Ahmad Barotchi
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Those SAA paratroopers who were supposed to drop on Hama ended up dropping on Kobane. 😉 x.com/sayfaniq/statu…
Extremely important case to follow : More than 12,000 Alawite fighters, the vast majority of whom are former SAA soldiers, are being trained by the SDF in northeastern Syria.
Committee head, Jumaa al-Anzi: - "The state is serious about holding all officials accountable from all ranks, and the coming days will reveal this." - "Victim families reported that [#Assad regime] remnants used their areas to attack security forces.”
The findings of #Syria's Coastal Violence investigation have been released -- summary: - 1,426 people killed (civilians + former #Assad elements) - 480 arson attacks - 298 suspects ID'd - 230 gov't forces killed - 265 suspects ID'd All evidence passed to public prosecutor.
"The responsibility for what happened in #Suwayda falls on everyone.. but we hold Sheikh al-Hijri responsible as there must be flexibility in such situations.. The state must be the one with authority.. #Syria is one state, not two." - #Lebanon's #Druze leader, Sami Abi al-Mona.
The findings of #Syria's Coastal Violence investigation have been released -- summary: - 1,426 people killed (civilians + former #Assad elements) - 480 arson attacks - 298 suspects ID'd - 230 gov't forces killed - 265 suspects ID'd All evidence passed to public prosecutor.
On July 14 & 15, #Suwayda's #Druze, Christian & civil leaders agreed ceasefire & security deals with #Syria's gov't -- but Hikmat al-Hijri revoked both, triggering more hostilities. Hijri's spoiling role triggered significant anger among wider #Suwayda leader circles. 1/2
In the Israeli Knesset Today: “Meeting of the Lobby for the Renewal of Jewish Settlement in the Gaza Strip Topic: "The Gaza Riviera – From Vision to Reality" “ This isn't just some right-wing fantasy. They mean it. They're planning what comes after ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
what's maddening is that this has been obvious from the beginning but there have been so many people pretending that this isn't what's happening
In the Israeli Knesset Today: “Meeting of the Lobby for the Renewal of Jewish Settlement in the Gaza Strip Topic: "The Gaza Riviera – From Vision to Reality" “ This isn't just some right-wing fantasy. They mean it. They're planning what comes after ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
#Syria: as of yesterday, the conflict in #Suwayda has displaced over 93,000 people, according to OCHA - marking the largest displacement since the fall of Assad.
Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra is directly overseeing the investigation into military abuses in Suwayda, vowing zero tolerance even for Defense Ministry members. All those seen in the shocking footage will be investigated, with findings to follow.
The Defense and Interior Ministries condemned circulating videos of field executions in Suwayda, and launched an urgent investigation to identify the perpetrators, and vowed the harshest penalties, stressing that no unauthorized groups are allowed in the military operations zone.
#Syria: the fact-finding committee tasked to investigate the killings on the Coast early March released its results in a press conference (some highlights): - 33 sites were visited - over 230 Security/military personnel were killed by Assadists (265 suspects identified) - some…
المتحدث الرسمي للجنة الوطنية للتحقيق وتقصي الحقائق بأحداث الساحل المحامي ياسر الفرحان خلال مؤتمر صحفي: 📌 تحققت اللجنة من أسماء 1426 قتيلاً منهم 90 امرأة والبقية مدنيون وعسكريون سابقون أجروا تسويات 📌 ركزت اللجنة على تقصي هوية الفاعلين بوسائل متعددة ومنها فحص الأدلة الرقمية…
“Strong nation states are a threat — especially Arab states are viewed as a threat to Israel,” US envoy Tom Barrack says, suggesting Israel would prefer to see Syria fragmented and divided rather than a strong central state in control of the country. english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-ea…
For no reason: Palestinian man walks with hands up in Hebron — Israeli soldier shoots him in the back.
Most doctors in most Gaza hospitals involved in ‘terrorist activities' says Israel Special Trade Envoy
Top Druze leader issues an important statement on Sweida. He says his guesthouse was burned & his father’s grave desecrated by Israel-backed Sheikh Hikmat Hajri thugs for rejecting violence & foreign agendas. Accuses them of lies, disinfo, betrayal & pushing sectarian deals.
One reason the U.S. may be losing patience with Israel is its choice of a proxy, which is rather strange given Israel's strategic campaign against Tehran in the region. Here is Syrian Druze leader Hikmat al-Hijri receiving a delegation of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, an Iraqi…
Top Druze leader issues an important statement on Sweida. He says his guesthouse was burned & his father’s grave desecrated by Israel-backed Sheikh Hikmat Hajri thugs for rejecting violence & foreign agendas. Accuses them of lies, disinfo, betrayal & pushing sectarian deals.
Horseshoe theory is real and the convergence point is Syria x.com/michaeldweiss/…
One reason the U.S. may be losing patience with Israel is its choice of a proxy, which is rather strange given Israel's strategic campaign against Tehran in the region. Here is Syrian Druze leader Hikmat al-Hijri receiving a delegation of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, an Iraqi…
🚨AFP issues a statement saying this is the 1st time in their entire history their journalists on the ground face death by starvation
What is endlessly cruel, is that 1500 civilians of Bedouin tribes have had to choose between being hostages & being displaced from their hometowns after witnessing massacres and ethnic cleansing — yet the simple narrative of a sectarian Islamophobe will still have you believe the…
To be fair Sikora is never knowingly correct about anything September 2020… dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…