A 50-day-old infant in Gaza was injured in an Israeli airstrike last week and has already lost his leg. Doctors now fear he may also lose his hand due to the severity of his injuries. His mother was killed in the same strike.
I have no words.
Mustafa Bakour, the so-called “governor of Suwayda,” the appointee Sharaa’s bootlickers keep praising, makes a stark admission on Syria TV that the state took Druze civilians kidnapped by Bedouin tribal militias and, instead of returning them to their families, locked them in Adra prison to use as leverage for Bedouins kidnapped by Druze militias in Suwayda.
When the presenter, Zaidoun al-Zoubi, asks why the state doesn’t simply free these civilians, the governor says “because there are details,” then justifies holding them under what he calls “precautionary detention.” When al-Zoubi reacts with clear shock at the idea that the state itself is part of an exchange between its own citizens, the governor snaps, telling him not to call it that, then immediately calls it exactly that: “the exchange.”
Let’s be clear about what happened: During the July massacres in Suwayda, Bedouin tribal militias kidnapped civilians. The state later took custody of those same civilians, but instead of sending them home, transferred them to Adra prison and kept them as leverage. These were not suspects or criminals. They were victims who were turned into detainees by the very state that claims to protect them.
This isn’t law enforcement, it’s hostage-taking under the guise of an official authority. The state simply recycled the kidnapping and used innocent people as bargaining chips, which can only be described as collective punishment. It’s immoral, illegal, and the behavior of militias, not governments.
Anyone arguing that releasing these Druze civilians would weaken the state’s ability to recover the Bedouins is admitting exactly what this is: the deliberate detention of innocent people as leverage. If Hijri does not represent Suwayda, then these civilians have nothing to do with him and should never be tied to his actions. Conditioning their freedom on what another group does makes the state a direct participant in the crime and exposes a disgusting reality that is the central cause of all the division we see today: Sharaa is willing to keep innocent Druze civilians locked up to secure Bedouins, effectively sacrificing one community for another. It makes anyone who questions why the people of Suwayda don’t want the state to represent them look incredibly stupid.
Also, let us not forget that when the governor appeared in a video back in July sitting in a room with kidnapped women and children from Suwayda, presenting them as if they were “safe” and being cared for, people were already outraged by the spectacle. It’s even more disturbing to realize that soon after, those same civilians were rounded up and thrown into prison.
A real state frees its citizens and prosecutes criminals. It wouldn’t waste a second entertaining the perverse thought of trading away its own citizens. Holding them for exchange doesn’t show authority. It shows that the state sees the people of Suwayda not as citizens, but as expendable collateral.
I have mentioned this.
The Syrian Government media sphere is using footage from people killed by the Syrian Government and attributes their death to the Kurds in Rojava, Syria.
This footage was taken by a Kurdish journalist in the hospital of Kobane - published by Ronahi TV (a Kurdish channel)
The village was attacked by the Syrian Government during which the STG seized control of the village (you can check the timeline, we reported this way before the STG seized control over this village)
But for better understanding: if the village was not in Kurdish control, then the wounded children would not have been brought to the hospital in Kobane.
Logic: if the YPG was in control of the village, why would they start to bombard it?
If the YPG did bombard the village as it was in STG control, why were the children then brought to a Kurdish hospital in Kobane?
Syrian Government Media does not even care to accurately create their propaganda. They know that by now, they can blame anything on the Kurds and the STG fanatics will believe it.
The village is currently under the control of the YPG again - and it is being attacked by the Syrian Government.
@qunfuz2@NPA_English Unfortunately, this seems to be standard practice in Syria and Turkey.
Idlib (ruled by HTS): https://t.co/radcjRGUcq
Turkey: https://t.co/8TdeNuGSaZ
The co-chair of the Kurdish Red Crescent, Dilges Issa, said in a statement to ANHA (Hawar News) that contact was lost with three members of the Kurdish Red Crescent in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood. ANHA was confirmed this evening that they had been abducted by forces affiliated with the interim government.
I have seen the uncensored image. This is true. STG troops captured this man alive. Now there is a picture of his mutilated corpse. A clear incident of an extrajudicial killing.
Erstaunlicher Text der @DeutscheWelle über antipalästin. Rassismus: Die Leugnung der Nakba als Kernnarrativ zur Delegitimierung jeder Forderung nach paläst. Gleichberechtigung und die Rolle der Medien für Propagandabilder https://t.co/x0FEwXC4HA
@omar_alharir ... civilians were certainly harmed. So I ask openly and honestly: where are your sources? Can you disclose them? I haven't found any articles about targeted attacks on women and children.
@omar_alharir Civilians should never be attacked. You have always denied or downplayed attacks against Druze, including the murder of a medical worker at the Suwayda hospital. Don't get me wrong; there was fighting in the Suwayda neighborhood at the beginning of the conflict, and...
@omar_alharir Do you want to comment on the video here? Or are the victims here (druze) not important to you? And what about your claim that druze militias killed people in the hospital?
https://t.co/UOIASaHW9P
عاجل | حصلت السويداء 24 على مقطع فيديو من كاميرات المراقبة في مشفى السويداء الوطني يكشف بالدليل الدامغ لحظة قيام عناصر من "وزارة الدفاع" و"الأمن الداخلي" باحتجاز الكادر الطبي في المشفى يوم 16 تموز 2025، وتنفيذ جريمة إعدام ميداني بحق أحد الكوادر.
الفيديو مصدره كاميرات المراقبة، ويعد دليلا إضافياً على تورط قوات الحكومة ال��نتقالية باستهداف الكوادر الطبية وتحويل مشفى السويداء الوطني إلى ساحة للقتل والإعدام الميداني وتصفية الجرحى.
عاجل | حصلت السويداء 24 على مقطع فيديو من كاميرات المراقبة في مشفى السويداء الوطني يكشف بالدليل الدامغ لحظة قيام عناصر من "وزارة الدفاع" و"الأمن الداخلي" باحتجاز الكادر الطبي في المشفى يوم 16 تموز 2025، وتنفيذ جريمة إعدام ميداني بحق أحد الكوادر.
الفيديو مصدره كاميرات المراقبة، ويعد دليلا إضافياً على تورط قوات الحكومة ال��نتقالية باستهداف الكوادر الطبية وتحويل مشفى السويداء الوطني إلى ساحة للقتل والإعدام الميداني وتصفية الجرحى.
Stellen Sie sich für einen Moment vor, Medien würden Bilder abgemagerter Hamas-Geiseln als irreführend bezeichnen, wenn ihre Vorerkrankungen nicht genannt werden. Ein völlig absurder Gedanke. Und Beleg für den Status der Entmenschlichung der palästinensischen Zivilbevölkerung.
Es braucht endlich die richtige Sprache für das, was in Gaza geschieht: Es ist keine Hungersnot. Es ist eine bewusste und gewollte Aushungerung einer Bevölkerung. Es ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.
Es ist keine Selbstverteidigung. Es ist eine kollektive Bestrafung eines ganzen Volks. Es ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.
Es ist kein militärischer Präzisionsschlag. Es ist eine gezielte Zerstörung ziviler Infrastruktur – Krankenhäuser, Schulen und Geflüchtetenlager. Es ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.
Es ist kein Kollateralschaden. Es sind gezielte Angriffe auf Zivilisten, auf Journalisten, auf Sanitäter. Es ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.
Es ist keine Evakuierung. Es ist eine bewusste Zwangsvertreibung und die Zerstörung von palästinensischem Leben. Es ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.
Es ist keine bedauerliche humanitäre Lage. Es ist eine systematische Blockade humanitärer Hilfe. Es ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.
Es ist kein unbeabsichtigter Kollaps. Es ist ein systematischer Entzug lebenswichtiger Ressourcen: Wasser, Nahrung und medizinische Versorgung. Es ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.
Es ist nicht die Verantwortung der Hamas. Es ist eine Pflicht der Besatzungsmacht Israel humanitäre Hilfe zu leisten. Es ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.
Es ist nicht das, was man von der “einzigen Demokratie im Nahen Osten” erwarten sollte. Das, was Israel in Gaza tut, ist ein Bruch mit den Grundsätzen von Völkerrecht, Menschenwürde und Menschlichkeit.
Deutsche Politiker und auch bestimmte Medien beschreiben das, was in Gaza geschieht, immer noch in beschönigender, verharmlosender Sprache. Doch sprachliche Zurückhaltung verschleiert nicht nur Realitäten vor Ort, sondern verhindert, dass endlich Verantwortung für diese grenzenlosen Menschenrechtsverletzungen und barbarischen Tötungen der Palästinenser übernommen wird. Es braucht in Deutschland endlich eine klare, ehrliche Sprache für die Kriegsverbrechen, die dort tagtäglich geschehen.
@Levant_24_ There's just one big problem with this version of events: the witnesses (including medical staff) say otherwise. They were simply ignored in your account. Are there reasons for this?
Der Al-Jazeera Journalist Wael Al Dahdouh verlor zu Beginn des #Gaza-Krieges bereits seine Frau, 2 seiner Kinder & ein Enkelkind durch eine israelische Rakete. Jetzt starb sein Sohn Hamza (20 J), Fotoreporter, bei einem gezielten Angriff auf sein Fahrzeug.