And next, Syria?
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not-bono-ever
meh
Trial collapses of three Britons accused of aiding man to go to fight in Syria
Judge directs court in terror trial to enter not guilty verdicts on all charges against men
prosecution dropped for brits assisting someone to going to join up with the kurds
petee
no gods, no malarkey
i have said elsewhere here that trump has not engaged in foreign adventures to the extent that the neocons had. perhaps i was wrong.
(i trust davis, but i'd like to see his reasoning still.)
full disclosure: it was the bushites who re-radicalized me.
but her emails! because the deaths of americans in charlottesville or el paso or minneapolis, or kiwis in christchurch, are worth less, according to our posturing urban leftists, than those of people in libya.
(i trust davis, but i'd like to see his reasoning still.)
full disclosure: it was the bushites who re-radicalized me.
but her emails! because the deaths of americans in charlottesville or el paso or minneapolis, or kiwis in christchurch, are worth less, according to our posturing urban leftists, than those of people in libya.
teqniq
DisMembered
Worth a read. Penned by an anuymous journalist living in Damascus:
www.atlanticcouncil.org
Will nine years of war and deteriorating governance spark a new movement inside Syria?
Unbearable living conditions and a lack of hope in both the Assad regime and the international community have pushed Syrians to a new level of anger and outrage. It would be a mistake to think that this alone will push people to act after nine years of war and so much loss. However, it would be...
www.atlanticcouncil.org
teqniq
DisMembered
This is grubby as fuck. The Trump administration looking to secure Tice's release and subsequently spin it a diplomatic coup pre-election (good luck with that), whilst the regime is looking for American departure as the asking price. Meanwhile who even knows if he's still alive? - he probably is is my feeling otherwise why all the kefuffle with arresting officers.
syriafiles.net
Assad Security Arrested Officers sought information about American Austin Tice: Source
(Syria Files) Exclusive- Syria’s security services have arrested dozens of officers over the past few months who had inspected the detention site of the American journalist Austin Tice, a well-info…
syriafiles.net
teqniq
DisMembered
What it says on the tin.
www.theguardian.com
How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets
The long read: In November 2019, James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the Syrian rescue group, fell to his death in Istanbul. What led an internationally celebrated humanitarian to take his own life?
teqniq
DisMembered
Fuck's sake. 
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www.telegraph.co.uk
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Thread by @CampbellMacD: This is the extraordinary story of how a senior Syrian general in charge of an intelligence branch alleged to have carried out war crimes gained asylum in Europe with the help of Western...…
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Exclusive: Syrian general accused of war crimes 'given new life in Europe by Mossad'
Khaled al-Halabi gained asylum in Austria with the help of Israeli and Western intelligence agencies
www.telegraph.co.uk
Nikkormat
Well-Known Member
What it says on the tin.
How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets
The long read: In November 2019, James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the Syrian rescue group, fell to his death in Istanbul. What led an internationally celebrated humanitarian to take his own life?
If you haven't heard it yet, this BBC radio series on Le Mesurier is excellent.
Nikkormat
Well-Known Member
I was not at all, until I heard the BBC series (above). The article teqniq posted also goes into detail.
hitmouse
Did do all Google car mistakes
Have only listened to a little bit of it so far, but A-Radio Berlin have just done an interview about the Syrian revolution with a participant:
www.aradio-berlin.org
Frustratingly, from what I've heard, the audio quality doesn't sound great, so it's not the easiest of listens. It'd be nice if they did a transcript but dunno how likely that is.
Syria - the forgotten revolution
Interview about anarchism and the revolution in Syria
www.aradio-berlin.org
Frustratingly, from what I've heard, the audio quality doesn't sound great, so it's not the easiest of listens. It'd be nice if they did a transcript but dunno how likely that is.
hitmouse
Did do all Google car mistakes
Haven't looked at New Politics for a while, but the stuff they publish tends to be decent on Syria (first one is by Leila Al-Shami, the others are a three-part series, dunno why the middle one doesn't have the series title in the header but I'm not the New Politics sub-editor):
newpol.org
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newpol.org
Assad’s Pyrrhic Victory - New Politics
[PDF][Print]It’s difficult to recollect the euphoria of the early days of the 2011 uprising in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Reflecting on that time, Syrians speak of the breaking of the “fear barrier”—the suffocating . . . Read more ›
newpol.org
Solidarity, Inc. Part I: The Industrialisation of Solidarity - New Politics
The definition of imperialism, for the "teenage anti-imperialist," has little to do with the actual policies of the state accused of being imperialist.
newpol.org
What Western anti-imperialists prescribe for their Arab counterparts - New Politics
The point of the teenage anti-imperialist is to take a precise position at a certain moment in time for a mostly-domestic, aesthetic purpose.
newpol.org
Solidarity, Inc. Part III: The absence of protest - New Politics
How the anti-war movement failed to mobilise against the bulk of both Western and non-Western intervention in Syria.
newpol.org
hitmouse
Did do all Google car mistakes
The Syrian Cantina in Montreuil: Organizing in Exile
How can refugees continue their organizing in new lands? How can locals help to make this possible? What is the meaning of international solidarity?
gosub
~#
Assad is in UAE
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krink
I'll do it this afternoon
Grim but worth reading
www.theguardian.com
Massacre in Tadamon: how two academics hunted down a Syrian war criminal
After a rookie militiaman secretly watched a video of 41 people being brutally killed, he knew he had to get the horrific images to the outside world
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
This looks good.
teqniq
DisMembered
I did a bit of a double take with this, but yes it's only just been published today. How is this possible? I largely learnt about the disinformation campaign as a starting point from here and then Twitter. How has it taken so long for a major news outlet to run this?
www.theguardian.com
Network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified – study
Campaign disseminating disinformation sent thousands of tweets, often targeting the White Helmets
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Chloe Hadjimatheou ran a story about this last year.I did a bit of a double take with this, but yes it's only just been published today. How is this possible? I largely learnt about the disinformation campaign as a starting point from here and then Twitter. How has it taken so long for a major news outlet to run this?
Network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified – study
Campaign disseminating disinformation sent thousands of tweets, often targeting the White Helmets
Mayday: How the White Helmets and James Le Mesurier got pulled into a deadly battle for truth
James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Istanbul in 2019 with a sense that Syrian and Russian disinformation had destroyed his reputation.
www.bbc.co.uk
Dystopiary
Left lyrics in the practice room
I did a bit of a double take with this, but yes it's only just been published today. How is this possible? I largely learnt about the disinformation campaign as a starting point from here and then Twitter. How has it taken so long for a major news outlet to run this?
Network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified – study
Campaign disseminating disinformation sent thousands of tweets, often targeting the White Helmets
"Since 2020, journalist Aaron Maté at the Grayzone is said by the report to have overtaken Beeley as the most prolific spreader of disinformation among the 28 conspiracy theorists identified."
That bastard.
Dystopiary
Left lyrics in the practice room
Got an email from the Syria Campaign today. Looks like hopefully, better than usual news.
This lady, Fadwa Mahmoud, her husband and son were forcibly "disappeared" ten years ago, like many thousands of people. This is an excerpt of what she wrote, full article here.
"I can finally say that after years of campaigning, knocking on politicians’ doors and telling our painful stories to anyone who’d hear us, our efforts are paying off. This week the UN Secretary General published a landmark report backing our demands. This is a direct result of our work, after the UN requested a study in response to our proposal.
Having the UN’s backing is a hugely important step and crucially the Secretary General has stated that the new mechanism must involve and support us families, because we refuse to be on the margins anymore. Now the UN must turn its words into action, and it will prove itself when all our loved ones are found. We know there is still a huge struggle ahead, so please sign and share our petition to help strengthen our movement.
I also invite you to explore ‘Syria Waits’, a photography project that offers families of Syria’s disappeared a space to tell their stories, because we are still here and we are still fighting to be heard."
This lady, Fadwa Mahmoud, her husband and son were forcibly "disappeared" ten years ago, like many thousands of people. This is an excerpt of what she wrote, full article here.
"I can finally say that after years of campaigning, knocking on politicians’ doors and telling our painful stories to anyone who’d hear us, our efforts are paying off. This week the UN Secretary General published a landmark report backing our demands. This is a direct result of our work, after the UN requested a study in response to our proposal.
Having the UN’s backing is a hugely important step and crucially the Secretary General has stated that the new mechanism must involve and support us families, because we refuse to be on the margins anymore. Now the UN must turn its words into action, and it will prove itself when all our loved ones are found. We know there is still a huge struggle ahead, so please sign and share our petition to help strengthen our movement.
I also invite you to explore ‘Syria Waits’, a photography project that offers families of Syria’s disappeared a space to tell their stories, because we are still here and we are still fighting to be heard."
Dystopiary
Left lyrics in the practice room
Really sad news. 100 people are known to have died after the boat they were in sank off the coast of Syria.
Authorities have recovered 100 bodies from Lebanese migrant boat that sank off Syria: "Heart-wrenching tragedy"
Authorities have recovered 100 bodies from Lebanese migrant boat that sank off Syria: "Heart-wrenching tragedy"
teqniq
DisMembered
As anyone who has kept an eye on Syria will already know, there is a major issue with the production and distribution of Captagon, a stimulant related to amphetamine. This production and distribution is believed to be run by the Syrian regime, from the top and is worth vast sums. As if any more evidence was required, a short thread by Charles Lister:
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