Many survivors [of the Sudanese war] of the perilous journey [to Egypt] are suffering from chron trauma. Nightmares, anxiety, depression, PTSD, paranoia, self-harm & suicidal ideation are common. He sees 3-4 suicide attempts a day. - Dr. Adel @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

Many survivors [of the Sudanese war] of the perilous journey [to Egypt] are suffering from chron trauma. Nightmares, anxiety, depression, PTSD, paranoia, self-harm & suicidal ideation are common. He sees 3-4 suicide attempts a day. - Dr. Adel @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

Growing risk that thousands buried in Gaza’s rubble may never be identified, says Red Cross

Growing risk that thousands buried in Gaza’s rubble may never be identified, says Red Cross

Exclusive: Recovery efforts remain slow and passing of time makes it more likely they will be skeletonised The International Committee of the Red Cross has said the risk that the thousands of Palestinians buried beneath Gaza’s rubble may never be identified is increasing by the day, as recovery efforts remain slow and many victims have yet to be retrieved, the Guardian can reveal. “There is no doubt that these bodies could soon become difficult to identify,” said Pat Griffiths, the ICRC spokesperson in Jerusalem. “The longer it takes for human remains to be recovered, the more difficult it can be to identify them. The longer the deceased lie beneath the rubble, the more likely they will be in advanced stages of decomposition – even skeletonised – when eventually recovered.” Continue reading...

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The Israeli army shot and killed seven-month-old Sam Abou Haikal and injured his parents while they were driving between Bethlehem and Hebron. Sam’s father, Fahd Abou Haikal, spoke with +972 Magazine and Local Call about the attack. @mekomit.bsky.social

Friends in Syria: I’m urgently looking for a job opportunity for a friend in or around Al-Qaryatayn. If you know anything at all, please reach out to me. Shukran.

#Israel 's occupation forces & illegal Israeli colonialists attacked guard dogs at the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar on the #Israeli occupied West Bank, east of Palestine 's East Jerusalem. Video from al-Qastal, published on May 27th. x.com/AlQastalps/s... #BDS #BoycottIsrael #News #WorldNews

Israel ordered the evacuation of all of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre today, on Eid al-Adha. They spared the Christian quarter by the sea. Yesterday, it was all of Nabatieh. On a day when many should be celebrating, instead they are being displaced again.

#Syria: Assad's most closely guarded secret finally revealed - the chemical weapons he kept despite 2013 deal. 54 aerial bombs designed to deliver chemical agents such as Sarin were found by OPCW, as well as precursors. M4000 bomb: www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-... Cc @eliothiggins.bsky.social

#Lebanon Health Ministry raises the toll to 3,185 killed and 9,633 wounded by #Israel 's attacks since March 2 #IranWar

Scott Lucas@scottlucas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UPDATES: US- #Israel War, Day 88 --- #Iran and #Trump Camp Close On “Framework Agreement” — But What Are The Details? #IranWar #IranTalks eaworldview.com/2026/05/us-i...

Friends in Syria: I’m urgently looking for a job opportunity for a friend in or around Al-Qaryatayn. If you know anything at all, please reach out to me. Shukran.

Excellent and deeply researched piece by @lsmwilson.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on the British Museum's obfuscation around its policy of referencing Palestine in public messaging newlinesmag.com/reportage/why-did-the-british-museum-remove-references-to-palestine

Why Did the British Museum Remove References to Palestine?

Experts have been surprised by a lack of open engagement on the issue, which has been raised with the UK Foreign Office by the Palestinian ambassador

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Syrian authorities announce the arrest of Adnan Abboud Hilweh, a prominent Assad-era general accused of responsibility for the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack. — @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/news/syria-a...

Syria arrests ex-general accused of Ghouta attack involvement

Syrian authorities announced the arrest of Adnan Abboud Hilweh, a prominent Assad-era general responsible for the Eastern Ghouta chemical attack.

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‘This is piracy’: Activists condemn Israeli military raid on humanitarian mission to Gaza Israeli navy accused of kidnapping 175 Global Sumud Flotilla activists and seizing 22 of its ships off the coast of Greece thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/t...

‘This is piracy’: Activists condemn Israeli military raid on humanitarian mission to Gaza

Israeli navy accused of kidnapping 175 Global Sumud Flotilla activists and seizing 22 of its ships off the coast of Greece THE ISRAELI military’s “piracy” in European waters was c…

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'By targeting the Global Sumud Flotilla, whose mission is to draw attention to the humanitarian catastrophe faced by the innocent people of Gaza, Israel has also violated humanitarian principles and intl law.' - @mfaturkiye.bsky.social Lorenzo Toldo www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete

Global Sumud Flotilla describes interception as ‘violent raid’ as IDF urges activists to deliver aid via ‘established channels’

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Study of key Syrian government decisions and decrees in 2025 finds they contributed to expanding executive authority powers at the expense of legislative and judicial frameworks. — by @sjac-info.bsky.social with Syrians for Truth and Justice, Justice for Life syriaaccountability.org/syrias-trans...

Syria’s Transition: An Analysis of Selected Decisions and Decrees Issued in 2025

The partners recommend restoring the legislative function to a genuinely representative parliament, strengthening the principle of separation of powers, ensuring judicial independence, and consolidati...

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‘Youssef’s disregard for even the veneer of deniability [of the Tadamon massacre in Syria] showed the impunity with which the regime and its Iranian and Hezbollah allies behaved, an inexhaustible belief that they would never pay for their crimes.‘ @kshaheen.bsky.social @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Syria Arrests Notorious War Criminal; Al-Sharaa Regrets Attending Sports Hall Concert

This past week in Syria has featured quite a bit of drama, but two particular incidents that have garnered a lot of social media attention shed some light on the challenges facing the country over a y...

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Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say.

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says

Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

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#Syria: distribution of sweets in #Idlib province to celebrate the arrest of Amjad Youssef, main perpetrator of Tadamon massacre in 2013.

QalaatAlMudiq@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#Syria: no age limit for celebrating Justice. From the celebrations in Tadamon district, after the arrest of Amjad Youssef - #Damascus.

Great news from Syria: Security forces conducted a precise operation that resulted in the apprehension of Amjad Youssef, a former associate of the Assad regime, who was identified in widely circulated videos documenting a massacre of civilians in the Tadamon district of Damascus.

Hugest of congratulations to Annsar Shahhoud and @uungor.bsky.social.

Syria Notes@syrianotes.org · 3mo ago

Syrian authorities have arrested Amjad Youssef, the main suspect in the Tadamon massacre, following a coordinated security operation, Interior Minister Anas Khattab announces. — SANA (Syrian state news agency) sana.sy/en/breaking-...

It's clear from the arrest imagery it's definitely Amjad Youssef. Amjad was catfished into confirming his involvement in the massacre by an academic investigating Syrian security forces www.theguardian.com/world/2022/a...

NEW: Syria’s revolution was first crushed, and then misread. @qunfuz.bsky.social reviews five recent books that are correcting the record on the country's long uprising and its surprising aftermath, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social . newlinesmag.com/review/how-s...

How Syria’s Revolution Was Misunderstood, by Its Rulers and the World

Across five books, a portrait emerges of an uprising shaped by division at home and blindness abroad

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‘Almost 2,200 people have been killed by Israel over the past month, many of them women, children and elderly – deaths for which no one has taken accountability.’ @willchristou.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Donald Trump claims to have ended a 10th war – but will the Lebanon ceasefire hold?

Lasting peace depends on resolving a border dispute dating back to 2000 and dealing with Hezbollah’s weapons

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‘Almost 2,200 people have been killed by Israel over the past month, many of them women, children and elderly – deaths for which no one has taken accountability.’ @willchristou.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Donald Trump claims to have ended a 10th war – but will the Lebanon ceasefire hold?

Lasting peace depends on resolving a border dispute dating back to 2000 and dealing with Hezbollah’s weapons

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Das Pariser Gericht hat Lafarge und 8 frühere Führungskräfte schuldig gesprochen. Ihnen wird vorgeworfen, Milizen in Syrien Schutzgelder in Millionenhöhe gezahlt zu haben. Der Konzern muss 1,125 Millionen Euro zahlen. Ehemalige Führungskräfte wurden zu teils mehrjährigen Haftstrafen verurteilt.

Terrorismusfinanzierung in Syrien: Höchststrafe für Lafarge - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Das Pariser Strafgericht hat den Zementhersteller Lafarge, der zum Schweizer Konzern Holcim gehört, und acht frühere Führungskräfte wegen Terrorismusfinanzierung schuldig gesprochen. Der frühere Chef ...

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If I were them, I’d have taken the chance and stayed away from Earth…

NASA | ESA Space Updates@nasaupdates.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Touchdown! The #Artemis II astronauts have safely returned to Earth, marking the end of their historic voyage around the Moon. 🚀🪂

A bit of context: Israel has been attacking Lebanon and violating its sovereignty since at least 1968, when Israeli commandos landed in helicopters at Beirut airport and destroyed 12 passenger planes

Israel's long history of incursions and invasions in Lebanon

Israel, which has engaged in border warfare with Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement for a year in parallel with the Gaza conflict, has a long history of military incursions and invasions in Leba...

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‘The national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, one of the bill’s strongest backers (…) described hanging as “one of the options” alongside the electric chair or “euthanasia”, claiming some doctors had offered to assist.’ Lorenzo Tondo www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Israel passes law to give death penalty to Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks

Knesset approves measure that has been criticised by European countries and rights groups

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Brussels Court rules the Belgian state has failed to fulfill its obligations under international law to prevent genocide in Gaza and must take action, particularly regarding the transfer of arms and dual-use goods. www.eunews.it/en/2026/03/2...

Belgium under fire over Gaza: did not block arms supplies to Israel

Belgium under fire over Gaza: Brussels Court of Appeal rules that the state failed to prevent the transfer of arms to Israel in a timely manner

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🚩 52 Seemeilen vor Ierapetra (in der Nähe von #Kreta) retteten Einsatzkräfte 26 Menschen aus einem Schlauchboot. Die Überlebenden berichten, dass 22 Mitreisende auf der sechstägigen Fahrt (das Boot hatte wohl von Libyen abgelegt) ohne Versorgung ums Leben kamen. www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/soc...

22 feared dead after migrant dinghy drifts for days, 26 rescued | eKathimerini.com

A migrant dinghy in distress south of Crete triggered a rescue operation that saved 26 people, while survivors reported that 22 others died during a multi-day journey at sea.

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