"Several people were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes outside of #Aleppo, Syria’s defense ministry said early Monday. According to reports, the attack targeted a copper plant in the town of Hayyan, north of Aleppo in northern #Syria. Video purporting to show the aftermath of the apparent strike showed large flames shooting out of a building
Probably the most cynical but also widespread manipulation is when #Hamas supporters post photos from #Syria presenting them as photos from #Gaza and #Palestine. Which is quite popular trick, because Assad’s merciless war on Syrian civilians produced thousands of dramatic photos of ruined towns and people bombed, executed or poisoned with chemical weapons. If you search for “killed Arab civilians” to feed your daily posting schedule, you will mostly find photos from Syria. Most absurdly, people like Jackson Hinkle support Assad and Russia and condemn killing of Arabs in Palestine at the same time…
I have given a clear example of a specific person posting a proven fake… but you still “see it” as “undermining” Gaza? Well, that’s a problem with your perception, not mine.
⚠️ Confirmed: #Syria has imposed a nationwide internet blackout this morning as a countermeasure against cheating and paper leaks in school exams, joining Iraq and a handful of other countries who implement this disruptive policy; incident duration ~5 hours
@b9AcE Great point, noted! We usually qualify claimed rationales with wording like ‘purportedly’ though sometimes it slips through with these tedious cases. And indeed, exam shutdowns have coincided with protests in past so there can be more at play.
@netblocks Very good.
I guess it is easier to notice when something is missing that one thinks should be there, than to notice all the many times more occurrences of what you think should be there also being there. ;-)
The Syrian civil war has gone on for more than 13 years.
"The war whose brutality once dominated headlines has settled into an uncomfortable stalemate. Hopes for regime change have largely died out, peace talks have been fruitless, and some regional governments are reconsidering their opposition to engaging with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. The government has regained control of most of the country, and Assad's hold on power seems secure"
So that you know, this video posted today by #SyrianGirl account with description “Yemen Houthi forces Score a direct hit in US destroyer” gained nearly 700k views, 2.3k shares and 7k likes… and it’s entirely false.
Users quickly identified the original as 2013 video from Norway naval exercise. The “Syrian Girl” account only added some subtitles in Arabic.
The account has been posting such fakes for years, starting from inventing incredible conspiracy theories to discredit the official OPCW investigation into #Assad chemical attacks against civilians in #Syria and then every single fake, mostly produced in #Russia.
rule of thumb: every time a «usa-hater» posts a «revelation», be very, very doubtful, ideally just ignore (and block); 99% of the time those end up being #russian-sponsored lies.
#Syria#Iraq - US repatriates 11 citizens from horrible al-Hol camp for relatives of Islamic State militants (also 1 non-citizen child & facilitated repatriation of 11 others) @syria@iraq
"A security source reported that the #UnitedStates has taken action in response to missiles launched from #Iraq towards #Syria. The source told Shafaq News Agency that an American aircraft targeted the vehicle responsible for the missile launch at the moment of its initiation in the Zummar district, north of #Mosul. Some of the missiles fell inside Iraqi borders, he said"
Hezbollah sources claim that they ambushed a group of Israeli special forces who were trying to enter Lebanon and killed almost all of them.
The event happened last week, the information was posted the next day, but I could not verify it. Yesterday, an Israeli "expert" accidentally admitted on love TV that they lost 18 soldiers in northern Israel last week, something that he immediately changed to "injured".
Israel is trying hard to limit the information about their casualties in Lebanon and northern front and they have stepped up their bombings and incursions by special forces in the past few days.
The attacks against Gaza havd also increased to a level we haven't seen in the past few weeks with IDF preparing an all out invasion of #Rafah.
Tulkaram and other parts of occupied West Bank also been targets of unprecedented destruction and attacks by IDF.
The veto of #Biden at the #UN has emboldened Israel who has since bombed #Lebanon, #Syria and #Iraq, not to forget their attacks against #Iran. All with American provided bombs and fighter jets.
We all condemn Iran's launching of 300 missiles towards Israel, most of which were shot down by the US, UK, Israel, and Jordan. But we have to understand Israel's game here. Israel launched an attack on an Iranian embassy in #Syria, which is an act of war. Netanyahu is just as much of a chaos agent as Iran is. He must go. https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/04/14/iran-strike-israel/
A massive military convoy belonging to U.S. forces entering from northern Iraq, consisting of 63 trucks loaded with military equipment, logistical supplies, and MIM-23 Hawk air defense systems.
„On Monday, one of the most prominent Iranian military commanders in Syria, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, died in an aerial bombing of the ambassador’s residence in Damascus. The attack killed at least eight people, seven of them from the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, including Zahedi and two other senior military officers.“
"An Israeli airstrike destroyed the consular section of Iran's embassy in #Syria, killing a senior Iranian military adviser and several others, Syrian officials and state media said on Monday. The strike appears to signify an escalation of Israel's targeting of Iranian military officials and their allies in Syria, which have intensified since #Hamas militants - who are supported by #Iran - attacked Israel on October 7"
Oh boy. So Biden is bombing the Huthis and randomly civilians in #Syria and now Putin is bombing ISIS in Syria and attacking Israel? Sounds like a recipe for a proxy WWIII.
@GM7077@LALegault i have wondered about the way Russia and Israel seem to tiptoe around around each other, especially in Syria. If there were not some sort of behind the scenes "agreement" I would have expected the Russians to have deployed an S-400 in Syria already, although I expect there is one for the Naval base at Tartus
At the peak of its #power, the group controlled an area the size of Britain, & systematically killed or enslaved members of the Yazidi religious minority, carried out torture & mass killings, & filmed gruesome videos of the executions of its captives, including Westerners. Militants in other regions also pledged allegiance to the group & formed local offshoots.
Remember: In 2019, Trump suddenly withdrew US forces from Syria. He betrayed America's Kurdish allies, who had lost 11,000 soldiers fighting against ISIS. He left our brothers in arms to be beheaded by Erdoğan's jihadists, and he left thousands of ISIS prisoners to escape. "Five years of work—undone."
Why did Trump do it? What did he get in return?
Nothing. He did it because he's Erdoğan's bitch, and Erdoğan told him to.
Trump surrendered US bases to Russia, simply because Putin told him to. Russia then made propaganda videos, gloating over the personal items that our troops were forced to leave behind.
Trump "fell in love" with North Korea's dictator. Trump gave up US intel sources all over the world, and many of them were then killed. He let Erdoğan's thugs beat up Americans, in broad daylight, in the middle of DC.
"On this day 13 years ago, the Syrian people took to the streets in peaceful protest to demand their freedom and respect for human rights. The #Assad regime met these protests with a ruthless campaign of oppression and atrocities that continues to this day. Since March 2011, the #Syria conflict has led to the deaths of more than 500,000 people, and the forced displacement of more than half of the Syrian population" https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thirteenth-anniversary-of-the-syrian-uprising-joint-statement
It is sickening what these tankie grifters are doing. Using footage of regime's crimes in Syria (which they deny) to spread their propaganda. Fuck, this is so cynical and appalling.
