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Asymmetric warfare & decolonial military history | tracking liberation movements across Kurdistan, Balochistan, and beyond

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SYRIA, TELL TAMER: CHRISTIANS HAVE MOBILIZED Christians are arming themselves & preparing to defend their homes, w/ the SDF bracing for impact while Syrian govt jihadist hordes ravage through the North-East, w/ Washington's blessing to kill Kurds & free ISIS captives.

SYRIA, TELL TAMER: CHRISTIANS HAVE MOBILIZED Christians are arming themselves & preparing to defend their homes, w/ the SDF bracing for impact while Syrian govt jihadist hordes ravage through the North-East, w/ Washington's blessing to kill Kurds & free ISIS captives.

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Video from the siege of Sheikh Maqsoud: a jihadist abusing a Kurdish woman, calling her a “PKK pig.” These are ISIS/Nusra/al-Qaeda offshoots now presented as Syrian government forces. Western media calls this “clashes,” despite a declared siege and ultimatum. The same Kurdish women once celebrated for defeating ISIS are now being sacrificed for political convenience.

Video from the siege of Sheikh Maqsoud: a jihadist abusing a Kurdish woman, calling her a “PKK pig.” These are ISIS/Nusra/al-Qaeda offshoots now presented as Syrian government forces. Western media calls this “clashes,” despite a declared siege and ultimatum. The same Kurdish women once celebrated for defeating ISIS are now being sacrificed for political convenience.

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Nothing says “pro-Kurdish” like declaring Kurds unsuitable for the 3,600 km² they’ve lived in for centuries, then proposing to move them out (with a military operation) and replace them with 2 million Syrian Arab refugees from Turkey.

Nothing says “pro-Kurdish” like declaring Kurds unsuitable for the 3,600 km² they’ve lived in for centuries, then proposing to move them out (with a military operation) and replace them with 2 million Syrian Arab refugees from Turkey.

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Trump seems to have unilaterally extended the ceasefire, yet the IRGC has not stopped targeting Kurdish Iranian camps in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The footage is from today, and nobody is talking about it.

Trump seems to have unilaterally extended the ceasefire, yet the IRGC has not stopped targeting Kurdish Iranian camps in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The footage is from today, and nobody is talking about it.

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Archive footage. This is al-Julani, today Ahmed al-Sharaa, the man President Trump just cited while speaking about fallen U.S. soldiers — filmed inside the ISIS ecosystem, alongside militants, with the ISIS flag behind him. This is the “partner” now entrusted with U.S. troops.

Archive footage. This is al-Julani, today Ahmed al-Sharaa, the man President Trump just cited while speaking about fallen U.S. soldiers — filmed inside the ISIS ecosystem, alongside militants, with the ISIS flag behind him. This is the “partner” now entrusted with U.S. troops.

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Tehran offering a "deal", as Kurdish "self-defense committees" are forming in cities like Sanandaj and Mahabad following PJAK communiqué.

Tehran offering a "deal", as Kurdish "self-defense committees" are forming in cities like Sanandaj and Mahabad following PJAK communiqué.

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The irony of Al Jazeera platforming Netanyahu’s appeal to Iranian minorities just a month after letting Khaled Mashal rebrand Syrian minorities demands for human rights as a 'Zionist plot'

The irony of Al Jazeera platforming Netanyahu’s appeal to Iranian minorities just a month after letting Khaled Mashal rebrand Syrian minorities demands for human rights as a 'Zionist plot'

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⚠️ Terrifying scenes in #Homs (حمص) homes set ablaze & families fleeing as the EU-funded "Syrian security forces" are rampaging through the #Alawite district Al-Muhajireen (حي المهاجرين). This echoes the coastal horrors Alawites faced months ago. #Syria

⚠️ Terrifying scenes in #Homs (حمص) homes set ablaze & families fleeing as the EU-funded "Syrian security forces" are rampaging through the #Alawite district Al-Muhajireen (حي المهاجرين). This echoes the coastal horrors Alawites faced months ago. #Syria

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8/ These actions align with Turkey’s long-term goals: Dismantling the AANES—a model of democracy, gender equality, and ecological justice—and ethnically cleansing the Kurdish population to resettle pro-Islamist Arab factions and their families.

8/ These actions align with Turkey’s long-term goals: Dismantling the AANES—a model of democracy, gender equality, and ecological justice—and ethnically cleansing the Kurdish population to resettle pro-Islamist Arab factions and their families.

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The Turkistan Islamic Party, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group with a longstanding focus on Uyghur separatist objectives in Xinjiang, just announced integration into the Syrian Arab Army as the new 84th Division… Parading under their banner, months after ‘dissolving’.

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The Turkistan Islamic Party, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group with a longstanding focus on Uyghur separatist objectives in Xinjiang, just announced integration into the Syrian Arab Army as the new 84th Division… Parading under their banner, months after ‘dissolving’.

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🚨 SHAME ON DER SPIEGEL🚨 While Kurdish women were being hunted and disappeared during the fall of Raqqa, Der Spiegel published a "journalistic" hit piece claiming a victim’s braid was "probably fake." This is how you erase a massacre. Watch the truth for yourself. 👇

🚨 SHAME ON DER SPIEGEL🚨 While Kurdish women were being hunted and disappeared during the fall of Raqqa, Der Spiegel published a "journalistic" hit piece claiming a victim’s braid was "probably fake." This is how you erase a massacre. Watch the truth for yourself. 👇

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From the battle-scarred frontlines of Kobani, an Armenian Christian fighter of the Martyr Ozanyan Brigade sends Christmas wishes to Christians worldwide. As Turkey-backed SNA mercenaries attack, she defends not just land, but hope for a better world. ✌️🎄Armenians Rojava

From the battle-scarred frontlines of Kobani, an Armenian Christian fighter of the Martyr Ozanyan Brigade sends Christmas wishes to Christians worldwide. As Turkey-backed SNA mercenaries attack, she defends not just land, but hope for a better world. ✌️🎄Armenians Rojava

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Senator Chris Van Hollen Dear Senator, I hope your voters see this and realize that the group you are calling 'the Syrian government' is, quite literally, ISIS. What you define as an 'ongoing integration process' is Washington-speak for the massacre of Kurds following another American betrayal.

Senator Chris Van Hollen Dear Senator, I hope your voters see this and realize that the group you are calling 'the Syrian government' is, quite literally, ISIS. What you define as an 'ongoing integration process' is Washington-speak for the massacre of Kurds following another American betrayal.

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Besieged, outnumbered, unbowed. Five days later, Sheikh Maqsoud still stands. #حلب

Besieged, outnumbered, unbowed. Five days later, Sheikh Maqsoud still stands. #حلب

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They are ALL leaving through the front door.

They are ALL leaving through the front door.

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🚨🇸🇾 “We are coming." Turkey-backed militias, officially “dissolved” on Jan 29, are now defying even Damascus’s new Defense Ministry, blocking Aleppo’s roads & threatening to attack SDF-held Dayr Hafir, Tabqa & Raqqa. Source: SOHR

🚨🇸🇾 “We are coming." Turkey-backed militias, officially “dissolved” on Jan 29, are now defying even Damascus’s new Defense Ministry, blocking Aleppo’s roads & threatening to attack SDF-held Dayr Hafir, Tabqa & Raqqa. Source: SOHR

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Learn Animal Sounds with Ms. Rachel, Druze edition—Special guest Mr. Mujahid

Learn Animal Sounds with Ms. Rachel, Druze edition—Special guest Mr. Mujahid

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Perfect timing on the second IDF airstrike on the jihadi infested Syrian Ministry of Defense building in Damascus #Suwayda

Perfect timing on the second IDF airstrike on the jihadi infested Syrian Ministry of Defense building in Damascus #Suwayda

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Momentum Shift (noun): A significant change in the direction or intensity of progress, energy, or influence in a situation, often resulting in a turning point. Used to describe a pivotal moment when the balance of power or success moves from one side to another. #SDF #Syria

Momentum Shift (noun): A significant change in the direction or intensity of progress, energy, or influence in a situation, often resulting in a turning point. Used to describe a pivotal moment when the balance of power or success moves from one side to another. #SDF #Syria

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Here’s the footage: Israeli jets refueled midair by Israeli KC-707s over Syrian airspace. This kind of aerial refueling is extremely risky, given the threat of MANPADS among HTS-led forces. Coordination is key in such high-stakes air operations.

Here’s the footage: Israeli jets refueled midair by Israeli KC-707s over Syrian airspace. This kind of aerial refueling is extremely risky, given the threat of MANPADS among HTS-led forces. Coordination is key in such high-stakes air operations.

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Trump mocked the Kurds for “not wanting to fight” Iraq. What he forgot to mention: he left them facing US-trained Iraqi tanks and IRGC militias without air cover. Now he’s back demanding they choose a side.
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Trump mocked the Kurds for “not wanting to fight” Iraq. What he forgot to mention: he left them facing US-trained Iraqi tanks and IRGC militias without air cover. Now he’s back demanding they choose a side.

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500,581 views • 3 months ago

Women in rows, in black, chanting over the two Kurdish activists killed by the IRGC. This is mourning as resistance, in a very concrete sense.
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Women in rows, in black, chanting over the two Kurdish activists killed by the IRGC. This is mourning as resistance, in a very concrete sense.

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31,226 views • 6 days ago

That’s Mazloum Abdi, the Kurdish commander and military hero who spent 12 years fighting and helping defeat ISIS as the U.S.’s most reliable ally in Syria. Instead of medals, he wears pictures of his fallen comrades on his chest. He was betrayed by Trump.
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That’s Mazloum Abdi, the Kurdish commander and military hero who spent 12 years fighting and helping defeat ISIS as the U.S.’s most reliable ally in Syria. Instead of medals, he wears pictures of his fallen comrades on his chest. He was betrayed by Trump.

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229,574 views • 2 months ago

This video won’t be shown on Al Jazeera or by Qatari-funded think tanks. But the streets of #Turkey tonight echo Maidan Square; millions rising, resisting, refusing to be silenced. The world may look away, but history won’t. Erdogan’s Neoliberal klepto-sultanate is crumbling ↓
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This video won’t be shown on Al Jazeera or by Qatari-funded think tanks. But the streets of #Turkey tonight echo Maidan Square; millions rising, resisting, refusing to be silenced. The world may look away, but history won’t. Erdogan’s Neoliberal klepto-sultanate is crumbling ↓

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499,158 views • 1 year ago

He’s telling Ahmed al-Sharaa, “You gotta take them back… there’s still a million left.” Tell you what, pal, how many empty seats you got on that private jet? … let’s start by filling those.
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He’s telling Ahmed al-Sharaa, “You gotta take them back… there’s still a million left.” Tell you what, pal, how many empty seats you got on that private jet? … let’s start by filling those.

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89,270 views • 2 months ago

From a military analyst’s point of view, this could hardly be labeled as a coup attempt against Venezuela. Either it was a deliberate distraction, or the people around Trump were so incompetent they genuinely thought this would work. What happened next: the Vice President immediately convened the Council of Defense of the Nation, invokes extraordinary powers within the constitutional framework, and appears publicly with the entire civilian and military leadership. That’s not a regime in free fall, that’s leadership closing ranks and buying time to rally support. More importantly, there’s no military fracture. No rogue colonel. No brigade or division moving against the government. No seizure of state media. No competing authority inside the country claiming legitimacy. Nothing. What you have instead is institutional shelling-up, coordinated signaling, and a rally effect, while the U.S. side offers nothing but banditry, rhetoric, and Elon Musk tweeting nonsense. If this looks more like a pantomime than regime change, it's because it is one.
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From a military analyst’s point of view, this could hardly be labeled as a coup attempt against Venezuela. Either it was a deliberate distraction, or the people around Trump were so incompetent they genuinely thought this would work. What happened next: the Vice President immediately convened the Council of Defense of the Nation, invokes extraordinary powers within the constitutional framework, and appears publicly with the entire civilian and military leadership. That’s not a regime in free fall, that’s leadership closing ranks and buying time to rally support. More importantly, there’s no military fracture. No rogue colonel. No brigade or division moving against the government. No seizure of state media. No competing authority inside the country claiming legitimacy. Nothing. What you have instead is institutional shelling-up, coordinated signaling, and a rally effect, while the U.S. side offers nothing but banditry, rhetoric, and Elon Musk tweeting nonsense. If this looks more like a pantomime than regime change, it's because it is one.

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186,549 views • 5 months ago

A Syrian govt soldier, captured by Druze resistance in Suwayda, has confirmed what many knew but few dared to say: the govt ordered its forces to hide their role in the massacre to avoid Israeli airstrikes. He identify his commander as Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Jassem (Abu Amsha), recently sanctioned by the EU for his role in the 6–27 March Alawite massacre. Damascus unleashed the jihadist horde, then tried to vanish behind it. The Druze stood alone.
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A Syrian govt soldier, captured by Druze resistance in Suwayda, has confirmed what many knew but few dared to say: the govt ordered its forces to hide their role in the massacre to avoid Israeli airstrikes. He identify his commander as Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Jassem (Abu Amsha), recently sanctioned by the EU for his role in the 6–27 March Alawite massacre. Damascus unleashed the jihadist horde, then tried to vanish behind it. The Druze stood alone.

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315,930 views • 10 months ago

"Why are you talking about the past?" Reza Pahlavi at #MSC2026 when pressed by a French journalist on historical accountability. A bizarre "apples and oranges" defense for a constitutional monarchy. Watch the clip.
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"Why are you talking about the past?" Reza Pahlavi at #MSC2026 when pressed by a French journalist on historical accountability. A bizarre "apples and oranges" defense for a constitutional monarchy. Watch the clip.

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121,979 views • 3 months ago

"You promised 50,000 guards to protect the demonstrators. They didn’t show. The people were slaughtered. What happened?” Watch Pahlavi answer. #MSC2026
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"You promised 50,000 guards to protect the demonstrators. They didn’t show. The people were slaughtered. What happened?” Watch Pahlavi answer. #MSC2026

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98,073 views • 3 months ago

#Syria / Mario Nawfal (a Qatari-funded grifter) tried to boot me from his propaganda Space after I exposed his hero al-Julani's recent history of massacres of Kurds, Alawites, & Druze. He FAILED spectacularly: a mysterious "glitch" stopped the kick, so they panicked & SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE SPACE to silence me. Raw recording attached, hear them squirm. Share if you're done with terrorist-laundering propaganda. This is how they operate when exposed.
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#Syria / Mario Nawfal (a Qatari-funded grifter) tried to boot me from his propaganda Space after I exposed his hero al-Julani's recent history of massacres of Kurds, Alawites, & Druze. He FAILED spectacularly: a mysterious "glitch" stopped the kick, so they panicked & SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE SPACE to silence me. Raw recording attached, hear them squirm. Share if you're done with terrorist-laundering propaganda. This is how they operate when exposed.

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118,178 views • 4 months ago

Unedited footage from Tabqa, my unit leading the push before Raqqa. The Kurdish-led SDF lost 12 000 fighters defeating ISIS. Now Washington hands their victory flag to the people they fought. The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS has finally been defeated by irony.
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Unedited footage from Tabqa, my unit leading the push before Raqqa. The Kurdish-led SDF lost 12 000 fighters defeating ISIS. Now Washington hands their victory flag to the people they fought. The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS has finally been defeated by irony.

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165,795 views • 6 months ago

Added English subtitles to Mohammed al-Jul.. cough.. Ahmed al-Sharaa, now X-verified as President of the Syrian Arab Republic. Also may have accidentally borrowed the background from one of his earlier videos.
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Added English subtitles to Mohammed al-Jul.. cough.. Ahmed al-Sharaa, now X-verified as President of the Syrian Arab Republic. Also may have accidentally borrowed the background from one of his earlier videos.

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134,158 views • 5 months ago

The evacuation of SDF personnel from al-Aqtan Prison is now underway. This is a major achievement, the result of tireless work by Kurdish diplomatic networks in Syria and abroad, which helped drive a broad mobilization across four continents.
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The evacuation of SDF personnel from al-Aqtan Prison is now underway. This is a major achievement, the result of tireless work by Kurdish diplomatic networks in Syria and abroad, which helped drive a broad mobilization across four continents.

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104,690 views • 4 months ago

SDF general Mazloum Abdi carries the coffin of his fallen comrade Nureddin Sofi.
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SDF general Mazloum Abdi carries the coffin of his fallen comrade Nureddin Sofi.

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195,126 views • 9 months ago

6/ But the most outstanding part is Jolani's "too good to be true" proposal for a decentralized Syria ruled by councils that recognize Syria’s ethnic, religious, and sectarian diversity—essentially what AANES proposed from day one, only to be rejected by Assad at every turn.
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6/ But the most outstanding part is Jolani's "too good to be true" proposal for a decentralized Syria ruled by councils that recognize Syria’s ethnic, religious, and sectarian diversity—essentially what AANES proposed from day one, only to be rejected by Assad at every turn.

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326,866 views • 1 year ago

I spent the past few months screaming to whoever was willing to listen that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham couldn't be allowed to rule Syria—that they would butcher minorities and that genocide would inevitably take place. That Jolani might have rebranded himself as Ahmed al-Sharaa, but 20 years as an al-Qaeda emir don’t just wash off. And that his troops, the ones everyone calls the Syrian security forces, are literally ISIS militants. This blood is on your hands—the world leaders who rushed to endorse Jolani’s takeover of the Syrian government: 🇺🇸 Barbara Leaf U.S. State Dept - Near Eastern Affairs 🇺🇳 Geir O. Pedersen 🇫🇷 Jean-Noël Barrot 🇩🇪 @ABaerbock 🇮🇹 Antonio Tajani ⚖️ Karim A. A. Khan KC and Int'l Criminal Court 🏦 Tony Blair World Economic Forum
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I spent the past few months screaming to whoever was willing to listen that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham couldn't be allowed to rule Syria—that they would butcher minorities and that genocide would inevitably take place. That Jolani might have rebranded himself as Ahmed al-Sharaa, but 20 years as an al-Qaeda emir don’t just wash off. And that his troops, the ones everyone calls the Syrian security forces, are literally ISIS militants. This blood is on your hands—the world leaders who rushed to endorse Jolani’s takeover of the Syrian government: 🇺🇸 Barbara Leaf U.S. State Dept - Near Eastern Affairs 🇺🇳 Geir O. Pedersen 🇫🇷 Jean-Noël Barrot 🇩🇪 @ABaerbock 🇮🇹 Antonio Tajani ⚖️ Karim A. A. Khan KC and Int'l Criminal Court 🏦 Tony Blair World Economic Forum

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275,408 views • 1 year ago

Hard to watch, this is best understood as a post-defeat political interview: SDF General Mazloum Abdi, under a largely imposed integration process, facing hard questions as military leverage gives way to negotiated survival.
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Hard to watch, this is best understood as a post-defeat political interview: SDF General Mazloum Abdi, under a largely imposed integration process, facing hard questions as military leverage gives way to negotiated survival.

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28,183 views • 1 month ago

Thousands gather at Suwayda’s gates—trucks, buses, carts, all packed with volunteers answering the Friday’s prayers call to jihad. They’ve come to wipe out the Druze. The footage is medieval. I’m sharing the video below.
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Thousands gather at Suwayda’s gates—trucks, buses, carts, all packed with volunteers answering the Friday’s prayers call to jihad. They’ve come to wipe out the Druze. The footage is medieval. I’m sharing the video below.

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159,966 views • 10 months ago

Syria unveils a new currency. No state funerals for the Alawite protesters killed yesterday. No ceremony for the HTS guard either. Just optics... and shaky ones. December 2024: 1 USD ≈ 10,000 SYP Today: 1 USD = 11,055 SYP
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Syria unveils a new currency. No state funerals for the Alawite protesters killed yesterday. No ceremony for the HTS guard either. Just optics... and shaky ones. December 2024: 1 USD ≈ 10,000 SYP Today: 1 USD = 11,055 SYP

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83,522 views • 5 months ago

"It is possible they may keep the Alawites... and never release them." A heartbreaking look at the sectarian dynamics of the recent prisoner exchanges. This survivor details how Alawites were singled out for "tadell" (cruelty) and calls on his Kurdish comrades to prioritize their rescue. Faithful translation and subtitles of the latest testimony.
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"It is possible they may keep the Alawites... and never release them." A heartbreaking look at the sectarian dynamics of the recent prisoner exchanges. This survivor details how Alawites were singled out for "tadell" (cruelty) and calls on his Kurdish comrades to prioritize their rescue. Faithful translation and subtitles of the latest testimony.

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33,377 views • 1 month ago