Syrian Civil War

Article in Dutch about the atrocities in Sweida.
Use google translate if interested
https://nos.nl/artikel/2576161


Druze residents dare to go outside again in Sweida: 'It smells like death'
Daisy Mohr correspondent Midden-Oosten
july 23, 2025
Now that it is a bit safer in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, residents are slowly daring to leave their homes.
Areej was hidden at home for days and only dared to go to her balcony every now and then to peer over the city. There she saw the explosions and plumes of smoke over her beloved Sweida day in, day out. Fighters walked through the streets and shouted at residents through loudspeakers. But now that the guns are silent, she made a tour of the city for the first time today.
"Many residents of Sweida feel that they have narrowly escaped death."
The Druze woman sends me voice messages as she drives through an almost unrecognizable city: "There are few people on the street. Shops have burned down or closed. You can't get the basics like bread, water and petrol. And the smell! The smell here is horrible. It smells like death."

 

Terrible news - former dictator Bashar al Assad was poisoned in an assassination attempt and was sent to hospital.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...s-nose-watchdog/ar-AA1NLdUS?ocid=BingNewsVerp

It's terrible he hasn't died. Hopefully he's suffering.

 

God, go slowly.

 

Ah, man, so jealous. I wish someone would try to assassinate my country's dictator by poisoning them.

 

The draw back is if Russia is seen as unsafe then we don't have a good place to encourage RW dictators to go to. They won't all want to go to Saudi Arabia.

 

They will pay Project 2025 for the privilege to come here.

 

I was thinking about US RW dictators.

 

He'll be protected by 40 % of the population.

 

By the 40% that own the guns

 

By the 40% that constantly tells you they own guns.

 

Have they not been watching the news where all of the Russian CEOs fall out windows or off balconies??

 

RT (Russia Today) doesn't broadcast that.

 

Look,they'd been drinking and were depressed.Nothing to see here!

Is there,comrade?

 

I wonder if this was actually true. I've seen nothing else on this.

 

That would be fantastic. A huge diplomatic win for everyone, and a distinct signal that the past is indeed past.

 

This was widely reported at the time. I'm afraid my regular trips into enemy nations to observe the plight of dictators has dwindled in the last few years so I wasn't able to confirm myself.

Current reporting is that al Assad is super into video games and spends hours a day playing. They don't say what games. Inquiring minds want to know.