Deir Ezzor residents reportedly discovered large amounts of ISIS uniforms and flags in the headquarters of Iranian militias and the Russian army after their retreat. Imagine the dirty secrets that will surface once Assad's regime falls? 50 years of lies, crimes and manipulation!

The many prisoners in Damascus include approx 500 prisoners whom the YPG handed over to the regime from the Afrin Central Prison. I know 2 Kurds who made it out, one died 3 months later due to the wounds of torture, another I interviewed, his family had networks and money, so

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The economic situation in Azaz and Idlib is much better than in (now former) regime areas, that is now extra clear to me. The level of services as electricity, water and bread is also way better. x.com/RenaNetjes/sta…

People at the time accused the rebels of kidnapping him, but now we know it was the alleged protector of Christians and other religious minorities in the country that did #Assad #Syria

All hats off to the White Helmets, who deserve a Nobel. Think of the most selfless first responders you’ve ever met—emergency workers, firefighters—and imagine them doing that work to save fellow citizens from a tyrannical, totalitarian regime that was killing them both.

Open AI is operating at a 5 billion dollar loss in 2024, its running on stolen training data for which it is facing multiple lawsuits, and that training data is already redundant. This entire dogshit industry is a house of cards that will collapse within a year or two

NEW -- senior #German officials are in #Damascus now, meeting with #HTS leadership.

Oh, we were just in Sadad on Friday. The church representative told me that of c they were going to celebrate Christmas and the muhtar told me that 120 young Christian men from the community died on the regime's 'hot front lines' and that 1500 others therefore fled Syria..

Morocco to surpass Egypt as Africa's top tourist destination. With nearly 16m visitors by November 2024 - up 20% from last year - Morocco is on track for a record-breaking year, targeting 17.5m tourists by year-end middleeastmonitor.com/20241217-moroc…

Here is an Unofficial Translation of the Settler Leadership Letter asking the government to apply the northern Gaza model to the West Bank. The UK and the EU should sanction all the settler leaders who signed this letter.

Now the regime is exploding opposition offices. #terrorinGeorgia

The headlines you won’t see in Western media.

The BBC news website stands accused by its own journalists of systematic pro-Israel bias. Tomorrow, my detailed investigation based on the testimonies of 12 BBC journalists is published by Drop Site. And here's the story that started the investigation off.

This is exactly what Musk did in the U.K. during the riots in August. Trying to inflame a situation to stir up division and disrupt government. This has to stop.

🧵 on the threatening challenges the new Syrian order faces now, which it has to resolve quickly

Striking how much of the propaganda against the forces that toppled Assad is outright lies. Syrians' criticism of the new authorities is more substantive & sobering. (The fiery sermon is mistranslated; it's about defeating Iran's sectarian forces, not about Alawites or Shia.)

🌲 California’s Forests Are Disappearing Between 2001 and 2023, California lost a sizeable tree cover. Using GLAD Forest Change data, I mapped it out: 🔴 Pink areas = forest loss 🟢 Green shades = tree cover in 2000 Here's how I create maps like this: youtu.be/wruLRZZpQsk

Facebook under Trump is an even nastier club ↘️

Moving house in Amsterdam. Pro