Shilan Chikh Mousa

Damascus University graduate, journalist, I work in the civil field, interested in Syrian and Kurdish affairs in particular.

[Sam Heller | سام هيلر @AbuJamajem]

So I guess Iran is just holding on until oil supply reaches crisis levels?

[Sam Dagher @samdagher]

Belated thank you to the @FT for putting “Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family’s Lust for Power Destroyed Syria” on the list of best 12 books “shedding light on the conflict in #Syria & its place in the wider power struggles across the Middle East” https://t.co/PhOuvcfiGk

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

BREAKING: Houthis of Yemen announce a a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia, "effective immediately."

Saudi Arabia has until now exported ~4.5m b/d from Yanbu in the Red Sea, most of it heading South throughout the Bab al-Mandab Strait between Yemen and Djibouti-Eritrea

[The Syria Report @TheSyriaReport]

⚡ Record participation at this year’s SyrPetro exhibition reflected growing interest in Syria’s hydrocarbons sector. Government officials and private companies discussed projects in upstream production, infrastructure rehabilitation and energy services, though no MoUs or formal agreements were signed.

Read more: https://t.co/liqw4XmoKT

[ETANA @ETANA_Syria]

The new government-priced fuel stations in NE #Syria have so far done little to ease the strain of gas scarcity.

🔗: https://t.co/bHYkwi8Ek1

[Jean-Noël Barrot @jnbarrot]

Dimanche soir deux agents de l'ambassade de France en Iran ont été la cible d'une action d'intimidation extrêmement grave de la part des services de sécurité iraniens, en violation flagrante des immunités diplomatiques dont ils bénéficient.

Détenus sans raison pendant plusieurs heures, interrogés et, pour l'un d'eux, molesté, ils ont finalement pu rejoindre l'ambassade où ils sont désormais en sécurité dans l'attente de leur retour en France dans les prochaines heures.

Cette agression est d'autant plus choquante que ces deux agents portent nos programmes de soutien à la société civile et notamment aux artistes et scientifiques iraniens.

Je les ai félicités pour leur courage dans l'exercice de leur mission qui place la France à l'avant-garde du soutien au peuple iranien que nous n'abandonnerons pas.

Je leur ai dit ainsi qu'à notre Ambassadeur tout mon soutien et toute ma solidarité dans l'épreuve qu'ils ont subie.

J'ai fait savoir au ministre des Affaires étrangères de l'Iran que cette atteinte gravissime et inadmissible à l'intégrité de nos agents ne pourra rester sans conséquence.

[Sarah Adams @sarahadams]

Our government has allied with these terrorists, that only ends one way.

[Mutlu Civiroglu @mutludc]

Renowned Kurdish intellectual and the leader of the Democtatic Party of the Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) Dr. A. Ghassemlou assassinated in Vienna, Austria 37 years ago today. #Ghassemlou RIP!

[Jino Victoria Doabi ‏ژینۆ ویکتوریا دو‌آبی @_jvd9]

Kurds are diverse, and this diversity is not our problem but our strength - the Kurds’ problems were, and are, power, invaders, colonizers, terrorists, religious ideologies, facism and racism. Kurdistan is for all Kurds to decide, but there can be no free Kurdistan without women’s liberation, and there can be no struggle fought without Kurdish women’s participation.

[Syria Justice Archive @SyJusticeArc]

#SouthernSyria | #Jarmana: Protesters are marching through the #Jaramana City (predominantly Druze/Christian) near #Damascus, marking one year since the July massacres in #Suwayda

[Nadine Maenza @nadinemaenza]

So glad to be back in NE Syria!

Spending time with friends from the region's many religious and ethnic communities, along with women, and listening as they share their hopes—and concerns—about the integration of NE Syria into the Syrian government.

The inclusive government built here has fostered remarkable religious freedom and strong social cohesion. As integration moves forward, I hope Syrian authorities preserve that diversity.

Building inclusive governance in Hasakah—and Damascus—would go far toward bringing the peace, stability, and prosperity the Syrian people deserve.

[Shilan Chikh Mousa @SChikhmousa]

What a farce in Syria’s history! Do you not realize that all of this is nothing but a charade designed to divert the world’s—and the Syrian people’s—attention from the atrocities being committed in Syria, while a new dictatorship—even worse than the Assad regime—is being prepared

[France TV Moyen-Orient @FTVMoyen_Orient]

Un visage inattendu fait son entrée au Parlement en Syrie, l'actrice très populaire Rouzaina Lazkani. Un reportage d'@arnauldmiguet avec @annefleurjo et M. Errami pour @franceinfo

[Shilan Chikh Mousa @SChikhmousa]

@FTVMoyen_Orient @arnauldmiguet @annefleurjo @franceinfo What a farce in Syria’s history! Do you not realize that all of this is nothing but a charade designed to divert the world’s and the Syrian people’s attention from the atrocities being committed in Syria, while a new dictatorship even worse than the Assad regime is being prepared

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🇺🇸🇮🇷📄READ: Full text of U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding
https://t.co/018z1sffVK

[Mazloum Abdî مظلوم عبدي @MazloumAbdi]

تشرفت بلقاء مبعوث الرئيس الأمريكي إلى سوريا والعراق السيد توم باراك @USAMBTurkiye ، ورئيس إقليم كوردستان السيد نيجيرفان بارزاني @IKRPresident ، اليوم في أربيل.
ناقشنا ملفات مهمة أبرزها الخطوات المعمول بها لدمج قواتنا والإدارة الذاتية في الحكومة السورية، ومتابعة تنفيذ الاتفاقات بما يعزز المسار السياسي والاستقرار.
كما تم التأكيد ع��ى دعم جهود مكافحة الإرهاب، ودفع الحل السياسي الشامل في سوريا بما يضمن مشاركة جميع المكونات في الحكومة وصياغة مستقبل البلاد.
كما أُشير إلى الدور الداعم لإقليم كوردستان في تعزيز الاستقرار الإقليمي والحوار بين الأطراف بما يخدم الأمن والسلام في المنطقة.

[Mutlu Civiroglu @mutludc]

Trump: “I was very responsible for Syria, and the man that's running Syria now is a person that I put there along with President Erdogan and some others. He's done an amazing job of pulling it together. He's not a Boy Scout, but he's done an amazing job of pulling it together… And he does not like Hezbollah. And I'll tell you what, Israel has been fighting Hezbollah too long, and too many people are being killed. And you don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all Hezbollah. I suggested to Israel “let Syria take care of Hezbollah because, to be honest, I think they do a better job of doing it… But I think Syria - he's pulled that country together amazingly quickly. He's very capable, and he's been very good for me. He's protected everything that I've asked for; he's done… And if Israel can't do the job without killing everyone else, he'll do the job. Syria will do the job."

[Nadine Maenza @nadinemaenza]

Encouraging to see @ElhamAhmadSDC calling for a “new democratic Syria, guaranteeing rights for Kurds and other minorities, in which women can play a central part.”

Syria needs to harness the strength of all its people to rebuild — including religious and ethnic minorities, women, and communities in the northeast.
https://t.co/QcEMETfeXY

[Silenced 🐴🐭 Ms. Information @C19VaxInjured]

ISIS is back in Syria. Can the US fight extremists with extremists?

https://t.co/RPUzYmfGOd

[Mehmet Aslan @mehmetaslani]

Türkiye, Rojava ve Suriye sınırında bulunan tüm kentlerin sınır hattında hendekler kazma kararı aldı.

Bu neyin hazırlığı, niçin kazılıyor buralar?

[Treasury Department @USTreasury]

Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is designating 12 individuals and entities for their roles enabling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) sale and shipment of Iranian oil to the People’s Republic of China. The IRGC relies on front companies in permissive economic jurisdictions to obfuscate its role in oil sales and funnel the revenue to the Iranian regime. Instead of using this revenue to support the struggling Iranian people, the regime directs it toward weapons development, backing terrorist proxies, and funding security forces that suppress citizens’ freedoms.