9 Best Articles in 2022
The New York Times
How the New Syria Took Shape
The New York Times
From 2019 · Russia, Turkey and Bashar al-Assad carved up northern Syria as the Americans retreated. · Shared by 38, including luis antónio santos, Martina Pugliese, Armin Wolf, Cameron Yick, Max Roser
The New York Times
Syria After Four Years of Mayhem
The New York Times
5 min read · From 2015 · A look at the conflict that has dismembered Syria and inflamed the region with one of the world’s worst religious and sectarian wars. · Shared by 73, including Oscar MacDonald, Charlie O'Keefe, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦕, Mathias Möller, adrianoesch
The Telegraph
Syria, where the world collectively lost its humanity
The Telegraph
4 min read · From 2020 · Every year in my job covering Syria, I told myself that at least the next one couldn't possibly be worse than the last. · Shared by 53, including Mark Little, Charlie O'Keefe, Lali
News Deeply
The Articles Syrians Think You Should Read About Syria
News Deeply
2 min read · From 2014 · Syrian activists have been at the forefront of media coverage on Syria. We have blogged, tweeted, shared, debated and obsessed over every piece of Syria news disseminated. · Shared by 53
The New Yorker
The Shadow Commander
The New Yorker
20+ min read · From 2015 · Qassem Suleimani is the Iranian operative who has been reshaping the Middle East. Now he’s directing Assad’s war in Syria. · Shared by 157, including Ginny Marvin, Christopher Lauer, W. Blake Gray, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, Dan Primack, Ryan Selkis 🥷, Sam Sifton, David McCandless, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Kelsey D. Atherton, Richard Deitsch, wil shipley, Cathy B 🌻
youtube.com
The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained
youtube.com
From 2015 · Why is the refugee crisis all over the news? How is this related to Syria? Why should we care at all? Donate to the United Nations Refugee Agency: http://don... · Shared by 40, including Alberto, Marco Unternaehrer, Dominik Allemann, José Rodrigues
The Atlantic
The Obama Doctrine
The Atlantic
From 2017 · The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world. · Shared by 146, including Marcus Kuhn, Daniel Fritzsche, julian 🚮✨, Katja Evertz, Josh Felser, Florian Hanke 🍎, Ethan Anderson, Glenn Greenwald, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power
The New York Times
The Uncounted
The New York Times
From 2017 · An on-the-ground investigation reveals that the U.S.-led battle against ISIS — hailed as the most precise air campaign in history — is killing far more Iraqi civilians than the coalition has… · Shared by 138, including Lam Thuy Vo, Florian Hanke 🍎, Connecticut SEO, Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org, Nick Lüthi, Michael Sullivan, Ethan Anderson, Kim Dik, Bjorn Larsen, JEROME LINDSAY
Newsweek
Exclusive: Turkey bombs US special forces in Syria attack, apparently by mistake
Newsweek
3 min read · From 2019 · President Trump's announced pullout of U.S. troops from Syria prompted an attack by Turkey on Syrian Kurds. U.S. special forces were shelled. · Shared by 34, including Carly, LARRY ELKAN, Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ ASID, Karl Groves (he/him), Chris Sacca 🇺🇸
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Guardian Tech
Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet shutdowns as a form of control
Guardian Tech
5 min read · Aug 29th · From Sudan to Syria, Jordan to Jaipur, the trend towards digital authoritarianism is deepening · Shared by 30, including Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁, Grzegorz Wapiński, Tactical Tech
The Times and The Sunday Times
Shamima Begum ‘was smuggled into Syria by western spy’
The Times and The Sunday Times
1 min read · Aug 30th · A spy working for Canadian intelligence smuggled Shamima Begum and her two friends from Bethnal Green into Syria and Britain later conspired with Canada to cov · Shared by 10, including Rukmini Callimachi, John Tasioulas
breakingone.com
Watch Now: Rescued Arabian red foxes released back into the wild in Syria
breakingone.com
Sep 28th · Rescued from a Damascus market, these foxes are finally going back to where they belong. · Shared by 24
Al Jazeera English
Landmines, cluster bombs remain a deadly threat in Syria
Al Jazeera English
3 min read · Sep 27th · The front lines of northwest Syria may be quieter, but death still waits for civilians from the bombs left behind. · Shared by 6
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breakingone.com
Watch Now: Milky Way glimmers over an abandoned amusement park in Syria
breakingone.com
Jul 1st · Time-lapse video shows stars from throughout our galaxy crossing the horizon over a destroyed amusement park in Syria. · Shared by 27
CJR
Woman's work
CJR
8 min read · From 2013 · The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria · Shared by 64
The Washington Post
9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask
The Washington Post
~11 min read · From 2017 · Yes, the first question is "What is Syria?" · Shared by 24, including Glyn Britton, Francisco Trindade, Axel Hammarbäck
The Atlantic
How Syria Came to This
The Atlantic
Summary · ~11 min read · From 2018 · The Syrian civil war’s unabated violence continues to cause monumental suffering for millions of Syrians, with no end in sight. Over the past decade, the conflict has enabled the jihadist group ISIS to take temporary control of large parts of Iraq and Syria, exacerbated tensions between the United States and Russia, and given rise to the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history. How did it all start, and why is the war threatening to mutate into an international conflict? To anyone who’s lost track, getAbstract recommends this useful chronology of the Syrian civil war which the Middle East specialist Andrew J. Tabler put together for The Atlantic. · Shared by 57, including getAbstract, Esther Schindler
Eurogamer
Understanding sympathy and solidarity in games
Eurogamer
5 min read · Jan 17th · A look at how games have attempted to depict modern Syria. · Shared by 57
BBC
BBC - Newsnight: Paul Mason: Twenty reasons why it's kicking off everywhere
BBC
From 2011 · We've had revolution in Tunisia, Egypt's Mubarak is teetering; in Yemen, Jordan and Syria suddenly protests have appeared. In Ireland young techno-savvy professionals are agitating for a · Shared by 57
American Theatre
How Little Amal Walked the Walk
American Theatre
~16 min read · Jan 10th · As the giant puppet wended her way from Syria to England, she retraced the steps of Europe’s refugee crisis, forging beautiful connections along the way. · Shared by 55
The New York Times
ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape
The New York Times
~15 min read · From 2015 · Claiming the Quran’s support, the Islamic State codifies sex slavery in conquered regions of Iraq and Syria and uses the practice as a recruiting tool. · Shared by 53, including Daniel Fritzsche, grimm, Leslie D, Florian Hanke 🍎, Ryan Boren, julian 🚮✨, Leonardo Borges, George M 🇪🇺
Al Jazeera English
Syrian crisis News – the latest from Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera English
From 2014 · In depth coverage of crisis and events in Syria · Shared by 53
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