Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Six months later, Kurdish leaders continue to fight a rear-guard battle for autonomy, as they try to preserve political representation, cultural and language rights, and a degree of self-rule within an increasingly centralized system. 000
Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A broader agreement later laid out a phased plan to integrate the region’s security, military, and administrative institutions into Syria. ⬇️ 100
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 · 12/08/2026What remains of Rojava” — our latest Dispatch for @foreignpolicy.com, with Hanna Davis. Many thanks to Lori Kelley for the careful photo editing, and to @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social for the text editing. foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...foreignpolicy.comWhat Remains of RojavaIn northeastern Syria, Kurdish leaders continue to fight a rear-guard battle for autonomy. 010
Reposted by Sandro BasiliNicholas Danforth @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Some really fantastic reporting here on the state of political and military integration in Rojava: foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...foreignpolicy.comWhat Remains of RojavaIn northeastern Syria, Kurdish leaders continue to fight a rear-guard battle for autonomy. 072
Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The intentional targeting of journalists is a war crime, one among many that Israel is accused of and has yet to be held accountable for. 010
Sandro Basili @sandrobasili.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The IDF later released a statement justifying the strike, claiming they were reporting on the advancement of Israeli troops and were in contact with Hezbollah, which is the work of any journalist in Lebanon. 110
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
Reposted by Sandro BasiliNew Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Up to 300,000 Syrians remain missing a year after Assad’s fall. The White Helmets and a new national commission are exhuming bodies, mapping grave sites and building records in a search that will take years, reports @amelied.bsky.social . shorturl.at/PJwLy 01411
Reposted by Sandro BasiliAmélie David @amelied.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Avec les photos de @sandrobasili.bsky.social 001
Reposted by Sandro BasiliAmélie David @amelied.bsky.social · 18/03/2025En #Syrie, avec les photos de @sandrobasili.bsky.social... 011
Reposted by Sandro BasiliAmélie David @amelied.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Notre reportage en #Syrie pour @pivot.quebec en décembre et en janvier avec @sandrobasili.bsky.social et l'aide de nos fixeurs syriens... 001
Reposted by Sandro BasiliMiddle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 06/12/2024How Amnesty International concluded that Israel has genocidal intent in Gaza - www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-amne…middleeasteye.netHow Amnesty concluded that Israel has genocidal intent in GazaThis is how the human rights group found there was sufficient evidence of Israel's 'specific intent' to destroy Palestinians 04119
Reposted by Sandro BasiliAmélie David @amelied.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Hussein, 10 ans, jouait avec sa soeur quand un missile a frappé leur domicile. Sa soeur a été tuée. Lui, gravement brûlé. Pour @pivot.quebec, avec mon collègue @sandrobasili.bsky.social, nous sommes allés à la rencontre des enfants du service des grands brûlés de l'hôpital Geitaoui à #Beyrouth. 001
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