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They’ll think nuance is saying “Assad was bad, but…”. Despite their opposition to one another, a lot of discourse by this brand of “leftists” mimics how “liberal” Zionists talk about Palestine

“Yes the Palestinians are oppressed, but…”

As if just implying human suffering is sufficient nuance…

This is the full document: the change is being made to the first grade curriculum

If accurate - these proposed changes to the Syrian educational curriculum are atrocious.

In the second row, shown is the following instruction for the first grade curriculum:

“Change ‘those with whom God is angry, who have lost their way’ to ‘the Jews and Christians’”

Neither you or I know, and regardless no one has the the right to physically attack someone based on their sect / suspected allegiances. This is a recipe for chaos. The man who punched him could be an ex-shabiha: the point is, we don’t know.

& To your point, Jolani urged against revenge attacks

He painted it on the garage? You have solid evidence of this? What if he was coerced into painting this beforehand like everyone else? What if he doesn’t have access to paint to remove it? Is it even his property to paint over? These are questions to ask before making conclusions

….that flag is literally everywhere, standing near one does not mean one is a regime sympathizer. In general, let’s not treat others in the manner the regime did, ever

- acting peacefully and in a dignified way is the best revenge against its violent legacy.

Conservatives from Syria often mention “agendas” when it comes to social empowerment efforts and offer scant evidence. Does anyone have proof, for example, to what Al-Debs is saying about “skyrocketing divorce rates” post 2018?

New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel "Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.

They’re really taking the Turkish model seriously and more: not even making a promise to Palestine, and proposing peace with an Israel actively committing apartheid and genocide. Are souls that cheap? None of us are free, until both Syria and Palestine are free.

www.npr.org/2024/12/27/g...

Regarding*

Is there material written on this? The article that‘s come up a lot regarsing al Jolani / al Sharaa is the 2020 piece by Darren Khalifa for the Crisis Group

The ghost of the regime - its way of operating - will haunt us for a long time

Noticed this too….he’s been more tough on HTS than he ever has been with the regime in its 14 year campaign against the Syrian people, regardless of sect. He’s also been spreading disinformation regarding the returning of illegally seized properties.

…you brought up ISIS as a raison d’être for US presence in Syria and I responded by presenting you the context - created by US policy - that led to its rise. US + Iranian foreign intervention, at the cost of Syrian life, exists regardless of the embassy operations of either. Neither side is clean -

Less bad? 

How did say the American-led occupation of Iraq, and the gutting out of Iraq’s bureaucracy lead to the supplying of ISIS with new recruits? How is America less bad when it arms a genocide in Gaza? I’m no fan of Iran, but minimizing America’s crimes in the Middle East is a stretch

Follow verify.sy to fact-check news coming out of Syria.

They did an excellent job clearing up CNN’s sloppy journalism on Sednaya Prison and are doing meticulous verification on events 24/7

Here’s their Instagram:

www.instagram.com/verify.sy/pr...

Be it* directly…

In an ideal world, we would have neither the Americans nor the Iranians meddling in Syria, be directly or through proxies.

No I’m not: proxy fighting in Syria, be it through the Turks, Americans, or more directly through the Russians, doesn’t make Iran the only bad faith actor. The American troops and likely intelligence ops in Syria existed regardless of the embassy’s closure - 2000 personnel was it?

This is true - but can’t we essentially say the same about potentially any western embassy - or particularly a US one - reopening up? The Iranians, despite their colonial mission in Syria, were not alone in the immiseration of Syrians…

Israel has actually invaded 3 countries over the past year — and most of the Western media (including CNN) whitewashed that as a normal thing that states do.

Here’s the end result of that process:

On Ahmad al-Shara’a: I learned recently that his father Hussein al-Sharaa was a Nasserist. This begs the question - what is it with the children of leftists?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein...

Zionists and western supremacists on the one side, and campist leftists and victims of Iranian/Russian propaganda on the other, try to use one fascist genocide to excuse the other. This is the lowest immorality. May Zionism fall as Assadism has fallen.

Digging through weird AI experiments from months ago

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Assadism wasn’t forever, and Zionism won’t last forever. Every oppressive ideology is destined to fall.

So the majority of their parliament?

Assad was close to normalizing relations with Israel in 2010 as part an on-and-off negotiations process that started in 1991. This short article by The Guardian provides an overview. The only focus was the Golan Heights: Palestine was not even on the table.
www.theguardian.com/world/2010/f...

Dareen Khalifa at This Crisis Group penned this informative article in 2020 about Ahmed Al Shar‘a (nom de guerre „Mohammad al Jolani“) who at the time was leading HTS from Idlib. Important to read this to complement the CNN interview

www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Love that for you

Just some humor:

Back in the day, there was a place that sold children’s toys in Damascus called "بابا سليني" . The owners had translated this into English on the storefront signage as « Daddy Enjoy Me »