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I just left #Syria after an extraordinary trip — one that until recently I never thought I’d make again. From #Aleppo, to #Idlib, #Latakia, #Tartus, #Salamiya, #Suwayda & #Damascus. So many takeaways, but most of all: it's free & everyone is overjoyed. A 🧵:

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

For years, #ISIS & #AlQaeda accused #HTS of complicity in US drone strikes in #Syria -- and for years, #HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has wanted a CT/security partnership with the U.S. He may now have it. Exclusive details: www.syriaweekly.com/p/us-begins-...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

NEW -- the EU has suspended all sanctions on #Syria related to air, land & sea shipping, as well as banking & energy for 12 months. A good step, following on from US actions. A short 🧵:

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

NEW -- #Trump's global aid freeze has cut the salaries paid to many of the prison & camp guards responsible for securing 9,500 #ISIS militants & ~40,000 associated women/kids in northeast #Syria. Many are no longer turning up for work.

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

NEW -- the US has begun intel sharing with #Syria's #HTS-led transition, focused on countering #ISIS. A huge move that comes after years of widely rumored #HTS CT collaboration with foreign states -- or just lots of coincidences. www.syriaweekly.com/p/us-begins-...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

"While the lead role being played by #HTS in #Syria's transition undoubtedly raises many challenging questions, Ahmed al-Sharaa isn’t Bashar al-#Assad & #HTS isn’t Assad’s regime. Sanctions on one can't simply be transferred to the other." www.syriaweekly.com/p/as-syria-r...

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

To say a lot has happened in/around #Syria over the past week would be an understatement. Today's NEW #SyriaWeekly update will catch you up on everything -- and this one is FREE access for all. www.syriaweekly.com/p/syria-week...

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

#NewYear celebrations ongoing in #Damascus, #Syria! 2025 will be the first year free of #Assad tyranny since 1971 — more than half a century.

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

The amount of disinformation doing the rounds on #Syria these days is stunning -- some is organized & by design, but much more is the result of simple ignorance. To make matters worse, *very* few appear capable of distinguishing fact from fiction. A 🧵:

submitted 54 days ago • 8 comments

NEW -- #SyriaWeekly has the latest comprehensive guide to #Syria's #HTS-led transition, as well as everything else that's happened across #Syria over the past week. There's a lot. www.syriaweekly.com/p/syrias-tra...

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

One of the best things I have read on Syria by @charleslister1.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/08/s...

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

NEW -- "#Assad’s Regime Ends & An Uncertain Transition Begins" - #SyriaWeekly has the ultimate, comprehensive guide on the fall of #Damascus & the rapidly moving transition now underway in #Syria. www.syriaweekly.com/p/assads-reg...

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment