Your periodic reminder that colonialism never ended.

Are we surprised that the remains of 150,000 detainees and disappeared are in one location in Damascus? Sadly, no. While it was incredible to see so many released from Syrian prisons, their numbers pale in contrast to those still missing. Tragically, we anticipate more.

A drive through Yarmouk camp in Damascus. Assad's forces besieged, starved, bombed, depopulated and destroyed this Palestinian refugee camp and the regime didn't even reconstruct a single building in the following 6 years it was in control.

Just got back from Syria. Visited Damascus, Homs, Hama, Idlib, Aleppo + some towns in Aleppo, Idlib, Tartous, and Hama provinces. The mood in the cities is generally joyful/relief and some worry. They want power, water, security, and a functioning economy. In most towns, didn't

To date, Jolani has neither presented a roadmap for Syria nor called for any general opposition conference. Instead, he has initiated a series of appointments, all of whom are loyalists and Islamists, to head official institutions and ministries without any clear framework. 1

Slightly perplexed by the messages and comments that folks had no idea how bad the regime was in #Syria. I know much of this is in good faith, but (deep breath) : Syrians, human rights orgs, journalists have been covering this and telling you this - *with much documentation*

1/ Hundreds protested in Damascus today for a secular state. One of the reasons for the protest was an interview an HTS official gave to a TV on women's rights. Below I’ll translate the interview. It gives clues about the ideas of the new leaders of Syria

Retour d’une semaine de reportage Les Jours en Syrie, ou j’ai vu les choses les plus exceptionnelles mais aussi les plus atroces de ma vie. 🧶 1/10

After days of unrest in various parts of Syria, a show of force by around 300 HTS fighters in Damascus. Notice the Islamic banners, not the new Syrian national flag. And many fighters are masked.

It may take up to four years to hold elections in Syria, de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said in remarks to be broadcast on Sunday, the first time he has commented on a possible electoral timetable since Bashar al-Assad was ousted this month. Drafting a new constitution could

🧵 1: Overview Years before Assad's regime fell, reports like Amnesty International’s ‘Stop the Torture and Horror in Syria’s Prisons’ (2016) ©AI and the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) ©SNHR 2019 documentation of 72 torture methods across 50 detention centers exposed

Happy 1st monthiversary to all Syrians كل شهر و انتم بخير ...

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Meet Nawaf Salam, set to be named Lebanon’s new prime minister. I had the privilege to interview him after his election as the head of the ICJ last year. A former academic and diplomat, his friends described him as a “well-read multidisciplinary intellectual”, with a

#BREAKING 🔴 Negotiators have reached a #ceasefire deal for the #Gaza war between #Israel and #Hamas. The agreement will pause the devastating 15-month-long war and raises the possibility of winding down the deadly fighting between the enemies. Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي with the latest ⤵️

Inger Christensen, Det, 1969.

Although I returned to Damascus—a city where I have personal roots—I must admit: I was among the people inexplicably reticent to go. In my circles, quite a few Syrian exiles have found reasons, like me, to dither and delay. Part of my trip was an attempt to understand why 🧵

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🚨 Gunmen killed at least two dozen male residents of an Alawite town in Syria's rural coastal region on Friday, two Alawite activists and a war monitor said, citing contacts in the region and video footage from the scene. Video is very graphic, shows at least 20 men lying in

Netanyahu regeringen har netop fyret chefen for Shin Bet efter han havde åbnet endnu en korruptionssag mod Netanyahus rådgivere. Fortalte om magtfuldkommenhed og et splittet Israel i Go Aften - ifm den helt aktuelle dokumentar The Bibi Files vises på cphdox