Marga Zambrana
@zambranamar
Journalist. In Istanbul since 2013, covering 🇹🇷🇸🇾🇮🇶🇮🇷 and elsewhere, via China 🇨🇳 (2003) and Spain🇪🇸 UE (BC) Freelance mercenary. Precariodismos.
Exclusive insight from @SyriaTransition: a behind-the-scenes look at the failed Israeli-Syrian talks — with analysis by @RichOutzen and @OmerOzkizilcik open.substack.com/pub/margaritaz…
"They call us separatists to justify repression": Druze denounce the exploitation of conflict in Syria @ErdemOzanTR open.substack.com/pub/margaritaz…
What is missing from this analysis is the economic dimension. Suwayda is not agriculturally or industrially self-sufficient and has no banking system. Jordan is hostile to the Captagon trade and Israel can't bail Suwayda out. Suwayda is not viable economically without Damascus
Syrian government didn’t have a lot of choice, it wants to keep support from Washington and doesn’t want to have to deal with Israeli airstrikes; it has been told basically not to secure Suwayda and instead remove Bedouin from the area and separate them from the Druze. If it lets…
These two photos I'm sharing, which initially circulated online as evidence of massacred Bedouin civilians, have been traced to the videos also attached now confirming the victims were in fact Druze civilians, who were hauled into a main square in Suwayda and executed. Hosam…
Thanks to @zambranamar and @ElEspanol for including my perspective on the ongoing situation in Sweida, Syria. elespanol.com/mundo/oriente-…
Excelente reflexión sobre los pecados capitales de la izquierda por @pablopombo y @elisabeni en @OndaCero_es open.spotify.com/episode/602nUW…
Los drusos acusan al Gobierno sirio de Al Shara de limpieza étnica: "Dicen que somos separatistas para justificarse" elespanol.com/mundo/oriente-… via @elespanolcom
Good @ajaltamimi corrective on Suweida violence, including on nature of Druze armed resistance: aymennaltamimi.com/p/misconceptio… (open access)
"Informational colonialism"? A question of credit and chronology @Reuters @aagalloni @jasonszep @GebeilyM @timourazhari @suleimankhalidi @elespanolcom @SyriaTransition open.substack.com/pub/margaritaz…
Excellent analysis by @SyriaTransition with key paragraphs copied here: Syria in Transition argues that Syria "misunderstood" Israel during their recent talks in Baku, Azerbaijan and that this misunderstanding led to the assault on the Jabal Druze. "Syrian transitional…
Miscommunication in Baku: The road to escalation in Suwayda Syria in Transition has learned from well-placed sources that the recent escalation in Suwayda is the result of a consequential misunderstanding between Syrian and Israeli officials during a face-to-face meeting in Baku…
Los delitos de odio descendieron un 13% en 2024. Así odia España: Navarra lidera el ranking y entre los menores ganan los casos de LGTBIfobia elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-07…
