#Syria: There is growing outrage against the Ministry of Education over this year’s mathematics exam, the second high school examination under the #STG The exam proved significantly more difficult in #Damascus and other governorates, while #Idlib received a markedly simpler version. Many view this as a deliberate effort to increase university admissions for students from Idlib at the expense of those from other governorates. It is worth noting that in 2025, ninth-grade students from the Syrian coastal region recorded the highest success rates and top grades across all governorates. Also #Latakia University ranked first among Syrian universities in the AD Scientific Index 2026 and the Scimago 2026 ranking, and placed second in the Webometrics 2025 ranking after Damascus University. These achievements due to that students from the Alawite community and other minority groups lives in a secular environment, where students could dedicate more time to academic study rather than religious indoctrination. The current authorities appear to have responded by disadvantaging students nationwide while extending preferential treatment to those in Idlib. The depth of public frustration was evident in a video filmed outside an examination center in Damascus, where parents chanted: “God curse you dogs, the Alawites were actually better than you.”

Did you know that the Qatar-backed Charles Lister, has achieved a new milestone in #Syria? There is literally an entire group of people belonging to a minority that exists only in the Middle East who know who he is, and on top of that, they know that he constantly makes up lies about them, ultimately turning this entire religious group against him in exchange for Qatari money. So they refer to him in their own dialect as a ‘Kawad’ (ask your Druze friend for the meaning)

#SouthrenSyria: An Alawite man has gone missing in Rural #Damascus, with fears of kidnapping Contact was lost with “Mohammad Ahmad Salameh” while he was riding his motorcycle from the bridge in the “Deir Ali” area toward the Al-Matahin road in the southern countryside of Damascus, on the morning of yesterday, June 11, 2026. The man is originally from the Ghab Plain in the rural #Hama countryside, resides in the #Deir_Ali area, and belongs to the #Alawite community.

#Syria | #Homs: A Sunni cleric in his eighties, a former Assad-era political prisoner, was arrested three months ago, and his family still has no information about his whereabouts The family of Islamic cleric and former opponent of the Assad regime, Sheikh Hassan Mohammad Abara, who is in his eighties, have reported that he has been forcibly disappeared for nearly three months after being arrested on March 5, 2026, in the Al-Shamas neighborhood of Homs. After family members and close associates spread the news on social media, pro-government media figures pushed back on behalf of the #STG, claiming the Sheikh wasn’t actually detained but was attending a “counseling session” because he had allegedly claimed to be a prophet. His son, Nasr Abara, said the following during an interview with the private television channel Syria TV: His father left home on March 5th and vanished. The family spent a month looking for him with no luck, until they finally submitted a request to the Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior. They received a text message telling them to follow up in person, at which point officials told them their father was “detained on charges of communicating with a party hostile to the state.” The sons tried to explain that their father is over 80, owns no cell phone, and has no social media presence, and that he had been an opponent of both Hafez and Bashar al-Assad, but got no response. When they asked where he was being held, they got no answer. They submitted a visitation request, nothing. Ten days later they filed a new inquiry and a formal complaint, also nothing. To this day, they have no idea where he is being held, under what conditions, what he is charged with, or what his health situation is. His son said they are not allowed to hire a lawyer, find out where their father is being held, or even make a phone call to him. Nasr called for justice, transparency, and for his father’s case to be handled through proper legal channels. He also noted that as soon as they posted about the arrest on social media, pages aligned with the authorities began circulating claims that his father had claimed prophethood. The family was blindsided, none of this had ever been mentioned during any of their visits to the Interior Ministry. The only charge they had been given was “under investigation for communicating with a hostile party.” His son flatly denied the accusations, calling them fabrications, and stated that his father is of sound mind." ------- ❗️SJA: Neither his past imprisonment, his political views and those of his family, nor his advanced age appear to have spared him from arrest today. Regardless of the unofficial allegations that he claimed prophethood, there is no apparent justification for preventing his family from visiting him, hiring legal counsel on his behalf, or having his case referred to a court. His situation resembles that of many detainees under the current authorities, whose families reportedly remain unaware of their whereabouts or fate after being subjected to arbitrary detention. To be honest, I do not understand why such a claim would be considered a problem even if he had claimed to be a prophet, or even claimed to be God, although many Syrians would likely disagree with my view.

#CentralSyria | E. #Homs: An Alawite shepherd was killed in an attack, according to local reports. Suleiman Abdulhamid Nisafi, 60, was tending livestock on a road between the village of #Jubb_Abbas and Al-Shawkatliyah when two armed terrorists riding a motorcycle opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, this evening, June 11, 2026, sources said. The attackers also reportedly attempted to kill his brother, Mahmoud Nisafi, who escaped unharmed. Local accounts described the incident as having a sectarian motive.

Uzbek terrorists publish a post on their Telegram channel expressing frustration at being forced to join the #STG factions, and that if they refuse, they are pursued and harassed, unlike Syrian jihadis: The post: “Syria TV aired a very interesting interview. It is clear that many of us do not want to be part of the Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of Interior, and many want to leave, but they openly admit that they stay because they have no other way to make a living. A very large number of Syrians have left over the past year and a half, yet we do not see the same media uproar surrounding them… Why? Because the government knows that we do not want to take part in its unjust policies or its foreign alliances. Like many Syrians who are left alone today, a muhajir (foreign fighter) who refuses is automatically viewed as someone who must be neutralized, because the orders coming from outside are clear. As for the muhajirs who agree to take part by directly fighting their fellow muhajirs from the same place, they are considered “good muhajirs” and are not harassed at all. On the contrary, they are given senior positions and material benefits that should have been returned to the people in need who have been devastated by 14 years of war: • to the families of fallen fighters who were left impoverished after their sacrifices, • to the wounded who cannot afford medical treatment, • or to the muhajirs who gave up their wealth in order to fight in a distant land. “ISIS member,” “extremist,” “Salafi terrorist” — these were the labels that tyrannical governments in our home countries used to apply to us because we viewed our migration (hijrah) and our fight against the oppressive Alawites and their allies in Syria as legitimate. God, His Messenger, the Companions, the Salaf, and the scholars defined our principles, not the Syrian president and his government with their enormous salaries. Yet many people once embraced these principles when they were being constantly preached, only to abandon them at the president’s command. Now, adhering to those same principles is considered extremism by the government that came to power through the struggle of the Syrian people, with support from us, the muhajirs.”

Press freedom in Syria is at an all-time high!! American journalist Lindsay Snell @LindseySnell applied for journalist permission from the Ministry of Information of the #STG, and they rejected her within one day!!

#CentralSyria | #Homs: Alawite Shop Owner Killed, General Security Suspected of Involvement #Update on Ali Ismail incident: Local sources report that security apparatuse have concealed the identity of a terrorist who was killed after he entered a shop owned by “Ali Ismail,” a member of the #Alawite community, and shot and killed him on June 8, 2026. The victim’s brother then chased down the terrorist right after the murder, wrestled his pistol away from him, and shot him dead in retaliation for his brother’s murder. Sources suggest that the terrorist’s identity is being withheld because he was affiliated with the General Security militias. Sources also confirm that the brother who carried out the revenge killing has gone into hiding, following which General Security forces arrested all of his brothers and are holding them as hostages. The family were denied to bury their son properly or hold a funeral. While the security militias affiliated with the STG claim to uphold law and order, they carry out sectarian killings, hold civilians hostage, and operate like gangs. Yet the so-called Western “researchers” who run cover for jihadists are working to portray them as disciplined, professional institutions, and are now pushing for them to be brought into #Suwayda as the ideal solution. If that happens and the killings and kidnappings against the #Druze, those same Qatar-backed “researchers” will work to bury the facts and avoid reporting the crimes that result from their little “experiment” with Sunni jihad.

#Syria : The Syrian Lira keeps on crashing, losing over 35% of its value compared to last year The Syrian Lira hit 14,550–14,620 (new Lira= 145,5/146,2) to the dollar today, June 10th, a drop of more than 35% from where it stood last year, when it held relatively steady at around 10,500–11,000 for most of the year. This freefall is happening alongside sweeping price hikes across all markets, with the cost of basic household necessities rising sharply, including electricity bills, fuel, and transportation. So what do you think is driving this collapse, even after sanctions were lifted? And why are investors steering clear of Syria? Is it the one-party rule, the lack of security, sectarian killings, rampant corruption, and nepotism. Is it the spread of Salafi networks across mosques, universities, and city streets? Are investors genuinely worried that some sheikh or faction emor is going to come knocking and demand a cut just for the privilege of doing business , or is the investment climate actually fine, and the whole problem is just the wrong tie and the wrong watch brand that the interim president picked?

#Syria | The ministry of culture in STG celebrates what its official account describes as the anniversary of the "martyrdom" of Abd Al-Basset As-Sarout. As-Sarout is a highly controversial character, he rose to fame as a leader of anti-regime demonstrations in Homs, later on the leader of a terrorist group, which committed sectarian atrocities in Homs and its countryside before he was eventually killed by regime forces. He appeared in video statements announcing his allegiance to ISIS and inciting against Alawites and other minorities, even going as far as calling for ethnic cleansing of Alawites and Christians in one of his videos. However, he remains an icon of the anti-Assad movement despite his Islamist and sectarian rhetoric and crimes. Posts like this raise many questions on the type of characters and principles the STG seeks to reinforce and promote in Syria and its youth, especially in a time when sectarian tensions are at a boiling point and the unity of the Syrian people at its lowest as non-Sunni sects have a largely pessimistic view for the future.

CentralSyria | E. #Hama: The body of young man Muhammad Ali al-Shunaywi, 25 years old, a Sunni Arab, was found yesterday, June 8, 2026, killed in the village of #alDardara, three days after he went missing. The young man belongs to the Bu Sha’ban tribe and is originally from the village of al-Qantara al-Janubiyya in the countryside of the #Salamiyya district.