{"id":7843,"date":"2025-01-01T15:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T15:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2025-01-15T18:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:00:03","slug":"syria-situations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2025\/01\/01\/syria-situations\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Situation(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Updated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This page provides snapshots of online activities and representations following the removal of Bashar al-Assad from Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1874450456325591475\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:ihd3uhxx5ustdkqa4ayq75jc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lejjgllee22o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibxhxmqcqjvnci35vogmb6ocvorwlomlelqu2brjbp33ndom5f63m\"><p lang=\"en\">The list appears to be all-Sunni and is probably all-Islamist, but it includes at least some names from factions other than HTS. Notably, also, there seem to be some jihadi foreign fighters on it\u2014Jordanian, Uighur? But that deserves more investigation.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ihd3uhxx5ustdkqa4ayq75jc\/post\/3lejjgllee22o?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aron Lund (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ihd3uhxx5ustdkqa4ayq75jc?ref_src=embed\">@aronlund.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ihd3uhxx5ustdkqa4ayq75jc\/post\/3lejjgllee22o?ref_src=embed\">30 December 2024 at 12:21<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:mcru4t7annkziniqrw4raaii\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lec24pwgsc2i\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibebenqhqpigr2remwkmu7kwef54mhyc2gyw24sxrx42k3fl3lqxu\"><p lang=\"en\">On the streets of Free Damascus, I asked Syrians if they had a message to send to the people of Ukraine. \n\nHere is what they said:\n\nwww.youtube.com\/watch?v=DcS1&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:mcru4t7annkziniqrw4raaii\/post\/3lec24pwgsc2i?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Oz Katerji (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:mcru4t7annkziniqrw4raaii?ref_src=embed\">@ozkaterji.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:mcru4t7annkziniqrw4raaii\/post\/3lec24pwgsc2i?ref_src=embed\">27 December 2024 at 12:58<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:ihd3uhxx5ustdkqa4ayq75jc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3le5vp2swxk2o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreigjk7zuifcpml3vbmwclz42bub62tdtgyt4rqtsotuv3gpiuj5b34\"><p lang=\"en\">Allegedly a counter-protest in Latakia: t.me\/ammamai\/6218\n\nPlenty of potential for neighborhood skirmishes\u2014local chaos likely bigger risk than HTS-Alawi ties derailing directly?\n\nBut per this rather good Enab Baladi piece, curfews seem to have calmed the situation: www.enabbaladi.net\/730943\/%D9%8&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ihd3uhxx5ustdkqa4ayq75jc\/post\/3le5vp2swxk2o?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aron Lund (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ihd3uhxx5ustdkqa4ayq75jc?ref_src=embed\">@aronlund.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ihd3uhxx5ustdkqa4ayq75jc\/post\/3le5vp2swxk2o?ref_src=embed\">25 December 2024 at 21:28<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3le2qpocq4k2d\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiehseyh5a2hiztjizfvo2iqtxufivwqc7ybehwhx7me57tlzhhsfa\"><p lang=\"en\">Protests in Syria over Christmas tree burning www.bbc.com\/news\/article&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3le2qpocq4k2d?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3le2qpocq4k2d?ref_src=embed\">24 December 2024 at 15:21<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldvd6pdvk22i\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifpb67time6q327lwscfmekleu5n3qg457tozxgflzuyi42sfdyja\"><p lang=\"en\">Syria&#x27;s minorities seek security as country charts new future www.bbc.com\/news\/article&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3ldvd6pdvk22i?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3ldvd6pdvk22i?ref_src=embed\">22 December 2024 at 11:36<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:v6emnuimrk4uyd3t3esuztty\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldyaazijq22i\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicd6yg647wclacuroomoblorgzheyfiea6pbebng2auvi5znh7i44\"><p lang=\"en\">\u201cparsley\u201d: U.S. dollars\n\u201chas nice handwriting\u201d: is an informant\n\u201cat his aunt\u2019s house\u201d: in prison\n\nThe code Syrians used to evade detection by Assad\u2019s secret police, courtesy of Ruby Mellen, @mohamadelchamaa.bsky.social and @reemakkad.bsky.social\n\nwww.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/1&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:v6emnuimrk4uyd3t3esuztty\/post\/3ldyaazijq22i?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Matthew Hay Brown (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:v6emnuimrk4uyd3t3esuztty?ref_src=embed\">@matthewhaybrown.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:v6emnuimrk4uyd3t3esuztty\/post\/3ldyaazijq22i?ref_src=embed\">23 December 2024 at 15:21<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He returned to his destroyed home in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Homs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Homs<\/a>, where no family was waiting for him. This was how the neighbors welcomed him. The neighbor said to him: &quot;You are not an orphan. This whole house is yours.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EMVLx6bQP3\">pic.twitter.com\/EMVLx6bQP3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Qusay Noor (@QUSAY_NOOR_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QUSAY_NOOR_\/status\/1869297518343057563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lddytysr6s2q\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreigsdlcz5lasmgatz4gdvkifzgq7x2cd6ixqoiua3wjgdje6zve6ba\"><p lang=\"en\">Skulls and body bags: Searching for Syria&#x27;s disappeared\n\nwww.bbc.co.uk\/news\/article&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/post\/3lddytysr6s2q?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eliot Higgins (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx?ref_src=embed\">@eliothiggins.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/post\/3lddytysr6s2q?ref_src=embed\">15 December 2024 at 14:16<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Syrian Pilot Ragheed Ahmed Al-Tatari, arrested at 27 for refusing to bomb Hama in the 1980s, was honored by the people of Hama with the traditional gift of a sword after being freed by the new Syrian government.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7srJ5zZyjO\">pic.twitter.com\/7srJ5zZyjO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UgciGyxBzR\">https:\/\/t.co\/UgciGyxBzR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clashreport\/status\/1872633336277176797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldghj7tfdc2b\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicid7xjy4vec2gcvxbiubp7ialar6vy3uaegocegtqdk6wsa5yudq\"><p lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Bashar Al-Assad releases his 1st statement since his regime in #Syria collapsed. He denies fleeing &amp; abandoning supporters.\n\nHis statement also says: \u201cI have never sought positions for personal gain.\u201d\n\nFittingly, this lie is issued as 2 extraordinary stories of his corruption emerged.\ud83e\uddf5\n\n1\/<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65\/post\/3ldghj7tfdc2b?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; News Eye (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65?ref_src=embed\">@newseye.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65\/post\/3ldghj7tfdc2b?ref_src=embed\">16 December 2024 at 13:43<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:64c2erjwtw7t5zookk5q745a\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldgnhftugk2m\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreih4pwnqyr54esk2efp2b5bp77gxsglnqlnpzbduyznzn3b6dpvb5y\"><p lang=\"en\">\u201cthere is concern about ethnic, religious, &amp; sectarian tensions&#8230;However, I must express some skepticism about the predominant Western focus on their fate. These voices were absent when the Arab Sunni majority was being massacred, persecuted, and tortured.\u201d YHS\n\nwww.resetdoc.org\/story\/yassin&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:64c2erjwtw7t5zookk5q745a\/post\/3ldgnhftugk2m?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Justin Salhani (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:64c2erjwtw7t5zookk5q745a?ref_src=embed\">@justinsalhani.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:64c2erjwtw7t5zookk5q745a\/post\/3ldgnhftugk2m?ref_src=embed\">16 December 2024 at 15:30<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:evgc4ukadedre3gwsiwygkpz\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldelfda7w22u\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreic33eb2sm5i2wb43sasah5sgeystie5wgdkcfqwhprcwhue6h6tbi\"><p lang=\"en\">This man is a hero like very few. Ragheed Al-Tatari was an airforce pilot who refused an order to bomb Hama during Hafez Assad\u2019s 1982 massacres. He spent 42 years in prison.\n\nwww.instagram.com\/reel\/DDmmFo1&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:evgc4ukadedre3gwsiwygkpz\/post\/3ldelfda7w22u?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elia Ayoub \u0625\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0627 \u0623\u064a\u0648\u0628 (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:evgc4ukadedre3gwsiwygkpz?ref_src=embed\">@ayoub.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:evgc4ukadedre3gwsiwygkpz\/post\/3ldelfda7w22u?ref_src=embed\">15 December 2024 at 19:47<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was embarrassing for CNN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldhgbcfsws2c\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreic5fptsaxihewl73gdl7bvtdqz3gdayllazqrdsec35nan733fddy\"><p lang=\"en\">BREAKING: CNN has now CONFIRMED that the freed \u201cprisoner\u201d in their report was NOT an ordinary citizen as reported and as he claimed.\n\nAs local Syrian sources were saying, he was indeed an Assad intelligence officer who faked his story with CNN.\n\ud83d\udc47<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65\/post\/3ldhgbcfsws2c?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; News Eye (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65?ref_src=embed\">@newseye.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65\/post\/3ldhgbcfsws2c?ref_src=embed\">16 December 2024 at 22:54<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldijw7iric2b\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifetojass5b7fgnuzvlhsonaaltlwfepn2nq7akpbddrvx34dxkjq\"><p lang=\"en\">Must watch Channel 4 report on the mass graves in Syria, with over 100,000 dead estimated to be buried in just one site. The challenge to forensically document these sites will be huge.\nwww.channel4.com\/news\/true-sc&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/post\/3ldijw7iric2b?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eliot Higgins (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx?ref_src=embed\">@eliothiggins.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/post\/3ldijw7iric2b?ref_src=embed\">17 December 2024 at 09:32<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldgyf6ah6c27\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidzgym3tda6wbgye5zgylekozhmgy42anypksjex34w5y3qn7ppc4\"><p lang=\"en\">ID cards found as mass graves are now being uncovered across Syria, showing the extent of the regime&#x27;s brutality.\nRemember the world was prepared to normalise with this monster!<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4\/post\/3ldgyf6ah6c27?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Leila (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4?ref_src=embed\">@leilashami.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4\/post\/3ldgyf6ah6c27?ref_src=embed\">16 December 2024 at 18:45<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldiwd3htyk2d\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreigvxbecuvplnk2rxroucyztv6zpfxwit6gcly6upcnljoobnbjfee\"><p lang=\"en\">news.sky.com\/story\/they-f&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3ldiwd3htyk2d?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3ldiwd3htyk2d?ref_src=embed\">17 December 2024 at 13:14<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think the Che Guevarafication of al-Jolani\/al-Sharaa has already begun in parts of the Arab world, and I think Arab despots in particular will be as concerned by the rise of a populist technocratic political Islam as South American autocrats were by Latin American Communism. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ytalpCyLU9\">pic.twitter.com\/ytalpCyLU9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OzKaterji\/status\/1868749569015849265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Religious leaders of all sects celebrating the fall of Assad in Damascus today, Muslim, Christians, Druze, Sunni, Alawite. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zNZNWu7IKI\">pic.twitter.com\/zNZNWu7IKI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rami (@RamiSafadi93) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RamiSafadi93\/status\/1867575416397214180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1868437049600012532\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1868433525852225791\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">an interesting thread \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fOxpsbtarC\">https:\/\/t.co\/fOxpsbtarC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1868433246129955068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seeing this footage in this specific place is too overwhelming <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/noaE1c70EB\">pic.twitter.com\/noaE1c70EB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hassan I. Hassan (@hxhassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hxhassan\/status\/1867800310745641003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New billboards put up by HTS&#39;s Salvation Government in Aleppo. Creating facts on the ground fast. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wIdtVS3p2h\">pic.twitter.com\/wIdtVS3p2h<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aaron Y. Zelin (@azelin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azelin\/status\/1866535333510193627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are no words for this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:hpzrn24orwmk7ctqfd27uvyy\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ldcbn57v5k2m\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibcjnytrompu7bdvq7u5ac5go62kutrsbtqh5uri5wrfnkdxicp6e\"><p lang=\"en\">If you weren&#x27;t convinced he was a colossal douchebag before, there&#x27;s this.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hpzrn24orwmk7ctqfd27uvyy\/post\/3ldcbn57v5k2m?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Howard Eissenstat (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hpzrn24orwmk7ctqfd27uvyy?ref_src=embed\">@heissenstat.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:hpzrn24orwmk7ctqfd27uvyy\/post\/3ldcbn57v5k2m?ref_src=embed\">14 December 2024 at 21:47<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ld7q3scbqc2g\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibcbywie3xdoicneqkrwgt5kuaoich3fx4oidleyvopwcvmyifc4a\"><p lang=\"en\">Party in Damascus carrying on into the night<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4\/post\/3ld7q3scbqc2g?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Leila (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4?ref_src=embed\">@leilashami.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4\/post\/3ld7q3scbqc2g?ref_src=embed\">13 December 2024 at 21:28<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ld7w3k6kbc2m\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicw6bv6o7ilpn2dvicagxktesp2zl62jqzvehzkoouhoffa4pjtja\"><p lang=\"en\">Few countries on Earth deserve a moment of joy more than Syria.\n\nToday was the first Friday prayers &amp; day of rest without an Assad at the helm for 53 years.\n\nThe scale of celebrations reflecting the tyranny ended.\n\nUp to 1 million killed who never got to see this day. \ud83d\udfe2\u26aa\ufe0f\u26ab\ufe0f<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65\/post\/3ld7w3k6kbc2m?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; News Eye (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65?ref_src=embed\">@newseye.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:uz5apa2z3jrxhjjzqw5qik65\/post\/3ld7w3k6kbc2m?ref_src=embed\">13 December 2024 at 23:15<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:evgc4ukadedre3gwsiwygkpz\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ld6tbhhwzk2o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibnlvlquzff2q4jqsap56rtaw54qcbnnm6dkedgs6oi7nav2wcxpu\"><p lang=\"en\">After being targeted and murdered by the Assad regime with the same viciousness that Israel deploys against Palestinians in Gaza, the White Helmets rescue workers are now welcomed as heroes in liberated Syria.\n\n\ud83e\uddf5<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:evgc4ukadedre3gwsiwygkpz\/post\/3ld6tbhhwzk2o?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elia Ayoub \u0625\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0627 \u0623\u064a\u0648\u0628 (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:evgc4ukadedre3gwsiwygkpz?ref_src=embed\">@ayoub.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:evgc4ukadedre3gwsiwygkpz\/post\/3ld6tbhhwzk2o?ref_src=embed\">13 December 2024 at 12:52<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ld7u4s7fa22x\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicucqjccmj36xrno5xoqszwcjqvwuwrkqz5x44d4viye473flu7zu\"><p lang=\"en\">photo of the day \u2026<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3ld7u4s7fa22x?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3ld7u4s7fa22x?ref_src=embed\">13 December 2024 at 22:40<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ld6ualhufc2m\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreie5fmer3uphrbxnrpfmnkxakl54uponffohf6cochs4jrtdxrmdf4\"><p lang=\"en\">Assad&#x27;s final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight www.reuters.com\/world\/middle&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/post\/3ld6ualhufc2m?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eliot Higgins (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx?ref_src=embed\">@eliothiggins.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/post\/3ld6ualhufc2m?ref_src=embed\">13 December 2024 at 13:10<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:zx6veioei44xkpxi4rrkdqh7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ld7mhfqv4k25\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihrahjn7ms5wifn77j5tbhks6o752nanfxgxmnmbgjpetlu433rwi\"><p lang=\"en\">Syrian revolutionaries gave a fitting send-off to a Russian military convoy as it withdrew\u2014\u2018The Farewell of Shoes.\u2019 After all, what better tribute for forces that killed thousands and turned cities like Aleppo into rubble? Truly, a goodbye they\u2019ll never forget.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zx6veioei44xkpxi4rrkdqh7\/post\/3ld7mhfqv4k25?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Amer matar \u0639\u0627\u0645\u0631 \u0645\u0637\u0631 (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zx6veioei44xkpxi4rrkdqh7?ref_src=embed\">@amermatar.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zx6veioei44xkpxi4rrkdqh7\/post\/3ld7mhfqv4k25?ref_src=embed\">13 December 2024 at 20:23<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:clkdybbfi3fmyljpkoolsra7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ld7cc3vgrs2z\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibt5f56hjinzlbjriygnpbs7xwhn4rsq2dxxka46xse6agtbvp7hm\"><p lang=\"en\">Beautiful, joyous photos of the first Friday prayers since Assad&#x27;s fall from the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. One of my favorite memories from Damascus (besides those involving food) a million years ago in 2005 was spending time in this mosque. I hope to return someday soon.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:clkdybbfi3fmyljpkoolsra7\/post\/3ld7cc3vgrs2z?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Erin A. Snider (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:clkdybbfi3fmyljpkoolsra7?ref_src=embed\">@erinsnider.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:clkdybbfi3fmyljpkoolsra7\/post\/3ld7cc3vgrs2z?ref_src=embed\">13 December 2024 at 17:21<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lczdvifol22s\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicwyivbbkn3vyznpe7ntexllzxef47gwubrxkto5amvrkclieaowm\"><p lang=\"en\">let\u2019s hope this happens \n\nSyria chemical attack victims want investigations reopened www.bbc.com\/news\/article&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lczdvifol22s?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lczdvifol22s?ref_src=embed\">11 December 2024 at 08:34<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcxi2fyg6s2p\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidtn2oa23y4yd2y2qwcysf2jmhofd2gsvodm46byxsgoyypttc5xe\"><p lang=\"en\">Good to hear Syrians on the ground here \u2026<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcxi2fyg6s2p?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcxi2fyg6s2p?ref_src=embed\">10 December 2024 at 14:43<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:l3u4cbuztzs3ip2ales7qfvu\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcv6uhx5qs2h\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicgpsh5zrbwyc7prse37z7bdtrjka2kcxhm5vxbc2s3t5zyqo5yyy\"><p lang=\"en\">Grandma spittin<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:l3u4cbuztzs3ip2ales7qfvu\/post\/3lcv6uhx5qs2h?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Amarnath Amarasingam (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:l3u4cbuztzs3ip2ales7qfvu?ref_src=embed\">@amaramarasingam.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:l3u4cbuztzs3ip2ales7qfvu\/post\/3lcv6uhx5qs2h?ref_src=embed\">9 December 2024 at 16:53<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:yvu2cdtvbjcuervvcvyuz6hl\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcvk342b6s2h\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreig6sd6jwr6wuuutdguroemx23xs2idvsjd52zwaghjliy4xpthzo4\"><p lang=\"en\">HTS fatwa channel, asked about religious permissibility of parliament, says nothing forbids it so long as it&#x27;s shari&#x27;ah-compliant \u2013 just another form of shura. jihadology.net\/2024\/12\/08\/n&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:yvu2cdtvbjcuervvcvyuz6hl\/post\/3lcvk342b6s2h?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sam Heller | \u0633\u0627\u0645 \u0647\u064a\u0644\u0631 (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:yvu2cdtvbjcuervvcvyuz6hl?ref_src=embed\">@abujamajem.com<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:yvu2cdtvbjcuervvcvyuz6hl\/post\/3lcvk342b6s2h?ref_src=embed\">9 December 2024 at 20:14<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcuvb77h6s2s\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihltb7k6j7maawdznby5pm7uainbvawaggxotdcdverkygwh77mrm\"><p lang=\"en\">A powerful article by @kshaheen.bsky.social @newlinesmag.bsky.social<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcuvb77h6s2s?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcuvb77h6s2s?ref_src=embed\">9 December 2024 at 14:01<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcujo4ivwc22\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihaokklyqld2rit6haf7us2ex6bl2fhwvelnktfmtettlv3nktvhe\"><p lang=\"en\">Out of all the work I&#x27;ve done on Syria I think this is my favourite. It includes a lot of digital detective work, Russia stupidly providing key evidence, and Forensic Architecture doing clever things with 3D models, all to ID one chemical weapon www.bellingcat.com\/news\/2020\/04&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/post\/3lcujo4ivwc22?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eliot Higgins (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx?ref_src=embed\">@eliothiggins.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2whlowi5jjjqrdrrj4lxh2lx\/post\/3lcujo4ivwc22?ref_src=embed\">9 December 2024 at 10:34<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcuphntcac25\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibtahlzzluaytojusgdnve6c5ci44v7idvjccvc5iiw2xyrpfw3z4\"><p lang=\"en\">Remarkable\u2026<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcuphntcac25?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcuphntcac25?ref_src=embed\">9 December 2024 at 12:18<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:mcru4t7annkziniqrw4raaii\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcumtui6zc2l\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiaijxfsfh7w4noytflvcdh5jl5a6rnxkr3mp7qdlnj3vrnydkfwwm\"><p lang=\"en\">HTS publish new photographs of its leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now going by his real name Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, watching over what appears to be an Israeli air strike in the country he has just conquered.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:mcru4t7annkziniqrw4raaii\/post\/3lcumtui6zc2l?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Oz Katerji (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:mcru4t7annkziniqrw4raaii?ref_src=embed\">@ozkaterji.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:mcru4t7annkziniqrw4raaii\/post\/3lcumtui6zc2l?ref_src=embed\">9 December 2024 at 11:31<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcupe7lilk25\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifg23bmzxyyt6mkopeaqppc5dosdiouq6lbgsgo2q4ia65mekdkw4\"><p lang=\"en\">Good photo\u2026<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcupe7lilk25?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcupe7lilk25?ref_src=embed\">9 December 2024 at 12:16<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:kd7mfwtwhhb3josozp4zp4pi\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcsthgbyyc2n\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreigtna6gejsfdgmsdfs6mnk25y7jm73dxgn4dvz7rqegn7bcd23vvi\"><p lang=\"en\">Central London today full of joyful Syrians \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\ude4c<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:kd7mfwtwhhb3josozp4zp4pi\/post\/3lcsthgbyyc2n?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zoe Gardner (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:kd7mfwtwhhb3josozp4zp4pi?ref_src=embed\">@zoejardiniere.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:kd7mfwtwhhb3josozp4zp4pi\/post\/3lcsthgbyyc2n?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 18:24<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:kd7mfwtwhhb3josozp4zp4pi\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcsthgbyyc2n\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreigtna6gejsfdgmsdfs6mnk25y7jm73dxgn4dvz7rqegn7bcd23vvi\"><p lang=\"en\">Central London today full of joyful Syrians \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\ude4c<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:kd7mfwtwhhb3josozp4zp4pi\/post\/3lcsthgbyyc2n?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zoe Gardner (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:kd7mfwtwhhb3josozp4zp4pi?ref_src=embed\">@zoejardiniere.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:kd7mfwtwhhb3josozp4zp4pi\/post\/3lcsthgbyyc2n?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 18:24<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcstqafyik2p\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreigja6oy7mmz6o6jfeycb5roe6uz4gjfdie2a6d6bhnnxybndrd2nq\"><p lang=\"en\">Syrians celebrating in Latakia were filmed riding around on a toppled statue of former president Hafez al-Assad, Bashar\u2019s father, as it was dragged through the streets.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2\/post\/3lcstqafyik2p?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; aljazeera.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2?ref_src=embed\">@aljazeera.com<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2\/post\/3lcstqafyik2p?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 18:29<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcshu6m25s25\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiaq74mfpxnzbkqxhjpjeyptlpxp6xpmuot4j73umjqkafqg5rl3xe\"><p lang=\"en\">news.sky.com\/story\/syria-&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcshu6m25s25?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lcshu6m25s25?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 14:56<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:4xs6hhhc5hzr4p2oriolzc75\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcrypw6df22h\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreigqdbdexmedmsmx3uxysensdvrr4e3u5c5fwbfex36htqhq46fcce\"><p lang=\"en\">As we all watch some of #Syria\u2019s horrific prisons being opened up, let&#x27;s remember the systematic torture inside them under Assad\u2019s rule: www.hrw.org\/report\/2015\/&#8230;\n\nSurvivors &amp; families have been bravely seeking justice for years: www.hrw.org\/feature\/2024&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4xs6hhhc5hzr4p2oriolzc75\/post\/3lcrypw6df22h?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Andrew Stroehlein (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4xs6hhhc5hzr4p2oriolzc75?ref_src=embed\">@andrewstroehlein.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:4xs6hhhc5hzr4p2oriolzc75\/post\/3lcrypw6df22h?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 10:25<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:mj5h6johygkjaoo3dg5q23lm\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcru2ur7fs2d\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidcmiuyhq5lz7fi52ae6hqgxejruwfdhbnpfnlq6w7sivotaf77h4\"><p lang=\"en\">Utterly astonishing . End of an era that began in 1971. \u201cSyrian state television aired a video statement by a group of men saying that President Bashar Assad had been overthrown and all prisoners had been set free.\u201d apnews.com\/article\/syri&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:mj5h6johygkjaoo3dg5q23lm\/post\/3lcru2ur7fs2d?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Shashank Joshi (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:mj5h6johygkjaoo3dg5q23lm?ref_src=embed\">@shashj.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:mj5h6johygkjaoo3dg5q23lm\/post\/3lcru2ur7fs2d?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 09:02<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:pnqqzvrc4kh2dzp5ccjiskdz\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcrtcbbpmk2s\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiecgyiep2hrj5msnelivd4lltscsqxcnnvzxhazdlpchwjkf2is6y\"><p lang=\"en\">Syrian TV broadcasts a still image with the words: The great revolution has triumphed and the Assad regime has fallen.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:pnqqzvrc4kh2dzp5ccjiskdz\/post\/3lcrtcbbpmk2s?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fared Al Mahlool | \u0641\u0631\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0644\u0648\u0644 (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:pnqqzvrc4kh2dzp5ccjiskdz?ref_src=embed\">@faredalmahlool.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:pnqqzvrc4kh2dzp5ccjiskdz\/post\/3lcrtcbbpmk2s?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 08:48<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:zx6veioei44xkpxi4rrkdqh7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcrahie76c2m\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihhkbyf6avxcccr4552d7ajf2vlsxfzci4uidhwmkmsjpib7znsbm\"><p lang=\"en\">Uniforms of Syrian soldiers from the dictator Bashar al-Assad\u2019s army, abandoned as they fled Damascus. A historic image marking the end of the dictator and his army.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zx6veioei44xkpxi4rrkdqh7\/post\/3lcrahie76c2m?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Amer matar \u0639\u0627\u0645\u0631 \u0645\u0637\u0631 (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zx6veioei44xkpxi4rrkdqh7?ref_src=embed\">@amermatar.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zx6veioei44xkpxi4rrkdqh7\/post\/3lcrahie76c2m?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 03:11<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:ey6cho2kt5xkriulhnce4f2p\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcrujsnpr22e\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreih3rfqq5f5stdoi2j4xm2sglrjg2prqdbl6q23n2rcnsxsw36m4ee\"><p lang=\"en\">No one noticed:\n\nThe peaceful &amp; orderly takeover of Syria owes much to the rebels mirroring Prophet Muhammad\u2019s return to Mecca after exile. Down to the words used, HTS instructions to fighters mirror that:\n\n\u2018Whoever stays home is safe\u2019\n\u2018Enter humbly\u2019\n\u2018No sacking or robbery\u2019\n\u2018Don\u2019t terrify civilians\u2019<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ey6cho2kt5xkriulhnce4f2p\/post\/3lcrujsnpr22e?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hassan Hassan (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ey6cho2kt5xkriulhnce4f2p?ref_src=embed\">@hhassan.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ey6cho2kt5xkriulhnce4f2p\/post\/3lcrujsnpr22e?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 09:10<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lcrou2ldm22g\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihuuv3vd4kwf7ezb4jmmk6fr7b7ca6lxlupodmyklcqe6i4ka47ty\"><p lang=\"en\">Syria opposition forces have declared that the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end hours after fighters entered the capital, Damascus, following a lightning advance across the country \u2935\ufe0f<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2\/post\/3lcrou2ldm22g?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; aljazeera.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2?ref_src=embed\">@aljazeera.com<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2\/post\/3lcrou2ldm22g?ref_src=embed\">8 December 2024 at 07:29<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please check my Bluesky and Twitter accounts for further coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated This page provides snapshots of online activities and representations following the removal of Bashar al-Assad from Syria. The list appears to be all-Sunni and is probably all-Islamist, but it includes at least some names from factions other than HTS. Notably, also, there seem to be some jihadi foreign fighters on it\u2014Jordanian, Uighur? 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