“I only had this father, and he’s gone”: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing.
The short documentary Maybe Tomorrow looks at what Wafa Mustafa calls “the violence of waiting.”
— @theguardian.com
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Nationality law reform: Who has the ‘right to have rights’ in the new Syria?
✍️ @natachadanon.bsky.social
🧵 As Syria charts a new course and transitional justice efforts proceed, advocates see a unique opportunity to reform the country’s nationality law and address statelessness.
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Illicit Gain Committee takes control of Zuraa Holding,
which is mainly owned and managed by businessman Salim Daaboul and which owns a stake in al-Qalamoun Private University.
— Enab Baladi
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Turkey’s relationship with Syria’s new leadership is a partnership of mutual dependence, where Damascus frequently charts its own course but remains tethered to Turkish support.
— Elizabeth Tsurkov for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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The last traces of a family the Assad regime marked for destruction
— Morgan Laffer for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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US deports nearly two dozen to Central African Republic, including people from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iranian women who had sought refuge in the US.
US State Dept travel advice for Central African Republic is: “do not travel for any reason.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
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Israeli military construction in Syria “included mine-laying operations, the demolition of civilian homes, forced displacement, and the destruction of agricultural land and forested areas…”
— Middle East Eye
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Experts debate what economy Syria needs
Moves toward openness face institutional fragility, absence of stable legal environment, and cost of living crises.
Any privatisation needs controls to protect vulnerable and prevent reproduction of influence networks.
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Syria Notes
”’Better than Assad’ is the lowest bar in modern Syrian history,” Mazen Gharibah tells @theamargi.bsky.social. “It’s not a standard of governance.”
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Despite the authorities in Damascus defying their neighbor and closest partner, underlying interests continue to bind them
Satellite imagery shows Israel has developed a string of bases from the Mediterranean to the Yarmouk River in newly occupied territory. Sources say it looks like they're here to stay
One year after Assad’s fall, Syria has a transitional government and an open door to foreign capital. But concentrated power, a lack of participatory process, and an investor-first economic model rais...
This ICE flight believed to be carrying Afghan, Syrian and Iranian asylum seekers to the Central African Republic is underway.
Omni Air International, may you rot in infamy and shame.
Gillian Brockell
With more than 177,000 people forcibly disappeared since 2011, short doc Maybe Tomorrow captures ‘the violence of waiting’ experienced by family
The Illicit Gain Committee took control of Dhura Holding, linked to al-Qalamoun Private University, while officials said the university’s operations would continue normally.
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Mohammed Jaffal | Odai al-Haj Hussin | Mohammad Deeb Bazat The Syrian economy has undergone deep transformations over the past […]
‼️An ICE Air flight (OAE2272) is scheduled to arrive in Alexandria, LA at 2:57pm local time to stage for a deportation(s). It’s highly likely that this is the flight carrying Iranian, Afghan & Syrian nationals to Central African Republic per @nytimes. Link below ⬇️
As Syria charts a new course and transitional justice efforts proceed, advocates see a unique opportunity to reform the country’s nationality law and address statelessness.
