The Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, a deep Syrian wound

The Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, a deep Syrian wound

The history of the Yarmouk camp is a microcosm of the region’s history since the beginning of the Assad clan’s dictatorship, which can be described as national socialist. It provides a snapshot of the power relations and political loyalties that have led to the violent fracturing of Syrian and Palestinian societies since the mid-1950s. Yarmouk has also been a microcosm of the uprising and civil war that have ravaged Syria since 2011. Here is a comprehensive review of the chronology of the last fourteen years…

Is Ahmed Al-Sharaa mocking the Syrians?

Is Ahmed Al-Sharaa mocking the Syrians?

The fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024 was an undeniable liberation for millions of Syrians, who suddenly and unexpectedly emerged from fifty years of totalitarian barbarism that had transformed Syria into a field of ruins doubling as a concentration camp archipelago, since which several hundred thousand civilians have disappeared or been forced into exile. However, six months after this historic overthrow, all signs suggest that beyond the coup, the promise of a better future is rapidly fading.

It’s not complicated: A note to help you understand Syria

It’s not complicated: A note to help you understand Syria

In the age of social media and information for all and by all, it’s more than ever necessary to build up a reliable list of resources on the subjects you want to analyze and understand. Particularly when it comes to international geopolitics. As an initiative connected to Syrian society, we have put together this note to share our sources of information on Syria.

Call to all Syrian progressive forces !

Call to all Syrian progressive forces !

Apart from the accomplices of the Assad regime and the civilian populations still being targeted in the North and East of Syria, all Syrians are happy with the liberation of Syria thanks to the offensive of the Syrian rebels and the support of many Syrian communities...

Western leftist comrades, you failed your Levantine fellows.

Western leftist comrades, you failed your Levantine fellows.

We knew that the Syrian issue was the perfect test. But already on the Palestinian and Ukrainian questions, we had had the opportunity to detect the Orientalism that penetrates Western leftist circles. The genocide of our Palestinian brothers and sisters had given us...

Anti-Arab hatred and white supremacy, the seeds of Zionism

Anti-Arab hatred and white supremacy, the seeds of Zionism

The military operation in response to the bloody attack by the Palestinian resistance on the Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza ghetto on 7th October 2023 quickly became the scene of war crimes against the Palestinian civilian population. Let's start by...

Exploration trip in war-torn Ukraine

Exploration trip in war-torn Ukraine

I visited Ukraine in April 2024. The objective of this first stay was to meet local actors from the communities concerned in order to better understand the general context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the state of mind of the local population, but also to see what is being done in terms of popular solidarity initiatives and identify their needs.

In southern Syria, the uprising of Dignity has begun

In southern Syria, the uprising of Dignity has begun

More than ten years after the uprising of 2011, the revolt has resumed in southern Syria. As in 2011, the mainstream media are not reporting much on it, as if popular uprisings in this region were only of interest if they coincided with the interests of the states...

Chronicle after the fall

Mapping of the security situation in Syria between the fall of the regime and the massacres on the Syrian Coast (Dec 2024 – March 2025)

based on SOHR information

LEGEND

All the killings (except those officially attributed to ISIS)

Actions of the Military Operations Administration (MOA)

Actions of the turkish backed factions affiliated to the Syrian National Army (SNA)

Actions (including killings) of the Islamic State (ISIS)

Actions of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the kurdish police (Asayish) and kurdish armed forces (YPG/YPJ)

Actions of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

Others security incidents

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* Click on each pin for details and link to the original SOHR articles

** We did not include all the casualties due to bombings and old ordnances.

Movies about Syria and Syrians after 2011