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Passionate about human rights. Fellow focusing on the Levant & Research Fellow . PhD student. Admin

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    11 hours ago

    Neither Democratic hysteria nor Republican delusions about regime fragility are a sound basis for a sensible Iran policy My latest piece for

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    8 hours ago

    Asaib Ahl Al-Haq attacked protesters in Babil Gunmen in vehicles fired on demonstrators in Dhi Qar

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    17 hours ago

    Iranian Cultural Center sponors a semester-ending event at a school in the village of al-Bougheleyyeh outside Deir Ezzor, which saw the registering of students who will receive financial grants from the Center, says

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    15 hours ago

    As of 30 minutes ago (7:00 pm local time in Iraq) , Iraqi security forces have been shooting live bullets at unarmed protesters in Baghdad, Nasiriya, Karbala, Basra, and Najaf.

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    14 hours ago

    The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has announced that it will start to sell subsidized, reduced-price tea, sugar, rice, oil, baby formula and other essentials. It's an unprecedented step, taken in response to the worsening financial crisis in Syria.

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    12 hours ago

    these pictures are no longer surprising but here’s the (recently created) Ras al-‘Ain Local Council’s Directorate of Agriculture... 5:1 Turkish vs. Syrian flags

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  7. 18 hours ago

    Some interesting details: * Enrolment rate in schools inside the camp remains low [in part due to nature of the population held there] * Significant improvement in the quality of drinking water. * Health services in the foreigners' annex available only until 5 PM.

    ICYMI: our latest Al Hol camp snapshot ❄️Residents have received blankets, sleeping bags, clothing, heaters, fuel + more for winter. ⚕️…
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    19 hours ago

    Photographer Abdulla Dhia Uldeen captures this moment in Karbala, Iraq. A protester stands amid smoke of burning tires.

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  9. 19 hours ago

    Interestingly, the actor claims that the price of a bundle of bread in opposition areas is SYP 1,000 when in reality it's SYP 400. Seems like the regime wants those living under its control to believe that economic situation under the rebels is worse than in regime areas.

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  10. 20 hours ago

    A woman and a child were killed & 2 children injured as a result of YPG rocket fire on Efrin today. Turkish-backed factions invaded the area in 2018, expelling the YPG and most of the local population.

    مقتل إمرأة وطفل وإصابة طفلين جراء قصف قوات سوريا الديمقراطية " قسد" على مركز مدينة عفرين اليوم .
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  11. 20 hours ago

    Terrible acting on Syrian regime TV (al-Ikhbariya). The man claims to have entered regime areas from Idlib through one of the "safe passages" advertised by the regime & Russia, but he has been living in regime areas at least since 2018. No indication of any civilians crossing.

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  12. 21 hours ago

    I've been able to find hosts twice through Twitter. Lots of good French people out there.

    Replying to @Elizrael
    He can easily found associations and unions to help him in France, but a host is hard to find. Good luck. I will ask you about him in a few month
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  13. 21 hours ago

    I am looking for a host in France for a young Syrian refugee currently living in Turkey. This would entail hosting him in your home for a few months. He survived war & displacement but is still determined to restart his life & go back to university.

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    23 hours ago

    WhatsGap, a popular app in Hong Kong, maps businesses that are viewed as backing pro-democracy protestors, helping them to draw customers. But Google and Apple removed the app from their online stores, apparently to placate China.

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    Jan 18

    Mosque-goers in al-Bab say Friday sermons—a major shaper of politics & public opinion in Syria's rebel-held Sunni areas—have grown as dull and apolitical as under the Baath. Interesting topic for an all-too-brief investigation by 's Asem Molhem.

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    Jan 19

    VIDEO: Footage circulating on social media appears to show the moment a Turkish coast guard ship deliberately rams a boat full of refugees.

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    Jan 19

    Violent clamp down of anti-corruption protests continue in Baghdad and southern Iraq as protesters decide to escalate by blocking Baghdad airport and other vital institutions until their demands met. Here footage of live ammunition against peaceful protesters in Baghdad:

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    قرب محطة وقود الكيلاني
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  18. Jan 19

    Excellent work geolocating a third video of Turkish-backed Syrian fighters in Tripoli.

    geolocation proposal for the latest video of syrian fighters in tripoli* 32.773260, 13.283053
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    Jan 18

    UNHCR supporting Pakistani Liwa Zainebiyoun with proper ' tents on behalf of IRGC in Syria

    : رايات الميليشيات على الحدود السورية - العراقية، ويظهر ايضاً استخدامها لخيام المفوضية السامية للأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين .
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  20. Jan 19

    Shortages of fuel are leading to prolonged power cuts throughout regime-held Syria. Some are venting their frustration online. A woman from Lattakia commented: high officials "are sitting with light & heating while we are humiliated in the dark & cold. Enough!"

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  21. Jan 19

    Some background on the current economic crisis in Syria. On Lebanon's role On Syria's war economy On depreciation of the Syrian Lira Sanctions

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  22. Jan 19

    All sides of the Syrian civil war have recruited children. I've documented some of the stories of young fighters killed in Syria based on interviews with their friends/family:

    Muhammad Khayr Khaled al-Arnous, who turned 17 in May, was killed in southern Idlib by Syrian/Russian forces 4 days ago. Muhammad left school after the 3rd grade because of the war in Syria. He joined the armed…
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  23. Jan 19

    Ahmed's town, Hayan, was bombed by the Assad regime on multiple occasions, destroying large sections of it. His uncle died fighting the Assad regime. Several of his relatives are detained in the prisons of the Assad regime & their fate is unknown.

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  24. Jan 19

    Around 2018, Ahmed joined Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the jihadist faction that became dominant in the region. His friends describe him as precocious and very focused on improving his skills as a fighter. He attended multiple training camps.

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  25. Jan 19

    Ahmed escaped from home and joined a local faction in Hayan, the Aleppo countryside, along with a friend. He was initially kept far from the front-lines, providing logistical support. Around the age of 14 he began participating in battles.

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  26. Jan 19

    Ahmad al-Atro, 19-years-old, was killed in early January fighting against the Assad regime in southeastern Idlib. He joined the ranks of the armed opposition in early 2013, when he was 12-years-old against the wishes of his family. This is also when he dropped out of school.

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  27. Jan 19

    Note that the person filming the video appears to be a minor. A 17-year-old fighter, Ahmad al-Salem from Ras al-Ayn, Hassakeh, has already been killed in Libya. He was a fighter in the Turkish-backed Sultan Murad Division.

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  28. Jan 19

    New video of fighters speaking in Syrian Arabic joking around saying "Libya welcomes you" (a sign that would typically feature at border crossings/airports). These are apparently Turkish-backed Syrian fighters operating in Tripoli against Haftar's forces.

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  29. Jan 19

    The Defense Minister of Syria's Interim (opposition) Government continues denying that any Syrian Turkish-backed fighters have gone to Libya, despite extensive evidence to the contrary

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  30. Jan 19

    ستقدموا أرواح فقراء سوريا فداء مطاعم في اسطنبول

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    قيادي سوري بفصائل : سنقدم أرواحنا فداء للخلافة العثمانية
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    Jan 19

    protesters tear up a poster of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Their grief at his martyrdom knows no bounds.

    قبل قليل.. المتظاهرون يمزقون صورة ابو مهدي المهندس قرب ساحة الطيران وسط بغداد.
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    Jan 18

    What the Assad regime's bureacrcy of death look like. The family of a medical student who had been detained for over seven years for civil protests was just notified that their son died in detention in 2014. Thousands of these notices have been sent to families recently

    عمر غنوم طالب طب بجامعة تشرين كان على وشك…
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    Jan 18

    As noted earlier: don’t think Europol and the Belgian Federal Police had this in mind when they rooted ISIS from Telegram ~> Jihadists Presence Online Decentralizes After Telegram Ban /

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    Jan 18

    “My brother Mohamed Abdellatif’s ‘crime’ was launching a Twitter campaign last summer to improve the working conditions and salaries of healthcare workers in Egypt.”

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    Jan 17

    This is hilarious. A Norwegian TV programme pitted some professional stock-pickers against an astrologist, some beauty bloggers and - i kid you not - cows shitting in a field. (short thread).

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  36. Jan 18

    For a 3rd day in a row, Syrians in Sweidaa' (an area under loose regime control) staged protests demanding better standards of living, as prices of basic necessities skyrocket

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    Jan 17

    HTS enter regime-held Tel Mustafa in E. and find a refugee camp set up by the SAA. Actually, it's just the Syrian regime using tents to house soldiers and cover trenches. 🤷‍♂️

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    Jan 18

    Renewed tensions in A group affiliated with the military security branch kidnapped two brothers (ex-rebels) near Daraa al-Balad yesterday Following threats to re-activate the armed rebellion in , the two brothers were released today

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  39. Jan 18

    So much blood on one man's hands. Baba Amr was pummeled with artillery for months, hundreds of civilians killed. The neighborhood remains in ruins

    A big & unprecedented admission from the Syrian regime about Iran’s role in the Syrian uprising’s earliest moments. Defense Minister Gen Ali Ayub:…
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  40. Jan 18

    Syrians deal w/ the economic crisis with humor. Prices of gas (used for home heating and cooking) are skyrocketing in Syria. A friend in Tartous posted this. There, the price of gas is SYP 13,000 ($11) per canister. Average governmental monthly salary is about SYP 45,000.

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