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Chemical weapons
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The Sarin Hours
When I explained that my fiancé was hospitalized due to sarin exposure, his uncle’s reaction was shockingly dismissive: “Stop lying and acting, you traitors… You’re destroying the country.”
Chemical Weapons in Syria
This is a tale of orchestrated deception, aimed at manipulating global public opinion and distorting reality, all with the objective of aiding the Syrian regime’s denial of culpability.
Sarin at Close Quarters
Mona’s face often appears in my dreams, a haunting reminder of her fate. In these dreams, I assure her that I will never forget her, or anyone else.
The Day After the Massacre
We are, in a sense, still trapped in that day – a day of collecting bodies, notifying families, paying respects, mourning, anger, and disbelief.
Diplomacy and Chemical Weapons in Syria
The international community adopted a resolution that flagrantly trampled over justice.
Life After Ghouta: Memory and Persistence in the Lives of Survivors
Memory and Persistence in the Lives of Survivors
Worldless Syria: Depopulated discourses and denied agency
The prevailing Western discourses about Syria are fundamentally flawed, and should be discarded in favor of “new, emancipatory” alternatives, writes Yassin al-Haj Saleh.
About that night
“Abu Ali… Abu Ali.” I heard the trembling voice of my friend Thaer, along with a barrage of frantic knocks on the door, waking me up after midnight on 21 August, 2013. “There is only one reason for Thaer to come to me after midnight,” I thought while rushing out to meet him. “It must be a massacre.” We lived in Eastern Ghouta, in the…
Republic of Violence
A recent book argues violence is not merely an incidental feature of the Assad regime’s rule in Syria, but rather an inseparable component of its governance strategy, consciously pursued and pervading almost every detail of citizens’ interaction with the state.
Still Recording: An interview with Syrian director Ghiath Ayoub
Co-director of prize-winning film Still Recording tells Al-Jumhuriya about filming under chemical attacks in Eastern Ghouta, and the untold stories of life in revolutionary Syria.
Weekly coverage round-up (Mar 18 – 22)
A quick English summary of our Arabic news coverage this week.
The coalition that could have been
There was a real opportunity after last month’s chemical atrocity to amass a powerful international coalition against Assad, Russia, and Iran—an opportunity the West squandered, argues James Snell.
Facile talk
The French president has talked a tough game on Syria lately, especially as regards the regime’s chemical weapons crimes. But these words, much like those of his American counterpart, are ultimately so much hot air, argues James Snell.
Fake Newsweek
In a final death knell for the once-great magazine, Newsweek has stooped in recent days to printing crackpot conspiracy theories about chemical weapons in Syria.
Failing to respond
By declining to link their attack on pro-Assad forces earlier this month with the regime’s ongoing chemical weapons use, the US has failed to deter the latter, argues James Snell.
Editorial: What’s the story with Jerusalem today?
[Editor’s note: This editorial was originally published in Arabic on 11 December, 2017] The story is not the Donald Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and the accompanying disdain for the Palestinian people, and their connection to the city that takes center stage in contemporary Palestinian nationalism, and in Islamic and Christian sentiment. This is not the story, for a predisposition toward this…
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