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Social Media Buzz: “Cleansing” Sunnis on Syria’s Coast

Mohammed Sergie (@msergie)  –  May 07, 2013 0 Comments

Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz.

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Social Media Buzz: A Fatwa to Defend Assad

Mohammed Sergie  –  March 11, 2013 0 Comments

Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz.

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For Civilian Leaders, Governing Aleppo is a Tall Order

Mohammed Sergie  –  February 19, 2013 1 Comment

Aleppo—It was supposed to be the “mother of all battles” as the regime dubbed it in July, the city where the regime or the revolution would be crushed. But six months after rebels breached Aleppo the fight rages on, leaving civilians struggling to survive.

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Social Media Buzz: Massacres, Finger Pointing, and Russian Backlash

Mohammed Sergie  –  February 04, 2013 0 Comments

Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz.

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Kurds Caught Between Islamists and the PKK

Mohammed Sergie  –  January 24, 2013 0 Comments

Azaz, Syria—The Turkey-based Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), and its Syrian political wing, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), have stumbled into a precarious situation. They are now  administering a string of towns and cities along the Turkish border after the Syrian army handed the PKK control of the territory last summer.

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Talking with Kelly McEvers, Beirut Bureau Chief, NPR

May 20, 2013

Kelly McEvers is National Public Radio’s bureau chief in Beirut. Since 2011, she has repeatedly traveled into Syria. Her work from the conflict was honored with the 2013 Peabody Award. Previously, she was NPR’s Baghdad bureau chief. She spoke with Syria Deeply about changes in covering the conflict and why Syria is not Iraq. Syria [...]

Ali Ferzat’s Sarcastic Revolution

May 19, 2013

Ali Ferzat is a renowned Syrian political cartoonist and the creator of more than 15,000 published drawings. In August 2011, Ferzat was reportedly dragged out of his car while driving in central Damascus by masked forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad’s regime. His fingers were systematically broken and he was left for dead by the side [...]

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Syria’s Untold Story

May 20, 2013

The following is the edited text of Jenan Moussa’s speech, with a new angle on Syria’s women, delivered at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum. Moussa is a correspondent for Al Aan, a pan-Arab satellite television channel based in Dubai. She makes frequent trips into Syria.

Egypt and Syrian Refugees: It’s Complicated

May 16, 2013

Every time I have to travel to Egypt, my heart jumps with joy like a little girl about to go to an amusement park. Egypt has and will always have a special place in my heart. It was the place I was born, it’s where I went to university, where I first fell in love, [...]