Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 12/08/2026After a decade of de facto autonomy, the Kurdish-led administration in northeastern Syria is now being brought under the authority of the Syrian state. After 10 months of stalled talks, clashes erupted in January, with Syrian forces capturing 80 percent of Kurdish-held territory. ⬇️ 100
Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Hundreds gathered in Beirut this Saturday for the funeral of our colleagues Fatima Ftoun; her brother and cameraman Mohammed Ftouni; and Ali Shoeib. The three were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on March 28 while traveling in a clearly marked press vehicle in Nabatieh. 122
Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 02/12/2024A few hours after the ceasefire, I returned to a guesthouse in the Karantina that I had visited three weeks earlier. I recognized some familiar faces, but most had left. Some returned to their homes or what is left of it. Others stayed. The war had taken their homes, their sense of security. 020
Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Nearby residents, still in shock from the night’s events, struggled to clean debris scattered throughout their homes. Some family members were hospitalized. Walls were riddled with holes, windows shattered, and furniture buried under a thick layer of dust. What once felt safe no longer did. 010
Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Civil defense teams, firefighters, and workers sift through the rubble, searching for missing people and recovering bodies. DNA analysis is being used to identify the remains. The death toll has now risen to 20, with 66 others reported injured. 120
Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 24/11/2024On November 23rd at 4 a.m, without prior evacuation warnings, the israeli aviation proceeded to strike a residential and densely populated area in the Basta neighborhood, central Beirut. The shock was felt all across Beirut. 230