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Links

All links and categories below in no particular order, updated over time.

News, analysis, zines

Syria Untold
EA Worldview | Syria
Enab Baladi
The New Arab | Post-Assad Syria
New Lines Magazine | Syria
aNtiDoTe Zine | Syria
The Palestine Chronicle | Syria
Middle East Eye | Syria after Assad
ANF News | Rojava-Syria
Medya News | Syria
El Pais | Siria
UnHerd | Syria
Common Dreams | Syria
Syria Direct
The Kyiv Independent | Syria
Al Majalla | Syria
Al Jazeera | Syria
Al-Jumhuriya
Muslim Girl
UN News | Syria
TIMEP | Syria
Raseef22 English | Syria
New Internationalist | Syria
Daraj English
Mada | Syria
Jadaliyya | Syria
The Guardian | Syria
NPR | Syria
Syria in Transition
Justice Info | Syria
The New Humanitarian | Syria
France24 | Syria
Fair Observer | Middle East News

Radio

ARTA
Radio Rozana

Blogs

Aymenn’s Monstrous Publications (subscription required)
Qunfuz
Syria Freedom Forever - سوريا الحرية للأبد
EPCR | The Loop

Art and culture

ISIS Prisons Museum
The Markaz Review

Non government and inter-government organisations, non-profits and projects

Syrian Network for Human Rights
Justice For Life
Synergy Association For Victims
MENA Rights Group | Syria
GCR2P | Syria
ReliefWeb | Syria
Reporters Without Borders | Syria
Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression
Women Now
The Syrian Centre for Legal Studies and Research
Madaniya

Human Rights organisations

Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC)
The Syria Campaign
Syrians for Truth and Justice

Advocacy

Committee to Protect Journalists | Syria
Syrian Center for Journalistic Freedoms

Education, history, research & investigation

The Syrian Memory Project
MENA Research Center
Bellingcat | Syria
The Syrian Revolution and on YouTube

People

Mai El-Sadany - Bluesky
Leila Al-Shami - Bluesky | Mastodon
Zaina Erhaim - zaina-erhaim.com
Rami Jarrah (Alexander Page) - Bluesky
Qusay Noor - Bluesky
Muhammad Najem - Bluesky
Nour Qormosh - Instagram
Suad Aldarra - Instagram
Yassin Al Haj Saleh - Twitter
Hanna Davis - Twitter
Mais Katt - Facebook | Website

Podcasts

Branch 251

Campaigns

Petition to Demand the Immediate Release of Poet Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi and an End to Transnational Repression

Archival

Local Coordination Committees in Syria (via archive.org)


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Mohammed Saleh, head of media relations at Syria’s Ministry of Information, has criticised investigations published by a foreign news agency about Syria’s economic conditions and the coastal events, saying the timing of publication and the agency’s disregard for official responses suggest that “political motives outweigh professionalism.”

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For several months, Syrian government officials directly involved with the country’s economy have repeatedly stated their commitment to a policy of rejecting foreign borrowing, categorically refusing this option.

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تتجه المدينة الصناعية في حسياء بريف حمص نحو توسيع مساحتها وتعزيز مناخ الاستثمار فيها، ضمن خطة تنموية تشمل أراضي جديدة وحقوق المنتفعين المحليين.

وبدأت إدارة المدينة الصناعية في حسياء باتخاذ خطوات عملية في هذا الشأن، حيث عقد اجتماع في مبنى المجمع الحكومي جمع ممثلين عن البلدية، واتحاد الفلاحين، وعدداً من وجهاء بلدة حسياء، بهدف بحث ضم 20 عقاراً تقع ضمن الحدود الإدارية للبلدة إلى المدينة الصناعية.

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The spokesperson for the Fact-Finding Committee on the Syrian coast events, Yasser al-Farhan, announced the key findings of its report, which was submitted a few days ago to Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, regarding the events that took place in the coastal region last March.

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Note for people not familiar with ACLED. One event could include multiple attacks. For example, in the first three months since December Israel had done over 750 airstrikes and over 125 ground incursions which is not reflected on the map in that way.

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Fighting resumed at dawn on Monday, July 14, in villages across western rural Suwayda, southern Syria, as local factions repelled advances by armed groups attempting to push in from western Daraa countryside.

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أعلنت وزارة الداخلية السورية، اليوم الإثنين، عن بدء تدخل وحدات من قواتها، بالتنسيق مع وزارة الدفاع، لفض النزاع المسلح الدائر في محافظة السويداء، وفرض الأمن والاستقرار، وذلك عقب الاشتباكات العنيفة التي شهدها حي المقوّس وأدت إلى سقوط عشرات القتلى والجرحى.

وأكدت الوزارة في بيان عزمها على ملاحقة جميع المتسببين بالأحداث الدامية وتحويلهم إلى القضاء المختص، ضمانًا لاستعادة الاستقرار وترسيخ سلطة القانون ومنع تكرار مثل هذه المآسي.

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The Syrian government has unveiled a new national visual identity, which includes a revised national emblem and changes to other sovereign visual symbols.

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The identity was presented during the event attended by Enab Baladi, as part of efforts to rebuild the national image and promote unity and a collective identity, following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8, 2024, in a way that reflects the current phase.

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تستعد رئاسة الجمهورية العربية السورية للإعلان عن "هوية الدولة الجديدة" مساء اليوم الخميس، في فعالية رسمية تُقام في ساحة الجندي المجهول بالعاصمة دمشق، عند الساعة التاسعة مساء، بحضور رئيس الجمهورية أحمد الشرع.

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في وقت سابق من اليوم، تلقّى المواطنون رسائل نصية من شركات الاتصالات المحلية تتضمن رابطاً لموقع "الهوية البصرية الجديدة"، ودعتهم من خلالها لمتابعة الإعلان المرتقب مساءً.

ومن المتوقع أن يُتبع الإعلان بخطوات عملية، أبرزها استبدال الوثائق الشخصية، وعلى رأسها "بطاقة الهوية الوطنية"، وكذلك جوازات السفر السورية لاحقاً، لتتوافق مع الهوية الجديدة.

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Archived Link: https://archive.is/D9qFB


The US has agreed to a plan by Syria's transitional government to incorporate thousands of foreign extremist fighters into the national army, Reuters reported on 2 June.

US President Donald Trump's envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack, told the news agency, “I would say there is an understanding, with transparency,” to incorporate the fighters into units under the control of the Ministry of Defense.

As part of the CIA-led covert war to topple the former Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad, tens of thousands of foreign Salafist extremists traveled to Syria to fight what they claimed was a jihad against the Syrian army. Radical fighters traveled to Syria, primarily via Turkiye, from across the world, including China, and Europe, to join Al-Qaeda groups, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and ISIS.

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قتل رئيس البلدية السابق لبلدة صحنايا بريف دمشق حسام ورور وابنه على يد مجهولين، بعد ساعات من دخول الأمن العام التابع لوزارة الداخلية وسيطرته على البلدة وسط

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استقرار حركة السير في جرمانا مع فتح المدخلين الرئيسيين بعد اتفاق مع وجهاء السويداء.

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I hope this is alright to ask here. If not, please let me know and I'll delete this.

I'm learning Arabic and I have a question about the Syrian Arabic dialect, specifically the one spoken in Damascus: which word would you use for "therefore"? From different levantine speakers I've heard لَهيك , مشان هيك , عشان هيك. But I don't know which one would be normal to use in Damascus.

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Syrian army forces have begun entering Tishrin Dam east of Aleppo province, under an agreement signed between the Syrian Ministry of Defense and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that previously controlled the area.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported today, Saturday, April 12, that the Syrian army and security forces from the Ministry of Interior have started entering Tishrin Dam in the eastern Aleppo countryside.

It added that the army’s entrance to the area aims to impose security and stability there, in accordance with the agreement reached with the SDF.

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أصدرت إدارة الأمن العام في محافظة دير الزور قراراً بفصل تسعة عناصر من الخدمة، بعد ثبوت تورطهم في مخالفات وجنح متفاوتة، شملت السرقة والرشوة وتهريب موقوفين والإخلال بالواجبات الوظيفية.

وجاء في نص القرار، الصادر بتاريخ 11 نيسان 2025، أن أحد العناصر أُحيل إلى التحقيق بتهمة تسهيل تهريب أحد الموقوفين، في حين تمثلت باقي المخالفات في تقاضي رُشا على الحواجز الأمنية، والتعدي على ممتلكات الدولة، واختلاس الذخيرة.

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أعلنت وزارة الداخلية السورية عن دخول قوات إدارة الأمن العام إلى مدينة بصرى الشام في ريف درعا الشرقي لاستلام عدد من المطلوبين، في إطار "الجهود المبذولة لتعزيز الأمن والاستقرار وفرض سيادة القانون في المنطقة".

وفي سياق متصل، أكد "تجمع أحرار حوران" المحلي أن عناصر الأمن العام شرعوا في استلام السلاح من مقاتلي اللواء الثامن سابقاً في مختلف مدن وبلدات محافظة درعا.

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يسود التوتر الأمني ريف درعا الشرقي، ولا سيما مدينة بصرى الشام، منذ مساء الخميس، إثر حملة اعتقالات نفذها "اللواء الثامن" التابع لـ"الفيلق الخامس" بقيادة أحمد العودة، ترافقت مع إطلاق نار، وانتشار أمني مكثف، وفرض حظر تجوال في عدد من الأحياء.

وفي حين روجت صفحات مقربة من العودة أن الحملة تستهدف متورطين في تجارة المخدرات، نفت مصادر مطلعة هذه الادعاءات، مؤكدة أن الاعتقالات طالت عناصر سابقين في فصائل المعارضة و"اللواء الثامن"، ممن قدموا طلبات انتساب حديثة إلى وزارة الدفاع السورية.

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Viva Syria!!!

Syria Population: 25.3 Million

Let's all get everyone of the people onto these platforms/apps/websites to grow together (Most of these are on Bluesky via @)

The more united we all are in-person, & online the better. With each person on these, taking action, inspiring each other, & collaborating that makes us all stronger. Adding to the resistance with an extra person/people who can put any skills they have to use or be taught how to help. So please try these out, then get others on board, & recommend communities/organizations/people getting things done to follow/help out by doing with them

Recommendations:

(They all have entries about them on alternativeto.net as well)

  • Windows➡️Linux Mint @LinuxMint (Like Windows 10), Pop!_OS (Like MacOS), or Fedora Workstation @fedora.fosstodon
  • Android➡️LineageOS @lineageos.org, or GrapheneOS @grapheneos.org
  • Android App Stores➡️F-Droid, & Aurora Store
  • General Apps➡️Fossify apps, FUTO apps, & Proton apps
  • Chrome➡️Cromite, & Brave Browser
  • Cloud Services➡️OpenCloud https://opencloud.eu/en
  • Firefox➡️Zen Browser (Best productivity browser), & Librewolf
  • Obsidian➡️Memory
  • Reddit➡️Lemmy (Let's get people on this community, & others)
  • Discord➡️Revolt @revolt.chat
  • Twitter➡️Bluesky @bsky & Mastodon @joinmastodon
  • Slack/Telegram➡️Matrix (Via Element App) @matrix.org
  • Zoom➡️Jitsi Meet
  • Messages/Calls/File Sharing➡️Session @session-app
  • TikTok➡️Spark @sprk.so
  • Instagram➡️Flashes @flashes.blue (Android version comes the sooner the Creator hits their funding goal)
  • Facebook➡️Diaspora
  • YouTube➡️PeerTube @joinpeertube
  • Substack➡️Ghost @ghost.org
  • VRChat➡️Resonite @resonite.com (Can be played on Desktop without a VR Headset or Setup. Free on Steam as a fun way to pass time)

KDE, Tuxedo Computers, & e/OS/ make great open-source hardware.

Also a cool project to look into is Automotive Grade Linux for open-source cars. So no one tampers with what we drive

(If you have any questions, or want more recommendations let me know. Or use alternativeto.net for more alternatives to existing stuff)

You can do it. We can do it!! Getting all of us together here and those other platforms!! Let's rise and grow together!!!

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The Israeli army announced the execution of a ground incursion into Daraa province, coinciding with airstrikes, which resulted in the deaths of civilians.

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For its part, the Daraa governorate stated that nine civilians were killed and others injured as an initial toll due to Israeli army shelling on the Jbeiliya Dam forest west of Daraa, amid significant popular mobilization and anger following this massacre, especially as Israeli forces advanced into this depth for the first time.

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The Syrian government has reached an agreement with the forces affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operating in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods of Aleppo in northern Syria, which stipulates coordination between the two sides and the gradual withdrawal of the latter.

The agreement, which took place between the Civil Council of the Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods and the committee appointed by the presidency, consists of 14 clauses:

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The British website Middle East Eye reported that Turkey is preparing to establish an air defense base at the military airport “T4” near Palmyra in Homs, central Syria.

According to informed sources not named by the website, Ankara aims to build the base to target the Islamic State group and deter Israeli aerial attacks on Syria.

Middle East Eye stated yesterday, Tuesday, April 1, that construction plans for the site are underway.

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