#Day of Syria

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[sayruq]

Several countries commemorated Al Quds Day, an international day to express support for Palestine and oppose the Israeli occupation.

[mindofserenity]

A note found in a Syrian boy's diary:

"When the war is over in my country, we will close Syria's doors and we will put a banner that says: (No Entry). We will shed tears of joy alone, just like how we suffered our grief alone."

'Some day we will return' written on the window of a bus evacuating people from East Aleppo, Syria. 12/15/2016.

[destielmemenews]

"Russia requested an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council to discuss Syria, according to Dmitry Polyansky, its deputy ambassador to the U.N., in a post on Telegram.

The arrival of Assad and his family in Moscow was reported by Russian agencies Tass and RIA, citing an unidentified source at the Kremlin. A spokesman there didn’t immediately respond to questions. RIA also said Syrian insurgents had guaranteed the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic posts in Syria."

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[leroibobo]

pictures from the old city of jerusalem's "african quarter", which comprises of ribat al-mansuri and ribat al-basiri. mamluks built the compounds in the late 13th century to house muslim pilgrims and the poor. ottomans used them as prisons, and the british closed the prisons when they occupied jerusalem in 1917. the ribats then came under the ownership of the islamic waqf, and were leased to the local afro-palestinian community.

afro-palestinians have an array of origins. like some other diaspora communities in palestine, some came through pilgrimage - al-aqsa was on their hajj path, and while many would visit to pray there, some decided to settle in jerusalem. there are also some who came to palestine enslaved or conscripted, most recently to ottomans. some came during the time of the british mandate, many as conscripted laborers to the british. afro-palestinians who can trace their ancestry do so to nigeria, chad, senegal, or sudan.

jerusalemite afro-palestinians were employed to guard al-aqsa throughout the ottoman period. during the 1948 palestine war, some joined the arab liberation army and fought with fellow palestinians to defend al-aqsa and their presence in jerusalem. the position of guards has been taken by occupation soldiers since the 1967 war, after which a quarter of the afro-palestinian population became refugees in surrounding countries.

jerusalem's afro-palestinian community still live in the compounds today, which also house the local african community society. (the door in the last picture is theirs.) afro-palestinians as a whole face the same legal, social, and economic restrictions and maltreatment as other palestinians, compounded with the same anti-black racism from israeli government and police which ethiopian jews and eritrean asylum seekers face, which result in a form of "passport racism" unique to them.

[bagels-and-coffees]

Happy mother's day to the mothers in Palestine just trying to feed their kids. To Sudanese women being brave in the face of war. To the mothers in Congo who are forced into slavery. To kashmiri and manipuri mothers, fearing their children might end up dead. To Yemenis and Syrians, to Armenian mothers looking genocide in the face. No one deserves to be the victim of fascist and imperial greed.

[the-final-sif]

Holy shit, looks like that's game set and match for Syria. Obviously, it's not really over, there's rebuilding, consolidation, managing infighting and so much that still needs to be done, not to mention the SDF is still there, but it looks like Assad has finally been toppled. Unclear on his whereabouts now. I hope humanitarian aid is able to quickly accessed for those that need it, and that those who've been displaced will finally be able to go home.

[violottie]

"The epitome of resilience, resistance and true motherhood. To all the mothers under the apartheid, occupation and oppression, what this cruel world has done to you is unforgivable. Palestine 🇵🇸, Congo 🇨🇩, Sudan 🇸🇩, Iraq 🇮🇶, Yemen 🇾🇪, Syria 🇸🇾, South Africa 🇿🇦, Afghanistan 🇦🇫, Happy Mother's Day for Life" video from FeedMureed, post by Rasha Naddaf-Whaits, 12/May/2024:

[unopenablebox]

i admit that i find it a little bit frustrating how Wildly Astonished other antizionist jews act when i tell them my israeli jewish family have lived in the region since [some unknown length of time before 1800 when there start being records about it]

[drsonnet]

Carlos Latuff

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#GazaGenocide #Gaza #GazaCeasefire

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[sayruq]

Happy international women's day

[cletusthurstonbeauregard]

life comes at you fast

[leroibobo]

these houses in the village of shaykh hidal in syria are a few of several in the north-western middle east built in a dome shape. the walls are made of layers of mud brick stuffed with straw and built into a circle, with a hole left on the top providing light. this type of architecture provides protection for all sorts of weather from rain to heat. the first known traces of this centuries-old technique were found in jericho, and the oldest known example in the mesopotamia region comes from 3,000 years ago. some of the domes are rooms of a larger house which are connected by hallways.

several of the dome houses in syria are endangered because of the civil war, but restoration work on many of those affected is ongoing, which is especially urgent as many syrians continue to live in them today.

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

I'm not mad at Russia or Iran, but I think they have serious questions to answer. How has this happened AGAIN?!

I am mad at America, Britain, France, Turkey, the other country...

Suppose more will come out in the coming hours or days...

[the-final-sif]

My heart goes out to everyone in Syria and with family in Syria right now. So far civilian causalities appear to have been limited but I can only imagine how stressful time of a time this is as we wait for to see how things play out. I hope y'all stay safe.