Syria

[sudden imp]

https://x.com/firstsourcenew/status/1874061695225913717?s=46

First Source Report (@FirstSourceNew) on X

American and Israeli warplanes fly intensely in the areas of southern Syria, all the way to the Syrian-Iraqi-Jordanian border triangle.

Twitter · Dec 31, 2024, 11:55 AM

[wild salmon]

Hi, do you have any source with the claim of American and Israeli warplanes flying together in Southern Syria other than an unknown twitter account?

An account that appears to be linked to Russian disinformation efforts as the following tweet mentions about the "Zelensky Regime" and uses an out of context picture

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/POPULARXFRONT/1575 video contains gunshots but no bodies or gore as far as i can tell

[gloomy badger]

Ive seen this
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/12/31/syria-france-claims-strikes-on-is-positions_6736590_4.html

[potent vigil]

https://x.com/EtatMajorFR/status/1874010112274399384
here's a video of two of the strikes

Armée française - Opérations militaires (@EtatMajorFR) on X

📍 Syrie | Dans le cadre de l'opération CHAMMAL au Levant, les forces 🇫🇷 ont procédé à des frappes contre deux installations de Daech en Syrie.

➡️ L'engagement de la 🇫🇷 et des pays partenaires de la Coalition @CJTFOIR dans la lutte contre Daech demeure résolu.

Twitter · Dec 31, 2024, 8:30 AM

even france is adding dubstep to their propaganda now 😭

[pale dirge]

VERY unverified. https://www.turkiyetoday.com/world/unverified-reports-claim-poisoning-attempt-on-syrias-ousted-leader-assad-in-moscow-100153/
Seems to track back to this account. https://t.me/generalsvr/2892

Dear subscribers and guests of the channel! There is every reason to believe that an assassination attempt was made on former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. On Sunday afternoon, Assad complained to his security about feeling unwell and having trouble breathing and asked for medical help. Almost immediately after the request, he began to cough violently and began to choke. Assad was given water and this helped to ease the attack a little, but normal breathing was still not restored, and headaches and stomach pains were added to this. By the time the medics arrived, the former Syrian president's condition was deteriorating. Representatives of the Russian leadership were promptly informed about Bashar al-Assad's condition. While the medics were providing Assad with first aid, an order was received to treat him at home whenever possible and not to place the "patient" in medical institutions. After first aid was provided, "reinforcements" arrived to the medics and a treatment ward was set up in Assad's apartment. As of Monday evening, according to the doctors treating him, Bashar al-Assad's condition is stable and he feels fine. The tests that were taken from the former Syrian president showed traces of exposure to a toxic substance in his body. As reported in the report to the Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev, an investigation is underway, but it has not yet been possible to determine how Bashar al-Assad was exposed to the poison.

[hard glacier]

The low historical lethality of poison in Russia is astounding

[fading canopy]

Hi! I'm deleting your post as I'm not sure if you're trying to share an image or a joke.

Let's keep the focus of the thread on responsible, constructive discussion/analysis about Syria following our server's #rules and purpose.

[marble tundra]

https://x.com/Vijesti11111/status/1874517914893820134

Vijesti (@Vijesti11111) on X

⚠️ ⚠️⚠️
Satellite images show construction of a large Russian 🇷🇺 military base in southern Libya 🇱🇾, near gold deposits in an area controlled by the Toubu tribes.
The base is located in a strategic point - near the borders with Sudan 🇸🇩 and Chad🇧🇪, in the eastern Sahel region.

Twitter · Jan 1, 2025, 6:07 PM

Ru/Iran Axis and Hmeimim base mix, so just going to post it here. If he is general Salami means , Russia :flag_ru: sold Iran :flag_ir:. :grinning: https://x.com/Vijesti11111/status/1875640334165930484 Syrian Accounts say that there is a great resemblance between the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, General Hossein Salami, and this Iranian man who was expelled by Russian forces from the Hmeimim base, and they call on the new authorities to verify his identity. https://x.com/Vijesti11111/status/1875629097571037477

Vijesti (@Vijesti11111) on X

😀 With Geo location.

Twitter · Jan 4, 2025, 8:27 PM

Vijesti (@Vijesti11111) on X

What ever if he is not General Slamy, what Iranian doing inside 🇷🇺 Military base???!!! If he is not Salamy he is important person.

Twitter · Jan 4, 2025, 7:43 PM

[marble tundra]

Also very unverified, src: TheSun, seems to use your telegram src. https://x.com/Vijesti11111/status/1874786357975121977

Vijesti (@Vijesti11111) on X

British newspaper "The Sun": Al-Assad was subjected to an assassination attempt by taking a poisonous substance in 🇷🇺 last Sunday,then his condition stabilized after receiving the necessary treatment in his apartment.😀
After Al Asad and His wife die,Putin will be their sole heir

Twitter · Jan 2, 2025, 11:54 AM

[marble tundra]

Important, Lybian areas under control by various forces https://x.com/Vijesti11111/status/1875176762403094754

Vijesti (@Vijesti11111) on X

So Libya now consist of 4 areas,,, in the east under Libyan National Army (LNA). in Benghazi
IN The west under Government of National Accord and Allies in Tripoli.
In the south the region under Tabu tribes.
In the southern west the region is under Tawareq control.

Twitter · Jan 3, 2025, 1:45 PM

[azure hare]

is a war brewing there?

[pale dirge]

It never really stopped.

[plucky moss]

Sorry for whatever I posted... Should have been that the Syrian government appointed a woman as governor of the southern province of Suwaida

https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/new-syrian-govt-taps-druze-woman-as-governor-of-southern-province

[wild salmon]

https://bsky.app/profile/oalexanderdk.bsky.social/post/3lf3p5vacfs2z

Oliver Alexander (@oalexanderdk.bsky.social)

35 hours after arriving at Tartus, the Russian Sparta continues sailing aimlessly 5NM off sure, waiting for permission from the Syrian government to dock.

Oliver Alexander (@oalexanderdk.bsky.social)
The Russians not having gotten permission from the Syrian government to dock their ships at Tartus to evacuate helps explain why we are seeing so many evac flights out of Khmeimim. It is their only way out of Syria at the moment.

Bluesky · Jan 6, 2025, 5:51 PM

[crystal mirage]

Syria

Updated the channel name so that people don't think it's only the rebel offensive

[vital loom]

Nizar Nayouf and some new weird claims, cc @unique arrow https://www.facebook.com/n.nayouf/posts/pfbid026koKM1yURz78kr5stW7SAnBXsLrgMo6swx9b4DmwgzivrbzYmuFFN9g48wWdooCcl

[vital loom]

Site got deleted as it seems https://archive.ph/1WezY

[potent vigil]

https://fxtwitter.com/kurdistannews24/status/1877006627917963501

Civilians protestors are being bombed by Turkey near Tishreen Dam

[potent vigil]

⚠️ footage of probable war crime ⚠️ (no gore but explosion in a crowd)
Bomb dropped on civilian demonstration / convoy in the Tishreen Dam area
36°21'43.66"N 38°12'23.42"E

https://hawarnews.com/en/footage-shows-targeting-civilian-convoy-on-tishreen-dam

source

[vital loom]

https://x.com/abdullaharif/status/1876741909705609346?t=ax3RXGHAJVovDGQV_4otSQ&s=19

ABDULLAH (@abdullaharif) on X

The document on the left is fake. It is dated 1992 yet the font used for the main text is Kawkab Mono which was not released until 2015. Nice try though.

Source: I designed Kawkab Mono
https://t.co/id88N3jGHh

Twitter · Jan 7, 2025, 9:25 PM

[ember aspen]

Looks like the bomb hit an empty field about 20m from and slightly above the road, limiting the amount of shrapnel hitting the trek.
The bomb primarily kicked up a lot of dirt, leaving only a small crater (might indicate this being a drone munition) and luckily , at least according to the article, only a few injured civilians.

I guess that's the strongest way Turkey can say "fuck off" short of hitting the procession directly.

Is it still a war crime? Probably.

[potent vigil]

5 dead, 15 wounded. Let's not excuse suscpected war crimes dude

It could be a drone as the day before they shot down a Bayraktar TB2 in the area and there was lot of drone activity in the area, but they also used artillery so who knows, it's only speculation if they missed intentionally. But the death are proven (news link doxx the dead so I can't share)

[vivid lintel]

Determining whether something is a war crime is the sort of thing international criminal lawyers do. It's not really something a layperson can do by reading a Wikipedia article

So let's please keep that sort of discussion out of the server. Otherwise it's an endless back and forth

[potent vigil]

alright, i wont call it a war crime then since im no lawyer, i just get heated up when people downplay attacks on civies, sorry

[vivid lintel]

For sure -- and thanks for pointing out that there were fatalities and injures involved in this case so that it's clear for everyone reading this exchange

[potent vigil]

Here is an article with a statement by a lawyer union accusing Turkey of war crimes for this case.
https://hawarnews.com/en/jurists-turkish-occupation-commits-war-crimes-against-civiliansviolates-resolution-2254

"After decades of injustice and tyranny at the hands of the Baath regime and the Assad family, the Syrians celebrated this victory and historic achievement and prepared to rebuild Syria anew. However, the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries have been launching attacks on areas in north and East Syria, especially the Tishreen Dam, for about a month now, through continuous artillery shelling and airstrikes in order to occupy the dam and deprive the Syrian people of electricity and water, similar to what they did during the occupation of Serekaniye, and deprive the city of al-Hasakah, which includes millions of Syrian people with all its components, of drinking water.

On Wednesday, 8-1-2025, a convoy of civilians headed to the Tishreen Dam to stop the attacks on the dam, which was bombed by drones belonging to the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, resulting in martyrs and wounded.

We confirm that targeting civilians It is a war crime, a crime against humanity, and a violation of all international covenants, charters, and norms, and a clear violation of UN Resolution 2,254 and the outcomes of the Aqaba Conference that adopted this resolution.

Accordingly, we appeal to the United Nations, all relevant international and human rights organizations, and the international coalition forces to intervene immediately to stop these attacks, deter Turkey and its mercenaries from their arbitrary and expansionist practices against the Syrian people and infrastructure, and preserve the sovereignty of the Syrian state.

[wild salmon]

Regarding remaining Russian equipment in Tartus: https://bsky.app/profile/bradyafr.bsky.social/post/3lfdfj56dts24

Brady Africk (@bradyafr.bsky.social)

Russian military vehicles and equipment are still awaiting evacuation in Tartus, Syria, new satellite imagery shows.

Bluesky · Jan 9, 2025, 7:20 PM

[open zephyr]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/world/middleeast/syria-buffer-israel.html

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/communeinfo/286

[analog rivet]

https://x.com/TheHALOTrust/status/1877401188754157581?t=20RdJqjl4tCpjCP6_z0pNw&s=19
https://x.com/TheHALOTrust/status/1878386557792469491?t=8d4peQDF5auIGYNJ0wV5-w&s=19

The HALO Trust (@TheHALOTrust) on X

An urgent call for major funding in #Syria.

Over 80 civilians, including 12 children, have been killed by mines and explosives in the month since Bashar Al Assad was toppled on Dec 8th, according to @syriahr figures that are certainly an underestimate. https://t.co/iLCQnS0A3W

Twitter · Jan 9, 2025, 5:04 PM

The HALO Trust (@TheHALOTrust) on X

"There's a huge amount of mines and explosives. HALO only has 40 deminers on the ground. We're asking for a huge international effort."

HALO's Mouiad Alnofaly calls for major funding in Syria. On @BBCSounds, with @KenRoth & @michelawrong.

➡️https://t.co/QLOgzhmNzL (from 05:40)

Twitter · Jan 12, 2025, 10:20 AM

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/MiddleEastEye_TG/11843

[cosmic crypt]

Hello everyone,

Currently wondering about the apparition of ISIS flags in Syria post-Assad.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1866525453466607929?t=_R1k3_cutU2lPfUwNl6VwQ&s=19
https://x.com/DrLoupis/status/1866559560347271552
https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1866618148713271506

Anyone have any leads on these videos/whether or not time and location checks out?
Would be much appreciated.

DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) on X

🇸🇾 Black flags of ISIS seen in Latakia, Syria.

Twitter · Dec 10, 2024, 4:48 PM

Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) on X

🇸🇾 Syria. Terrorists with ISIS flags and badges are executing Officers of the Syrian Arab Army without a trial in front of thousands of people gathered on Hama square.

Twitter · Dec 10, 2024, 7:04 PM

Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) on X

🚨🇸🇾 The “reformed Syrian terrorists” are waving ISIS flags throughout the country.

Twitter · Dec 10, 2024, 10:57 PM

[dim grove]

I would caution that the first and last users are known purveyors of Russian propaganda (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12497031/Navy-vet-turned-pro-Moscow-propagandist-returns-social.html f/e)

For the middle source, the still of the alleged ISIS fighter iirc is from an attack on a farm in Latakia that allegedly was hiding Alawite officers. It was circulating widely around 10 December (you can find some example by reverse image search) and definitely has nothing to do with Hama.

You might be able to find the original person sharing - if it's a legitimate account that would be good to know since these videos have been so widely shared that their context is effectively lost

[cosmic crypt]

Thank you, this has been hugely helpful. I'll keep you posted on any findings here.

[floral tree]

as for the middle source

so I think it’s fair to argue that all of these accounts are not exactly particularly useful sources given they are Russian propagandists or outright antisemitic, and therefore have motive to spread disinformation regarding Syria

[cosmic crypt]

This is our girl https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1713852114605150454.html

[cosmic crypt]

This sums it up it seems. Calling them out.

[potent vigil]

https://x.com/andynovy/status/1878863442150613409
geosint by @wind plinth

Andy (@andynovy) on X

"The Turkish state targeted an ambulance! Near the Tishrin Dam, they attempted to target a Red Crescent ambulance. However, luckily, the ambulance was not harmed."

C:36.335304, 38.223203
S:https://t.co/v2bYqRVxI1

@GeoConfirmed @FaytuksNetwork

Twitter · Jan 13, 2025, 5:55 PM

[cosmic crypt]

Any journalists here that live in Syria and are willing to go on record about the day Assad fell ?

[potent vigil]

if you are looking to interview syrian journalists i think you'd have better luck directly emailing local press outlets

[dim grove]

Seconded. Or you could reach out to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, or the Syrian archive - they could probably put you in touch with people on the ground.

[cosmic crypt]

Thank you

[cosmic crypt]

Thanks will do this

[burnt tide]

Might be a bit off topic but - are there any good resources to read up on the overall context of what’s going on with the Tishrin dam, and I suppose, the overall Turkish / Kurdish conflict?

[cosmic crypt]

Eugenie D'Hooghe is a politicologist and Middle East correspondent and writes about this, but you would have to translate from Dutch
https://www.trouw.nl/buitenland/koerden-vrezen-een-nieuw-centraal-bestuurd-islamistisch-syrie~bf5d6989/?referrer=https://www.google.com/
https://www.tijd.be/politiek-economie/internationaal/midden-oosten/turkije-bombardeert-koerden-in-noord-syrie-we-bereiden-ons-voor-op-het-ergste/10515709.html

[analog rivet]

https://x.com/Charles_Lister/status/1879526812809863377?t=BnZX1EcSXii5o3EWDAKenQ&s=19

Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) on X

NEW -- #Israel just conducted a drone strike on an #HTS-linked force in the village of Ghadir al-Bustan in #Quneitra. Early reports claim civilian casualties.

#HTS-linked forces were there to remove weapons from former #Assad loyalists & military positions.

Twitter · Jan 15, 2025, 1:51 PM

[burnt tide]

Thanks ill keep this in mind

[analog rivet]

https://vxtwitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1879586192875991528

[faint verge]

Followup to the Quneitra drone strike: It killed the mayor of Ghadir al-Bustan https://x.com/Charles_Lister/status/1879533982620242265

Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) on X

The mayor of Ghadir al-Bustan & 2 #HTS-linked fighters were killed and several civilians injured in this #Israel strike.

While the rest of world seeks to keep #Syria calm & stable, #Israel appears *determined* to stir trouble & destabilize. Senseless.

Twitter · Jan 15, 2025, 2:19 PM

[upbeat bay]

Hello friends. Just sent this same message in the MENA group:

I have been off the mastodon for a long time so pardon me if I missed something already discussed about my question.

I am looking to do some investigative reporting inside Syria as soon as I can get funding to go. Are there any folks here with a particular interest in Syria who might like to collaborate? I'm but a novice in the OSINT world still.

By the way I speak Arabic too, so you need not necessarily be an anglophone!

Any contact with passionate and curious folks is most welcome.

[gaunt kelp]

Hi Sam! first off, welcome back!
I’m Syrian and deeply involved in work related to Syria, I’d be happy to connect and explore how we might collaborate or share insights, so feel free to reach out, and let’s discuss how I can support your investigative reporting!

[upbeat bay]

Thanks @gaunt kelp

Just messaged you

[sudden imp]

Hi Sam, I’m in Jordan so in case you need anything you can reach me out too! Good Luck 🍀

https://x.com/alkhammas2/status/1880125849866813646?s=46

AL Khammas (@ALkhammas2) on X

Read Middle East assessment 🧵..(1/9)…The Visit by US CENTCOM commander Corella to Jordan, Iraq led to formation of joint ops room between Iraqi forces, HTS, SDF, with US-Kurdish-Iraqi-Jordanian coordination. Aims to resolve potential clashes between PMF, which seized Rabia

X · Jan 17, 2025, 5:31 AM

[upbeat bay]

Hello @sudden imp so nice to hear from you! Are you a journalist?

[fickle fog]

I could check a Beirut name or two, at this point would likely be contacts of contacts…but used to know journalists there

[upbeat bay]

Thank you! Yes if any of those people wants to collaborate on an investigation let me know.

[sudden imp]

Yes

[analog rivet]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmn3jmm1yo

[analog rivet]

Gift link: https://wapo.st/4hangGQ

[faint verge]

Bizarre story of an actor who once portrayed Maher al-Asad returning to Syria, people making a joke about "Maher is back," and apparently Asadists believing it and starting an uprising that was quickly quelled?! I guess an accidentally good way to discover sleeper cells. https://x.com/abdalhadealani/status/1882950202929381806

Abd alhade alani (@abdalhadealani) on X

1- The story started with the return of the award-winning Syrian actor and director, Ghadhfan Ghanoum, to his homeland, Syria.

Ghanoum played the role of Maher al-Assad in the drama series "Smile O General", which portrays the brutality of the Assad regime and the rampant

X · Jan 25, 2025, 12:34 AM

[potent vigil]

the butterfly effect from a joke to armed convoys tracking sleeper cells, wow

[vital loom]

https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/01/26/fears-of-sectarian-violence-reigniting-in-syria-as-dozens-of-alawites-and-hts-fighters-reportedly-killed/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialsharebtn&related=TheNatWorld,NationalComment,LifeNationalUAE,NatSportUAE&via=TheNationalNews

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/communeinfo/296

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/communeinfo/316

[fading canopy]

From Bellingcat author Yörük Işık:

https://vxbsky.app/profile/yoruk.bsky.social/post/3lgtgo5bbws2c

[jolly iris]

Cw blood, injured child ||https://t.me/POPULARXFRONT/1625||

[fading canopy]

▶️ Really appreciate how folks in this channel, like ThePrimalCollective, consistently use content warnings/spoiler tags. Makes the space work better for everyone 🙏

---

https://sana.sy/en/?p=345511

[wild salmon]

HRW write up on war crimes committed by Turkish backed Syrian rebels, including the bombing of ambulances with drones https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/30/northeast-syria-apparent-war-crime-turkiye-backed-forces

[upbeat bay]

Still paywalled

[upbeat bay]

Hello @gaunt kelp are you still out there?

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/communeinfo/326

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/POPULARXFRONT/1640

[jolly iris]

https://rojavainformationcenter.org/2025/02/flash-update-usaid-freeze-impact-on-the-north-and-east-syria-region/

[jolly iris]

https://tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/weekly-highlights-02-02-25-08-02-25/

[faint verge]

One of the perpetrators of the Tadamon massacre appears to have been arrested. Monzer Jazairi / منذر جزائري https://x.com/qasemqt/status/1891504350427525343?s=46

Qasem (@Qasemqt) on X

منذر جزائري أحد مرتكبي مجزرة حي التضامن يعترف بقتل أكثر من 500 سوري

X · Feb 17, 2025, 3:05 PM

[vital loom]

https://bsky.app/profile/avischarf.bsky.social/post/3ligqv65ux22t

Avi Scharf (@avischarf.bsky.social)

Satellite imagery reveals Israel has built at least seven new bases in Syria, all along the buffer zone, from the Syrian Mt Hermon, down south towards tri-border area with Jordan

www.haaretz.co.il/news/politic...

Planet Labs PBC

Bluesky · Feb 18, 2025, 7:37 AM

[vital loom]

https://bsky.app/profile/glcarlstrom.bsky.social/post/3lillz3g6ts2b

Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom.bsky.social)

Homs, the cradle of the revolution, now exemplifies the biggest challenges in post-Assad Syria: crime is rampant; dozens of people have been targeted in sectarian revenge attacks; and the economic situation is increasingly desperate. www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Bluesky · Feb 20, 2025, 5:53 AM

[vale vapor]

Russia managed to get a Ropucha landing ship to evacuate what's left in Tartus.
https://bsky.app/profile/mtanderson.bsky.social/post/3limmduuxg22g

MT Anderson (@mtanderson.bsky.social)

🇷🇺Med Sea Flotilla🇷🇺
30cm📷 from the port of 🇸🇾Tartus on 17 Feb 2025

Confirmation that it was Ropucha Class LSD (Pr. 775 II) Alexandre Shabalin loading more 🇷🇺equipment for the transfer out of Syria

Either to Baltysk or perhaps like Baltic Leader (IMO: 9220639), to Algeria?

Likes

108

Bluesky · Feb 20, 2025, 3:32 PM

[analog rivet]

There's been a couple more US drone strikes (Hellfire R9X) over the past couple days, with one happening today.
Good thread this guy updates with R9X strikes on Syria:
https://x.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1892952858909176007?t=28E1STcAU0YdJ_wnTFIUow&s=19

Qalaat Al Mudiq (@QalaatAlMudiq) on X

#Syria: another US drone strike targeted a car with a Ninja R9X missile in Dana (N. #Idlib).
At least one dead (driver).
Previous strike was 6 days ago.

X · Feb 21, 2025, 3:01 PM

[teal whale]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/23/israel-war-gaza-ceasefire-news-hamas/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he was demanding the “complete demilitarization” of southern Syria, a shock announcement that his defense minister described as a “new policy” and that appeared to formalize Israel’s recent expansion into Syrian territory.

In a speech to Israeli military cadets, he said the Israel Defense Forces will remain inside Syria “indefinitely to protect our settlements and neutralize any threat.”

“Let it be clear — we will not allow HTS forces or the New Syrian Army to enter the area south of Damascus,” he said, referring to Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, the militant group presiding over Syria’s transition. “We demand the complete demilitarization of southern Syria in the Quneitra, Daraa and Suwayda provinces from the forces of the new regime.”

[teal flame]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/low-airplanes-series-blasts-heard-syrian-capital-witnesses-say-2025-02-25/

[teal whale]

https://www.reuters.com/world/israel-lobbies-us-keep-russian-bases-weak-syria-sources-say-2025-02-28/

[analog rivet]

https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1895897836274766169?t=mSaXseYl3dNBmtcVjz6KPA&s=19

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) on X

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have instructed the IDF to "prepare to defend" the Druze-majority city of Jaramana on the outskirts of Damascus in Syria.

A statement issued by Katz's office says the city is "currently under attack by the forces

X · Mar 1, 2025, 6:04 PM

[jolly iris]

Very new org, reliability unclear. https://mastodon.social/@Fajawat/114094587122366051

https://todon.eu/@b9AcE/114070813212113997

[next echo]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrxkm2evnlo

[vagrant roost]

Is there already a thread for today's massacres near Latakia?

[vivid lintel]

Nope! let me set one up

[vivid lintel]

Here: https://discord.com/channels/709752884257882135/1347612258007781509

[faint verge]

This video is circulating with people saying it's footage of current Syrian gov forces dropping barrel bombs on Alawite areas...but even I, not at all a munitions expert, can see they're not barrel bombs. In response to another tweet, someone wrote that this is a video from a month ago, from Tiktok, but I haven't been able to dig up the original, so not sure how true that is. (That it's horizontal suggests it wasn't made in TikTok, though?) https://x.com/EyesOnSouth1/status/1898054085288296648

Hussein (@EyesOnSouth1) on X

HTS regime dropping explosive barrels on Syrian coast citizens.

X · Mar 7, 2025, 4:52 PM

Geolocation of the video: https://x.com/putintintin1/status/1898024285907619992 (with a reply pointing out that whatever they're dropping would likely land in the water anyway)

Suhail AlGhazi (@putintintin1) on X

Geolocation is here (https://t.co/PsydMSqm2d) #Syria

X · Mar 7, 2025, 2:53 PM

[analog rivet]

They are Russian depth charges. I haven't had time to verify variant/model, but here's a RBG-25* (some sources incorrectly said this was a RGB-60 in photos) for reference. Russia has used them in Ukraine as rocket artillery as they are rocket propelled and some have proximity or impact fuzing.

[faint verge]

Here's the tweet saying (in Arabic) it's an old video, from TikTok (not "tuk-tuk" as Google Translate would have it!) https://x.com/Youssef1Yusuf/status/1898022898859737269

Gharib youssef (@Youssef1Yusuf) on X

@almo2tasem91 بلش الحمير تنشر الجحشنة. هذا مقطع قديم من شهر زتو كم قذيفة بالبحر ومقطع تكتوك. حاج جحشنة يا حمير

X · Mar 7, 2025, 2:48 PM

[teal whale]

I've not been plugged in for a while, trying to follow the news. It appears that on FB, X and Telegram, accounts associated with HTS are celebrsting some kind of effort to stamp out what they claim are Assad-aligned Alawite strongholds, and many reports and videos of unarmed men being gathered, abused and executed. I saw posts and images of several massacres and mass executions. You simply have to search. But I could not find news reports answering the question of why the new Syrian regime chose now to do it - were they waiting for military, political or diplomatic preparedness?

[faint verge]

In this story, an anonymous "security source" speaking to SANA claims the gov action is in response to Alawites assassinating security forces, and attributes the civilian deaths to "large, disorganized groups of people." Obviously take all with a grain of salt! (and warning: main pic on story when you click through is of dead bodies.) https://www.alhurra.com/syria/2025/03/07/أسقط-القناع-وزير-الدفاع-الإسرائيلي-يعلق-أحداث-الساحل-السوري

I also was not really paying attention recently, so no idea if/when security forces were killed by Alawites recently. (I remember issues a couple of months ago only, but I don't think it's that.)

BTW, interesting background story on al-Sharaa (helpful for me, who long ago gave up on following all the factional business in the Syria war). https://archive.ph/kcdYB

[analog rivet]

There were some ambushed by regime remnants which sparked this large operation and general mobilization where people were executed

[echo valve]

Syria hit by deadliest violence in years, leader calls for peace - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrias-sharaa-says-developments-within-expected-challenges-clashes-continue-arab-2025-03-09/

[teal whale]

So MAGA appears to have decided that Syria is their topic de jour, adding and amplifying insane amounts of disinformation that is hard to sift through. Have the clashes mostly stopped? Why are there claims that Christians were targeted from basically only the Western right wing and Assadists? All the evidence I've seen makes clear the victims of mass killings were Alawite.

[zinc oak]

There were also unsubstantiated claims that Druze and Kurds were attacked and tortured in Latakia.

[crystal mirage]

https://discord.com/channels/709752884257882135/1347612258007781509 we did create a thread for the March 7 incident if it's of use

[next echo]

Syria's president announces deal to integrate Kurdish-led SDF into state structure
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/03/syrias-president-announces-deal-integrate-kurdish-led-sdf-state-structure

[crystal mirage]

I'm removing this post as it's straight up murder of multiple people and too much to be posted here. If you want to verify if footage is old, the best thing to do is take a screenshot of the first frame and reverse google image search for it

anyone who wants the original video can DM you, but the best way to preserve mental health of members of the discord is to use screenshots of a violent video which do not show the deaths

geolocators can use these images

[royal kettle]

Thank you! I'm very sorry to breach protocol and bring distress, y'all. I'll keep this in mind in the future.

[charred crest]

In this new investigation, the Syrian Archive collected 4223 open source videos, photos, reports, and images of 460 incidents allegedly caused by Israeli forces between October 7, 2023 and January 31, 2025.
Full report: https://x.com/syrian_archive/status/1900229820757225502

SyrianArchive (@syrian_archive) on X

In this new investigation, the Syrian Archive collected  4223 open source videos, photos, reports, and images of 460 incidents allegedly caused by Israeli forces between October 7, 2023 and January 31, 2025.
Full report:
https://t.co/PwWBKguyik

X · Mar 13, 2025, 4:57 PM

[bright blaze]

https://syrianobserver.com/syrian-actors/north-press-obtains-draft-of-syrias-constitutional-declaration.html

[jolly iris]

Cw descriptions of violence ||
Popular Front: Syrian Massacre: Hunted Down by HTS

Episode webpage: https://www.patreon.com/popularfront

Media file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/popularfront/238ads.mp3?dest-id=687902 ||

[fading canopy]

US Sanctioned Panama-Flagged Tanker Reportedly Carrying Russian Crude Oil From Murmansk Headed to Syria

https://x.com/TankerTrackers/status/1901813153249517725
https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=51588

TankerTrackers.com, Inc. (@TankerTrackers) on X

BREAKING: For the very first time, Russia has just dispatched 1 million barrels of crude oil to Syria. Despite Syria’s 6-month sanctions waiver for oil imports by the outgoing Biden administration, the OFAC-blacklisted SABINA (9524451) has been tasked to deliver. Russia is using

X · Mar 18, 2025, 1:49 AM

[vale vapor]

Clashes at the border with Lebanon.
https://bsky.app/profile/warnoir.bsky.social/post/3lko3xk4vq22z

[winter flume]

flagging our latest on a massacre in Sanodar on March 7, there's some Maxar imagery of the mass graves too https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/17/middleeast/syria-massacre-alawite-minority-intl-invs

[jolly iris]

https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/114223685164104134

NetBlocks (@[email protected])

-# ↩ NetBlocks
ℹ️ Update: Internet access has been restored in Syria after a ~12 hour nation-scale outage; the Ministry of Communications identifies the cause as a sabotage campaign targeting fiber optics in areas around Homs and Damascus

Mastodon · Mar 25, 2025, 3:05 PM

[vital loom]

https://bsky.app/profile/sanjanamv.bsky.social/post/3llo3d2py5s2i

Sanjana Varghese (@sanjanamv.bsky.social)

We found evidence of the IDF setting up watchtowers, creating roads & more within the borders of Syria + Lebanon – with Samuel Granados & Aaron Boxerman www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Bluesky · Mar 31, 2025, 9:48 AM

[wild salmon]

It looks like Turkey will deploy air defence over Syria to help it hold against IDF attacks https://militarnyi.com/en/news/turkiye-to-deploy-air-defense-systems-in-syria-to-protect-against-israeli-attacks/

[open zephyr]

Israel attacked Hama airbase among other targets, possibly to block this move by Turkey
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/04/israel-carries-out-airstrikes-damascus-homs-hama-syria-tensions-flare
(archived https://archive.ph/WGnbT)

Syrian government statement

…these repeated attacks form part of a clear Israeli strategy to normalise violence once again within the country, undermining recovery efforts and entrenching a culture of impunity.
https://facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1550107265862253&set=a.1095139451359039
(archived https://archive.ph/1OJnV)

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/enhawarnews/9407

[teal whale]

https://x.com/AsaadHannaa/status/1907560751436300673

Asaad Sam Hanna (@AsaadHannaa) on X

A Turkish Israeli escalation is expected after Israel bomber three Syrian military bases and killed three Turkish Engineers as a message that Turkey is not welcomed in Syria.

X · Apr 2, 2025, 10:28 PM

[jolly iris]

https://qantara.de/en/article/mass-graves-syria-we-did-not-expect-so-few-survived

[azure hare]

https://x.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1909303050470314474

Qalaat Al Mudiq (@QalaatAlMudiq) on X

#Syria: following a tip-off, the Security forces raided a building in the town of Jablah (#Latakia province) and seized weapons & military equipment.

X · Apr 7, 2025, 5:51 PM

I identify the baofeng UV82 radios with their charging docks

and the rest might be anytone radios or a motorola radio

the guns look like AKM or AK-74

the one with the silencer might be PBS-1

[ember aspen]

I don't see a silencer in the picture. The AK74S (?) with the UGL has a standard ak74 style muzzle brake, if you mean that one.

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/enhawarnews/9481

[teal whale]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/11/israeli-military-organises-tourist-tours-of-newly-occupied-syrian-territory

[vivid lintel]

Hi! i deleted this and timed you out

Please take the week to get better acquainted with the tone of the server and the types of comments that we value here

[next echo]

Israel confirms talks with Turkey in Azerbaijan, lays out its ‘red line’ in Syria
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-confirms-talks-with-turkey-in-azerbaijan-lays-out-its-red-line-in-syria/

During the meeting, Israel “made it unequivocally clear that any change in the deployment of foreign forces in Syria, in particular the establishment of Turkish bases in the Palmyra (Tadmor) area, is a red line,” the official says.

The official adds that Israel has made it clear that preventing any such activity “is the responsibility of the government in Damascus. Any activity that endangers Israel will threaten the rule of [Syrian President Ahmed] al-Sharaa.”

[open zephyr]

https://npasyria.com/en/124355/
(archived https://archive.ph/5OUOH)

[jolly iris]

https://x.com/SyrianFeanor/status/1911699804297576512?t=1e9dUKW7e7h5O7E6G9Ws-Q&s=19

SyFëanor (@SyrianFeanor) on X

🇸🇾 #Latakia:

Huge explosion in Latakia, reportedly in Sqoubin barracks where foreign military factions reside.

X · Apr 14, 2025, 8:35 AM

Escalating security tensions in Daraa

At least five people were killed and others injured in shootings amid escalating security tensions in Daraa.

https://hawarnews.com/en/escalating-security-tensions-in-daraa

[nocturne roost]

@daring prawn i talk with syria researchers tooo adn they have the same assessment

@daring prawn what happened in the coast is presented as gov affiliated militias targeting Alewite civilians as such which is not what happened

This is still as bad as ever. Indeed the article on the recent massacres in Western Syria is the worst I've ever seen it. 10,000 words and not a single suggestion that former Assad militias also killed civilians.

[daring prawn]

OK thankyou i will look into it

[nocturne roost]

Read news from reliable sources and primary ones

Wikipedia does not only have an Assadist problem but the Assadist wiki is one of the most blatant abuses

[nocturne roost]

It has been this bad since at least 2013

[next echo]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/us-withdrawing-troops-syria.html
(https://archive.is/hqqRg)

The military is shuttering three of its eight small operating bases in the country’s northeast, reducing troop levels to about 1,400 from 2,000, two senior U.S. officials said.

After 60 days, the officials said, American commanders will assess whether to make additional cuts. Commanders have recommended keeping at least 500 U.S. troops in Syria, one of the officials said.

[nocturne roost]

Syria bsky list: https://bsky.app/profile/azelin.bsky.social, https://bsky.app/profile/saladinaldronni.bsky.social, https://bsky.app/profile/simnasr.bsky.social , https://bsky.app/profile/thomasvlinge.bsky.social , https://bsky.app/profile/nrg8000.bsky.social

[faint verge]

Trump administration shared intelligence files with Austin Tice's family, and according to family, the files show that previous administrations knew where he was the whole time (apparently in a specific prison) but they don't know now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/01/austin-tice-intelligence-syria/

Archived version: https://archive.ph/3OKux

[hard glacier]

Anyone remember Kevin Dawes?
https://www.millerchevalier.com/publication/miller-chevalier-wins-50-million-judgment-against-syria-behalf-imprisoned-american

[potent vigil]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-tower-damascus-syria-seeks-charm-us-president-sanctions-relief-2025-05-11/

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-may-ease-sanctions-syria-2025-05-12/

[ancient fog]

https://bsky.app/profile/qusaynoor.net/post/3lp4skrc53k2d

Qusay Noor (@qusaynoor.net)

The #Syrian Presidency has announced that #President Ahmad Al-Shara will deliver a televised address to the #Syrian people this evening at 10:00 PM #Damascus time.

Bluesky · May 14, 2025, 10:37 AM

[golden plover]

https://offbeatresearch.com/2025/05/reclaiming-life-under-assads-rubble/

[green chasm]

the American flag is now flying over the US embassy in Damascus

[jolly iris]

https://t.me/enhawarnews/11439

[faint verge]

Growth of mass graves at Najha cemetery https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/03/world/middleeast/syria-mass-grave-assad-regime.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk8.Yi1H.N4RGRjrSrUuI&smid=url-share

[vital loom]

https://fixupx.com/ThomasVLinge/status/1945457959162511741

Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge)

Syria BREAKING: Israeli strikes once again hit the Ministry of Defense in the center of Damascus.
︀︀
︀︀Caught live on television.

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FixupX · Jul 16, 2025, 12:18 PM

[teal whale]

https://x.com/AJArabic/status/1945464597814694163
Full video of Israel destroying it.

قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic)

توثيق كاميرا #الجزيرة للحظة القصف الإسرائيلي على مقر هيئة الأركان السورية في #دمشق قبل قليل
#الجزيرة_سوريا #الأخبار

X · Jul 16, 2025, 12:44 PM

[teal whale]

Urgent | Israel's Channel 12 quoting a U.S. official: The Trump administration requested Israel to halt its attacks and open a dialogue with the #Damascus government
https://x.com/AJABreaking/status/1945484973332693497

الجزيرة - عاجل (@AJABreaking)

عاجل | القناة ١٢ الإسرائيلية عن مسؤول أمريكي: إدارة ترمب طلبت من إسرائيل وقف هجماتها وفتح حوار مع حكومة #دمشق

X · Jul 16, 2025, 2:05 PM

[remote sequoia]

SWIR satellite footage from Tuesday indicates the extent of the current conflict in as-Suwayda in Syria between Bedouin, Syrian and Druze forces.

There are fires coming from the North-Western part of as-Suwayda, near address PGGX+JH8, As Suwayda, Syrien. Also a lot of fires in central.

Source: Sentinel-2 L2A SWIR

[ember aspen]

Ehm, how do you get to that from this image?
I'm not quite familiar with SWIR imagery and i suppose, many people on this server aren't either.

[remote sequoia]

smoke, fire

https://www.euspaceimaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/EUSI-SWIR.pdf

Older images over the region before conflict does not show any such indications.

[coral sluice]

Does anyone have any material on the overall state of Syria/Israel relations, and any indications as to Israels ultimate goals. Bonus if there's info on what's happening with the Syrian Government and the Druze community?

[teal whale]

Currently, much discourse in Arabic has to do with a theory (also voiced by some Turkish commentators and members of government) that Israel seeks to establish a "David's corridor", that is to say they want pro-Israel Druze control over the south of Damascus and a pathway to the Kurds in the north east as a strategy to contain the Sunni Arab dominated regions and keep Syria fragmented. It's been around for quite a while but no clear evidence I've seen that it is an official Israel-US policy. Especially given Türkiye and Iraqi's concerns that Israel wants to arm Kurdish separatists across the region. Proponents of the theory feel more and more vindicated as Israel's involvement in southern Syria intensifies.
https://syrianobserver.com/foreign-actors/israels-strategic-ambitions-in-syria-fragmentation-the-david-corridor-and-confrontation-with-turkey.html

[teal whale]

Here is a useful two-part piece analyzing the relationship from April: https://levant24.com/articles/2025/04/israels-post-assad-strategy-in-syria-the-southern-push-and-its-aims/
https://levant24.com/articles/2025/04/israels-post-assad-strategy-in-syria-blowback-turkey-and-the-regional-chessboard/
(It is from a pro-Damascus perspective).

[gritty urchin]

The Druze were one of the few groups willing to work with Jews in the region during and after the Holocaust. They fought alongside them in '48 to establish the modern state of Israel after peace talks with Palestine fell apart. This bond has lasted to this day, with Druze making up a disproportionate number of IDF volunteers. There are those significant factions in Netanyahu's coalition who want to use this as an excuse to annex the Druze part of Syria. Notably, most Druze support this. Many Israelis at least think that the state of Israel owes it's existence in part to the Druze. Most of today's Israeli-Druze population can trace its roots back to '67 after Syria joined the war against Israel

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-and-overview-of-the-israeli-druze

[teal whale]

It may cause confusion in this particular context to refer to "the Druze" as one group. A ley issue is that Syrian Druze are torn between Syria's new government and Israeli Druze. A major Druze community also exists in Lebanon, publicly opposing Israeli involvement and what they call "sedition" against Damascus.
https://x.com/druzecouncil/status/1945867608483328115
Also it's worth noting that Jewish Virtual Library is not a particularly historically valid encyclopedia. It is banned as a source on Wikipedia for issues of factually and impartiality.

Druze Council (@druzecouncil)

سماحة شيخ العقل التقى وزير الأشغال وتواصل مع السفير السعودي: "نرفض الفتنة وعلى الدولة السورية تحمل مسؤولية ما حصل في السويداء"

https://t.co/E6NxbRZICX

X · Jul 17, 2025, 3:26 PM

[gritty urchin]

Agreed. There are like 3 main Druze factions. The biggest wants intervention and independence, but the other two are pro being-absorbed-by-Syria

As goes for most groups, especially in the Middle East, people are not a monolith

3 main in Syria I should say lol

[grim atlas]

I dont want to post it here unnecessarily because of the shocking contents, but have you guys seen the video about the guys being forced to jump of a building? Im trying to figure out if it is real and recent.

[gritty urchin]

It's not the most twisted thing I've seen done against Druze en masse, but it is up there. Like the Kurds, there are reasons they hesitate to give up their arms

[teal whale]

I saw it but also didn't know how to check if it is recent or from a while ago. In the video nothing is said that indicates who the victims are or their sect. The perpetrators' takbir at the end also doesn't narrow down which faction they may be (from the Sunni mujahid groups). There could be a chance of geolocation based on the balcony view. I've seen a bunch of pro-gov Syrian commentators claim the men forced to jump were captured snipers, but zero evidence of that, plus we saw mass executions of unarmed civilians in Alawite-majority regions by similar groups.

It seems the men murdered were identified and it was indeed from the recent fighting. (Warning, video is also in link.)
||https://x.com/SarahAmer_8/status/1946513718843433144||

[crystal mirage]

I'm short on time today so I can't do this myself, but to check if a video has circulated online previously, take a screenshot of the first frame and do a Google image search

[teal whale]

First time I tried that I got a strange error "searches for people are limited" or something like that. Now it works and video appears to be from this week for sure.

[pale dirge]

That is strange indeed for a picture of a doorway

I also got results from today and yesterday only.

Which is not 100% conclusive that it is new, but an indication.

[grim atlas]

Yeah I tried that. Oldest match was from July 18th.

[grim atlas]

Thanks for sharing.

[grim atlas]

It seems to have been geolocated as well: (Link has shocking screenshot of video): ||https://x.com/obretix/status/1946547128207089949||

[open zephyr]

A US envoy doubled down on Washington’s support for the new government in Syria, saying Monday there is no Plan B to working with the current authorities to unite the country still reeling from a nearly 14-year civil war and now wracked by a new outbreak of sectarian violence. He took a critical tone toward Israel’s recent intervention in Syria, calling it poorly timed and saying that it complicated efforts to stabilize the region.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/07/21/us-envoy-doubles-down-on-support-for-syrias-government-and-criticizes-israels-intervention
(archived https://archive.ph/ylJUD)

[vivid lintel]

Hi! I'm deleting this as per our #rules against sharing graphic content

[teal whale]

There are some voices in DC, a few particular members of the Kurdish lobby and the Israel lobby, who explicitly advocate for a Israel-Druze-Kurdish corridor through southern Syria. For instance, an article published by pro-Israel think tank Mid East Forum yesterday explicitly advocates for this:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/23/us-must-support-freedom-corridor-kurds-druze/
It appears to clash with the position taken by Trump's Special Envoy to Syria.

[teal whale]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly84jn000do

Everyone here, doctors, nurses, volunteers say the same thing.

That last Wednesday evening, it was Syrian government troops targeting the Druze religious community who came to the hospital and carried out the killings.

https://x.com/suwayda24/status/1948299385105756310
Pro-government or anti-Druze sectarian Syrians are claiming that the presence of a handful of dead security force members at the hospital are evidence it was a clash or committed by Druze, or going so far as to claim it was Druze dressed up as security forces committing a flase flag massacre of Druze. But the preponderance of testimony from the hospital states that it was government-affiliated forces.

The question continues to be whether Damascus is incapable of controlling armed factions, or if it is simply maintaining plausible deniability while allowing them a free hand to crush others sects.

السويداء 24 (@suwayda24)

#شاهد: الدكتور أسامة قندلفت مدير الصحة في السويداء والدكتور أكرم نعيم الطبيب الشرعي يوضحان في لقاء مع السويداء 24 حول ما أُثير قضية دفن اكثر من مئة جثة من أبناء السويداء بمقبرة جماعية بحضور ا...

X · Jul 24, 2025, 8:29 AM

[faint verge]

More on Austin Tice, although TBH I can't tell which part is new info -- may be more obvious to someone who has been following this more carefully https://wapo.st/4mdwa91

[gaunt kelp]

Elizabeth Tsurkov freed after over two years held hostage in Iraq. Liza is now at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq!
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/middleeast/elizabeth-tsurkov-hostage-released-iraq.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

[pale dirge]

https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/syrias-stolen-children/

[azure cosmos]

As folks have pointed out in the replies, the Arabic word for "submission" is "Islam"
https://bsky.app/profile/insideukraine.bsky.social/post/3lzhdphjkk22n

Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@insideukraine.bsky.social)

US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack:

Peace is an illusion. There has never been peace.

There will probably never be peace.

Somebody wants dominance, which means somebody has to submit. There is no Arabic word for submit. They can't wrap their head around submit.

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Bluesky · Sep 22, 2025, 9:22 PM

[last sand]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15155657/Former-Syrian-president-Bashar-Assad-hospitalised-poisoning-assassination-attempt-respected-rights-group-says.html

[open zephyr]

writeups on the recent Syrian election

The authorities resorted to an indirect voting system rather than universal suffrage, alluding to a lack of reliable population data following the war …
Sunday’s vote saw around 6,000 members of regional electoral colleges choose candidates from preapproved lists, part of a process to produce nearly two-thirds of the new 210-seat body. President Ahmed al-Sharaa will later select the remaining third.
Citing security and political reasons, authorities postponed the vote in areas outside government control, including Kurdish-held parts of Syria’s north and northeast, as well as the province of Suwayda, held by the Druze minority. Those suspensions left 21 seats empty.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/6/syria-declares-results-of-1st-parliamentary-poll-amid-inclusivity-concerns
(archived https://archive.ph/GvWL9)

The People’s Assembly will be tasked with passing a new elections law and constitution …
There was no direct popular vote in this election. … The new parliament will serve a 30-month term while preparing for future elections.
In theory, 7,000 electoral college members across 60 districts are eligible to vote for 140 seats, but elections were postponed indefinitely in Sweida province and in areas controlled by the [SDF] due to tensions between the local authorities and Damascus.
https://apnews.com/article/syria-parliamentary-election-dbfad7aecf13bfe0f005191479566808
(archived https://archive.ph/NZTu7)

Mr. al-Shara’s government set up an electoral committee to run the process. The committee appointed regional bodies that chose members of local electoral councils; the local councils chose the lawmakers.
…
Mr. al-Shara’s government has barred all activity by Assad-era political parties, as well as opposition parties that had worked in exile during the civil war.
(my emphasis)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/world/middleeast/syria-elections-parliament.html
(archived https://archive.ph/7hF2N)

[pale dirge]

https://bskye.app/profile/trbrtc.bsky.social/post/3m3cpt6o4v22p
The article was freely available for me.

[next echo]

https://apnews.com/article/syria-kurds-sdf-mazloum-abdi-army-merger-alsharaa-8de0ee121b7a475fbbc27cbe46784f32

[terse loom]

Does anyone know if there are online Syrian court records - Constitutional court, etc.?

[gaunt kelp]

There is no official constitutional court website or online archive of decisions in Syria. The practical avenue for any specific ruling is offline requests through Damascus courts/ministry of justice or local counsel, and occasional mentions in the official newspapers!

[terse loom]

That's what I figured

thanks

[crystal mirage]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/world/middleeast/us-forces-attacked-syria.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.XYRC.ATfyJTRAV4nP&smid=nytcore-android-share

https://x.com/i/status/1999883271035822281

U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM)

U.S. Personnel Ambushed by ISIS Gunman in Syria

TAMPA, Fla. – On Dec. 13, two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian were killed, and three service members were injured, as a result of an ambush by a lone ISIS gunman in Syria. The gunman was engaged and killed.

As a matter

X · Dec 13, 2025, 4:45 PM

[vestal seal]

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251226-anger-in-israel-as-turkey-deploys-radar-systems-in-syria/

The article claims that:

The move is expected to significantly limit Israel’s freedom of movement in Syrian airspace. It could also affect Israel’s ability to use Syrian airspace to carry out operations in other areas, including Iran.

And that

An Israeli security source told the website that the possibility of Turkey establishing a military base in Syria represents a “potential threat”. The source added: “If a Turkish air base is established, this would harm Israel’s freedom of action in Syria.”

Also recently

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251219-saudi-arabia-welcomes-us-decision-to-lift-caesar-act-sanctions-on-syria/

Syria’s sanctions haven’t all been lifted according to https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/what-lifting-us-sanctions-means-syrias-transition

3. Does the repeal mean all sanctions on Syria are lifted?
   Not all. The repeal of the Caesar Act removes a central component of the U.S. sanctions framework, but it does not amount to a full lifting of sanctions yet.
   Syria remains designated by the United States as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, a status that carries significant legal and financial restrictions, particularly in sensitive sectors and access to the international financial system. This designation will likely be removed within the next few weeks.

but the Caesar act has been repealed as of few days ago (source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2296/text)

Which has been one of the most restrictive ones out there (source: https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/what-lifting-us-sanctions-means-syrias-transition)

1. What exactly changed with the repeal of the Caesar Act?
   The repeal of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act removes one of the most restrictive and uncertainty-producing elements of the U.S. sanctions framework on Syria. Legally, it ends the authorities that allowed for broad secondary sanctions on non-U.S. individuals, companies, and financial institutions engaging with Syria. Politically, it signals a recalibration in U.S. policy toward engagement and economic stabilization rather than prolonged isolation.

There isnt an official snap back mechanism (source: https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/what-lifting-us-sanctions-means-syrias-transition)

4. Is there a snapback mechanism?
   No. The repeal of the Caesar Act does not include an automatic “snapback” mechanism that would reinstate its sanctions if specific conditions are not met.
   Instead, the current framework relies on oversight and reporting, not automatic reimposition.

Its important to note that other sanctions were lifted beforehand (source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/world/middleeast/syria-trump-repeal-sanctions-caesar-act.html)

The repeal of the measure, known as the Caesar Act, follows the earlier removal of other U.S. sanctions.…

And if anyone is curious about the state of EU sanctions

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/syria/timeline-syria/

Here is a timeline of the EU policies in syria

[vital loom]

https://bsky.app/profile/english.lemonde.fr/post/3mblgw7cfnq2x

Le Monde in English (@english.lemonde.fr)

UK and France strike IS site in Syria

-# UK and France strike IS site in Syria
The British defense ministry said warplanes had targeted an underground facility where members of the Islamic State group are suspected to have stored weapons.

Bluesky · Jan 4, 2026, 7:52 AM

[vestal seal]

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260108-syrian-army-and-sdf-trade-blame-over-escalation-in-aleppo/

ofcourse

[fading canopy]

US Central Command discloses strikes today "throughout Syria" targeting ISIS in response to attack on U.S. and Syrian forces in Palmyra, Syria, on Dec. 13, 2025. (Source: @CENTCOM / X (link)

The X post includes strike footage.

[austere flower]

Following that, has there been research into claims, especially regarding claims about sdf shelling?

[open zephyr]

😐 https://bskye.app/profile/ypj.bsky.social/post/3mcmtfwfkc22t

[fading canopy]

Several developments reported today:

• Tabqa Dam has fallen under Syrian army control.
• al-Omar field seized by government forces Sunday

and:

Siyamend Ali, spokesperson for the YPG, the main component of the SDF, says a prison holding ISIL (ISIS) members in the town of al-Shaddadi is currently out of the control of the group following heavy fighting.

Al Jazeera English is providing live updates

[fading canopy]

Summary/Update from Phil Stewart, national security reporter for Reuters:

Phil Stewart (@phildstewart)

(Reuters) - Syrian government troops tightened their grip across a swathe of northern and eastern territory on Monday after it was abruptly abandoned by Kurdish forces in a dramatic shift that has consolidated President Ahmed al-Sharaa's rule.

A day after the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, once the main U.S. ally in Syria, agreed to quit large areas under a ceasefire, the sides reported new clashes. The Syrian army said "a number of" Islamic State militants had escaped a prison that had been under SDF control in the eastern city of Shaddadi, accusing the SDF of releasing them.

The SDF said it had lost control of the prison following an attack by government fighters. The Syrian army denied attacking the jail and said its forces would work to secure the prison and re-arrest the escapees.

The SDF said Shaddadi prison had held thousands of militants. The army did not say how many IS detainees had fled.

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jan 19, 2026, 9:01 PM

[teal whale]

https://x.com/ragipsoylu/status/2013609020339175439?s=20

Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu)

BREAKING - Syrian Defense Ministry vows to protect Kurdish people in Syria, pledging that its forces won't enter Kurdish villagaes and towns.

" The army is a fortress for all Syrians, and its goal is to restore stability and protect government institutions," it says

X · Jan 20, 2026, 1:46 PM

https://x.com/ThomasVLinge/status/2013592531657744444?s=20

Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge)

Tense standoff at the Turkish-Syrian border in Nusaybin as dozens of Kurds demand passage, hoping to cross and join the YPG in its defense against the Syrian government.

Syria

X · Jan 20, 2026, 12:40 PM

[open zephyr]

https://bskye.app/profile/jamesstout.bsky.social/post/3mct6kzw3gk2m

[jolly iris]

The Women’s Coordination of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of the Euphrates Canton has called on international forces and humanitarian and human rights organizations to assume their legal and moral responsibilities, intensify efforts to lift the siege imposed on the city of Kobani, and open a humanitarian corridor to allow the entry of humanitarian aid.

https://hawarnews.com/en/calls-to-lift-siege-on-kobani-and-allow-humanitarian-aid

[teal whale]

https://x.com/Gaza24Live/status/2037455941327589761?s=20

The Israeli occupying army storms the town of Jibata al-Khashab in the northern countryside of Quneitra, south of Syria, raids the home of journalist Muhammad Fahd, Syria TV correspondent, assaults members of his family, and destroys the contents of the home, before withdrawing to the military base in the Jibata al-Khashab nature reserve.

غزة 24 | التغطية مستمرة (@Gaza24Live)

عاجل | جيش الاحتلال الإسرائيلي يقتحم بلدة جباتا الخشب في ريف القنيطرة الشمالي جنوب #سوريا ويداهم منزل الصحفي محمد فهد، مراسل تلفزيون سوريا، ويعتدي على أفراد عائلته ويخرب محتويات المنزل، قبل ...

X · Mar 27, 2026, 9:05 AM

[teal whale]

Israel is seriously creating conditions for a Syrian front to open up against it, despite the careful and painfully cautious policy of the new government.
https://x.com/i/status/2039443381957329190

Tamer | تامر (@tamerqdh)

لليلة الثانية، مظاهرات في الجنوب السوري تضامناً مع الأسرى الفلسطينيين في معسكرات الاعتقال الإسرائيلية.

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X · Apr 1, 2026, 8:42 PM

[teal whale]

The reaction to Israel's execution law has been quite fierce across the region. Here is one group of Syrians threatening to start firing rockets if executions are carried out.
https://x.com/i/status/2039443504141570259

أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif (@AnasAlSharif0)

مواطن سوري من درعا جنوب سوريا:

”لن تنطلق الصواريخ من إيران نحو الكيان فقط، بل سنشعل الحدود السورية معه أيضًا.”

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X · Apr 1, 2026, 8:43 PM

[teal whale]

Israeli provocations at this moment are likely to lead to attempts at reprisal
https://x.com/i/status/2040355789282451580

Quds News Network (@QudsNen)

The aftermath of the Israeli bombardment of a home in the town of Ain Baal, Lebanon.

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X · Apr 4, 2026, 9:08 AM

[teal whale]

https://x.com/clashreport/status/2043613263187832994?s=20

Clash Report (@clashreport)

BIG: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Syria:

Israel’s postponed policies toward Syria carry certain risks.

Because of the ongoing war in Iran, Israel may not be taking certain steps right now, but that does not mean it will not do so later.

It may simply not be their

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X · Apr 13, 2026, 8:52 AM