Karim Franceschi
@karimfranceschi
Independent military author and researcher. Transnational rebel.
Hard to believe, but they held. The jihadist wave came like a flood, trucks full of zealots chanting for blood, believing Suwayda would fall by nightfall. But the Druze didn’t scatter. They stood. They bled. They fought for every inch. A thread, 🧵
Thank you, @kajakallas, for your leadership & generosity with EU taxpayers’ money. The Salafi-jihadist Syrian Interim Government can finally upgrade its genocidal means.
The EU and its partners just pledged €5.8 billion for Syria and its neighbours. This will support Syria at a crucial time of transition and address the dire needs on the ground. This is a chance for the people of Syria to seize the moment and shape their own destiny.
I warned this would happen. Many downplayed it. Now BBC confirms what locals have been saying: a massacre in Suwayda. Syrian govt forces executed patients in hospital beds—sectarian war crimes targeting Druze civilians. Watch the footage. This is on all of us.