things even when it knows that the US cannot be trusted, in an effort to protect their people.

The latest Witkoff "proposal" was literally for 7 days (not 60, prisoner transfer to be completed within 1 week). The experience of just the past 60 months, let alone 78 years or 108 years, is clear: this just means agreeing to be bombed again in 7 days, but with less leverage.

ALL of the media reporting, in Saudi/US/etc media, about how "a ceasefire is coming soon!", Trump's proclamations and the like, are meant to do nothing more but quell opposition and build up hope among people living in intolerable conditions, in an attempt to force submission

was that attack even legal in international law

I hope such a massive blow to Russia's nuclear strategic assets doesn't result in a nuclear strategic response.

older article but relevant considering jolanis stance regarding the illegal entity:

British NGO behind 'makeover' of Al-Qaeda leader turned Syrian president – the cradle

Former US ambassador to Syria Robert Ford publicly stated earlier this month that he was invited by a British NGO to help bring Ahmad al-Sharaa ‘out of terrorism and into politics’

This is an embarrassing strike on Russia, but it bears remembering that propellor based strategic bombers are nearly obsolete weapons of war.

Their only use in this war is a stand-off distance launching of cruise missiles.

These are nuclear deterrent platforms, which are frankly always oversold in importance. Russian nuclear deterrence is not significantly impacted as long as their nuclear submarines exist.

Destroying an artillery factory would have more impact on the actual war. However, the Ukranians exist a proxy meant to damage Russia, not actually win the war as it is. Thus flashy strikes like this one.

Maybe body count attrition along a semi-static line of defense wasn't the best long-term strategy

Maybe trading literal mountains of critical equipment and strategic assets for a couple hundred thousand dead 30-year old Ukrainians wasn't the best trade

Maybe denying your enemy strategic depth and critical infrastructure along your border was a little bit more important than pretending dead Ukrainian conscripts would mean something diplomatically and politically to western elites and Ukrainian oligarchs

Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance has called Israel’s actions in Gaza a “genocide” - the first German party to do so

The Good Germans??

Iran slams IAEA report as politically motivated, based on forged Israeli documents – the cradle

The IAEA issued a report on Saturday claiming Iran was in non-compliance with the nuclear non-proliferation treaty

with the sino/us geneva agreement in danger of breaking down due to chips/rare earths dispute, one wonders if china bottlenecking RE will finally allow the US to rediscover industrial policy. it's pretty clear that chinese dominance in REs allows them to crush any competitor on the free market at will, with the disturbing implication that the XHS strategy of using fake money (but i repeat myself) to build out supply chains in peripheral countries, at least in this sector, could be less than optimal. it was dicey for strategic necessities in the first place, but for something with as much capital overhead as REs the risks become noticeably starker.

it appears that the necessity of security of production, once subsidized by western technological and financial superiority, is once again asserting itself as hegemony erodes. the ongoing russian drone fiasco provides illustration in this regard (i think someone else actually mentioned factories being a more valuable target inthread). the working assumption is that no one is dumb enough to halfass things in this situation (the actual working assumption is nothing ever happens), but i wouldn't rule out the funniest outcomes of building processing in australia/greenland or failing to protect monopoly power from non-government corpos.

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