Specializes in Foreign & Security Policy, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan. Author of The Wisdom of Syria's Waiting Game. FP under the Assads. Tweets my own.
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I am so full of admiration for #Syria's people. So much courage. After a devastating campaign of barrel bombs forced disappearance, starvation, bombarding of hospitals, use of chemical weapons, staying determined to take their fate into their own hands ❤️ You are an inspiration!
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Der Jerusalemer Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa ist die prominenteste christliche Stimme im Nahen Osten. Hier warnt er vor Gewalt und Übergriffen durch jüdische Extremisten und sagt, wie er auf Israels Vorgehen in Gaza blickt. spiegel.de/ausland/israel-fu…
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Today. residents of Qalaat Hosn #Homs held a demonstration with humanitarian & legal demands for the missing & martyred of Hosn.
Transitional justice tensions remain sharp between the Sunnis of Hosn & Christians of Wadi Nasara, where the local NDF faction killed and disappeared hundreds of Hosn residents throughout the siege.
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Dieser Arzt aus Ghana hat es perfekt zusammengefasst:
Eine AU (ärztliche Krankschreibung) in Deutschland ist nicht nur gutes Arbeitsrecht. Es ist menschliche Anständigkeit.
Deshalb Finger weg von der AU! Keine Karenztage oder Teilzeit-Krankschreibung einführen!
Germany has a concept called Krankschreibung.
Literally: sick writing. A doctor's note that says you cannot work.
When that note lands on your employer's desk, it is not a request. It is a legal shield.
Your boss cannot fire you. Your boss cannot demand you come in. Your boss cannot call you during your recovery.
In some countries calling in sick feels like asking permission. In Germany it is stating a medical fact.
That is not just good labor law. That is human decency. 🇩🇪
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Mathias Döpfner versucht zu zeigen, dass die FAZ in ihrer Ablehnung von KI-generierten Texten lächerlich rückständig ist, indem er seine „fulminante“ Replik in Sekundenschnelle von einer KI generieren lässt. Besser kann man seine eigene Entbehrlichkeit nicht demonstrieren.
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Da könnte man ja mal mit anfangen.
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1/ @AuswaertigesAmt verfolgt gegenüber #Israel seit Jahrzehnten dieselbe Strategie der Diplomatie hinter verschlossenen Türen.
Wenn man diese in Gesprächen als wirkungslos kritisiert, kommt immer dieselbe Antwort: Man wolle sich die Gesprächskanäle offenhalten.
Jun 11
German FM Wadephul yesterday on Israel's illegal settlements: "our voice is being heard in Israel and no further measures are warranted at this moment”
A few hours later: Israeli cabinet expected to approve a plan to fund de facto establishment of 61 new West Bank settlements
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I am sticking to my presumption that al-Sharaa is too intelligent to fight Hizbulllah in Lebanon on behalf of the US and the Zionist occupier, no matter how intense the pressure. He must know what a disaster that would be for Syria.
Jun 11
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is set to visit Washington on Sunday, June 14, after receiving an invitation from US President Donald Trump, according to a diplomatic source cited by Syria TV, with AFP confirming the same date.
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Israel has been striking very close to Tyre's @UNESCO World Heritage sites since 2024. Now it has reportedly knocked the capital off a Roman column.
Reporting from the historic city of Tyre for @TheNationalNews. We saw clear damage at one of the archaeological sites, where wreckage was scattered among ancient Roman ruins and a column had been broken by an Israeli strike on Sunday. The attack targeted, and completely obliterated, a heritage house just a few metres away.
The area is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, which legally protects landmarks or areas legally because of their “outstanding value to humanity.”
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"Die Auseinandersetzung um #GEAS steht für eine politische Verschiebung, in der migrationsfeindliche Deutungen zunehmend zum gemeinsamen Nenner konservativer, rechter und extrem rechter Kräfte werden."
Unsere Handreichung zur GEAS-Einführung: medico.de/system-der-entrech…
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NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the United States hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl @johnismay @ArtemisChats
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"It's madness! [Hizbullah] are sacrificing everything, for whom? For what? We've now lost 60 villages. For what? ... They lost us Jabal Amel ... the madness has to stop."
Immensely powerful by Hassan Merhi, a south Lebanese author who, in his words, lost his brother to Hizbullah
On losing one's sense of belonging, meaning of home, childhood friends and a brother to war.
With Hassan Merhi - author of Love During Revolution
Watch the full episode - Cry My Brother - on The Beirut Banyan
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While attention is again focused on Iran, a major shift is unfolding in the West Bank. For the first time since the Oslo Accords, Palestinians are being expelled from Area A, under PA administration. The IDF is seizing land near Jenin to build a military base. Why it matters 🧵
ALT Activestills, Wahaj Bani Moufleh, Nur Shams, West Bank, 10.2.25
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On losing one's sense of belonging, meaning of home, childhood friends and a brother to war.
With Hassan Merhi - author of Love During Revolution
Watch the full episode - Cry My Brother - on The Beirut Banyan
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Besides Ben Gvir's depravity "Let's start thinking outside the box about Hezbollah," he said, "...also arresting their women and youth and taking them to terrorist prisons. That's what hurts them the most."
A sign of how well Israel's invasion/occupation of Lebanon is going.
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Ein Konzept, das nie funktioniert hat und nie funktionieren wird: #Israel s Kriegsführung im #Libanon. Christoph Reuter 🎯
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Rupert Neudeck ❤️ Heinrich Böll
Die FAZ (6.6.) dokumentierte die Rede, die Christel Neudeck bei der Gedenkfeier zum zehnten Todestag ihres Mannes Rupert Neudeck gehalten hat. Wunderbarer Text. Hier ein Auszug:
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From low-key meetings in a Damascus restaurant to television studios in Beirut, Hezbollah spent years building Yemen’s Houthi movement. Now the Houthis no longer need their mentors, argues @almuslimi. f.mtr.cool/aiyujedxkg
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The Israeli military is extending its already sweeping forced displacement orders in Lebanon by telling residents in the Christian enclave of Tyre for the first time that their area is earmarked for attacks after claiming Hezbollah activity. The enclave has been spared strikes up until now. The Leb army investigated area last week and ruled out Hez presence 🧵
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Important statement by 20 countries on Israel's obstruction of the vital work of INGOs: "...We call on Israel, the occupying power... to comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law. Humanitarian access is non-negotiable."
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2 Christian men were executed by #Suwayda's #Druze authorities Friday night -- charged with "treachery" for smuggling 3 prisoners out of prison & into gov't areas.
Meanwhile, one #Assad regime general replaced another at the helm of militia power.
Read #SyriaWeekly:
NEW -- "#Suwayda prisoner escape triggers raids, arrests, defections & leadership coup"
My latest, as the Druze National Guard turns on itself after "traitors" freed prisoners into government areas.
#Assad Generals are at the heart of it all, again.
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