I hope everyone will watch this video from Syria. Extraordinary, terrifying and hopeful moments. It's a reminder of why we fight. www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w... - ThreadSky

simonwdc.bsky.social • 199 days ago

I hope everyone will watch this video from Syria. Extraordinary, terrifying and hopeful moments.

It's a reminder of why we fight.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/world/video/syrian-prisoner-freed-clarissa-ward-digvid

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fouthtimelucky.bsky.social•198 days ago

“Weak. Not evil.”

@johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social

kercle1.bsky.social•198 days ago

That was heartbreaking. I hope he can now live a peaceful life 🙏

mobarend.bsky.social•199 days ago

Tremendous reporting by Clarissa Ward, I hope this poor man finds some peace.

rickhough.bsky.social•198 days ago

I can't remember precisely why but I wrote about Austin Tice, the American journalist missing in Syria, some years ago.

Hopefully there is a happy ending for him too.

https://richardhough-50290.medium.com/austin-tice-the-marine-missing-for-eight-years-18708fbec99

javiergarcia.bsky.social•198 days ago

Extraordinary...

And the racists want people like him wiped off the face of OUR planet

melsh.xyz•198 days ago

Wow... What an incredible thing to capture on film like that. There must be so many stories just like this but it's so rare to see it unfold. I hope there's a brighter future for Syrians now.

laurenleaderait.bsky.social•199 days ago

Truly extraordinary

kittyoplenty.bsky.social•199 days ago

This was incredibly moving. That poor man. I teared up watching this. I hope his family is safe and they can all be reunited.

mantascox.bsky.social•198 days ago

📌

talyce.bsky.social•199 days ago

Heartbreaking! 😢 Clarissa Ward is a treasure.

gnarlygale.bsky.social•199 days ago

we’ll be seeing videos like this coming out of texas after the gop gets their concentration/extermination camps up and running

minutello1.bsky.social•199 days ago

😢

mralexoliveira.bsky.social•198 days ago

What are you grateful for today? This guy is grateful for light…water.

paulmlfc.bsky.social•198 days ago

📌

iajulufo.bsky.social•198 days ago

This was hard to watch but made my heart sing. I hope he has loved ones to go home to and heal. A pox on assad and a thousand midges

abbylynn55.bsky.social•199 days ago

😭😭😭 That poor man. Thank goodness they found him.

americandemos.bsky.social•199 days ago

It's important to witness the horrors of war through human suffering.
Dictatorship is successful when it dehumanizes people.

melfitz69.bsky.social•199 days ago

That was heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time 💔🤞

lolohamsky.bsky.social•199 days ago

Omg. No words

ibis-rider.bsky.social•199 days ago

I really really really hope that the new leaders don't revert back to their ISIS roots.

Assas gone is great, I'm just afraid this will turn into something equally bad.

perfumeaddict.bsky.social•198 days ago

Sadly, experience has given us all cause to be wary.

marytorgersen.bsky.social•199 days ago

It was all that and more! And they almost missed finding him. I hope Syria can recover from this collective trauma and form a functioning government that allows its citizens to live in peace and begin to thrive. It won’t be easy.

whodunit10.bsky.social•198 days ago

heartbreaking to watch, poor poor man

martinaenglington.bsky.social•199 days ago

So touching the way he kept grasping her arm. She’s such a dam good reporter.

claresl.bsky.social•198 days ago

I can't stop crying 😢 💔

philexx.bsky.social•198 days ago

Heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure. Clarissa Ward's shocked empathy and her caring for this poor man is so intense. I hope she is recognised for her journalism and her humanity

2findout.bsky.social•199 days ago

I desperately wanted to give that guy a hug

justjrs.bsky.social•198 days ago

I hope Trump voters will watch this to see what power can do when misused.

lucyarnold.bsky.social•198 days ago

Yeah, I'm thinking them joining the dots on that one is waaaaay past their capacity (or inclination).

hmfic.bsky.social•199 days ago

Oh my God. This is unbelievable.

fdell.bsky.social•199 days ago

Clarissa Ward is braver than our FBI Director.

del-boy.bsky.social•198 days ago

This will be America in 10 years. Just wait.

mouldybags.bsky.social•193 days ago

https://verify-sy.com/en/details/10562/Did-CNN-Fabricate-the-Story-of--Freeing-a-Prisoner-from-a-Secret-Jail--

sarahlance.bsky.social•199 days ago

Wow.

cheerydog.bsky.social•198 days ago

📌

spsnomad.bsky.social•198 days ago

Just want to recognize how great Clarissa Ward is at her job.

mgoldbergtokyo.bsky.social•193 days ago

I trust everyone is aware by now that this man’s story was sham. According to verified reports, he was actually a rather sadistic member of Assad‘s prison staff.

moju65.bsky.social•198 days ago

Very powerful and extremely moving. It was heartbreaking to watch him cling to her arm as if to convince himself she was real. I hope he and others are able to find a semblance of peace in their minds

animalspirit16.bsky.social•199 days ago

I just want to rub and kiss his head 💜💜💜

emmatk.bsky.social•199 days ago

That made me cry. The poor man, those poor people. 🇸🇾❤️‍🩹

parkertron.bsky.social•198 days ago

I wept.

janetanscombe.bsky.social•198 days ago

yep, me too.

consortjso.bsky.social•198 days ago

Me three

maryangelaperna.bsky.social•199 days ago

I watched that man, from Homs, in, basically one of Assad’s dungeons & didn’t know the regime had been toppling. I sobbed.

Required viewing.

The stunt the head of S Korea tried to do failed, Assad’s regime overthrown, Putin couldn’t bail him out, he invaded Ukraine.

Freedom wins in the end 🙌

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