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The Reuters' investigation into the massive wealth accumulation of al-Sharaa and his inner circle is important, but this take on a sovereign wealth fund is off. A country with Syria's urgent needs requires a reconstruction fund, not an SWF.
syrianobserver.com/syrian-actor...
The Reuters' investigation into the massive wealth accumulation of al-Sharaa and his inner circle is important, but this take on a sovereign wealth fund is off. A country with Syria's urgent needs requires a reconstruction fund, not an SWF.
syrianobserver.com/syrian-actor...
A Scandal Shakes the Throne of Damascus’ New Ruler: “Give Them a Chance”? - The Syrian Observer
An investigation exposes how Sharaa’s inner trio—Hazem, the Australian, and Zurba—took control of 80% of the financial empire once owned by Mohammad Hamsho and Yasar Ibrahim in exchange for legal immu...
syrianobserver.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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The Reuters' investigation into the massive wealth accumulation of al-Sharaa and his inner circle is important, but this take on a sovereign wealth fund is off. A country with Syria's urgent needs requires a reconstruction fund, not an SWF.
syrianobserver.com/syrian-actor...
The Reuters' investigation into the massive wealth accumulation of al-Sharaa and his inner circle is important, but this take on a sovereign wealth fund is off. A country with Syria's urgent needs requires a reconstruction fund, not an SWF.
syrianobserver.com/syrian-actor...
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À la notable exception de la matinale de France Inter – avec les 80 secondes de Nicolas Demorand – aucun média ne s’est fait l’écho du nouveau numéro du magazine papier d’AOC consacré au « Fascisme 2.0 ». Nous comptons sur vous pour le faire connaître. C’est décisif. aoc.media/produit/maga...
Magazine #2 - Fascisme 2.0Été 2025 - AOC media - Analyse Opinion Critique
Magazine #2 - Fascisme 2.0Été 2025 sur AOC.
aoc.media
July 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
À la notable exception de la matinale de France Inter – avec les 80 secondes de Nicolas Demorand – aucun média ne s’est fait l’écho du nouveau numéro du magazine papier d’AOC consacré au « Fascisme 2.0 ». Nous comptons sur vous pour le faire connaître. C’est décisif. aoc.media/produit/maga...
Mon entretien avec The Conversation concernant les violences à Suwayda theconversation.com/au-sud-de-la...
Au sud de la Syrie, les affrontements entre les Druzes et les Bédouins ravivent le spectre des divisions communautaires
Des combats font rage entre la communauté druze et bédouine au sud de la Syrie, ravivant les pires traumatises de la guerre civile.
theconversation.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Mon entretien avec The Conversation concernant les violences à Suwayda theconversation.com/au-sud-de-la...
Very interesting report by Gregory Waters with a wealth of first-and information carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Local Governance in Post-Assad Syria: A Hybrid State Model for the Future?
Damascus is increasingly adopting a system of rule that combines centralized and localized forms of administration and security maintenance, an approach that seems suited to the needs of a country fra...
carnegieendowment.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Very interesting report by Gregory Waters with a wealth of first-and information carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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In Syria, it's Trump vs. Trump: Will he be remembered as the man who gave Syria “a chance at greatness” or as the man who thwarted its post-Assad transition?
👉 Read my latest for @foreignpolicy.com!
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/16/t...
👉 Read my latest for @foreignpolicy.com!
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/16/t...
July 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In Syria, it's Trump vs. Trump: Will he be remembered as the man who gave Syria “a chance at greatness” or as the man who thwarted its post-Assad transition?
👉 Read my latest for @foreignpolicy.com!
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/16/t...
👉 Read my latest for @foreignpolicy.com!
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/16/t...
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"Turkish officials told Middle East Eye they had no desire to risk a direct confrontation with Israel in Syria or turn it into another battleground, especially after 13 years of civil war.
They also worry that such tensions would poison the efforts to reconstruct Syria as a state"
They also worry that such tensions would poison the efforts to reconstruct Syria as a state"
July 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Turkish officials told Middle East Eye they had no desire to risk a direct confrontation with Israel in Syria or turn it into another battleground, especially after 13 years of civil war.
They also worry that such tensions would poison the efforts to reconstruct Syria as a state"
They also worry that such tensions would poison the efforts to reconstruct Syria as a state"
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S. #Syria: mosques in Lajat (important tribal area in #Daraa province) called for mobilization following the retaliations against the Bedouins in #Suwayda.
Tribes from other parts of Syria are also mobilizing.
Clashes between tribal & Druze fighters also reported in different areas in Suwayda.
Tribes from other parts of Syria are also mobilizing.
Clashes between tribal & Druze fighters also reported in different areas in Suwayda.
#Syria: gruesome videos have started to circulate.
Bedouins in Suwayda countryside are being hunted by some Druze fighters, with cases of torture and field executions.
Bedouins in Suwayda countryside are being hunted by some Druze fighters, with cases of torture and field executions.
July 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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S. #Syria: an example of the current situation unfolding in #Suwayda province and the settling of scores: a fighter, reportedly affiliated with Hijri, broke the tomb of Wahid al-Balous, the founder of the "Men of Dignity Movement" and father of pro-government figure Laith al-Balous.
July 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
When Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah last year, Palestinian Islamist Hudhayfa 'Azzam warned the Syrian rebels: instead of celebrating, you should start digging tunnels now, he told them, because you're next. I didn't think it would take less than a year for this forecast to prove correct.
Unbelievable. The Defense Ministry in heart of #Damascus under wave of israeli airstrikes.
It's unprecedented, even under Assad Regime no Ministry was ever bombed.
It's unprecedented, even under Assad Regime no Ministry was ever bombed.
July 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah last year, Palestinian Islamist Hudhayfa 'Azzam warned the Syrian rebels: instead of celebrating, you should start digging tunnels now, he told them, because you're next. I didn't think it would take less than a year for this forecast to prove correct.
Al-Shara probably made his first major error by launching a full-scale attack on Suwayda. He did so because he apparently overestimated US ability to rein in Israel. He thought he could make yet another successful poker move when in fact he should have continued to play chess with al-Hijri.
Despite US request, Israel carried out several airstrikes last night in Daraa & Suwayda provinces.
The Israeli Defense minister threatened today to strike with more force if Government troops don't withdraw from Suwayda.
The Israeli Defense minister threatened today to strike with more force if Government troops don't withdraw from Suwayda.
In an unexpected move, the Trump administration officially asked Israel to stop its airstrikes on the Syrian government - US official source.
Israel stated that the airstrikes would cease tonight.
Israel stated that the airstrikes would cease tonight.
July 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Al-Shara probably made his first major error by launching a full-scale attack on Suwayda. He did so because he apparently overestimated US ability to rein in Israel. He thought he could make yet another successful poker move when in fact he should have continued to play chess with al-Hijri.
Mes commentaires sur la situation à Soueïda pour RFI www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...
Invité international - Frappes israéliennes à Soueïda: «On serait peut-être au début d'une bataille de longue haleine»
Violences meurtrières entre combattants druzes et bédouins depuis deux jours à Soueïda. L'aviation israélienne a bombardé ce mardi 15 juillet les forces gouvernementales syriennes après leur entrée da...
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/invité-international/20250715-frappes-israéliennes-à-soueïda-on-serait-peut-être-au-début-d-une-bataille-de-longue-haleine
July 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Mes commentaires sur la situation à Soueïda pour RFI www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...
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Televangelism as a phenomenon/ genre is often thought of as exclusively Christian (Prot, oft Pentecostal). Cf. the reporting on the recent passing of Jimmy Swaggart - crazy coincidence that my post came out the same day. But it’s been a growing trend across religions, including Islam, for decades.
July 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Televangelism as a phenomenon/ genre is often thought of as exclusively Christian (Prot, oft Pentecostal). Cf. the reporting on the recent passing of Jimmy Swaggart - crazy coincidence that my post came out the same day. But it’s been a growing trend across religions, including Islam, for decades.
This is an interesting piece, but I think the authors underestimate the depth of the new Syrian leaders' adhesion to neoliberal economics, which was already patent when they were ruling over Idlib.
Is the new Syrian state revolutionary?
In Muftah Magazine's new issue, @alarian.muftah.org &
@mesbushra.muftah.org argue that while post-Assad Syria seemed, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary change, its inherited conditions narrowed the horizon of possibility.
In Muftah Magazine's new issue, @alarian.muftah.org &
@mesbushra.muftah.org argue that while post-Assad Syria seemed, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary change, its inherited conditions narrowed the horizon of possibility.
Is the New Syrian State Revolutionary?
Post-Assad Syria was, in theory, a blank canvas for revolutionary transformation—in reality, its leaders inherited conditions that narrowed the horizon of possibility before the first stroke was made.
www.muftah.org
July 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is an interesting piece, but I think the authors underestimate the depth of the new Syrian leaders' adhesion to neoliberal economics, which was already patent when they were ruling over Idlib.
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Haaretz team interviews Israeli soldiers and officers who describe Israeli army's live-fire crowd control methods – including with grenades, mortars, and artillery fire – regularly killing and wounding desperate Gazans approaching food distribution points: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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www.haaretz.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Haaretz team interviews Israeli soldiers and officers who describe Israeli army's live-fire crowd control methods – including with grenades, mortars, and artillery fire – regularly killing and wounding desperate Gazans approaching food distribution points: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Erdogan announced plans this week to step up Turkey’s missile production. Some see it as a sign that the Israel-Iran war could trigger an arms race in the region, with countries aiming to build deterrence and preempt future conflicts
Via @suzanfraser.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/turk...
Via @suzanfraser.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/turk...
Erdogan vows to boost Turkey's missile production as Israel-Iran war escalates
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will strengthen its deterrence capabilities so that no country would dare attack it.
apnews.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Erdogan announced plans this week to step up Turkey’s missile production. Some see it as a sign that the Israel-Iran war could trigger an arms race in the region, with countries aiming to build deterrence and preempt future conflicts
Via @suzanfraser.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/turk...
Via @suzanfraser.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/turk...
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Another day, another shooting at a GHF-controlled handout center in Gaza.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Another day, another shooting at a GHF-controlled handout center in Gaza.
@jasonburke2.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Palestinian photojournalist Abdel Rahim Khudr breaks down after discovering the loss of 48 family members in an Israeli air attack that hit his home in northern Gaza on the first day of Eid al-Adha.
June 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Palestinian photojournalist Abdel Rahim Khudr breaks down after discovering the loss of 48 family members in an Israeli air attack that hit his home in northern Gaza on the first day of Eid al-Adha.
Custom is that the Eid prayer isn't led by the most senior scholar in the place (in this case Grand Mufti Usama al-Rifa'i) but by the preacher of the mosque where the president attends (meaning, 'Atun is the presidential palace's chaplain).
Attoun leads Eid prayers at Syria's presidential mansion: www.sana.sy?p=2229404
السيد الرئيس أحمد الشرع يؤدي صلاة عيد الأضحى المبارك في قصر الشعب بدمشق بحضورٍ شعبيٍّ واسعٍ - S A N A
دمشق-سانا أدى رئيس الجمهورية العربية السوريّة السيد أحمد الشرع صلاة عيد الأضحى المبارك في قصر الشعب
www.sana.sy
June 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Custom is that the Eid prayer isn't led by the most senior scholar in the place (in this case Grand Mufti Usama al-Rifa'i) but by the preacher of the mosque where the president attends (meaning, 'Atun is the presidential palace's chaplain).
A modern equivalent to Jordanian monarchy's Caucasian guards
#Syria: the new Syrian Army will include an equivalent of an "International Legion": the 84th Division.
Approximately 3,500 foreign fighters, mostly from the Turkistan Islamic Party (#TIP), will be integrated into the #Damascus Army.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Approximately 3,500 foreign fighters, mostly from the Turkistan Islamic Party (#TIP), will be integrated into the #Damascus Army.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: US gives nod to Syria to bring foreign jihadist ex-rebels into army
The United States has given its blessing to a plan by Syria's new leadership to incorporate thousands of foreign jihadist former rebel fighters into the national army, provided that it does so transparently, President Donald Trump's envoy said.
www.reuters.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A modern equivalent to Jordanian monarchy's Caucasian guards
Important eyewitness accounts of the March massacres www.syriarevisited.com/p/baniyas-ma...
Baniyas Massacre Through the Eyes of Survivors
An Alawite and a Christian activist recount March 6 and its impact on their city.
www.syriarevisited.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Important eyewitness accounts of the March massacres www.syriarevisited.com/p/baniyas-ma...
France’s Muslim Brotherhood report is manufacturing a threat url:https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/france-muslim-brotherhood-report-securing-2026-elections-manufacturing-threat
June 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
France’s Muslim Brotherhood report is manufacturing a threat url:https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/france-muslim-brotherhood-report-securing-2026-elections-manufacturing-threat
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"Dans leurs réponses, Autain et Ruffin valident le diagnostic posé par le rapport, et vont même jusqu’à reprendre à leur compte certaines de ses recommandations."
On comprend mieux pourquoi il et elle ont rompu avec LFI.
tsedek.fr/2025/05/28/r...
On comprend mieux pourquoi il et elle ont rompu avec LFI.
tsedek.fr/2025/05/28/r...
« Entrisme islamiste » : le conspirationnisme islamophobe déchaîné de la bourgeoisie
La diffusion du rapport parlementaire sur « l’entrisme islamiste » en France et l’influence supposée des Frères musulmans marque une étape supplémentaire dans le développement de discours et d’acte…
tsedek.fr
May 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Dans leurs réponses, Autain et Ruffin valident le diagnostic posé par le rapport, et vont même jusqu’à reprendre à leur compte certaines de ses recommandations."
On comprend mieux pourquoi il et elle ont rompu avec LFI.
tsedek.fr/2025/05/28/r...
On comprend mieux pourquoi il et elle ont rompu avec LFI.
tsedek.fr/2025/05/28/r...
Join our online book launch on Friday, May 30 · 7:30 - 9pm EEST. Hosted by the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies at Royal Holloway University of London www.eventbrite.com/e/utopianism...
Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa | Online Book Launch
Ever thought about futuristic cities, atomic dreams, or prison-built utopias in the Middle East? Join our book launch to explore more!
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May 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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