Siege Watch

An initiative of @PAXforpeace to monitor developments in Syria's besieged communities. Tweeting reports from network of ground contacts.

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NEW: Siege Watch Final Report - Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Aftermath of Syria's Sieges from @PAXforpeace

https://t.co/zbF9mtnuZU

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6 years of hell on earth: Syria's Sieges

Check out this new multimedia #SiegeWatch story from @PAXforpeace featuring @abdfree2, who came of age under siege in #EasternGhouta https://t.co/bWHw6t1EI3

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Hundreds of thousands of siege victims were forcibly displaced to #Idlib, which is currently under attack by #Assad & his allies.

Read more about their fate in the final Siege Watch report: "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Aftermath of Syria's Sieges"

https://t.co/OwU5UqtqQg

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International stakeholders must do more to help vulnerable civilians in post-surrender communities that were formerly under siege.

See the final Siege Watch report for recommendations: https://t.co/zbF9mtnuZU

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"UN OCHA underreported the scope and scale of the siege crisis and failed to apply their classification criteria consistently and objectively, presenting a distorted view of the situation on the ground"

See the Siege Watch report for more key insights:
https://t.co/zbF9mtnuZU

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"The international community must start listening to Syrians,
rather than just talking about them."

Read recommendations for how intl. donors and humanitarians can better support siege victims today:

https://t.co/zbF9mtF5Rs

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Siege Watch documented the forced population transfers of more than 200,000 people out of besieged communities in #Syria between 2016-2018. Most of them will never be allowed to go home.

Final report: https://t.co/OwU5UqL1HO

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Read the final Siege Watch report from @PAXforpeace to learn about the history and legacy of sieges as a collective punishment strategy in #Syria

https://t.co/OwU5UqL1HO

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Over a million besieged people, dozens of sieges, more than 100 reporting contacts on the ground, and 11 quarterly reports.

Read the Siege Watch final report now: https://t.co/zbF9mtnuZU

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"UN OCHA repeatedly demonstrated a reluctance to correct their information on
besieged communities after it was demonstrated to be inaccurate, illogical, or internally inconsistent."
More about the intl. response to #Syria's sieges in our final report: https://t.co/zbF9mtF5Rs

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ICYMI, check out the final Siege Watch report, just out this week:

https://t.co/GA2UUO1F7V

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The Syrian gov. and its allies (Russia & Iran) were responsible for the vast majority of sieges in #Syria.

According to Siege Watch calculations, a staggering 2.5 million Syrians experienced the pain & fear of sieges during the conflict.

Read more:
https://t.co/zbF9mtnuZU

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If donors and aid agencies fail to take the full reality of what Assad's sieges did to these communities into account, post-siege interventions risk doing more harm to siege survivors.

Read more in the final Siege Watch report:
https://t.co/zbF9mtnuZU #Syria

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“The dream is dead… [we have] no choice but displacement.”
– Southern Damascus Suburbs resident facing forced population transfers in May in May 2018.

Read part 2 of the Tenth Quarterly Siege Watch Report:
https://t.co/vhLuZNajQS

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The end of the sieges of Fuaa & Kefraya in July after a deal between HTS extremists and government allies - marked the end of all long-term sieges in #Syria.

Read more in part 2 of our Tenth Siege Watch Quarterly Report https://t.co/vhLuZMSIZk

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After Yarmouk Camp #مخيم_اليرموك was completely depopulated, a rampant campaign of state-sanctioned looting and vandalism ensured that former residents lost everything.

See our latest Siege Watch report for more: https://t.co/vhLuZNajQS

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An anti-ISIS scorched earth campaign by pro-government forces in April & May, left the besieged Yarmouk camp #مخيم_اليرموك destroyed and depopulated. The once vibrant Palestinian population will likely not be allowed to return. See our latest report: https://t.co/vhLuZNajQS

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The end of the sieges has not ended the suffering of civilians who were forcibly displaced in May. They were dumped into the unstable conditions of northern Syria with few options, no resources, and little support. Read more: https://t.co/vhLuZMSIZk

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ICYMI read the new Tenth Quarterly Siege Watch report, part 2 from @PAXforpeace. This report documents the forced surrenders of northern Homs and the Southern Damascus Suburbs and the end of sieges in Syria.

Read it now: https://t.co/vhLuZNajQS

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When residents of the S. Damascus Suburbs & N. Homs were forcibly deported in May, thousands were stuck for days in limbo in awful conditions at a checkpoint near al-Bab & were ultimately prevented from entering Turkish-controlled Aleppo. Read more: https://t.co/vhLuZMSIZk