Kareem Shaheen

Hey, Satan!

The Assad regime's once-feared security state crumbled from within because it failed to adapt to the information age, writes Kamal Shahin in a new investigative essay for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/how-…

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…

This is one of the most horrific videos to emerge from the current clashes in Sweida. Pro-government fighters, shouting religious slogans, force three men to throw themselves from their home, then shoot them in the process. Assad-style executions that must not go unpunished.

Excellent piece by @CP__Ward on violence in Syria's Druze region. He had interviewed the sheikh whose beard was cut off in a viral video that circulated this week, & wrote presciently about the tinderbox of Bedouin-Druze conflict last month @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/spotlight/esca…

🚨 You recall the elderly Druze man whose beard was shaved by pro-government thugs in Sweida? @CP__Ward met him recently. Crucial reporting, including on who he is and how he couldn’t have been mistaken for a combatant or aa hostile. For @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/spotlight/esca…

Very astute analysis of the Israeli bombings

As the far right continues to rise across France, an underground music scene has become a vital space for Arab diaspora artists as they struggle to forge new identities, writes @o_nechi for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in-p…

Despite a poor showing at the Club World Cup, African soccer may be on the cusp of emerging from Europe’s shadow, boosted by management reforms, returning diaspora stars and Morocco’s example, @clashcorporate reports for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/afri…

I just want to go one month without Israel bombing somebody

That’s a province with a population of less than 5m people has more measles cases than all the United States. Not per capita: actual cases.

This prescient piece we published last month by @CP__Ward is super important: In Syria’s Sweida, a fragile peace between Druze and Bedouin communities is unraveling, fueled by mistrust, vendettas and a dangerous security vacuum @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in-s…

Seven months after Assad’s fall, the mines the war left behind are among the gravest dangers to Syria’s civilians, writes @tamaradavison_ for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-…

Turkish government policies that are clearing the way for mining, tourism and unchecked development are also fueling unprecedented forest fires in the country, show @ChericiSofia and @Aylinelci in this @newlinesmag investigation. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

An important update.

Horrific: An apocalyptic scene from one of the so-called “humanitarian distribution sites” of GHF in Gaza today. Does this look like humane to you?

This should be on every major news site.

Elderly couple wanted to have a break from the relentless Israeli bombing of Gaza.. They went to spent some time on the beach, but Israeli missile KILLED the old lady and wounded her old husband!

Happy Canada Day! My beloved country, the true north strong and free. (image by Radarsat via @csa_asc) asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/multimedia…