@andrewfreesy.bsky.social
Reposted
“For the people who see themselves as having finally won after 14 years of war and decades of humiliation before that, the victory is not just political, it is existential.” @hhassan.bsky.social writes on the resilience of the new Syrian order.
Syria’s New Order Is Not As Fragile As It Seems
The country’s new leaders are heirs to an insurgent energy that goes back decades, making them both resilient and paranoid
newlinesmag.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“For the people who see themselves as having finally won after 14 years of war and decades of humiliation before that, the victory is not just political, it is existential.” @hhassan.bsky.social writes on the resilience of the new Syrian order.
Reposted
Syrian Ministry of Justice sends judges to Germany for training in rule of law, transitional justice, and housing, land, and property rights, visiting institutions to learn comparable practices, judicial independence, modern court administration.
— Enab Baladi
english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...
— Enab Baladi
english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...
Syrian judges receive transitional justice training in Germany - Enab Baladi
The Syrian Ministry of Justice has announced that it has sent a judicial training delegation to Germany in the fields […]
english.enabbaladi.net
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Syrian Ministry of Justice sends judges to Germany for training in rule of law, transitional justice, and housing, land, and property rights, visiting institutions to learn comparable practices, judicial independence, modern court administration.
— Enab Baladi
english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...
— Enab Baladi
english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...
Reposted
@azelin.bsky.social gave insight into the risks and rewards of working with the new government of Syria led by members of HTS. 5/8
Revolutionary Rebuilding and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS): The Syria Breakdown, Episode Four
YouTube video by WashingtonInstitute
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
@azelin.bsky.social gave insight into the risks and rewards of working with the new government of Syria led by members of HTS. 5/8
Reposted
The rescue of civilians from Sweida in a special operation in Daraa signals a positive shift in the government's role. It's moving away from acting as a hostage negotiator to enforcing the rule of law & making clear that civilians can't be used as bargaining chips www.zamanalwsl.net/news/article...
تحرير خمسة مختطفين من السويداء والقبض على متزعم عصابة في ريف درعا
أعلن قائد الأمن الداخلي في محافظة السويداء، العميد حسام الطحان، تحرير خمسة مواطنين من أبناء المحافظة، بينهم ثلاث نساء ورجلان، إثر عملية نوعية
www.zamanalwsl.net
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The rescue of civilians from Sweida in a special operation in Daraa signals a positive shift in the government's role. It's moving away from acting as a hostage negotiator to enforcing the rule of law & making clear that civilians can't be used as bargaining chips www.zamanalwsl.net/news/article...
Reposted
Lina was arrested in 2013 with her husband and children after a neighbour filed a report.
Many victims’ families shared similar stories about “report writers”: neighbours or colleagues who often fabricated evidence for money, revenge, or both.
@thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/analysis/syr...
Many victims’ families shared similar stories about “report writers”: neighbours or colleagues who often fabricated evidence for money, revenge, or both.
@thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/analysis/syr...
Syria’s disappeared: The long road to justice after Assad
Over a decade after Syria’s prison atrocities were exposed by whistleblower ‘Caesar’, families of the missing still search for answers and a grave to mourn at
www.newarab.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Lina was arrested in 2013 with her husband and children after a neighbour filed a report.
Many victims’ families shared similar stories about “report writers”: neighbours or colleagues who often fabricated evidence for money, revenge, or both.
@thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/analysis/syr...
Many victims’ families shared similar stories about “report writers”: neighbours or colleagues who often fabricated evidence for money, revenge, or both.
@thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/analysis/syr...
Reposted
Reposted
@reuters.com team on Bedouins driven out of Suweida during July violence: www.reuters.com/world/syrias...
In Syria’s south, Bedouins uprooted by sectarian clashes see little hope of return
A week of bloodletting all-but ended the presence of Bedouins in most of Druze-dominated Sweida province. Months later, their path home remains uncertain.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
@reuters.com team on Bedouins driven out of Suweida during July violence: www.reuters.com/world/syrias...
Reposted
#Suwayda Our 20-minute report for @DLF from Suwayda, Jaramana, and Daraa is out. We spoke with (displaced) Muwahiddeen Druze, Bedouins, and Christians, a Muw. Druze Sheikh, intellectuals, and a security official.
With @_MarionSendker.
Auf Deutsch.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/religioese-m...
With @_MarionSendker.
Auf Deutsch.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/religioese-m...
Religiöse Minderheiten - Drusen sind für das Schicksal Syriens entscheidend
Die Glaubensgemeinschaft der Drusen in Syrien ist politisch zerstritten. Das macht sie zum Spielball von Akteuren im Ausland und Islamisten im Inland.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#Suwayda Our 20-minute report for @DLF from Suwayda, Jaramana, and Daraa is out. We spoke with (displaced) Muwahiddeen Druze, Bedouins, and Christians, a Muw. Druze Sheikh, intellectuals, and a security official.
With @_MarionSendker.
Auf Deutsch.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/religioese-m...
With @_MarionSendker.
Auf Deutsch.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/religioese-m...
Reposted
@thenationalnews.com's Kyle Fitzgerald on challenges to Syria's reintegration in global financial networks: www.thenationalnews.com/business/ban...
But is the Shara' government prepared to be sufficiently transparent to satisfy regulators?
But is the Shara' government prepared to be sufficiently transparent to satisfy regulators?
Syria's fractured banking sector poses new challenge for US regulators | The National
Questions linger over compliancy risks as country seeks reintegration into global financial system
www.thenationalnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
@thenationalnews.com's Kyle Fitzgerald on challenges to Syria's reintegration in global financial networks: www.thenationalnews.com/business/ban...
But is the Shara' government prepared to be sufficiently transparent to satisfy regulators?
But is the Shara' government prepared to be sufficiently transparent to satisfy regulators?
Reposted
@al-monitor.bsky.social's @elizhagedorn.bsky.social with the latest on Hill drama over Caesar Act repeal: www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Inside Congress' battle to repeal Syria's Caesar sanctions
Five months after President Trump pledged to lift sanctions on Syria, the harshest penalties remain on the books.
www.al-monitor.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
@al-monitor.bsky.social's @elizhagedorn.bsky.social with the latest on Hill drama over Caesar Act repeal: www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Reposted
#DeirEzzor govt ruled part (City/Wbank)
Results of 753 interviews the Syrian Center for Public Opinion Research:
Elements of the former Assad regime/ the NDF, and Iranian-backed militias that had reconciled with the govt rejoined the security apparatus.
youtu.be/464A8FQwY3s?...
Results of 753 interviews the Syrian Center for Public Opinion Research:
Elements of the former Assad regime/ the NDF, and Iranian-backed militias that had reconciled with the govt rejoined the security apparatus.
youtu.be/464A8FQwY3s?...
قسد وفلول النظام المخلوع.. من يسيطر على مؤسسات دير الزور الأمنية؟ | سوريا اليوم
YouTube video by Syria TV تلفزيون سوريا
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#DeirEzzor govt ruled part (City/Wbank)
Results of 753 interviews the Syrian Center for Public Opinion Research:
Elements of the former Assad regime/ the NDF, and Iranian-backed militias that had reconciled with the govt rejoined the security apparatus.
youtu.be/464A8FQwY3s?...
Results of 753 interviews the Syrian Center for Public Opinion Research:
Elements of the former Assad regime/ the NDF, and Iranian-backed militias that had reconciled with the govt rejoined the security apparatus.
youtu.be/464A8FQwY3s?...
Reposted
"The Druze of Syria now have an army"
The (sub)National Guard — by @syriatransition.bsky.social
share.google/FKlcPnorekiO...
The (sub)National Guard — by @syriatransition.bsky.social
share.google/FKlcPnorekiO...
The (sub)National Guard — Syria in Transition
share.google
October 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"The Druze of Syria now have an army"
The (sub)National Guard — by @syriatransition.bsky.social
share.google/FKlcPnorekiO...
The (sub)National Guard — by @syriatransition.bsky.social
share.google/FKlcPnorekiO...
Reposted
-Aleppo security chief visits Tabqah
-the latest in integration rumors
-SDF/govt crossings remain mostly closed thru the week
-Afrin olive harvest theft
-Shar' in Moscow
-Syriac Orth Patriarch on Rudaw re: DAANES shut down of schools
-8 yr Raqqah anniversary
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
-the latest in integration rumors
-SDF/govt crossings remain mostly closed thru the week
-Afrin olive harvest theft
-Shar' in Moscow
-Syriac Orth Patriarch on Rudaw re: DAANES shut down of schools
-8 yr Raqqah anniversary
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
This Week in Northern Syria [40.2025]
October 15 - 21: 'Abdi to AP on floated integration plans, Ministry of Interior delegation visits al-Tabqah, Gov't/SDF roads largely remained closed, and more...
akmckeever.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
-Aleppo security chief visits Tabqah
-the latest in integration rumors
-SDF/govt crossings remain mostly closed thru the week
-Afrin olive harvest theft
-Shar' in Moscow
-Syriac Orth Patriarch on Rudaw re: DAANES shut down of schools
-8 yr Raqqah anniversary
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
-the latest in integration rumors
-SDF/govt crossings remain mostly closed thru the week
-Afrin olive harvest theft
-Shar' in Moscow
-Syriac Orth Patriarch on Rudaw re: DAANES shut down of schools
-8 yr Raqqah anniversary
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
Reposted
The Syria team from @reuters.com provides sourcing and background on their devastating investigation into efforts by the Assad regime to conceal evidence of mass murder by moving the corpses of victims.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
How we confirmed Assad-era mass grave conspiracy: Witnesses, science
Drone technology, forensic science helped corroborate witness accounts of how Assad's government trucked bodies from a mass grave to a secret location.
www.reuters.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Syria team from @reuters.com provides sourcing and background on their devastating investigation into efforts by the Assad regime to conceal evidence of mass murder by moving the corpses of victims.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Reposted
Behind the paywall:
-rumors of what 'Abdi/Sharaa discussed on Oct 7
-status of closed Govt/SDF crossings
-US senate passes DoD budget with Caesar repeal and 2026 SDF funding
-Afrin/Peace Spring integration updates
-Mil appointments for Salim Idris and Hassan Hamadah
-SDF 10th anniversary
-IS attacks
-rumors of what 'Abdi/Sharaa discussed on Oct 7
-status of closed Govt/SDF crossings
-US senate passes DoD budget with Caesar repeal and 2026 SDF funding
-Afrin/Peace Spring integration updates
-Mil appointments for Salim Idris and Hassan Hamadah
-SDF 10th anniversary
-IS attacks
This week's newsletter covers after effects of Oct 6 al-Sheikh Maqsoud clashes:
-limited lifting of government-imposed siege
-some clashes in E. Aleppo and DeZ despite announced ceasefire
-SDF/Asayish delegation visits Damascus for renewed integration talks
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
-limited lifting of government-imposed siege
-some clashes in E. Aleppo and DeZ despite announced ceasefire
-SDF/Asayish delegation visits Damascus for renewed integration talks
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
This Week in Northern Syria [39.2025]
October 8 - 14: Limited Govt/SDF clashes in eastern Aleppo and Deir ez-Zour, several al-Sheikh Maqsoud crossings opened, SDF/Asayish delegation visits Damascus to discuss integration, and more...
akmckeever.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Behind the paywall:
-rumors of what 'Abdi/Sharaa discussed on Oct 7
-status of closed Govt/SDF crossings
-US senate passes DoD budget with Caesar repeal and 2026 SDF funding
-Afrin/Peace Spring integration updates
-Mil appointments for Salim Idris and Hassan Hamadah
-SDF 10th anniversary
-IS attacks
-rumors of what 'Abdi/Sharaa discussed on Oct 7
-status of closed Govt/SDF crossings
-US senate passes DoD budget with Caesar repeal and 2026 SDF funding
-Afrin/Peace Spring integration updates
-Mil appointments for Salim Idris and Hassan Hamadah
-SDF 10th anniversary
-IS attacks
Reposted
The book is finally out in the US too www.amazon.com/Transformed-...
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The book is finally out in the US too www.amazon.com/Transformed-...
Reposted
Fixing representation gaps in the legislative body through presidential appointments alone risks addressing symptoms, not root causes. Without urgently reviving political life, both the next elections and parliament’s ability to function will be undermined. en.majalla.com/node/327757/...
Syria’s new parliament raises old questions
If exclusion and opacity persist, Syria risks reinforcing the very conditions that led to its collapse. It isn't just the legitimacy of one election cycle that's at stake, but the entire transition.
en.majalla.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Fixing representation gaps in the legislative body through presidential appointments alone risks addressing symptoms, not root causes. Without urgently reviving political life, both the next elections and parliament’s ability to function will be undermined. en.majalla.com/node/327757/...
Reposted
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
Reposted
Based on @azelin.bsky.social's personal meeting with President Sharaa last week and wide-ranging research trip to Syria, this article aims to shed light on where the country is headed after the regime’s fall, near-term plans, and views on the U.S. role.
Sharaa Goes to the United Nations
After meeting with Sharaa and returning from an extensive research trip in Syria, a Washington Institute expert sheds light on the president’s UN speech, near-term plans, and views on the U.S. role.
www.washingtoninstitute.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Based on @azelin.bsky.social's personal meeting with President Sharaa last week and wide-ranging research trip to Syria, this article aims to shed light on where the country is headed after the regime’s fall, near-term plans, and views on the U.S. role.
Reposted
#Syria: the Security forces arrested Major General & Pilot Riyad Yusuf in #Latakia province.
He previously held several positions: commander of Dumayr Airbase in Damascus province - a base used for numerous airstrikes in the region - and Director of Air Operations (at least during 2018–2019).
He previously held several positions: commander of Dumayr Airbase in Damascus province - a base used for numerous airstrikes in the region - and Director of Air Operations (at least during 2018–2019).
August 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reposted
New issue includes some thoughts on recent Deir ez-Zour clashes, tribal dynamics
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
This Week in Northern Syria [31.2025]
August 13 - 19: Deir ez-Zour clashes, SNA commander assassinated, Syrian-Turkish military deal, and more...
akmckeever.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New issue includes some thoughts on recent Deir ez-Zour clashes, tribal dynamics
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
akmckeever.substack.com/p/this-week-...
Reposted
"They supported the PKK against Turkey, the Houthis against Saudi Arabia, Haftar's forces against the government in Tripoli and the Polisario Front against Morocco."
My latest for @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social
dawnmena.org/the-polisari...
My latest for @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social
dawnmena.org/the-polisari...
The Polisario in Syria: How Foreign Fighters Complicate Transitional Justice
Iran has long supported a wide range of armed groups to destabilize nations and advance its interests—particularly in Syria. Militant groups backed by Tehran include Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas, the Hou...
dawnmena.org
August 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"They supported the PKK against Turkey, the Houthis against Saudi Arabia, Haftar's forces against the government in Tripoli and the Polisario Front against Morocco."
My latest for @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social
dawnmena.org/the-polisari...
My latest for @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social
dawnmena.org/the-polisari...
Reposted
Syria risks rapidly spiraling into an endless civil war, that is most likely to severely divide the country. If the goal is to prevent that, Al-Sharaa must set aside the whataboutism rhetoric, take responsibility for his failures and change course.
🧵 (1) Bare with me:
🧵 (1) Bare with me:
August 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Syria risks rapidly spiraling into an endless civil war, that is most likely to severely divide the country. If the goal is to prevent that, Al-Sharaa must set aside the whataboutism rhetoric, take responsibility for his failures and change course.
🧵 (1) Bare with me:
🧵 (1) Bare with me:
Reposted
The National reports that Anas Khattab convinced al-Sharaa to escalate the Suwayda situation despite the reservations of al-Shaibani, based on the idea that gov't-friendly political figure Laith Bal'ous commanded 5k Druze fighters (he commands 0 fighters)
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
The full story of the Sweida operation: How a lightning offensive became a war | The National
Sources told The National that officials underestimated the consequences, paving the way for Israeli intervention and mass killings
www.thenationalnews.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The National reports that Anas Khattab convinced al-Sharaa to escalate the Suwayda situation despite the reservations of al-Shaibani, based on the idea that gov't-friendly political figure Laith Bal'ous commanded 5k Druze fighters (he commands 0 fighters)
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Reposted
It is distressing to see the level of disinformation concerning Sweida, and the willingness of so many to believe it. The fact that Hajari's militias contain Assadists and that they have treacherously collaborated with Israel does not change the fact that
July 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It is distressing to see the level of disinformation concerning Sweida, and the willingness of so many to believe it. The fact that Hajari's militias contain Assadists and that they have treacherously collaborated with Israel does not change the fact that