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This is not what Lavrov said in the TGRT Haber interview that Al Arabiya is citing. When asked about Russia’s position on legal action against Assad, who is residing in Moscow, Lavrov said: "This issue has not been on the agenda for a long time. Our partners know very well how everything is" 1/4

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Not demanding Assad’s extradition isn’t the issue. Striking a deal behind closed doors is. If the state respected its people, it would have been transparent. Syria is not a private farm and decisions of this scale cannot be dictated in secret by Sharaa. Otherwise, we’re back to square one. 4/4

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The practical benefits of the lifted UN sanctions: • Personal sanctions lifted on Sharaa and Khattab, travel bans removed, able to handle money and benefit economically, including UN funds • Delisted HTS figures can legally join the government, hold ministries, and engage diplomatically 3/4

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Even so, the meaning stands: Sharaa has been Lying to Syrians. By secretly dropping the demand for Assad’s extradition they signal to Russia they don’t intend to pursue justice for millions of Syrians, instead focused on removing Sharaa from the UN terrorist list by ensuring no Russian veto. 2/4

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I say it’s hardly surprising because the distribution of posts among relatives and the spread of rampant nepotism have become routine since Sharaa took power, justified by what he likes to call: “homogeneity" "التجانس” a gentleman's way of saying he wants no opposition and absolute control. 2/2

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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 28/01/2026

Muhammad Baraa Shakri has been appointed Acting Ambassador at the Syrian Embassy in Berlin. It should, of course, come as no surprise that his father is the current Minister of Endowment. 1/2

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And so in the name of the children of Syria, anyone claiming to represent them who flatters the military that made sure they'd never see another day, is spitting in the face of every family that has been destroyed. 3/3

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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 28/01/2026

Yet now, it’s as if the burden falls on the witness, for having seen the faces of mothers & fathers stunned in silence, too shattered to even react, as the lifeless bodies of their most precious were pulled from beneath the rubble, realizing that their lives would never be the same again. 2/3

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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 28/01/2026

Call it much-needed diplomacy or pragmatism or whatever, but while Sharaa praises the “bravery” of the Russian army in Moscow, Syrians will remember very well the horrors Putin's killing machine wreaked on our people: bombs, mass graves, and homes reduced to dust. 1/3

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A real state frees its citizens and prosecutes criminals. It wouldn’t waste a second entertaining the perverse thought of trading away its own citizens. Holding them for exchange doesn’t show authority. It shows that the state sees the people of Suwayda as nothing but expendable collateral. 8/8

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Let's also not forget when the governor appeared in a video back in July sat in a room with kidnapped women & children from Suwayda, to claim they were “safe” people were already outraged by the spectacle. It’s even more disturbing to realize that soon after they were thrown into prison. 7/8

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Conditioning their freedom on what another group does makes the state a a partner in crime and exposes Sharaa's willingness to keep innocent Druze civilians locked up to secure Bedouins, favoring one community over another, which ustifyies the people of Suwayda rejecting Sharaa's government. 6/8

Anyone arguing that releasing these civilians weakens the state’s ability to recover the Bedouins is admitting the deliberate detention of innocent people as leverage. If Hijri does not represent Suwayda, then these civilians have nothing to do with him and should never be tied to his actions. 5/8

This isn’t law enforcement, it’s hostage-taking under the guise of an official authority. The state simply recycled the kidnapping and used innocent people as bargaining chips, which can only be described as collective punishment. It’s immoral, illegal, and the behavior of a militia. 4/8

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Context: During the July Suwayda crisis, Bedouin tribes kidnapped civilians, the state then gained custody, but instead of letting them go, sent them to prison to hold as leverage. These were not criminals, but victims who were turned into detainees by the very state claiming to protect them. 3/8

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When asked why the hostages aren't released “it's complicated” the governor says, justifying it under “precautionary detention” When the presenter reacts with shock that the state is exchanging its own citizens, the governor snaps, telling him not to call it that, then calls it “the exchange.” 2/8

Mustafa Bakour, the so-called “governor of Suwayda” the appointee Sharaa’s bootlickers are praising, makes a stark admission that the state took Druze civilians kidnapped by Bedouin tribes, instead of freeing them, locked them up to use as leverage for Bedouins kidnapped by Druze militias. 1/8

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It is, of course, the Syrian state that bears full responsibility, because it is the state that must grant access to independent media and journalists, and not just to those who see themselves as guardians of the state. 8/9

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🧵" I'm not ISIS" The man in this video is a former ISIS member trying to deceive his way out of prison (Al-Hol Camp Northern Syria). Both videos in this thread make that abundantly clear: 1/9

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This is the only mechanism through which such attempts can be challenged and exposed. Otherwise, we are left with what looks less like journalism and more like efforts to invent pretexts for further conflict. 9/9

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The current conflict in northern Syria is creating layer upon layer of hatred and division, polarization the entire debate around how to move forward, a stark contrast to the unity Al-Sharaa claims the the deployment of his forces was meant to achieve. 7/9

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I'm not defending the SDF, just a point that one's grievances with them shouldn't mean engaging in reckless journalism, all it does is provoke those on the other side to respond. We end up in competition of deception, which is just another one of the depravities the current conflict generates. 6/9

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But there is also no shortage of those who don’t care about such victims at all and are simply shilling for the state and trying to score points against their adversaries, exploiting anything they can to land a political blow. 5/9

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Of course, many sharing the videos of prisoners who claim their innocence are genuinely concerned and rightfully so. They should speak out and defend any potential victims of false imprisonment, and certainly if they've been falsely accused of terrorism. No one should wish that on their enemy. 4/9

This is dangerous not only because it risks terrorists escaping, but also the less obvious problem behind that risk, where those who should be reporting objectively, are weaponizing these prisoners to serve their side of a media war, with little regard for the damage it causes in the process. 3/9

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But there's a fiasco playing out on pan-Arab media, along with Syrian state propagandists posing as journalists, that have presented this danger. A clear attempt to portray widespread false imprisonment on terrorism charges in the camp before the facts have even been verified. 2/9

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🧵" I'm not ISIS" The man in this video is a former ISIS member trying to deceive his way out of prison (Al-Hol Camp Northern Syria). Both videos in this thread make that abundantly clear: 1/9

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The images of children emerging from prison are a stain on the SDF and on anyone attempting to downplay them, they constitute a profound moral & institutional failure. Imprisoning adults unlawfully is a crime of the highest magnitude, mind you a child who cannot legally bear criminal responsibility.

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Even if a child were to commit murder, prison is not where they belong. The long-lasting psychological and developmental damage that may have been inflicted on these children amounts to the destruction of human life.

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The full year you're referring to, in my case unlike the vast majority of my former comrades, is an irregular year, one that looks vastly different from the 15 years that preceded it. I'm not trying to be hard, I'm just trying to do the matter justice. Be well.

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Allow me to suggest that I don't think that's enough to make an accurate determination of whether or not I've arrived 🙂

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Sadly, far too many people in these spaces online come with alot of deranged baggage.

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Not at all, point taken, and thank you for making the effort to share. Withe regards to making peace, not sure if your interaction with me is recent or of old, to determine if you're aware of how far I've come, is all I'm thinking now.

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That I agree with entirely, I am of the belief that religious ideology has become vastly a tool for harm. But that is not a popular view and one that I argue in places where I have time to spread my thoughts. Social media is not the right place for that.

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You're going into a different topic is what I'm saying. The point about this individual is that a shared religious identity for him is a platform to advocate for harm to a community, that as you mention, is already vulnerable. To what extent is another matter (for another day🙂)

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The fringe is there, the point I'm making is that people from the other side of the world (this sick individual from the Caribbean) have a fetish for religious domination and project it over Syria, they bring nothing but toxicity to the conversation, aiming to provoke and cause inflict harm.

"Even if it means turning Qamishlo or Hasakah into Gaza" These are the sort of sick people we need as far away from Syria as possible, those who bear no real connection to Syria beyond a shared religious identity and are comfortable advocating the destruction of our towns and communities.

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The longer this war drags on the more likely Syrians will never heal. It's absurd anyone believes it can end well. Even if the state ends up governing all Syrian territory, depicting "unity", what unity? the scars, hatred and deep mistrust this conflict will generate leaves no room for cohesion 4/4

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Even if the claim of an offensive by state aligned forces were true, nothing justifies such brutality. If the victims were indeed Arab civilians collectively punished based on their identity for actions they had nothing to do with, this marks a deeply grim development. 3/4

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Reports indicate the killings took place in a village outside Kobani. In last night's video a man speaking in Kurmanji claims responsibility for the massacre, saying it was carried out in retaliation for an attack on Kobani, that Kurdish fighters won't let an attack on the town go unanswered. 2/4

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🧵What appears to be 21 civilians, some with their hands tied behind their backs, suggesting they've been executed, have appeared in two separate videos that seem to have been filmed last night and today. Both videos are clearly of the same incident, as the victims’ clothing matches. 1/4

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Those in Al-Hol camp who were directly involved with ISIS or engaged in acts of terrorism must, of course, face consequences to protect the general public. But even then, the process must be bound by law and basic human rights. 5/5 END

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I'm not arguing for the premature release of those in Al-Hol camp. I'm saying we need expertise, investment and external oversight. Otherwise they're effectively being sentenced to death, which is unacceptable. Many haven't committed crimes and are just trapped by ideology, especially children. 4/5

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Politics aside, but the thousands being held in Al-Hol camp are human beings, and leaving them and their families in these unmistakably horrible conditions is a slow, deliberate destruction of human lives that nobody should be condoning. 3/5

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