Sign in

Zarka Radoja

@zarulja.bsky.social
177 followers 133 following 37 posts

Journo, el periodista, world wonderer. BBC senior journalist based in Belgrade, co-author of radio show about traveling Antropošestvije @radioaparat. Migration, human rights, war crimes & post war consequences. Dancing through darkness.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
"It's a race against time" In just over 10 days of war, almost 1 million in #Lebanon are displaced Many fled for a second time in just over a year & at times took days to find shelter And this time they worry they'll never return @apnews.com apnews.com/article/leba...
apnews.com
War has already displaced nearly a million Lebanese, and aid groups warn of a humanitarian crisis
Hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes since Israel issued mass evacuation orders and ramped up its airstrikes on the militant group Hezbollah.
01424
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Israel dropped clusters of leaflets across Beirut. One called on Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah. The other resembled a newspaper front-page called "The New Reality" which they said has reached Beirut after "great success" in Gaza.
087
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Israeli military orders immediate evacuations in southern Lebanon as strikes on Beirut intensify with @bmroue.bsky.social for @apnews.com apnews.com/article/leba...
apnews.com
Israeli military orders immediate evacuations in southern Lebanon as strikes on Beirut intensify
Israel has ordered residents of dozens of villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate as airstrikes around Beirut intensify and Hezbollah reports more attacks.
031
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Heavely deserved! Second Pulitzer for amazing investigations of American role in Afghanistan tragedy for Matt Aikins and other brilliant colleagues
010
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/05/2025
A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.
nytimes.com
Video: Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that con...
62175173461
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/04/2025
Regardless of anything else about the Wisconsin race, it's just a relief to learn that money can't always buy elections
400192322477
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @europeanjournalists.org · 28/03/2025
#Serbia: @amnesty.org's revelations show evidence of the abuse of advanced #Pegasus #spyware to target two journalists from investigative media platform BIRN. We strongly condemn these new attacks, which pose a serious threat to journalistic privacy, source protection and media freedom.
europeanjournalists.org
Serbia: Spyware attacks on BIRN journalists further deepen press freedom crisis
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) along with partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today raise further alarm about ...
0813
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
About historical protest in Belgrade 15th of March against corruption @crta.bsky.social
020
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
When your country ends up in Snyder's tweet
000
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @europeanjournalists.org · 28/02/2025
#Voices2025: 15 minutes of silence for the 15 people killed in the tragic incident of Novi Sad. "One word, One fight, Academic Solidarity". Support to the journalists students, and the press being targeted for their reporting. #Croatia #Pressfreedom
0265
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Brilliant move by our friends at the Kyiv Independent — this is exactly how to handle baseless claims that aren’t even worth a full debunking. kyivindependent.com/who-started-...
kyivindependent.com
Who started the war in Ukraine?
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Feb. 18 that Ukraine "should have never started" the war.
0187
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first court case over crimes by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority." www.france24.com/en/live-news...
france24.com
Swedish woman jailed for keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria
A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first court case over crimes by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority...
22714
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
🚨Lebanon for the first time since May 2022 has both a president & full-fledged government. PM Nawaf Salam’s gov has inherited a mess: - post-war reconstruction in the south - bringing security across all borders - crucial reforms to fix banks, electricity, and economy
0157
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Disappointing news today from Croatia regarding our 2021 @lhreports.bsky.social et. al. Masked Men investigation: The State Attorney's Office concluded (3+ years later) that there is no reasonable suspicion that the officers "tortured migrants or treated them cruelly" www.index.hr/vijesti/clan...
index.hr
DORH o snimkama na kojima policajci s fantomkama tuku migrante: Nema kaznenog djela
ŽUPANIJSKO državno odvjetništvo u Karlovcu zaključilo je nakon dovršetka izvida kako nema osnovane sumnje da su policajci mučili migrante ili okrutno postupali prema njima.
11013
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Koliko ćeš nedostajati....
010
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Blokada Mosta slobode u Novom Sadu
010
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Dok čekamo Oskara, razgovor sa Nebojšom Slijepcevicem www.bbc.com/serbian/arti...
bbc.com
'Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti', film o prošlosti u sadašnjosti - BBC News na srpskom
Prva nominacija za Oskara u istoriji Hrvatske priča je o penzionisanom oficiru JNA, Tomi Buzovu koji se usprotivio odvođenju muslimana iz voza u Štrpcima 1993. godine i to platio životom.
020
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
ICJ president Nawaf Salam is Lebanon’s new prime minister. He received the majority of votes, with 84 out of 128 MPs endorsing him over incumbent premier Najib Mikati, who received 9. Hezbollah’s bloc abstained. Salam flies in to Beirut from the Hague tomorrow.
0134
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Emily Bell - Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg have declared war on facts and truth. The pushback must start now www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg have declared war on facts and truth. The pushback must start now | Emily Bell
There is a narrow window. Public media and fair reporting must be supported: the rules must be upheld, says writer and academic Emily Bell
671111305
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
♥️
010
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Nebojša @preslicavanje.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Dani žalosti posle Titove smrti, SKC, novi talas, Vlada Divljan, Milan Mladenović, Jelena Šantić, 9. mart, Ne računajte na nas na Trgu 1992, Crni flor, Makavejev... Prve fotografije koje će vam izroniti iz sećanja na ove reči biće dela Goranke Matić.
0183
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Jimmy Carter was the first US president to make human rights a central part of foreign policy, and that was because he listened to Patricia Derian, who pretty much invented US human rights policy. If he had done nothing else in his life this would still be reason to admire him.
0112
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Have a listen to this extraordinary interview with @orwaajjoub.bsky.social who has incredible insight into HTS.
03210
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Assad's henchmen and women have disappeared. Where have they gone? apnews.com/article/bash...
apnews.com
Who was in ousted Syrian President Assad's inner circle and where are they now?
After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away.
094
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
“Hours before he escaped for Moscow, Assad assured a meeting of about 30 army and security chiefs at the defence ministry on Saturday that Russian military support was on its way and urged ground forces to hold out.“ Great reporting here. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
reuters.com
Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight
Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told Reuters.
0187
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This is heart breaking
030
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 13/12/2024
Millions today across Syria are celebrating the downfall of a system that has ruled the people with an Iron fist for decades. Hama - Assy square now demonstrating an end to that bloody era.
10586127
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 13/12/2024
"Journalism schools need to find more ways to collaborate across disciplines in 2025 to expand the skill set journalism students learn beyond reporting and storytelling," @brizzyc.bsky.social writes.
buff.ly
The darkness that democracy dies in is here
"This election was decided in no small part by voters who believed a number of false things about the candidates and the country. The Fourth Estate has failed."
75425
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Sitting outside a Shawarma place in the heart of Damascus, surrounded by revolutionary flags, as Abdelbasset al-Sarout’s rendition of Janna plays on a speaker. A scene that would be incomprehensible two weeks ago
941252
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 12/12/2024
IMPORTANT: Kurdish Admin in North East Syria has ordered all government buildings in SDF controlled areas to raise the Syrian revolution flag. “The flag embodies the hopes of the Syrian people for freedom, dignity and national unity” - statement
932266
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great reporting from Clarissa Ward and the CNN team - ‘Are you serious?’: He spent months in a Syrian prison. CNN’s camera caught the moment he’s freed edition.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...
edition.cnn.com
‘My God there is light’: CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad’s forced detention | CNN
While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime’s legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN’s Clarissa Ward made a startling discovery when a rebel fighter uncover...
25350107
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Leila @leilashami.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This is Latakia yesterday. Supposedly the regime's 'heartland'. How beautiful to see these scenes.
16324
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 12/12/2024
As one of the final chapters of the liberation of Syrian cities is concluded, the people of Derizor this morning are ecstatic. "heaven, heaven, heaven.. heaven is our nation"
29024
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I am now, for the first time in my life, inside Free Syria. That’s a sentence I never thought I’d live long enough to say.
2278708715
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 10/12/2024
“Assad’s police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I’m back, and free” BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab returns to Syria www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Syria: Assad's police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I'm back, and free
The BBC's Lina Sinjab - who fled Damascus 2013 as it was engulfed in war – reflects on her return to the city.
18825
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
MSF Sea @msfsea.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Just two days after the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, several European countries have seized the opportunity to publicly announce that they will suspend the processing of asylum applications from Syrians. 🧵⤵️
712240
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I began my career almost 30 years ago with the Forced Migration Projects at OSI, advocating against the premature return of Bosnian refugees after the Dayton accords. We're seeing the same playbook with Syrians now, as grudgingly granted protection is being switched out for a rush to return.
06913
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 09/12/2024
SEDNAYA PRISON: The horrors continue to unfold in Sednaya prison Dozens of decomposed bodies of detainees found. This is what pro-Assadists were defending.
48433
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The future is uncertain but can we just relish this moment as prisoners reunite with families after decades?
221921461
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The scenes from Sednaya prison in Syria are shocking; people wandering into the light after decades in dark detention & torture. I interviewed Omar Alshogre, a former Sednaya child prisoner, about his reaction to history being made in Syria this weekend. Watch/share/subscribe:
zeteo.com
‘We Fought Alone, We Dreamed Alone’: Former Syrian Prisoner on the Historic Fall of Bashar Al Assad
Syrian activist Omar Alshogre, who was tortured at Sednaya prison as a child, talks to Mehdi about this weekend’s astonishing events in Damascus.
371427286
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 08/12/2024
Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and received Russian asylum, the Kremlin just told the state media. tass.ru/mezhdunarodn...
tass.ru
ТАСС: Асад с членами семьи прибыл в Москву
События в России и мире. Аналитические публикации. Материалы пресс-конференций. Видео- и фоторепортажи
812182
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Dear @bsky.app can we get notification button for posts of people who are important for us to follow? If it already exists, can someone help me and show where it is 😊
000
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
"I can't go out, I am following news from Syria" - weekend plan
010
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 07/12/2024
BREAKING: Homs has fallen to the rebels as Assad's forces and regime sponsored militias completely withdraw from the city.
6689150
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Aleppo, Idlib, Hama, Deraa, Suwayda, Qunaitra, Raqqa, Deir Ezzor, Hasakah. All in a week.
1539568
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 07/12/2024
DAMASCUS: Assad's forces, members of the 127th Brigade, have withdrawn from the town of Rankous in Qalamoun, which is very close to Saidnaya Prison. The notorious prison is nicknamed the "Human Slaughterhouse" These are extraordinary moments.
332697
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.com · 07/12/2024
DAMASCUS: The Reconnaissance Regiment in the Al-Tabibiya suburb of Damascus has been cleared from all traces of Assad's forces.
19917
Zarka Radoja @zarulja.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
What a story!
011
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
It is going to be harder and harder for #Israel to dismiss #HumanRights organizations, courts, researchers, scholars and others calling its actions a #genocide. Can they really ALL be antisemitic? No, they can't. #Gaza
1112
Reposted by Zarka Radoja
Christopher Anderson @chrisusanz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Family reinions ss the Syrian Free State of Idllib reunited with Aleppo. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Inside Syria's Aleppo: Family reunions, nervousness at rebel rule and fear of war
Residents describe increased supplies of electricity, but also fears that war will return to Aleppo.
001