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Are ISIS Prisoners Still Under Secure Guard In Syria? By Haid Haid - Nov 21, 2019
The ongoing Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria presents the worrying prospect of many captured ISIS fighters taking advantage of the chaos to escape and return to the battlefield. Caught between the Turkish army and the Syrian regime they have fought against for eight years, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces admit that securing ISIS prisoners is now a “second priority” for … Continue reading “Are ISIS Prisoners Still Under Secure Guard In Syria?”
Turkey has Forced Syria Rebels into a Dangerous Liaison with the Assad Regime By Haid Haid - Oct 17, 2019
Abandoned by their American allies, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been left with one option: doing a deal with the devil. Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria has succeeded where all previous tactics have not: it has created the conditions for the two main enemies in the Syrian civil war – the Syrian Democratic Forces … Continue reading “Turkey has Forced Syria Rebels into a Dangerous Liaison with the Assad Regime”
The War in Syria Is Close to an End, But the Crushing of a People Is Far from Over By Haid Haid - Oct 3, 2019
As the war in Syria winds down, it is inevitable that its impact will be measured in terms of casualties. Numbers of dead and wounded are the conventional measure of conflict but it would be wrong to focus on them alone without considering the challenges that face the survivors, especially civilians living inside regime-controlled areas. The fighting there has largely ceased … Continue reading “The War in Syria Is Close to an End, But the Crushing of a People Is Far from Over”
No Jobs for Syria’s Civil Servants in Former Rebel-Held Areas By Haid Haid - Aug 19, 2019
The war in Syria brought work to a halt for many people. But for hundreds of public servants in former rebel-held areas now retaken by the regime, there will be no return. They have been fired for reasons such as “insufficient loyalty” to simple “failure to report for work.” As for the latter, the restrictions that war imposes on … Continue reading “No Jobs for Syria’s Civil Servants in Former Rebel-Held Areas”
Syria Wants Complete Control Over Information, Which Is Why Even Loyalist Journalists Can Be Arrested for Being ‘Out of Order’ By Haid Haid - Jul 28, 2019
Rabea Kalawandy, a war correspondent and social-media influencer, was arrested on July 8 in Aleppo. This might seem sadly unremarkable in a country where the regime has systemically targeted journalists throughout the conflict. But what is unusual about this case is that Kalawandy is a pro-regime journalist arrested by the Syrian government itself. And he is not the only one … Continue reading “Syria Wants Complete Control Over Information, Which Is Why Even Loyalist Journalists Can Be Arrested for Being ‘Out of Order’”