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🔍 Beyond #Syria, #ArmedGroups & #Migration | 📹 @ARTEfr | Bylines: @Mediapart, @BBC, @Guardian & more | 📖 L’Asphyxie | Lack the body to do militias modeling!
The collapse of the Assad regime has turned Syria's Sweida province into a dangerous flash point. @Santiagomontag and @HussamHamoud report for @newlinesmag on how sectarian fears, local militias and outside powers are colliding. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/desp…
After a week of unprecedented calm here in Kyiv (with US envoy Keith Kellogg in town), Russian drones are returning. Active air defence and explosions across the city intermittently over the past few hours.
We’re now negotiating with Israel for a ceasefire in our own country?! What’s happening?
BREAKTHROUGH —— Israeli Prime Minister @Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa @SyPresidency supported by the U.S.A. @SecRubio have agreed to a ceasefire embraced by Türkiye, Jordan and its neighbors. We call upon Druze, Bedouins, and Sunnis to put down their weapons and…
The collapse of the Assad regime has turned Syria's Sweida province into a dangerous flash point. With @Santiagomontag, our report for @newlinesmag on how sectarian fears, local militias and outside powers are colliding. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/desp…
The video shows the attackers with swords, including a security officer spotted among the crowd, as well as the moment when the activist filming the scene was assaulted.
🧵1/ Today in Damascus, peaceful protesters against massacres from both sides in Sweida were brutally attacked by pro-government thugs armed with sticks and knives, where? In front of the parliament. Who was watching with do nothing? general security.