At just a few days old, little Mohammad Ghbeis was detained inside the ICU in Damascus, his first days were marked by detention, not nurture. He was quickly moved from the ICU to an orphanage, and later to SOS Children Villages. All while his mother remained behind bars for 3 years

BREAKING NEWS: EU agrees to lift sanctions it had imposed on Syria.

One week after the US, EU has agreed to lift *all* sanctions on #Syria - AFP.

The first flight since the fall of the regime has just taken off from Damascus Airport, heading to Aleppo. It’s currently the most tracked flight worldwide, a testament to the significance of this historic moment.

🧵The story was already distasteful and orientalist (Western woman swooping in to save a brown man, days after the Syrian people had already saved themselves) and more about breaking a crazy headline than providing an alleged victim with urgent medical and psychosocial care. (5)

🧵Rushing to produce a story like this has obfuscated the truth, created a false equivalency between detainees and regime officers & is deeply disrespectful to the thousands of legitimate stories of prisoners who suffered at the hands of men like the one @cnnipr.bsky.social featured. (4)

A gravedigger testifies about mass graves on the outskirts of Damascus, containing the remains of 6,000 people. "they told us they want to build a military barracks, and made us dig, now we find out it was for mass graves, this whole area is full of them" Source: @zamanalwsl.bsky.social (Part 1)

1/ So many want to give HTS more time…they say “don’t judge just yet.” But if you say you want freedom for ALL Syrians (& you mean it), you must call out new leaders on every violation.

If Hitler was alive he would def be wearing an Assad 👕

The revelation of brutal detention camps under Assad’s regime,like the"human slaughterhouse"of Sednaya, raises haunting questions: How could Arab states and some European countries justify normalizing ties with a dictator responsible for such atrocities? History won’t forget this betrayal of justice

Whoever supported the regime even with one tweet is partially responsible for these atrocities, RIP Mazen.

This is a photo of a child who was freed from Sednaya Prison in the Damascus countryside. Reports say he was born and spent his entire life in a cell with his mother, who was a political prisoner under the dictatorship that fled a few days ago.

VICTORY 🧵 Congratulations to every Syrian who fought tirelessly for this moment: the peaceful protesters, the Free Syrian Army fighters, the detainees who paid the heaviest price among us, and the heroes of the White Helmets who gave us hope in our darkest hours.

A Syrian man detained since 1998 in Assad's prisons, is now free

I was deeply concerned for Syria when Trump named Tulsi Gabbard as DNI two weeks ago. But after last week's astonishing rebel offensive, my mood has skyrocketed. If the offensive continues at the same pace, she might not have an Assad to flirt with by January. Tick tock⏰

Two essential & urgent essays by 2 Aleppo writers on their city & its Christian minority in @newlinesmag.bsky.social Aleppo’s Christians Weigh an Uncertain Future, by Fadi Hallisso newlinesmag.com/spotlight/al... Rasha Moubayed on the challenges facing her community newlinesmag.com/first-person...

BREAKING: Syrian State TV now declaring officially that Assad's army has withdrawn from Hama city. "The terrorist groups have entered many parts of Hama, although they have suffered heavy losses. Our troops have moved out of the city to prevent civilians from being harmed."

For the first time ever, Hama is free from Assadist militias and their allies. Huge victory for the rebels. After Aleppo, Hama is the second big city to be captured in less than a week. The map is getting greener day by day 🟩

BREAKING: Forces loyal to the Assad Regime have withdrawn from the city of Hama. Hama will soon be under full rebel control.

The second, by Aleppine writer Rasha Moubayed, calls for her community to rise above fear and ask hard questions about the future and their place in Syrian society newlinesmag.com/first-person...

The first, by Fadi Hallisso, a humanitarian and former Jesuit, discusses how Aleppo's Christians are afraid not only for their safety but for their future as equal citizens. Only civilian-led governance can ensure true coexistence in the city, he argues newlinesmag.com/spotlight/al...

We have 2 fascinating stories today, both first person accounts, by Aleppine Christians talking about Aleppo's rebel takeover and how the community is responding to it.

If someone had shown me this photo a week ago, I would have sworn it was AI-generated! Aleppo glowing in its proudest colours

NEW: The dramatic capture of Aleppo by Syrian rebels last week took everyone by surprise — @hhassan.bsky.social and @michaeldweiss.bsky.social reveal the intricate web of events and unforeseen circumstances that paved the way for this extraordinary rebel triumph. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

Around 3 pm today, airstrikes reportedly hit 5 medical facilities in Idlib City, Syria, incl. 4 hospitals (one with a maternity ward). Flight data from @SentrySyria shows two Russian aircraft departed Hmeimim and circled above the opposition-held city at the time of the strikes.

🚨18 people have been killed so far & many injured by heavy regime & Russian airstrikes on #Idlib, #Syria today. The bombings targeted 5 hospitals, killing patients inside, and a displacement camp. Share widely and support The White Helmets at whitehelmets.org #StopBombingHospitals #EyesOnSyria

My thoughts on events of the past few days in Syria ... www.newarab.com/opinion/our-...

If the #Tadamon massacre, in which hundreds of #Syrian civilians, including many #Palestinians, were slaughtered by #Assad in the most gruesome way, is not enough to clear up those confused pro-Palestine *and* pro-Assad minds, nothing will help them. newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...

The citadel of Aleppo has never looked more stunning than it does today, Aleppo you breathtaking marvel!

BREAKING NEWS - Russian warplanes bomb the university hospital in Aleppo, Syria.

A pleasure to hear!

What a bizarre couple of days, i can’t keep up with the pace of military progress, after regaining control of Aleppo yesterday the rebels are now reportedly very close from Hama!

Tearing up a picture of the criminal Bashar al-Assad in the city of #Aleppo as part of the battle to deter aggression by the Free Syrian Army. #freesyria 💚

Idlib city now 💚💚🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 FREE SYRIA 💚💚💚💚

Free Syrian Army from inside #Aleppo University

Video filmed by a rebel at Al Shahbaa hospital assuring residents that they will be okay and no one will be hurt.

My city Aleppo is being liberated from the Iranian and Assadist militias as we speak, i am out of words 😍

Saraqib has officially become green 💪

The significant thing about this video is the urgency in which the rebels are progressing, they spent less than 6 seconds on Assad's poster before being urged to progress quickly into the city

Filmed at 36.19757674023808, 37.10078018234042, not far from the city's western edge

Mad developments in Aleppo the last two days, rebels are already fighting in the eastern neighborhood of the city with regime forces withdrawing at unprecedented pace.

BREAKING: Anti-Assad forces have reportedly cut off the M5 route, which is the main highway connecting Damascus to Aleppo. If true and maintained, this opens the way for an infiltration of central Aleppo.

📣 Syrian journalists, artists, architects and activists residing in Europe, this is a chance to attend a free 4 days extensive training in digital investigations techniques with @lhreports.bsky.social in Berlin forms.gle/hwn7S8tXtBx2...

I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency Försäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.”

You know what “Blood Tourism” is?

Hello Bluesky friends! We'll be posting here more often going forward In the meantime, sharing a starter pack of current/former staff and contributors to Lighthouse Reports investigations. Will update as we go! go.bsky.app/J6a68Yg