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• Histoire, société

  Avant le déluge de feu : C’était au temps où Alep vivait…

  30 décembre, par DRYEF Zineb

  Des souks à s’y perdre, une cuisine raffinée, des communautés cohabitant dans une relative harmonie… Ainsi allait la vie à Alep, avant les bombes. Une ville riche et vivante qui n’était pas pour autant une cité idéale
  Haj Abu Abdo Al-Fawal ne servait qu’un plat, le foul moudammas. Des fèves séchées (...)

• Syria

  Aleppo, the tomb of the left – Some harsh lessons for the international left

  21 December, by ALBA RICO Santiago, FIDLER Richard

  The defeat of Aleppo: Introduction
  Aided by the bombs of the Russian air force and the bullets of foreign militias organized by Iran, Syria’s president Bashar Al-Assad has finally managed to destroy the eastern sector of the country’s largest city Aleppo, the major remaining pocket of popular (...)

• Turkey

  Turkey – ’They throw you into a hole’: celebrated Turkish novelist reveals detention ordeal

  30 December, by AFP

  Asli Erdoğan bursts into tears as she describes spending 132 days in an Istanbul prison on account of her links to pro-Kurdish newspaper.
  Asli Erdoğan, one of Turkey’s most celebrated novelists, was released from jail Thursday, looking exhausted after 132 days of pre-trial detention, declaring (...)

• Syrie

  Appel à la solidarité financière : Mazout de chauffage pour les familles expulsées d’Alep

  30 décembre, par Codssy, Souria Houria

  Cher(e)s Adhérent(e)s, Sympathisant(e)s et Ami(e)s,
  Une opération en direction des familles expulsées d’Alep, à relayer largement auprès de votre réseau.
  L’opération est menée par Codssy (Collectif du Développement et du Secour Syrien).
  Elle regroups 11 associations dont Souria Houria.
  Elle est gérée (...)

• Syria

  We Must Understand Syria as a Popular Struggle Despite Its Complications – “This popular resistance has been the most neglected aspect of the Syrian uprising”

  19 December, by DAHER Joseph

  The popular uprising in Syria approaches its sixth year, but the debate among the networks, associations, political parties, and individuals that make up the political left is ongoing.
  Alarmingly, some sections of leftist discourse on the Syrian revolution often emulate the rhetoric offered by (...)

• Syria

  Syria’s White Helmets – “Civil Defense is one of the only aid organizations still operating in these bleak circumstances”

  1 October, by HUSSAIN Murtaza

  SYRIA’S WHITE HELMETS RISK EVERYTHING TO SAVE THE VICTIMS OF AIRSTRIKES
  RAED AL-SALEH says that before Syria’s civil war, he could never have imagined the position he is in today. A former electronics trader from the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, Saleh, 33, is now head of the Syrian (...)

• Syria

  In wartime Syria, local councils and civil institutions fill a gap

  31 July, by AL SHAMI Leila, MORITZ-RABSON Daniel, YASSIN-KASSAB Robin

  Amid the visible destruction of the Syrian war, the country has also witnessed a less-publicized transformation: democratic structures have arisen in places controlled by militant organizations.
  Where rebel groups have taken over areas previously held by Bashar al-Assad’s government, local (...)

• Iraq

  Afrah Shawqi: Iraqi journalist kidnapped from Baghdad home

  28 December, by AFP

  Reporter taken by gunmen disguised as security officers, say authorities, with prime minister and Reporters Without Borders calling for release.
  Gunmen have kidnapped an Iraqi journalist after posing as members of the security forces and bursting into her home in Baghdad, according to (...)