Cian Ward

Freelance journalist based in Damascus - [email protected]

[Amberin Zaman @amberinzaman]

CORRECTION Syrian forces have come to facilitate the transfer of Somali families as per @CP__Ward The camp
Is still run by the SDF if we can still call it that. Thank you @CP__Ward

[Kareem Shaheen @kshaheen]

Israeli forces have detained dozens of Syrians from the country’s south, some of them teenage boys taken from farms and family homes. Their families still don’t know where they are being held or why, reports @subhash_anagha for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/C1Hvzw3MJj

[Caroline Rose @CarolineRose8]

My thoughts alongside @GregoryPWaters and @NanarHawach on recent communal tensions and threats to minorities in #Syria.

From @CP__Ward for @The_NewArab.

https://t.co/lIFK6JxWAz

[Cian Ward @CP__Ward]

Latest for @The_NewArab on Syria’s largest protests since the fall of the Assad regime

[The New Arab @The_NewArab]

Analysis: Syria's largest protests since Assad's fall over fuel prices are putting al-Sharaa's economic vision - and his government's legitimacy - to the test

Read @CP__Ward's report from Damascus to find out more

https://t.co/n9YVVrLsdJ

[ETANA @ETANA_Syria]

The #Syria fuel protests “represent an early alarm for the government about the problems in their governance and economic management,” @Issam_Alreis tells @CP__Ward @The_NewArab:

https://t.co/aZZcFOH1xV

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

Lithuanias foreign ministry has said it has received intelligence of upcoming Russian hybrid attacks on Europe in particular a large false flag operation under a foreign flag, Latvia mentioned a similar operation potentially using special forces.

Not good…

[Syria Direct @SyriaDirect]

Hundreds of Iraqi oil tankers are thundering across Syria toward the Mediterranean. Yet Syrians are waiting hours at gas stations to fill their cars. As Syria emerges as a new energy corridor to Europe, why is the country experiencing a fuel crisis? @CP__Ward for @SyriaDirect : https://t.co/HctNKi5hyF

[Charles Lister @Charles_Lister]

Around 15,000 women in #Syria have signed up to join the Interior Ministry's police forces.

Hundreds have passed through training already, with most trainers being reconciled former #Assad regime employees.

@subhash_anagha reports -- https://t.co/SunnIUsfy6

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Fascinating piece
"The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet?
Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. So where are they?"
https://t.co/qbgL7wnY8p

[Qalaat Al Mudiq @QalaatAlMudiq]

#Syria: the situation is escalating in #Hasakah-city, where a pro-SDF/Kurdish mob stormed a Security building, vandalized it and placed a Kurdish flag atop the building.

Security forces didn't intervene.

This is yet another cycle of unrest, triggered by the attacks on returning Kurdish residents in Ras Al-Ain and followed by retaliatory actions in other areas.

[Cian Ward @CP__Ward]

Hospital officials have told me that there was an attempted bombing of Mujtahid Hospital - Damascus’ largest public hospital - yesterday.

It was thwarted by hospital security who tackled and detained the bomber before handing him over to authorities.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨BREAKING: Footage captures the moment an Israeli settler opened fire and killed 4 young Palestinians men as they confronted a settler attack in the village of Tel, southwest Nablus, Friday morning.

[ETANA @ETANA_Syria]

“A report by [@ETANA_Syria]… found that “the most progress on integration so far has been in the governorate's health sector, possibly because of its importance, service-based character, and apolitical nature in comparison to other files”.”

✍️ @CP__Ward @The_NewArab

https://t.co/hf2JPxmfaL

[Syria in Transition @SyriaTransition]

The arrest of prominent British-Syrian journalist Hassan Akkad sparked public outcry and a broader debate about the limits of free speech in Syria’s emerging political order. His subsequent release shows that public pressure still carries weight in today’s Syria.

But the broader debate over the limits of free expression - that Western democracies, too, continue to wrestle with - has only just begun.
https://t.co/00oF5f2sIf

[Tabitha H. Sanders @thistabithahope]

Syrian President replaces intelligence chief to solve internal power struggle

https://t.co/IefQeSHCpv

[الوكالة العربية السورية للأنباء - سانا @Sana__gov]

وزارة الداخلية لـ سانا:
▪️ وقع انفجاران بالقرب من وزارة السياحة في دمشق، ما أسفر عن إصابة 18 شخصاً، بينهم 4 من عناصر الشرطة.

▪️ قوى الأمن الداخلي رصدت خلال عملياتها الميدانية العبوتين الناسفتين، وباشرت الوحدات المختصة اتخاذ الإجراءات اللازمة لتفكيكهما، إلا أنهما انفجرتا أثناء التجهيز لعملية التفكيك.

▪️ قوى الأمن الداخلي فرضت طوقاً أمنياً في محيط الموقع حفاظاً على سلامة المواطنين، فيما باشرت الوحدات المختصة عمليات المسح والتأمين في المنطقة.

▪️ أظهرت المعاينة الأولية أن العبوتين صُنعتا بطريقة بدائية، وُضعت الأولى داخل سيارة مركونة على جانب الطريق، فيما وُضعت الثانية داخل حاوية مهملات، ولا تزال التحقيقات مستمرة لكشف ملابسات الاعتداء وتحديد هوية المتورطين.

▪️ نؤكد أن موقع الانفجار يقع خارج النطاق الأمني المخصص لمقر إقامة الرئيس الفرنسي، ولم يشكّل أي تهديد مباشر لمقر الإقامة أو لبرنامج الزيارة الرسمية، التي تتواصل وفق الخطة المقررة.

#سانا

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

British foreign correspondents could be at risk of prosecution if they use sources within state-backed groups in countries such as Iran under national security legislation being rushed through parliament this week.

David Anderson, a former UK independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, has warned that unless the bill is amended it could accidentally pull journalists working in danger-zone countries into prosecutions for terrorism.

Details here 👇

https://t.co/o6YkBaLFVN

[Aron Lund @aronlund]

These @akmckeever reports from Syria’s ex-SDF areas are great. Full of historical and local detail. Recommended if you follow Syria.

• Raqqa: https://t.co/haEXCv2RnH
• Efrin: https://t.co/IQpRLWZZV3
• Sheikh Maqsoud: https://t.co/TO85cVdk21

[Razan Saffour @razanspeaks]

Today, Syria commences the first transitional justice trials of the Assad regime, including Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad (in absentia), and Atef Najib. Najib notoriously oversaw the torture of 13-year-old Hamza al-Khatib in 2011.

[Cian Ward @CP__Ward]

@shellykittleson So happy that you are safe Shelly 🫶!