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Salam
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Reporter/Producer/Editor, former #BBC and #AlJazeera.
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www.ft.com/content/84ef... Essential Reading, #Russia #Syria #Assad
Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow
Central bank sent planeloads of dollars in 2018 and 2019 when dictator was indebted to the Kremlin
www.ft.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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#BBC has turned into low-grade click bait. Sub-heading is actually shocking. #media #news
December 12, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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Tonight's celebrations in Northern #Syria
December 8, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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For the record it was #Damascus and #Deraa rebel forces aligned with the Free Syrian Army that took the capital of #Syria and not #HTS
December 8, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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Lootings are being documented as rebel factions order a curfew in #damascus. Here is a university campus in the suburbs. #Syria
December 8, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Now that was a Blitzkrieg. #Syria Parliament speaker Jalali accompanied by #deraa rebels admits precursor dialogue with rebel leader Julani (Al Shara')
December 8, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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Syrian state broadcaster: Victory for the brave Syrian revolution against the criminal Assad regime. #Syria
December 8, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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"I'm from #homs, where do I go?" "he's gone, they're gone, it's safe". Releasing women political prisoners from the infamous Sedyana prison, a symbol of the brutal Assad dictatorship. #Syria
December 8, 2024 at 8:40 AM
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Historic! Celebrations in the coastal town of #Tartous #syria #assad stronghold and bringing down of his father's statue. Close to #Russia naval base.
December 8, 2024 at 8:30 AM
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Poster #Nasrallah #hezbollah and Qassem Soleimani being torn down from facade of the #Iran Embassy in #Syria #damascus
December 8, 2024 at 8:16 AM
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It's a seismic day around #Syria, in just a couple of days Rebels take over #damascus as #assad flees. Once #Russia and #hezbollah support ceased. 13 years on from when I first went in to report on the violence and #refugee crisis. Celebrations in every city.
December 8, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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Only a matter of time as a new front opens from the east towards #Damascus and rebels battle in the suberbs. #Syria
December 7, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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@alarabiyanet.bsky.social is reporting that #Russia is carrying out airstrikes on rebel positions in Talbisa near #homs #syria as rebels say they are approaching Sanameen 20k South of #damascus two fronts now.
December 7, 2024 at 10:42 AM
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BBC News - Syria: The boys who helped spark a revolution - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/worl...

#syria #deraa #bbc @salamh.bsky.social
Syrian boys who sparked a revolution
In an exclusive report, the BBC's Fergal Keane speaks to some of the children whose punishment for spraying anti-regime graffiti helped sparked the country's uprising.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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#syria rebels claim they have taken the city of #deraa. The birthplace of the Syrian revolution.
December 7, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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A map of northern #syria highliting rebel advances (green) leading up to the crucial city of #homs. If taken it cuts the supply between #assad #russia strong basis to the west and #damascus to the south. source: snc
December 7, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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Rebels in southern #syria #deraa #suwayda are confusing #western commentators as to whether to call them #islamist or not 🤔. Anyways, huge advances there.
December 7, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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#Russia firms look to develop #Sudan oil fields and hydropower amid ongoing conflict
Russian Companies Explore Development of 22 Oil Fields in Sudan
Russian firms look to develop Sudanese oil fields and hydropower amid ongoing conflict
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November 19, 2024 at 11:58 AM