RafifJ
@rafifj.bsky.social
American by birth, Syrian by blood, activist by nature. Shouting from the rooftop: FREE SYRIA. VP, Syrian Liberal Party; board president, Baytna and Nonviolence International. #Resist
⚠️ Iran FM re Ben-Gvir post: “This is not a rant by a random genocidal lunatic. It's a public post by the national security minister of the Israeli regime. The genocidal death cult headquartered in Tel Aviv is a threat to all of humanity. It threatens all humans. Its only interest is permanent war.”
The United States government's restrictions on Iran's team are shameful, antithetical to the point of the World Cup, and frankly, petty and embarrassing and FIFA'S willingness to accept them without any opposition or pushback is gross. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/w...
Team Medic Recounts Iran’s ‘Stressful’ World Cup Debut in L.A.
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“A senior Hezbollah lawmaker said Iran had told the group that talks with the [USA] could not continue without a comprehensive ceasefire and that Washington was responsible for ensuring Israel halts its attacks.” Nandita Bose, Yomna Ehab, Humeyra Pamuk @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US-Iran meeting in Switzerland scrapped as fighting flares in Lebanon
The cancellation of talks created new uncertainty about the timing of negotiations on turning an interim agreement into a more permanent Middle East peace deal.
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La estremecedora historia del abuelo libanés que murió "de pena" sobre los escombros de su vivienda, destruida por el ejército de Israel www.lorientlejour.com/article/1505...
Abou Ali, l’octogénaire qui s’est endormi sur les décombres de sa maison à Srifa, n’est plus
Sa photo avait fait le tour des réseaux sociaux et suscité l’émoi parmi de nombreux internautes. Hussein Fakih, alias Abou Ali, cet octogénaire originaire de Srifa (caza de Tyr) qui s’était fait...
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El Apartheid es un sistema implantado por Israel desde hace décadas en los Territorios Palestinos. Hay leyes diferentes incluso a la hora de reprimir la violencia. A los palestinos se les dispara, a los judíos no. Lo dicen los militares www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
West Bank IDF chief admits unequal rules for shooting Palestinians and Jews
IDF General Avi Bluth Says Troops Avoid Shooting Jewish Stone-throwers While Enforcing Looser Rules for Shooting Palestinians. 'The Arabs Understand That if Someone Comes to Kill You, Kill Them First ...
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“Trump is lying. The Iran war is not over by any legal or physical standard.” Former defense intel analyst @harrisonmann.bsky.social writes about the War Powers Resolution and why Trump is declaring an end to a war which is far from over. zeteo.com/p/iran-war-w...
Springtime in rural Syria…a truly wonderful sight (photo I took during a recent drive). Please do visit the country and explore its countryside ❤️❤️
Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 69 people, @newlinesmag.bsky.social has learned, including entire families with Shiite and Indo-Iranian roots, accusing them of sympathizing with Tehran during the ongoing conflict. newlinesmag.com/running-note...
Bahrain Strips Citizenship From Dozens Over Alleged Iran Sympathy
The Bahraini government has revoked the citizenship of 69 individuals, alleging that they sympathized with the Iranian attacks on the kingdom. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry alleges that these individual...
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UAE says Opec exit aligns with long-term energy strategy - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uae-says-opec-exit-aligns-long-term-energy-strategy
UAE says Opec exit aligns with long-term energy strategy
<article data-history-node-id="439198" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uae-says-opec-exit-aligns-long-term-energy-strategy" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uae-says-opec-exit-aligns-long-term-energy-strategy" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UAE says Opec exit aligns with long-term energy strategy</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and managing director of Adnoc, said his country’s decision to leave Opec and Opec+ reflects a “sovereign decision in line with its long-term energy strategy”.</p> <p>He said Adnoc’s priorities remain unchanged, with a focus on meeting global energy demand across oil, gas, chemicals and lower-carbon energy sources.</p> <p>The announcement comes amid a major energy shock linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Israeli soldier shows Beit Hanoun, Gaza totally destroyed. Not a single house in the town remains standing.
⚖️ You can read @timep.bsky.social and @sjac-info.bsky.social's amicus brief here: timep.org/2026/04/20/s... (6)
SJAC and TIMEP Submit US Supreme Court Amicus Brief on TPS for Syria
Conditions in Syria preclude a safe, dignified and sustainable return of Syrian Temporary Protected Status holders.
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⚖️ Our amicus brief builds on years of documentation work by Syrian civil society partners, nuanced knowledge of country conditions including following the fall of Assad, and a complex understanding of Syria along security, legal, economic, humanitarian, and justice lenses. (5)
⚖️ The stakes could not be higher! Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that will help determine the fate of Temporary Protected Status for Syria, a life-saving program that today allows ~7,000 Syrians who cannot otherwise return to remain in the US. (1)
250 Rohingya refugees drowned, 30 were suffocated to death in the cramped conditions beforehand, and the world hardly bats an eye. Are their lives any less valuable? www.ucanews.com/news/when-si...
When silence drowns the Rohingya: Do their lives not matter?- UCA News
A Rohingya refugee boat tragedy in the Andaman Sea exposes global indifference, highlighting inequality in empathy, urgent humanitarian needs, and ASEAN’s responsibility to act.
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Another day of the Israeli 'ceasefire': Israel bombed multiple villages and towns in south Lebanon and continued to detonate entire villages
Syria begins trial of first Assad-era official in Damascus - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-begins-trial-first-assad-era-official-damascus
Syria begins trial of first Assad-era official in Damascus
Atef Najib, cousin of Bashar al-Assad, is accused of orchestrating the repression of the first 2011 protests
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Going forward, I’ll not post another thing about the, individual, gunman, in keeping with the principles of #NoNoteriety.
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 3mo agoSame as we so often see: a deeply disturbed young male, with access to lethal firearms, looking for a way to claim fame, irrespective of ideology. A lone gunman on a shooting spree who, thankfully, was stopped nypost.com/2026/04/26/u...
We need at least 42 followers for @fireeyebooks.bsky.social so close to 100k Let’s do this 🐾 and repost please
two boys are jumping in the air with the words lets gooooo !!!
ALT: two boys are jumping in the air with the words lets gooooo !!!
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Fred Springer@heyudeuphus.bsky.social · 3mo ago@fireeyebooks.bsky.social Less than 50 followers from 100K.
In Lebanon and Gaza, a ceasefire means Israel still gets to attack just the killing is largely restricted to certain geographic areas rather than everywhere at any time.
Book Club: In 'Fearful in Gaza', Abdalhadi Alijla traces childhood, family life, and maternal endurance against the backdrop of Gaza’s recurrent destruction:
Fearful in Gaza: Childhood, memory, and survival in the Strip
Book Club: In ’Fearful in Gaza’, Abdalhadi Alijla traces childhood, family life, and maternal endurance against the backdrop of Gaza’s recurrent destruction
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“An extremist rabbi known for razing civilian homes in Gaza will light a torch at Israel’s independence day celebration on Tuesday, a role human rights campaigners said marked the embrace of genocide as the official “spirit of the nation”.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Rabbi who boasts of bulldozing Palestinian homes will light torch for Israel’s national day
Human rights campaigners say honour for Avraham Zarbiv endorses ethnic cleansing and war crimes
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