Rami Jarrah
@ramijarrah.bsky.social
Remnants of a war Journalist | AKA Alexander Page | @CJFE Intl Press Freedom Award
Reposted by Rami Jarrah
Even now, in the middle of the night in a small apartment in Milan, he (my father) wakes screaming, staring into the darkness—searching for the light of a saviour and for an official apology that will likely never come.
By Shady Hamadi
www.newarab.com/opinion/syri...
By Shady Hamadi
www.newarab.com/opinion/syri...
Syrians must reckon: Assad regime was not the root of all evil
Until we face every era’s crimes—not just Assad’s—true reckoning in Syria is impossible. Justice demands we confront all who built this tyranny.
www.newarab.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Even now, in the middle of the night in a small apartment in Milan, he (my father) wakes screaming, staring into the darkness—searching for the light of a saviour and for an official apology that will likely never come.
By Shady Hamadi
www.newarab.com/opinion/syri...
By Shady Hamadi
www.newarab.com/opinion/syri...
Even now, in the middle of the night in a small apartment in Milan, he (my father) wakes screaming, staring into the darkness—searching for the light of a saviour and for an official apology that will likely never come.
By Shady Hamadi
www.newarab.com/opinion/syri...
By Shady Hamadi
www.newarab.com/opinion/syri...
Syrians must reckon: Assad regime was not the root of all evil
Until we face every era’s crimes—not just Assad’s—true reckoning in Syria is impossible. Justice demands we confront all who built this tyranny.
www.newarab.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Even now, in the middle of the night in a small apartment in Milan, he (my father) wakes screaming, staring into the darkness—searching for the light of a saviour and for an official apology that will likely never come.
By Shady Hamadi
www.newarab.com/opinion/syri...
By Shady Hamadi
www.newarab.com/opinion/syri...
“All children’s lives have equal value,” we say, with confidence. But having for years witnessed my people buried under the weight of global silence, let’s face it: That sentence only applies if the children are the right color, from the right wars, dying in ways the news can romanticize.
1/5
1/5
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“All children’s lives have equal value,” we say, with confidence. But having for years witnessed my people buried under the weight of global silence, let’s face it: That sentence only applies if the children are the right color, from the right wars, dying in ways the news can romanticize.
1/5
1/5
The Assad regime will only have truly fallen when those in power take decisive steps to crush the Assadist tendencies many Syrians have adopted through decades of ruthless rule.
1/3
1/3
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Assad regime will only have truly fallen when those in power take decisive steps to crush the Assadist tendencies many Syrians have adopted through decades of ruthless rule.
1/3
1/3
Anyone who claims that dozens of Bedouin women and children were slaughtered should present a shred of evidence, which they won’t, because it’s a blatant lie fabricated to distort the truth and conceal the real crime. When such lies are used to shift blame onto the victims…
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Anyone who claims that dozens of Bedouin women and children were slaughtered should present a shred of evidence, which they won’t, because it’s a blatant lie fabricated to distort the truth and conceal the real crime. When such lies are used to shift blame onto the victims…
Assad's Henchmen:
For years they sold us pride & sacrifice, swore they’d die for Syria, nothing could shake their courage. But when the walls closed in, the heroes of their own myths dropped the flag and ran like mice, proving their loyalty ended where danger began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
For years they sold us pride & sacrifice, swore they’d die for Syria, nothing could shake their courage. But when the walls closed in, the heroes of their own myths dropped the flag and ran like mice, proving their loyalty ended where danger began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Assad's Henchmen:
For years they sold us pride & sacrifice, swore they’d die for Syria, nothing could shake their courage. But when the walls closed in, the heroes of their own myths dropped the flag and ran like mice, proving their loyalty ended where danger began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
For years they sold us pride & sacrifice, swore they’d die for Syria, nothing could shake their courage. But when the walls closed in, the heroes of their own myths dropped the flag and ran like mice, proving their loyalty ended where danger began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
Should I be proud as a Syrian that my country is one of two on earth that recognize Putin's illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories, alongside North Korea?
Al-Sharaa seems to think so, otherwise he would have taken Syria off that shameful list Assad put us on.
Al-Sharaa seems to think so, otherwise he would have taken Syria off that shameful list Assad put us on.
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Should I be proud as a Syrian that my country is one of two on earth that recognize Putin's illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories, alongside North Korea?
Al-Sharaa seems to think so, otherwise he would have taken Syria off that shameful list Assad put us on.
Al-Sharaa seems to think so, otherwise he would have taken Syria off that shameful list Assad put us on.
While many view Al-Sharaa's visit to Moscow as a necessary step for Syria’s security, the concessions Damascus will have to make are hard to swallow, a few:
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
While many view Al-Sharaa's visit to Moscow as a necessary step for Syria’s security, the concessions Damascus will have to make are hard to swallow, a few:
Lose a single note from a melody, and the harmony falls apart. To my Druze brothers and sisters, drown out the noise of those who hate, listen to those of us who know that Syria without you is unrecognizable.
We need you.
We need you.
September 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Lose a single note from a melody, and the harmony falls apart. To my Druze brothers and sisters, drown out the noise of those who hate, listen to those of us who know that Syria without you is unrecognizable.
We need you.
We need you.
Zelenskyy, a leader at war, uses the podium to plead not just for Ukraine, but for Syria too. I hope Al-Sharaa doesn’t return the favor with an overdose of pragmatism with Moscow. Russia might no longer murder our children, but it still murders Ukraine’s.
September 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Zelenskyy, a leader at war, uses the podium to plead not just for Ukraine, but for Syria too. I hope Al-Sharaa doesn’t return the favor with an overdose of pragmatism with Moscow. Russia might no longer murder our children, but it still murders Ukraine’s.
Reposted by Rami Jarrah
Prominent Egyptian-British human rights defender Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison after years behind bars and reunited with his family in an emotional celebration following a long-awaited pardon by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Prominent Egyptian-British human rights defender Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison after years behind bars and reunited with his family in an emotional celebration following a long-awaited pardon by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
I don't know a single person, Syrian or not, friend or foe, who doesn't call Al-Sharaa a pragmatist. it's almost a nickname with folks who couldn't even define the word calling him one.
After this interview, look out for those who will no longer see him as one. That's how you spot a bootlicker
After this interview, look out for those who will no longer see him as one. That's how you spot a bootlicker
September 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I don't know a single person, Syrian or not, friend or foe, who doesn't call Al-Sharaa a pragmatist. it's almost a nickname with folks who couldn't even define the word calling him one.
After this interview, look out for those who will no longer see him as one. That's how you spot a bootlicker
After this interview, look out for those who will no longer see him as one. That's how you spot a bootlicker
🧵 You would think the "Sharia First" camp would characterize Al-Sharaa the same way they describe the Arab leaders here.
September 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🧵 You would think the "Sharia First" camp would characterize Al-Sharaa the same way they describe the Arab leaders here.
Let me be clear about my threshold on Syria:
Even if Al-Sharaa governs flawlessly, if the caveat is that he rules for life, I'll oppose him ferociously. I know there are Syrians who accept the trade-off, unbothered by the failed stone-age concept of eternal rule.
That’s their issue, not mine.
Even if Al-Sharaa governs flawlessly, if the caveat is that he rules for life, I'll oppose him ferociously. I know there are Syrians who accept the trade-off, unbothered by the failed stone-age concept of eternal rule.
That’s their issue, not mine.
September 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Let me be clear about my threshold on Syria:
Even if Al-Sharaa governs flawlessly, if the caveat is that he rules for life, I'll oppose him ferociously. I know there are Syrians who accept the trade-off, unbothered by the failed stone-age concept of eternal rule.
That’s their issue, not mine.
Even if Al-Sharaa governs flawlessly, if the caveat is that he rules for life, I'll oppose him ferociously. I know there are Syrians who accept the trade-off, unbothered by the failed stone-age concept of eternal rule.
That’s their issue, not mine.
I still cannot understand how voices who once exposed Assad's crimes, were able to turn a blind eye to the Alawite and Druze massacres. Some have quietly shifted since, but have yet to admit that as the massacres unfolded, they inflicted irreparable damage by resorting to Assad's denial tactics.
September 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I still cannot understand how voices who once exposed Assad's crimes, were able to turn a blind eye to the Alawite and Druze massacres. Some have quietly shifted since, but have yet to admit that as the massacres unfolded, they inflicted irreparable damage by resorting to Assad's denial tactics.
🧵 In a recent televised interview, Al-Sharaa revealed part of a deal that was struck with Russia in the days leading up to the fall of the Assad regime.
This could be part of an act of treason, here's why:
This could be part of an act of treason, here's why:
September 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🧵 In a recent televised interview, Al-Sharaa revealed part of a deal that was struck with Russia in the days leading up to the fall of the Assad regime.
This could be part of an act of treason, here's why:
This could be part of an act of treason, here's why:
All this talk about Manaf Tlas as some sort of alternative to Al-Sharaa is deeply discouraging. I can’t understand why Syrians remain so fixated on strongman leadership, as if the fate of the country should rest on either of these men alone.
1/4
1/4
September 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
All this talk about Manaf Tlas as some sort of alternative to Al-Sharaa is deeply discouraging. I can’t understand why Syrians remain so fixated on strongman leadership, as if the fate of the country should rest on either of these men alone.
1/4
1/4
Not one convincing argument has been made for Al-Sharaa appointing relatives to guard billions and dominate key institutions, a state that relies on family rule to remain intact isn't a state at all, it's a reincarnation of the very system which Syrians literally just got rid of.
September 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Not one convincing argument has been made for Al-Sharaa appointing relatives to guard billions and dominate key institutions, a state that relies on family rule to remain intact isn't a state at all, it's a reincarnation of the very system which Syrians literally just got rid of.
Wonderful news: Elizabeth Tsurkov who was kidnapped in Iraq by the Kataib Hezbollah militia in 2023 has finally been freed from captivity.
Elizabeth remained 900 days stripped of the very freedom she spent her adult life advocating for.
Tonight I sleep with a smile on my face.
Elizabeth remained 900 days stripped of the very freedom she spent her adult life advocating for.
Tonight I sleep with a smile on my face.
September 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Wonderful news: Elizabeth Tsurkov who was kidnapped in Iraq by the Kataib Hezbollah militia in 2023 has finally been freed from captivity.
Elizabeth remained 900 days stripped of the very freedom she spent her adult life advocating for.
Tonight I sleep with a smile on my face.
Elizabeth remained 900 days stripped of the very freedom she spent her adult life advocating for.
Tonight I sleep with a smile on my face.
Our upmost priority in Syria should be to breakaway from victimhood, before it becomes a breeding ground for new forms of societal oppression. Traumatised Syrians, many of whom have lost everything, are in desperate need of care, understanding and attentiveness.
September 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our upmost priority in Syria should be to breakaway from victimhood, before it becomes a breeding ground for new forms of societal oppression. Traumatised Syrians, many of whom have lost everything, are in desperate need of care, understanding and attentiveness.
Many Syrians are accusing those with an alternative political vision for Syria of simply being too lazy to form political parties and make their case to Syrians. Let's clear this one up:
IT IS ILLEGAL TO FORM A POLITICAL PARTY IN SYRIA
Anyone who contends this statement is ignorant or full of s**t
IT IS ILLEGAL TO FORM A POLITICAL PARTY IN SYRIA
Anyone who contends this statement is ignorant or full of s**t
September 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Many Syrians are accusing those with an alternative political vision for Syria of simply being too lazy to form political parties and make their case to Syrians. Let's clear this one up:
IT IS ILLEGAL TO FORM A POLITICAL PARTY IN SYRIA
Anyone who contends this statement is ignorant or full of s**t
IT IS ILLEGAL TO FORM A POLITICAL PARTY IN SYRIA
Anyone who contends this statement is ignorant or full of s**t
Syria urgently needs political parties to represent its broad political spectrum. By blocking them, Al-Sharaa creates a void that confines Syrians to identity politics. The longer we linger here, the likelier any future parties will be built solely along religious/ethnic lines. A disaster.
September 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Syria urgently needs political parties to represent its broad political spectrum. By blocking them, Al-Sharaa creates a void that confines Syrians to identity politics. The longer we linger here, the likelier any future parties will be built solely along religious/ethnic lines. A disaster.
We're entitled to know Al-Sharaa’s net worth as a reference point to compare with his wealth moving forward, you know, to ensure he doesn't milk the Syrian people the way Assad did. Setting aside the $70k Baghdady gave him in 2011, if he is now a billionaire, we'd like to know.
September 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We're entitled to know Al-Sharaa’s net worth as a reference point to compare with his wealth moving forward, you know, to ensure he doesn't milk the Syrian people the way Assad did. Setting aside the $70k Baghdady gave him in 2011, if he is now a billionaire, we'd like to know.
1) The era of state corruption in Syria is supposedly over, and it’s time Al-Sharaa declares his personal wealth. He must also disclose gifts received while serving as head of state, and any assets he obtained belonging to Assad/former regime, since they in fact belong to the country and its people.
September 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
1) The era of state corruption in Syria is supposedly over, and it’s time Al-Sharaa declares his personal wealth. He must also disclose gifts received while serving as head of state, and any assets he obtained belonging to Assad/former regime, since they in fact belong to the country and its people.
MOST SYRIANS WANT A SECULAR DEMOCRACY:
57% support separating religion from politics
61% for democracy
8% for an islamic state
Let that sink in. And remember, Al-Sharaa and his entire government, won't even utter the word 'democracy', let alone deliver.
Link:
www.dohainstitute.org/ar/News/Page...
57% support separating religion from politics
61% for democracy
8% for an islamic state
Let that sink in. And remember, Al-Sharaa and his entire government, won't even utter the word 'democracy', let alone deliver.
Link:
www.dohainstitute.org/ar/News/Page...
September 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
MOST SYRIANS WANT A SECULAR DEMOCRACY:
57% support separating religion from politics
61% for democracy
8% for an islamic state
Let that sink in. And remember, Al-Sharaa and his entire government, won't even utter the word 'democracy', let alone deliver.
Link:
www.dohainstitute.org/ar/News/Page...
57% support separating religion from politics
61% for democracy
8% for an islamic state
Let that sink in. And remember, Al-Sharaa and his entire government, won't even utter the word 'democracy', let alone deliver.
Link:
www.dohainstitute.org/ar/News/Page...