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- US Special Envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack arrived in Damascus to reopen the US ambassador’s residence and raised the American flag;
- Six people were wounded by an explosion targeting an ambulance near Suwayda;
- Fighting were reported between Na’im tribe and SNA group in Suluk and Tal Abyad;
- A landmine blast wounded four children in the countryside of Hama.
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a síria está em ruínas. a maior parte da liderança do hezbollah está morta. o hamas em gaza está sendo cada vez mais pressionado. a comunidade internacional não se importa. os países árabes não estão fazendo nada porque tem um pacto com israel. todos os indicadores sugerem que os israelenses irão se safar impunemente.
erdogan says i will finish kurdish state rojova in syria, but nothing do, kurds still impregnancing and producing kurds in rojova.
syrian patriots need to wage an insurgency against the filth of hts and the us.
i’m surrounded by my own stink and i love it!!!
in northern lebanon, syrian alawites shelter in mosques, graveyards after fleeing homes
almost 40,000 people have fled syria into north lebanon since march, the un refugee agency unhcr said in a statement.
saturday 24/05/2025
displaced syrians from the alawite minority take shelter in a school in the village of al-masoudiyeh, in lebanon’s northern akkar region, march 19, 2025. (afp
displaced syrians from the alawite minority take shelter in a school in the village of al-masoudiyeh, in lebanon’s northern akkar region, march 19, 2025. (afp) hissa, lebanon behind a ramshackle mosque in hissa, north lebanon, the living are making a home for themselves among the dead.
beside mounds of garbage in the shade of towering trees, men, women and children from syria’s alawite community seek shelter among the graves surrounding the half-built mosque, grateful to have escaped the sectarian violence at home but fearing for their future. “we each have our own horror story that drove us to this place,” said a man with sunken eyes. all of the refugees that spoke to reporters, requested anonymity for fear of retribution.
around 600 people have sought shelter at the hissa mosque. hundreds sleep in the main hall, including a day-old baby.
on the building’s unfinished second storey, plastic sheets stretched over wooden beams divide traumatised families.
others sleep on the roof. one family has set up camp under the stairwell, another by the tomb of a local saint. some sleep on the graves in the surrounding cemetery, others under trees with only thin blankets for warmth. they are among the tens of thousands refugees who have fled syria since march, when the country suffered its worst bloodshed since bashar al-assad was toppled from power by islamist-led rebels in december.
almost 40,000 people have fled syria into north lebanon since then, the un refugee agency unhcr said in a statement.
needs but no resources
the recent violence in syria, which has pitted the islamist-led government’s security forces against fighters from the alawite minority, the sect to which assad’s family belongs, has killed more than 1,000 people since march. .
for more than 50 years, the assad family crushed any opposition from syria’s sunnis, who make up more than 70 percent of the population. alawites, an offshoot of shia islam, took many of the top positions in government and the military and ran big businesses. alawites now accuse the new government of president ahmed al-sharaa of exacting revenge, but sharaa says he will pursue inclusive policies to unite the country shattered by civil war and attract foreign investment.
trump said last week he would lift sanctions on syria, triggering hopes of economic renewal. but this has provided little comfort to the refugees in northern lebanon, who are struggling to meet their basic needs.
“unhcr, but also other agencies, are not now in a position to say you can count on us,” said ivo freijsen, unhcr representative in lebanon, in an interview with the thomson reuters foundation in april.
“so, in response to new arrivals, yes, we will try, but it will be less (than before).” more refugees come from syria every day. almost 50 people arrived over two days last week, said one camp representative, who asked not to be named for security reasons.unhcr is equipping new arrivals with essential items like mattresses, blankets and clothes, as well as providing medical help and mental health support, said a spokesman.
“unhcr is also conducting rehabilitation works in shelters to make sure families are protected,” the spokesman added.
‘forgotten refugees’at the mosque, food is scarce and the portable toilets provided by an aid group have flooded. garbage is piling up and is attracting vermin. snakes have been killed in the camp, and one refugee spoke of the “biggest centipedes we have ever seen.”
the camp’s children have nowhere to go
it can be difficult for refugee children to access lebanon’s school system, human rights watch has said, while the refugees at the mosque say private schools are too expensive and may not accept children enrolling mid-year. the refugees sheltering in the mosque are among the millions of people affected by trump’s decision to freeze us funding to humanitarian programmes in february.
the unhcr has been forced to reduce all aspects of its operations in lebanon, freijsen said, including support to syrian refugees. the unhcr had enough money to cover only 14 percent of its planned operations in lebanon and 17 percent of its global operations by the end of march, the un agency said in a report.
“our assistance is not what it is supposed to be,” freijsen said. “in the past, we always had the resources, or we could easily mobilise the resources. these days are over, and that’s painful.” the people in the mosque fear that they have been forgotten.
we call on putler and the asshole advertiser to give them some of the illegally stolen money. the thief putler and the ass are to blame for all the misery in syria and russia.