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Suwayda 2025: chronology of an predictable massacre

This work to of re-establishing the facts hour by hour since the beginning of the aggression against the communities of Suwayda was carried out on the basis of our own experience on the spot, the testimonies of our relatives and members of Suwayda's civil society...

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...

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...

What’s behind the sectarian violence against the Druze in Syria ? – May 2025

Over the past week, Syria's Druze community has suffered an unprecedented attack by sectarian and Islamist armed groups, with the passive support of the new government in Damascus. We are currently in Syria, close to the events. Here is our description and analysis....

The Druze of Lebanon and Syria, a long history of insubordination

The Druze are a religious community attached to a heterodox creed of Ismaili Shi'ite Islam, which originated in Egypt under the leadership of Imam Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad in the early 11th century. The Druze faith takes its name from the preacher Muhammad ad-Darazi,...

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. This note was prepared by...

A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad stands in a ransacked government security facility, in Damascus, on December 8, 2024. (Photo by Rami al SAYED / AFP) (Photo by RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images).

14 Years of Revolution: How the Syrian People Prepared for Justice – by Lily RADWAN

When I was 10 years old, I was first introduced to the concept of freedom with the beginning of the Syrian revolution. I come from a Syrian family from the city of Homs but I never lived in Syria. Like a lot of people, I visited the country many times and fell in love...

We Will Need Time: a podcast with The Final Straw Radio, Ashville, NC (USA)

This podcast was made by THE FINAL STRAW RADIO, Asheville, NC, USA : https://thefinalstrawradio.libsyn.com/we-will-need-time-two-libertarian-communist-perspectives-on-events-and-possibility-in-syria In this episode, you’ll hear Cedric and Khuzama, two libertarian...

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...

The situation in Syria was never black or white: How the foreign interests converge

If you think Syrian rebels are only a tool of Israel and the USA, If you think that Russia and Israel are enemies, If you-think that Assad and Iran were the brave "Axis of Resistance to Israel" and that you cannot support Palestinian people AND Syrian people, If you...

In southern Syria, the uprising of Dignity has begun

Sep 29, 2023

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...