Syrian Druze writer-in-exile @sarahunaidi has a message to Israel, who says it is bombing Syria to protect the Druze community: “Stay out of it.”

⚠️ Graphic content. This is Syria today. Armed men in military gear ask a civilian, “What are you?” He says, “Syrian.” “What does Syrian mean? Are you Druse or Muslim?” He replies, “Druse.” They shoot him. Screaming God’s name, they curse him, call him a dog.

Beware of those linked to the interim gov’t who only post about rights violations by Druze in Sweida. That’s called propaganda. If you care about human rights, mention the “individual incidents” by your own troops and the tribal militias you let march for miles.

A crime is a crime—no matter the victim’s sect, no matter the perpetrator. This was the principle of the Syrian revolution: to stand against injustice, whoever commits it. Today, in Syria, everyone is or has been a victim. The bloodshed must end. I don’t know how or when.

This whole tweet. This.

Every time I write “Druze,” “Bedouins,” “Muslims,” or any sect, I want to scream. I never defined myself by the one I was born into. I believed in “the Syrian people are one.” Having to explain this now—because of sectarian violence—is painful and absurd. And I hate it.

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It's unfortunate that this moment is being cast as a victory for Syrians. Russia, like Iran, orchestrated a war against Syrians, obliterated our cities and murdered our children. Anything short of an official apology and reparations, as a precondition to sit-down, is treason.

كالعادة، ياسين يشخّص ويكتب. أنصح بالقراءة بشدّة.

If you look at the interim gov, you’d think there are no women in Syria.

بدو يحكي مع الإسرائيلي، ويسمع كلمة الأميركي، ويداري التركي، ويجامل السعودي، ويدهلز للقطري،… بس إنو يعمل حوار وطني حقيقي وصادق مع السوريين بكل مكوناتن، لاء! هدول مصنفن بين "خونة" و "إنفصاليين" و "فلول" و "مجموعات خارجة عن القانون" و "وين كنتو وليش ما طلعتو"… إدارة فاشلة وجمهورا

Al-Sharaa’s $14B in MOUs are non-binding, long-term proposals with no timelines, because no actual deals have been signed. Forget how this is being sold: MOUs are not “signed deals.” And to top it off, the two companies shown in the images are shell entities (basically fake).

Anas Al Sharif was born in 1996. He was 4 when the Second Intifada began in 2000. He was 11 when Israel imposed the blockade on Gaza in 2007. He was 12 during Cast Lead in 2008–2009. He was 18 during the 2014 assault on Gaza. He was 29 when Israel assassinated him in 2025.

Rage and disappointment and so much grief. No room for anything else.

This is the type of BS “ME experts” share: “While the gov send in aid truck” lol more like while the government sieges Sweida & thanks the attackers for killing thousands of people & displacing +30 villages, it sends breadcrumbs. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Practice what u’r preaching here & learn to differentiate btw traumatized/idiotic calls frm Druze barely waking frm a massacre blessed by the interim gov u blindly support, &revolutionary druze who eventually overthrew assad. Stop generalizing & being sectarian. Not a good look.

Resharing this because today is the anniversary of Ghouta’s chemical attack.. how I wish Samira was here. All this death should have never happened again… but here we are. Our memories will continue to shape our future, unless we face them and process them together.

This. This is what we’ve been living with for more than a month.

Together with KULTURAUSTAUSCH we asked ourselves: will #Syria once again fall into civil war—or is a new beginning possible after decades of dictatorship? Our joint issue will be out September 6! Sarah Hunaidi Ahmad Katlesh dr rahaf aldoughli Feras Fayyad Danni.Makk Kristin Helberg