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The July 18 Crisis Cell Explosion: The Mystery That Changed Syria’s War
In mid-July 2012, thousands of rebels in Syria were advancing into Aleppo’s eastern neighbourhoods, the countryside of Deir ez-Zor was rising, declaring the end of the Assad’s rule over the entire region. As for Homs, despite the blood of the rebels being spilled in Baba Amr, the youth in...
The Right Honorable Parliamentarian
A sharp political satire by Dr. Musa Al-Halool exposing hypocrisy, fear, and blind loyalty through a darkly humorous tale set in Syria's parliament.
Defection of Hussein Harmoush and the intrigue surrounding his capture
#Harmoush’s decision to defect came after a massacre of civilians by #Assad government forces on June 4, 2011, in the #Syrian city of #JisrAlShughur
A Brother-Sister Reunion – Among the Graves!
In late spring of last year, in my nephew’s house in Hama, I had devised a tentative plan—Plan B, in fact—to sneak under cover of night like a thief into my home village on the northern bank of the Euphrates in the eastern Raqqa countryside. I did this in...
Hollow Triumph: The real story behind October 6 war
On October 6, the Assad regime in Syria once again held its annual “celebration” of what it calls the "October Liberation War," a conflict that has been cloaked in false triumph for decades. For the Syrian people, however, the reality behind this annual celebration is a painful reminder of...
Darayya Massacre: A tale of resistance and sorrow
A seven-day mass cleansing campaign by #Assad regime forces which resulted in the killing of over 700 people
Twelve years after the massacre: Remembering the victims of Al-Houla
May 25, 2012 is the day of the bloody massacre of 108 civilians in the #Syrian village of #Taldou which came to be known as #AlHoula Massacre
The “Corrective Movement”: Syria’s vicious turning point
For #Syrians, #HafezAssad's "#CorrectiveMovement" on November 16, 1970 became a date marked with heavy symbolism
Victims still cry for justice 10 years after the Ghouta massacre
It has been 10 years since the #ChemicalMassacre in #Syria's #Ghouta, and the perpetrators have never been held accountable for their #HeinousCrimes
Aleppo’s Ain Jalout School Massacre nine years ago
On April 30, 2014, #Assad regime military attacked a #school in #Aleppo killing more than 25 #civilians, mostly #children
