Alhakam Shaar
@alhakam.bsky.social
Linguist and urban sociologist from Aleppo with experience in cultural heritage, migration and development and a strong penchant for Ar <> En interpretation.
More than 30 experts and contributors came together to make sense of identity-based mass violence (IBMV) in cities. We produced a book. I contributed a chapter on the cycles of structural and acute violence in modern Aleppo.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
More than 30 experts and contributors came together to make sense of identity-based mass violence (IBMV) in cities. We produced a book. I contributed a chapter on the cycles of structural and acute violence in modern Aleppo.
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Israel is starving Gaza, tipping the strip from mass starvation towards mass death.
The lack of a ceasefire provides no excuse for this policy. War is no licence to starve.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
The lack of a ceasefire provides no excuse for this policy. War is no licence to starve.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Open the Gates to Save a Starving Gaza | International Crisis Group
As ceasefire talks drag on, Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. But that step alone will not save the strip’s depleted population. Gaza...
www.crisisgroup.org
July 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Israel is starving Gaza, tipping the strip from mass starvation towards mass death.
The lack of a ceasefire provides no excuse for this policy. War is no licence to starve.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
The lack of a ceasefire provides no excuse for this policy. War is no licence to starve.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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The U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed a bill to amend the Caesar Act, tying sanction relief to Syria’s human rights compliance. Waivers may extend to 2 years, with full repeal by 2029 if conditions are met.
#Syria #CaesarAct #USCongress #Sanctions #HumanRights
#Syria #CaesarAct #USCongress #Sanctions #HumanRights
July 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed a bill to amend the Caesar Act, tying sanction relief to Syria’s human rights compliance. Waivers may extend to 2 years, with full repeal by 2029 if conditions are met.
#Syria #CaesarAct #USCongress #Sanctions #HumanRights
#Syria #CaesarAct #USCongress #Sanctions #HumanRights
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"My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid. Gaza's children are dying in front of our eyes, and we are powerless to help them."
@972mag.com Ruwaida Amer writes from Khan Younis, Gaza >>
www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...
@972mag.com Ruwaida Amer writes from Khan Younis, Gaza >>
www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...
We are starving
My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.
www.972mag.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid. Gaza's children are dying in front of our eyes, and we are powerless to help them."
@972mag.com Ruwaida Amer writes from Khan Younis, Gaza >>
www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...
@972mag.com Ruwaida Amer writes from Khan Younis, Gaza >>
www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...
7 years ago in Budapest, veteran journalist Helen Womack (now I proudly call her friend) interviewed me for UNHCR about The Aleppo Project and my family home in Aleppo. 7 weeks ago, after the fall of Assad, she reached out to ask me if I'd finally been back to Aleppo and if we can rebuild our house.
Backpacks and Suitcases-9
Reporting the Stories of People in Flight
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July 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
7 years ago in Budapest, veteran journalist Helen Womack (now I proudly call her friend) interviewed me for UNHCR about The Aleppo Project and my family home in Aleppo. 7 weeks ago, after the fall of Assad, she reached out to ask me if I'd finally been back to Aleppo and if we can rebuild our house.
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Key details:
In a UN Security Council session on Syria, the United Nations warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis. It highlighted the widespread need for aid and the ongoing displacement of seven million people.
In a UN Security Council session on Syria, the United Nations warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis. It highlighted the widespread need for aid and the ongoing displacement of seven million people.
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Key details:
In a UN Security Council session on Syria, the United Nations warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis. It highlighted the widespread need for aid and the ongoing displacement of seven million people.
In a UN Security Council session on Syria, the United Nations warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis. It highlighted the widespread need for aid and the ongoing displacement of seven million people.
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Key details:
France announced last February its intention to invite Al-Sharaa for an official visit, but made it conditional on forming a Syrian government that includes “representatives of all components of civil society” and provides “security guarantees for refugee return”.
France announced last February its intention to invite Al-Sharaa for an official visit, but made it conditional on forming a Syrian government that includes “representatives of all components of civil society” and provides “security guarantees for refugee return”.
May 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Key details:
France announced last February its intention to invite Al-Sharaa for an official visit, but made it conditional on forming a Syrian government that includes “representatives of all components of civil society” and provides “security guarantees for refugee return”.
France announced last February its intention to invite Al-Sharaa for an official visit, but made it conditional on forming a Syrian government that includes “representatives of all components of civil society” and provides “security guarantees for refugee return”.
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Another child killed by starvation. There is a video and it is excruciating to watch. Israel has blocked all aid, including food and medicine, for over 60 days. What we have here is the profundity of evil.
May 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Another child killed by starvation. There is a video and it is excruciating to watch. Israel has blocked all aid, including food and medicine, for over 60 days. What we have here is the profundity of evil.
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I was happy to sign this. Sectarian violence is an even greater security threat to the new Syria than Zionist aggression. aljumhuriya.net/ar/2025/04/1...
في إدانة المجازر والانتهاكات بحق العلويين-ات السوريين-ات
بيان إلى الرأي العام
aljumhuriya.net
May 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I was happy to sign this. Sectarian violence is an even greater security threat to the new Syria than Zionist aggression. aljumhuriya.net/ar/2025/04/1...
هذا اللقاء، الخامس للقاء العمران، له فرادة أنه مع أحد أجمل باحثي التراث وأقربهم لقلبي وقلوب الكثير من باحثي العمران والتاريخ، البروفيسور ناصر رباط. شكراً صديقتي زويا @zoyamasoud.bsky.social على دعوة أ. رباط وعلى التسيير.
اللقاء بالعربية، غداً السبت، والتسجيل هنا:
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April 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
هذا اللقاء، الخامس للقاء العمران، له فرادة أنه مع أحد أجمل باحثي التراث وأقربهم لقلبي وقلوب الكثير من باحثي العمران والتاريخ، البروفيسور ناصر رباط. شكراً صديقتي زويا @zoyamasoud.bsky.social على دعوة أ. رباط وعلى التسيير.
اللقاء بالعربية، غداً السبت، والتسجيل هنا:
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اللقاء بالعربية، غداً السبت، والتسجيل هنا:
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Malik al-Abdeh's analysis of Sharaa's governance record is damning. And his pleas are nothing but the plainest of common sense: serious reforms, emphasis on effective governance, openness to different constituencies by giving them a stake in the new state.
www.syriaintransition.com/swallowingth...
www.syriaintransition.com/swallowingth...
Swallowing the State — Syria in Transition
www.syriaintransition.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Malik al-Abdeh's analysis of Sharaa's governance record is damning. And his pleas are nothing but the plainest of common sense: serious reforms, emphasis on effective governance, openness to different constituencies by giving them a stake in the new state.
www.syriaintransition.com/swallowingth...
www.syriaintransition.com/swallowingth...
دعوة مفتوحة لأهل الاختصاص للحوار
إعادة إعمار سوريا:
الحقوق، الهوية، والحوكمة
رابط المشاركة في الحوار يوم الخميس ٢٦ /١٢ /٢٠٢٤ الساعة الوحدة بعد الظهر بتوقيت دمشق:
t.co/CsuJ9VaVQ3
إعادة إعمار سوريا:
الحقوق، الهوية، والحوكمة
رابط المشاركة في الحوار يوم الخميس ٢٦ /١٢ /٢٠٢٤ الساعة الوحدة بعد الظهر بتوقيت دمشق:
t.co/CsuJ9VaVQ3
December 21, 2024 at 9:37 PM
دعوة مفتوحة لأهل الاختصاص للحوار
إعادة إعمار سوريا:
الحقوق، الهوية، والحوكمة
رابط المشاركة في الحوار يوم الخميس ٢٦ /١٢ /٢٠٢٤ الساعة الوحدة بعد الظهر بتوقيت دمشق:
t.co/CsuJ9VaVQ3
إعادة إعمار سوريا:
الحقوق، الهوية، والحوكمة
رابط المشاركة في الحوار يوم الخميس ٢٦ /١٢ /٢٠٢٤ الساعة الوحدة بعد الظهر بتوقيت دمشق:
t.co/CsuJ9VaVQ3
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Dr Razan Ghazzawi: “I took this📸of Raed Fares in Idlib in 2013. Raed initiated the ‘Kafranbel Banners’ … Raed & Hammoud Jneid were assassinated on Nov 23, 2018. Many believe HTS was behind it. HTS needs to address all violations committed under its control in Idlib.”
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December 18, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Dr Razan Ghazzawi: “I took this📸of Raed Fares in Idlib in 2013. Raed initiated the ‘Kafranbel Banners’ … Raed & Hammoud Jneid were assassinated on Nov 23, 2018. Many believe HTS was behind it. HTS needs to address all violations committed under its control in Idlib.”
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Sign up to attend this online panel discussion at George Washington University. It starts at 4pm Berlin time. I will talk about what the fall of Assad means from the perspective of Aleppo.
Insurgent Resurgence: A Discussion about the Current Developments in Syria | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University
Featuring insights from Alhakam Shaar, Wathiq Alshallal, and Jerome Drevon. Senior Fellow, Sergio Altuna will moderate it.
extremism.gwu.edu
December 12, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Sign up to attend this online panel discussion at George Washington University. It starts at 4pm Berlin time. I will talk about what the fall of Assad means from the perspective of Aleppo.
Mini thread 🧵
The media, Arab and western alike, are not prepared for the fall of the regime and the shallowness of their coverage is just sad. Very few of those reporting on the prisons read up reports on (e.g. by Forensic Architecture & Amensty Intl) that are based on witness accounts, or
The media, Arab and western alike, are not prepared for the fall of the regime and the shallowness of their coverage is just sad. Very few of those reporting on the prisons read up reports on (e.g. by Forensic Architecture & Amensty Intl) that are based on witness accounts, or
December 12, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Mini thread 🧵
The media, Arab and western alike, are not prepared for the fall of the regime and the shallowness of their coverage is just sad. Very few of those reporting on the prisons read up reports on (e.g. by Forensic Architecture & Amensty Intl) that are based on witness accounts, or
The media, Arab and western alike, are not prepared for the fall of the regime and the shallowness of their coverage is just sad. Very few of those reporting on the prisons read up reports on (e.g. by Forensic Architecture & Amensty Intl) that are based on witness accounts, or
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“Assad’s police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I’m back, and free”
BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab returns to Syria
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab returns to Syria
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Syria: Assad's police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I'm back, and free
The BBC's Lina Sinjab - who fled Damascus 2013 as it was engulfed in war – reflects on her return to the city.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 10:19 AM
“Assad’s police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I’m back, and free”
BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab returns to Syria
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab returns to Syria
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Join us next Thursday at 10:00 am ET (16:00 CET) to talk about the latest developments in #Syria with a line-up of distinguished panelists: @jeromed.bsky.social, @alhakam.bsky.social and Mr. Wathiq Alshallal.
Register here!
extremism.gwu.edu/insurgent-re...
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Insurgent Resurgence: A Discussion about the Current Developments in Syria | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University
Featuring insights from Alhakam Shaar, Wathiq Alshallal, and Jerome Drevon. Senior Fellow, Sergio Altuna will moderate it.
extremism.gwu.edu
December 9, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Join us next Thursday at 10:00 am ET (16:00 CET) to talk about the latest developments in #Syria with a line-up of distinguished panelists: @jeromed.bsky.social, @alhakam.bsky.social and Mr. Wathiq Alshallal.
Register here!
extremism.gwu.edu/insurgent-re...
Register here!
extremism.gwu.edu/insurgent-re...
Israel is grabbing more land in the Golan. The Golan is for its people. Its homes are for those expelled from them, whether by Israel in 1967 or by Assad and Hezbollah since 2011.
December 9, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Israel is grabbing more land in the Golan. The Golan is for its people. Its homes are for those expelled from them, whether by Israel in 1967 or by Assad and Hezbollah since 2011.
Israel is grabbing Syrian terretory.
December 8, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Israel is grabbing Syrian terretory.
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Israel has illegally taken the following Syrian towns:
- Ofaniya
- Quneitra
- Al-Hamidiyah
- Samdaniya Al Gharbiyah
- Qahtaniya
The IDF chief of staff: “IDF is fighting in four arenas - in ‘Judea and Samaria’, in Gaza, in Lebanon and, starting tonight, in Syria as well.” 1/
- Ofaniya
- Quneitra
- Al-Hamidiyah
- Samdaniya Al Gharbiyah
- Qahtaniya
The IDF chief of staff: “IDF is fighting in four arenas - in ‘Judea and Samaria’, in Gaza, in Lebanon and, starting tonight, in Syria as well.” 1/
December 8, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Israel has illegally taken the following Syrian towns:
- Ofaniya
- Quneitra
- Al-Hamidiyah
- Samdaniya Al Gharbiyah
- Qahtaniya
The IDF chief of staff: “IDF is fighting in four arenas - in ‘Judea and Samaria’, in Gaza, in Lebanon and, starting tonight, in Syria as well.” 1/
- Ofaniya
- Quneitra
- Al-Hamidiyah
- Samdaniya Al Gharbiyah
- Qahtaniya
The IDF chief of staff: “IDF is fighting in four arenas - in ‘Judea and Samaria’, in Gaza, in Lebanon and, starting tonight, in Syria as well.” 1/
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If you are caught thinking international events don't affect you, then you are sorely misunderstanding how our civilization currently works. Something happening in some country you've never seen or heard of, can have as much impact as something happening the town over from you.
December 8, 2024 at 7:46 PM
If you are caught thinking international events don't affect you, then you are sorely misunderstanding how our civilization currently works. Something happening in some country you've never seen or heard of, can have as much impact as something happening the town over from you.
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From a Syrian to finger wagging outsiders bashing their victory against the regime.
December 8, 2024 at 10:26 AM
From a Syrian to finger wagging outsiders bashing their victory against the regime.