Hafez Assad came into power in March 1971. Ever since, Syria had been held hostage to the Assad regime — until 8th December 2024. Today is the Friday in an Assad-free Syria.

🧵 Assad’s Syria hasn’t ratified the ICC. The US isn’t a member either, nor Russia, China, Israel or India. Americans sure are in great company over there.

Why has Assad not yet been tried by the International Criminal Court? We break it down (this time with alt text):

Why has Assad not yet been tried by the International Criminal Court? We break it down:

It's often said that Palestine is the moral litmus test of our time. However, there can be no true moral litmus test that does not account for the Palestinian struggle's many intersections, Syria's fight against Assad's authoritarian rule being among the most crucial of them.

This page does a lot of work on intersectionality and the Syrian revolution. Give them a follow folks.

Last November, over 100 Syrian organisers, writers and students signed our statement of solidarity with the Palestinian people in light of the genocide on Gaza. The scale of aggression has since escalated, and our statement remains true: intersectionalsyria.com/2023/11/10/s...