الموعد النهائي لتقديم أطروحتي للدكتوراه يوم 30 الشهر الجاي.. بعدين والله ببطّل اغيب لفترات
رح ارد بأسرع ورح ارجعلكن إذا فاتني أي رسائل في الفترة الماضية
شكرا كتير لصبركن ومعذرة عن التأجيل 🤲🏼
Final deadline for submission of my PhD thesis is 30 September. After that, I’m gonna
Apologies everyone — if I happen to disappear and I’m extremely slow in replying, it’s because I’m (slowly) trying to finish writing my PhD thesis
أعتذر يا جماعة، في هذه الفترة أنا أنقطع عن الشبكات الاجتماعية غالبًا وبطيئة جدا في الرد لأنني أحاول اكمال كتابة أطروحة الدكتوراه✏️
In the last 4 days, regime & Russian forces have escalated their attacks on towns in Idlib & Aleppo countryside. As of today’s afternoon, 32 civilians died, 167 have been wounded.
Darat Izza was targeted with incendiary weapons.
Don’t forget Idlib & north Syria
#الأسد_يقصف_ادلب
Truly honored to be part of this special issue of
@Perspectives_T
, edited by
@joel_busher
&
@ToreBjorgo
My article attempts to explain the trajectory of Hayʾat Tahrir al-Sham, conceptualizing it as a process of “downward scale shift”
#Syrie
l’
#EI
n’a diffusé aucune vidéo « en soutien aux clans sunnites », qui sont accessoirement ses ennemis, depuis les batailles de 2014. La mention du camp al-Hol ne vient que pour alarmer les pays Occidentaux. Rien n’est cohérent dans cette vidéo ni le fond ni la forme.
Good news: cancer patients from northwest Syria will be able to receive treatment in Turkey from tomorrow 🙏
In any case, more in general, I’d also add that this cannot be on Turkey alone: EU countries & int’l community in general should find ways to provide greater support
أعلنت إدارة معبر "باب الهوى" الحدودي مع تركيا، الحصول على الموافقة لإدخال مرضى السرطان السوريين المسجلين بعد الزلزال إلى المستشفيات التركية بدءًا من الغد الأربعاء 26 من تموز.
#عنب_بلدي #سوريا #تركيا
If you don’t follow them yet, I recommend that you start following the artistic collective Rishat Amal ريشة أمل, from Idlib province. With their graffiti art, they raise awareness about what happens in Syria. 💚
The photos below are from their Facebook page.
After talking with several Syrian friends, I’m sharing here a campaign to raise awareness about cancer patients in northwest Syria, that do not have access to adequate treatment and need to be treated abroad.
Please share the campaign.
#انقذوا_مرضى_السرطان
The White Helmets confirm their readiness to partecipate in humanitarian operations and rescue those trapped under the rubble after the earthquake in Morocco.
🤲🏼❤️
نتقدم بخالص التعازي إلى الشعب المغربي وأسر الضحايا، بعد الزلزال المدمر الذي ضرب المغرب، وندعو الله بالشفاء العاجل للمصابين، ونعبر عن بالغ تضامننا مع فرق الإنقاذ في جهاز "الوقاية المدنية" ونأمل أن تتكلل جهودهم بالوصول إلى جميع المحاصرين تحت الأنقاض وإعادة الأمل والحياة لهم.
وإننا
No, it’s not a joke, unfortunately. Royal Museums of Turin & another foundation organize exhibitions in collab. w/ Syria Trust for Development to “promote” & “safeguard” Syrian cultural heritage.
Organizers seem to ignore that Syria Trust for Development is Asma al-Asad’s NGO…
🧵 ‘THE UNCLE’, ‘THE STRANGER MIGRANT’… ABU MARIYYA
الخال.. المهاجر الغريب.. أبو ماريا
On Thursday night, Abu Mariyya al-Qahtani (Maysar bin ‘Ali al-Juburi) was killed in Sarmada, north Idlib. Born in Iraq in 1976, he was one of the founders of Jabhat al-Nusra (the precursor
Open letter & call for action:
Do not abandon (again) northwest Syria
To sign it:
Please share it. I’m aware that it may be useless, but let’s try all avenues to raise awareness on NW Syria & denounce inaction
#Save_Northern_Syria
#انقذوا_الشمال_السوري
I wonder if Italy & the other EU governments calling for a 'policy reset' with the Assad regime ever had a look at reports from e.g.
@snhr
and
@ETANA_Syria
, to name just two. Is the purported "realism" they invoke based on actual knowledge of local dynamics on the ground; Or,
Few days ago, a pro-regime account wrote hateful comments wishing me to end up tortured in Sednaya and other things of the sort. Interestingly, Twitter doesn’t consider this a violation of its safety policies…
Our piece
@ispionline
written with
@RenaNetjes
on the impact of the quake in northwest Syria is now out
رينا وأنا كتبنا مقالة حول آثار الزلزال في الشمال السوري والاستجابات بعده والحاجة إلى دعم شمال غربي سوريا.. قريبًا في العربية كمان
A thread🧵
1/
Out soon — a piece written by
@RenaNetjes
& me, based on Rena’s 3-week field research in different locations in northern Syria.
We analyze the impact of February’s quake in northwest Syria & argue that greater international support to the northwest is highly needed
I take the chance to share some photos from my fieldwork in Turkey.
Over the next weeks, I’ll post some field notes إن شاء الله
I’m incredibly grateful to all the people that are dedicating their time to me — without them, I would be still stuck walking in circles in Eminönü!
Ten years ago, the Assad regime perpetrated the Ghouta chemical massacre, killing over 1,000 people. Still no accountability or justice as of today
منذ ١٠ سنوات، قام نظام الأسد بمجزرة كيماوي الغوطة
قتل أكثر من آلف شخ��.. بلا محاسبة وبلا عدالة حتى الآن
#لا_تخنقوا_الحقيقة
Sad to see how “War of Terror” framing is still the dominant framing, in Syria & beyond — even when it’s not relevant; & despite fact that last 20+ years have proven its blatant inadequacy.
Very troubling that Germany labels a group like (former) Liwa’ Al-Tawhid as “terrorist”
Omg. Germany thinks that the anti-Assad and anti-ISIS fighters of the Free Syrian Army Liwa Tawhid from Marea are jihadists while they drove ISIS out of Aleppo, Tel Rifaat etc many months before YPG started to fight ISIS...and "foreign": nonsense. Unbelievable!
#LiwaALTawhid
Taking a few days off social media due to health issues — my brain needs some rest.I’ll be back very soon إن شاء الله
سأكون غائبة من الشبكات الاجتماعية لبعض الأيام بسبب مشكلة صحية.. عقلي يحتاج إلى بعض الراحة
سأعود قريبًا جدًا إن شاء الله
شكرًا على صبركم
If you don’t follow them yet, please start following
@SyrianmemoryBlo
. It’s an incredible initiative devoted to sharing testimonies, documents, memories, events from Syria’s ongoing history. 💚
Curated by the
@SyrianMemoryOrg
.
@FARED_ALHOR
wrote a response to Al Monitor’s recent article:
Unveiling Distorted Narratives: A Response to Al-Monitor
“When addressing Idlib, […] a recurring pattern emerges—one where the reputation of Syria's Idlib province is consistently denigrated”
There’s this developing story on the arrest of Italian mafia leader Bruno Carbone. Various Italian news websites claimed it was in Dubai, but then sources from NW Syria reported that جهاز الأمن العام General Security Service linked to Hayʾat Tahrir al-Sham arrested him in Idlib
Statement announcing formation of the Popular Resistance Brigades in Homs (city+countryside) “to protect the people from the oppression of the criminal regime & respond to its campaigns & crimes[…] & we are in solidarity w/ our people in Darʿa, Suwaydaʾ, Damascus, Aleppo, Idlib”
Ten years ago, the Assad regime perpetrated the Ghouta chemical massacre, killing over 1,000 people. Still no accountability or justice as of today
منذ ١٠ سنوات، قام نظام الأسد بمجزرة كيماوي الغوطة
قتل أكثر من آلف شخص.. بلا محاسبة وبلا عدالة حتى الآن
#لا_تخنقوا_الحقيقة
As international support for the health sector in northwest Syria has shrunk, more and more medical facilities are at risk of closure.
You can share the Save Lives campaign to raise awareness and call the international community to provide support.
#انقذوا_الأرواح
Apologies everyone — if I happen to disappear and I’m extremely slow in replying, it’s because I’m (slowly) trying to finish writing my PhD thesis
أعتذر يا جماعة، في هذه الفترة أنا أنقطع عن الشبكات الاجتماعية غالبًا وبطيئة جدا في الرد لأنني أحاول اكمال كتابة أطروحة الدكتوراه✏️
العمل الميداني غيرني في نواح كثيرة تحديًا افتراضاتي وتأثيرًا على وجهة نظري بخصوص العديد من الأمور..
Conducting fieldwork has changed me in many ways, challenging my pre-assumptions and affecting my perspective on many things
Photo below: going to Kilis few months ago
Why does
@WHO
publish Syrian government propaganda? Idlib was the hardest-hit in the February earthquakes, but because it is under opposition control, the Assad regime pretended that it wasn't affected and did not send any aid. Deaths in Idlib were 4x higher than in regime areas.
📖 Forthcoming report on Italy’s ‘foreign fighters’ by
@ispionline
@ISPI_Terrorism
.
Italian version available soon. English edition to be published in the next months.
L’evento trae anche spunto dalle pubblicazioni realizzate dall’Osservatorio in questi mesi – tra cui un Rapporto sui “foreign fighters” italiani, che a breve sarà disponibile online.
Looking forward to taking part in the
@ecpr
General Conference, that will be held online this year. I will present a preliminary part of my ongoing doctoral research, focusing on the political preferences of jihadi groups in Syria
#ecprgc20
New paper by
@hxhassan
@MiddleEastInst
, examining IS's actions, publications, and communications to determine its insurgency strategies and long-term organizational outlook.
Available here →
Looking to start a PhD in the field of Social & Political Sciences? Join us at
@scuolanormale
! 6 *fully funded* PhD positions (4 in Political Sciences & Sociology + 2 in Transnational Governance). Deadline 27 August.
📢 Please help spread the voice!
I yet have to post a couple of threads that I hoped to share long ago (I’ll do it as soon as I can), but I’m breaking my Twitter hiatus for another reason. I’ve recently seen reports mentioning that several EU countries are trying to push forward normalization with the Assad
Colloquium: ✅
Ready and thrilled to start the 2nd year of my PhD! Thanks to all those of you who are supporting me in this journey, sharing valuable advice and bearing with my (over-)analytical loops 🕸
Don't miss
@ispionline
's new Dossier on armies and militias in Arab states, in collaboration with
@CarnegieMEC
. With contributions from Y. Sayigh,
@AramNerguizian
, Abdulla M. Erfan, R. Redaelli, E. Ardemagni, and
@FWehrey
.
→
Displaced Syrians forced to build hideouts in the caves of Jabal al-Zawiya
“The caves shelter Syrian families whose homes have been under attack as regime forces continue to hound Idlib”
By
@HusamHezaber
&
@AliHajSuleiman
18 years have passed since al-Qa‘ida perpetrated the 9/11 attacks. And now, where is the jihadist galaxy heading?
I’m reposting a short analysis I penned last year, tracing the evolution of jihadism.
@eernow
“Dynamics of Political Violence” examines how violence emerges and develops from episodes of contentious politics, by considering a wide range of empirical cases—including anarchist movements, ethno-nationalist and left-wing militancy in Europe, and contemporary Islamist violence
The charter of Syrian Revolutionaries Front, 2012 — to be translated and posted on my blog as well, إن شاء الله in the next weeks, after I take care of a few deadlines
A great opportunity to discuss methodological challenges in the study of Islamic movements. Be sure not to miss this multi-disciplinary workshop, taking place on April 29-30 at
@EuropeanUni
!
Throughout 2023, forces supporting the Assad regime & its allies have perpetrated over 1,200 attacks in northwest Syria — targeting almost 400 civilian homes, 24 schools, 16 camps, 13 popular markets, 12 mosques, 6 medical facilities/hospitals, 6 water stations, 4 WH facilities
The anti-terrorism operation carried out today in
#Foggia
(Southern
#Italy
) brings into focus jihadist indoctrination of children and teens. A Commentary
@ispionline
@ISPI_Terrorism
by Dr. Lorenzo Vidino and me →
9 years have passed since the massacre of Ghouta. On that day, over 1,100 people died after a chemical attack perpetrated by the Syrian regime. Still no accountability.
‼️Join the crew‼️
13 fully funded PhD grants (for 4 years) at the Faculty of Political & Social Sciences of the Scuola Normale Superiore.
Please apply & spread the word!
Leaving here this thread to exchange ideas, suggestions, etc. on all things Arabic (mainly Modern Standard Arabic, but also some ʿammiya)
#ArabicLearners
#LearnArabic
Also: the *very misleading & erroneous* view that deems as ‘al-Qa‘ida’ any actor opposing the regime & embracing (to ≠ degrees) religious views, has reached tragicomical peaks. All complexity is erased. Follow that line of reasoning & my cat might be labeled as al-Qa‘ida as well
@tamim_al_saud
@ispionline
@silviacarenzi
Millions of Syrians fled to northern Syria. And in Mabrouka/Ras al-Ayn alone, thousands of Syrians from SDF and regime areas arrive every week. Some in the West fall for your propaganda like but not me. If they were AQ I wouldn't be alive.
From northern Syria, to Morocco 🤲🏼♥️
سلامات يا المغرب
Mural painted by Aziz Asmar from the artistic collective Rishat Amal ريشة أمل. Photo by
@omar_albam
🧐📚A must-read: Alimi, E., Demetriou, C., & Bosi, L. (2015). The Dynamics of Radicalization. A Relational and Comparative Perspective. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press
.
@ispionline
ISPI's Center on Radicalization and International Terrorism has landed on Twitter. Follow
@ISPI_Terrorism
for news and reports on radicalization and terrorism in Europe and the world
The situation in Deir ez-Zor, as of today 11 AM local time: see map below
[green = under control of tribal forces; yellow = SDF; blue = ongoing fighting]
To follow developments in eastern Syria, make sure to follow
@DeirEzzore
✅ رسمياً مناطق عشيرة الشعيطات ( بلدات الكشكية، أبو حمام، غرانيج" شرق ديرالزور بيد أبنائها بعد تلاشي وجود قسد SDF وإنسحابها، بهذا يمكن القول أن الريف الشرقي بالكامل لديرالزور من البصيرة وصولاً للحدود العراقية ــ السورية بيد مقاتلي العشائر.
11:00 AM
- خريطة مُحدثه
How can we explain radicalization & mobilization of individuals (especially youngsters)? That's a multifarious process; monocausal explanations are, at best, insufficient—if not misleading. Contribution
@IEMed_
Yearbook 2018 by Dr. Lorenzo Vidino and me →
طالما أن تُصيب مجتمعاتنا الغربية بمرضي الفوقية والبجاحة سوف نمر بالدوائر الخبيثة المعتادة
طالما أن نبقى في برجنا العاجي ونعتقد أننا نستحقّ تدريس الدروس الأخلاقية للآخرين بحكم استقامتنا الوهمية لن يمكن بناء شيء
لازم الاستماع إلى كل صوت محلي ورفعه وسؤال افتراضاتنا ومحاسبة أنفسنا..
Systematically turning a blind eye on heinous crimes by a regime; legitimizing its spurious “war on terror” narrative; and disregarding need for accountability & justice — this is one of the best ways to create a fertile environment for political violence in the long term…
Losing one of your loved ones when you’re far away makes you feel even more powerless.
Ciao Zia, goodbye. I hope you can hear me even if I’m 3,000 km far from home.
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
È stato pubblicato il nuovo Focus Mediterraneo Allargato di
@ispionline
per il Parlamento e
@ItalyMFA
. Potete trovarlo qui, suddiviso in 3 parti:
1.
2.
3.
My friend
@TamerBadawi1
has crafted a thoroughly researched study for
@SharqStrategic
on Iraq’s Sunni political-religious networks. You can read it here ➡️