I oppose antisemitism & murdering civilians for the same reasons I support Palestinian statehood & oppose the occupation. I believe in justice, democracy and human rights. That’s the entire reason I chose to become a war journalist. It’s literally all that drives me as a person.
Bombardment with rocket launchers on the city of Dar Azza in #Aleppo.
Here is the safe north of Syria.
Here is what the countries guaranteeing the return of refugees are calling for
It may be a third world war, but this is the city of Darat Azza. 20 missiles at once targeted the homes of innocent civilians. Bashar al-Assad, Iran and Russia have been bombing the countryside of #Idlib and #Aleppo for 5 days. This is terrorism.
While the world is fixated on #Israel and #Gaza, the Assad regime, supported by Iran and Russia, is raining hell, and internationally prohibited cluster bombs, on Darat Azza in northern #Aleppo at internally displaced civilians who are trapped with nowhere to go @USEmbassySyria
A father grieves the loss of his son who was killed in a missile strike by the Assad regime in Ariha. In these moments, words fail, and life comes to a standstill in the face of a horrifying reality.
4 days have past and regime forces continue it's relentless bombings on civilians in NW #Syria.
#AssadBombsIdlib
For the last 3 days the #Assad regime, and it’s allies have been consistently bombarding North West #Syria resulting in the death of dozens and injury of more.
The Syrian regime continued to bomb Idlib, causing casualties and wounded civilians.
The father bid farewell to his daughter, Laila, with deep sadness after she was killed by one of the shells.
My participation in field coverage : to @Channel4News#idlib#Syria#Russia
In summary, the newly released document again shows a lot of what was already known: Al-Nusra was nowhere near technically capable of carrying out the 08/2013 Ghouta chemical attack. The only logical perpetrator is Assad.
Hersh and Maté, undoubtedly by accident, have now disclosed that it was also the DIA’s alleged finding that al-Nusra did not at all communicate about any capture of any Sarin precursors before the 2013 Ghouta attack:
This is done in an attempt to finally, after 10 years, substantiate the notion that Syrian rebel groups ever possessed Sarin since, much like the Bush administration in 2003, Maté and Hersh have never provided any evidence for this claim.
Seymour Hersh, Aaron Maté and Iraqi WMDs 2.0 - a thread.
10 years ago, US journalist Seymour Hersh published 2 articles attempting to blame opposition groups, instead of the Syrian government, for the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack. His claims were based largely on anon sources.
“There is no difference between Syrians of all sects, we took to the streets today to confirm that, and that the only criminal is Bashar al-Assad and everyone who helped him,” said Abu Salah Marea, an activist in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
Photo: @AliHajSuleiman
All Syrians dream of free Syria for Kurds, Assyrians, Durze Arab.
Your religion, ethnicity or background doesn’t matter today, we want to share this beautiful land as free folk and the only way is the removal of Assad’s brutal regime
It looks like these protests won't be stopped without massive violence. But massive violence against a minority sect ruins the pretext of the regime being a 'protector of minorities'. It emphasises the unity of the Syrian people.