Do you need more evidence that they and we are aiming for and hitting Palestinians seeking food aid?

🚨 New Report Out Now -- “Implications and Policy Responses for Banking Sector Sanctions on Syria” After months of research, interviews, legislative reviews, and revision marathons, I’m very pleased to share our latest 58-page policy report examining how two decades of banking

الاشتباكات لا تزال متواصلة في حي المقوس شرقي مدينة السويداء، واستمرار وصول الإصابات إلى مشافي المدينة، في ظل تصعيد تفاقم على إثر حادثة سلب وقعت على طريق دمشق استهدفت تاجراً من السويداء، وامتدت لعمليات خطف متبادل داخل المحافظة، قبل أن تتطور الأوضاع لاشتباكات مسلحة وقصف متبادل.

Escalating clashes in #Sweida, following a pattern I discussed in a recent report for New Lines Magazine in which low level criminality is spiralling into communal violence. Read more here newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in-s…

Update on #Suwayda: - Locals report 15 dead & 50+ injured, amid persistent clashes between Bedouin tribesmen & #Druze militiamen (including Internal Security). - Gov't forces have positioned along the #Suwayda borders, but have not intervened while local mediation continues.

"Fear has begotten fear, and vendettas are growing out of vendettas. No one knows who started it, and no one seems to know how it will end" Last month I reported on simmering violence in #sweida between #Bedouin and #Druze for New Lines Magazine, which has since erupted in recent days

It's hard to fathom that it's been 5yrs since the #BeirutBlast devastated our city. Even harder to fathom is that no one has been held to account While I was at Human Rights Watch our research showed that responsibility extends to highest levels of govt. We deserve answers, we deserve justice

My latest examines the transitional government’s efforts to hold its forces accountable, noting that while some progress has been made, a persistent lack of transparency continues to undermine credibility and public trust. #Syria #accountability en.majalla.com/node/327126/op…

There is a difference in levels of transparency, however. When arresting regime remnants, criminals, smugglers, terrorists, etc. the Syrian government promote it in official media, but in the case of its own base/fighters, they just note it to the media.

With negotiations between the Kurdish-dominated SDF and Damascus stalled, clashes and tribal calls for mobilisation raise the prospect of widening violence Will tensions between the SDF and Arab tribes explode? 🖋 Cian Ward newarab.com/analysis/futur…

My latest for The New Arab on recent tensions between the Arab tribes and the Kurdish-led SDF in northeast Syria It represents another potential flashpoint in Syria, especially as ongoing negotiations have stalled Comments from McKeever, Ahmad Sharawi and Wladimir van Wilgenburg

🧵 1/5 My latest report examines how HLP rights violations are being addressed during the first six months of Syria’s post-regime transition. It highlights both the formal and informal efforts currently underway to reclaim property. paxforpeace.nl/publications/r…

🚨Confirmed: Major strike in Doha that appears to be an assassination attempt aimed at Hamas political leadership. The building is near the Chinese embassy and Qatar University. U.S. has some 10,000 troops or more in Qatar.

#عاجل 🔻هاجم جيش الدفاع والشاباك من خلال سلاح الجو قبل قليل بشكل موجه بالدقة قيادة حركة حماس الارهابية. 🔴قادة القيادة الحمساوية الذين تم استهدافهم قادوا انشطة حماس الارهابية على مدار سنوات ويتحملون المسؤولية المباشرة عن ارتكاب مجزرة السابع من اكتوبر وإدارة الحرب ضد إسرائيل.

Honoured to tell the story of Khaled Al-Asaad for New Lines Magazine , one of the great heroes of the Syrian revolution. He never picked up a gun and only fought to protect the shared heritage of mankind. An immense thank you to his family and friends for speaking to me for the story.

How the Shipwrights of Arwad Weathered Syria’s War Syria’s only inhabited island survived the conflict. Its boatbuilders are reviving their craft, which dates back to Phoenician times, and welcoming visitors again, reports Anagha Subhash for New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/spotlight/how-…

A ‘must read’ on Syria’s economic transition

White House releases picture of Netanyahu reading the apology letter to Qatar PM

My latest for The New Arab examining a pattern of attacks by Assadist groups targeting the government’s security services. Economic dispossession and the marginalisation of demobilised soldiers (akin to Iraq post-2003) may fueling attacks

Ten years after the Islamic State group executed Khaled al-Asaad, the “father of Palmyra,” his family recalls the man who gave his life to protect Syria’s greatest archaeological treasure. Cian Ward reports for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/syri…