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Sam Dagher

4 years

Thank you @TheEconomist for naming #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry one of the best books of 2019. It's in great company. Book is dedicated first & foremost to the brave Syrians who broke the fear barrier in 2011 to defy one of world's most hideous & brutal regimes. #Syria #Russia #Iran

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Here are @TheEconomist 's books of the year--featuring @cncep @Elif_Safak @praddenkeefe @hishamjmatar @Chris_arnade @RobGMacfarlane @owenmatth @MarkBowdenwrite @AnandWrites @samdagher @RLSWrites @SamanthaJPower @sarahastein @FictionAtelier @LisaTaddeo et al

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4 years

This year hundreds of protesters were killed in #Iraq after #QassemSoleimani urged pro #Iran gov to use maximum force & in #Syria Soleimani played crucial role in #Assad regime crackdown on protests starting in 2011 resulting in death or disappearance of hundreds of thousands.

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Beautiful scene in downtown #Beirut now. They are chanting “ #revolution against fear” and expressing solidarity with protesters in #Iran #Iraq and paying tribute to #Syria ’s revolution against #Assad #لبنان_ينتفض #لبنان_ينتفض #Lebanon #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry

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BREAKING: Major Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, director of General Security, tells Lebanese media most likely cause of massive & devastating blast in central #Beirut involves incident at depot in port where highly explosive materials had been stored. He dismissed #Israel rocket theory.

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Afghans literally hanging from planes in their desperation for a way out as the United States sends back troops just to make sure it’s own diplomats are evacuated safely from #Kabul after capital was surrendered to #Taliban . #TalibanTakeover #Afghanistan

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EXCLUSIVE: Yemen’s Houthis meet with officials from #China and #Russia in Oman and agree not to harm their ships in Red Sea in return for political support, with @mohammedalqadhi

Yemen’s Houthis Tell China, Russia Their Ships Won’t Be Targeted

The Yemen-based Houthis have told China and Russia their ships can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked, according to several people with knowledge of the militant group’s...

www.bloomberg.com

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

4 years

Beirut protesters storm & occupy several ministries including ministry of energy where they found all lights on & ACs blasting in country where inept & corrupt governments have failed to provide reliable electricity since end of civil war in 1990 #Lebanon

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4 years

I am in awe of Iraqis. Protesters are killed by their own government but they keep returning to the square. #IraqProtests #IraqiProtests #Iraq

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@RashaAlAqeedi

4 years

Tahrir Square tonight #Baghdad #IraqProtests #IraqiProtests

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@samdagher

4 years

One week in, brave Syrian men & women in southwest Syrian province of #Suwayda are protesting & chanting for the downfall of #Assad and his party & regime despite the potentially deadly consequences of their defiance. It’s as if we’re back to March 2011!

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6 months

EXCLUSIVE: #Israel bombed 3 Syrian Army facilities since Oct 7 & gave no notice to #Russia as has been norm in past. It also dropped leaflets on Syrian forces warning them they’ll be targeted each time #Iran -backed militias attack Israel from #Syria #Gaza

Israel’s Fight With Iran Proxies in Syria Poisons Russia Ties

Since it went to war with Hamas early last month, Israel has stepped up strikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria who have moved close to the Israeli border.

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7 months

Iran’s main proxy group in region #Hezbollah says in full coordination with #Hamas after it launched massive multi-pronged attack on #Israel . This comes days after Iran’s supreme leader & president & Hezbollah chief all condemned #SaudiArabia moves toward normalizing with Israel

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@samdagher

4 years

Italian police says seized over $1 billion “ISIS-made Captagon” & media everywhere simply repeats what police says. No mention whatsoever of fact criminals & businessmen tied to #Assad & his #Lebanon allies have been longtime purveyors of these pills.

Italian police seize over $1 billion of ‘ISIS-made’ amphetamines | CNN

Police in Italy have confiscated a huge shipment of 14 metric tonnes (15.4 US tons) of amphetamines which they say was produced by ISIS in Syria.

www.cnn.com

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

As Baghdadi’s death being cheered, in #Iraq protesters being shot dead by their own US-backed government & in #Syria many see #Assad as other face of #Baghdadi . West focused on #ISIS but people of region seek liberation from failed states & tyrannies that spawn the likes of #ISIS

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@samdagher

4 years

Alexandra’s dad Paul Najjar told @LBCILebanon #BeirutExplosion tossed his 3-year-old daughter against piano at home & she died. “You killed us inside our homes,” said Paul addressing sectarian warlords. His message to Lebanese: “Renounce your parties & unite to overthrow system”

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

4 years

To understand #Iran ’s and #QassemSoleimani ’s role in shaping & executing #Assad regime’s war on Syrian people read chapter 20 of my book #AssadOrWwBurnTheCountry published by @littlebrown . Earlier chapters like 7 reveal extent of Iran’s involvement in #Syria before 2011 uprising

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@samdagher

4 years

Photos obtained by ⁦ @DimaSadek ⁩ show sacks of ammonium nitrate piled up in a warehouse (if it can be called that) at #Beirut port a few days before explosion that devastated the city & its people. Those calling themselves “government” knew about this stuff for six years!

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

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🧵EXCLUSIVE: #Israel 's targeting of #Iran on April 19 & #Iran 's unprecedented direct attack on the Jewish state on April 13-14 were all triggered by the Israeli strike in #Damascus on April 1 that killed the entire top leadership responsible for the operations of the Islamic…

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

6 months

EXCLUSIVE: #SaudiArabia ’s military on high alert after 4 soldiers were killed in clashes with Iran-backed Houthis in Saudi territory near #Yemen . Attack not disclosed yet by Saudis & comes amid fears of expanding regional conflict as #Gaza war intensifies

Saudi Forces on Alert After Clash With Iran-Backed Houthis

Saudi Arabia’s military has gone into a state of high alert following deadly clashes with Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who also tried to fire a missile over the kingdom toward Israel, according...

www.bloomberg.com

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 months

“Syrians were not forcibly removed from their homes the way Palestinians were being uprooted, Syrians fled out of their own free will,” said Fayez al-Doueiri, a retired Jordanian army officer now a military analyst for Al Jazeera @AJArabic providing commentary on the ongoing…

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

My publisher @littlebrown sending out Assad Or We Burn The Country galleys. Thanks to everyone who will take the time to read and thanks to those who read an advance digital copy and wrote very kind reviews @SHeydemann @clarissaward @sahloul Publication: May 28 COVER WILL CHANGE

Michael Deibert

@michaelcdeibert

5 years

Galley just arrived today. Looking forward to reading this, @samdagher . #syria #assad #journalism

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@samdagher

3 years

“Qanon Shaman” & “Bigo” top wanted list via ⁦ @cnnbrk ⁩ #TrumpCoupAttempt

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

Incredible to see @ABarnardNYT investigation of #Assad ’s torture dungeons given space & prominence it deserves. #Assad ’s war crimes & crimes against humanity concern whole world not just Syrians. Also grim fact: those killed under torture are fraction of regime victims. #Syria

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

My latest in ⁦ @TheAtlantic ⁩ #Assad regime reinstalling statues of regime founder Hafez #Assad toppled in 2011. It’s about control, humiliation & telling Syrians: futile to resist, nobody will help you. #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry Please also read book.

Syria’s New Assad Statues Send a Sinister Message: ‘We Are Back’

The rebuilding of monuments honoring Bashar al-Assad’s family taunts the opposition he brutally crushed.

www.theatlantic.com

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

10 years

Almost daily articles in #Syria pro regime media claiming Islamic State #ISIS is #Israel creation & its leader a Jew http://t.co/SdU3Y5SoKc

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@samdagher

4 years

Astounding: for 2nd day Syrians protesting against #Assad in southern #Syria in area that’s supposed to be under his control & chanting “Bashar out, Syria is free.” In a way this picks up where #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry ends: Syrians shall rise up again

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@samdagher

5 years

In Feb 2014 I was in Syrian city of #Homs . I met Major General Abdelkarim Salloum, head of #Assad regime military intelligence branch in city. He told me he despised journalists & then went on to explain to me why regime killed Marie Colvin & Remi Ochlik #assadorweburnthecountry

Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

Targeting @AlexCrawfordSky & her @SkyNews by #Assad regime while reporting in #Idlib is part of long history: Hafez #Assad absolutely hated journalists & Bashar #Assad deliberately killed them including the late Marie Colvin as revealed in #assadorweburnthecountry @FareedZakaria

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5 years

Eight years ago, on Good Friday, Syrians tried to occupy Abbaseen Square in #Damascus to protest against the #Assad regime. Many held up banners signifying Christian-Muslim solidarity. Protesters were slaughtered before they could reach square #Syria

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@samdagher

9 years

Sadly this photo from ruins of #Homs says it all. On wall: "Long live Assad's #Syria - #Assad or we burn the country" http://t.co/pGNTJgzN3Y

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

4 years

Idea of awarding @WFP #NoblePrize is certainly very worthy but based on what I witnessed in #Syria , @WFP did not act as a “driving force in efforts to prevent use of hunger as a weapon of war.” For years it stood by in #Damascus as #Assad bombed & starved Syrians into submission.

The Nobel Prize

@NobelPrize

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BREAKING NEWS: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP). #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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@samdagher

2 years

“It’s not romantic,” Olena Gnes, resident of #Kyiv , tells @andersoncooper about her civilian husband taking up arms to join those defending capital & huddling in a basement with her child. A sober assessment of realities & consequences of war. #UkraineUnderAttack #Russia #Putin

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@samdagher

5 years

Now @TulsiGabbard telling @ChrisCuomo about her “cynicism” & “skepticism” about war crimes committed by Bashar al #Assad including use of chemical weapons. Cuomo lets her off easily. I recommend you both read #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry and happy to point you to pertinent sections.

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@samdagher

4 years

Syrians who endured horrors of #Assad regime, lost everything & are vilified on a daily basis by #Lebanon ’s corrupt & inept “rulers” especially @Gebran_Bassil are now on frontlines of cleanup after devastating #BeirutExplosion video via @basmehzeitooneh

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2 months

NEW: #SaudiArabia & group of Arab states betting a potential humanitarian pause in #Gaza will turn into a permanent ceasefire which will allow them to launch a blueprint for Palestinian statehood. Many European states support them & gaps closing with US

Saudi-Led Arabs Push Blueprint for Palestine State as War Rages

A Saudi-led group of Arab states is urging the US and allies to persuade Israel to consider a renewed plan for Palestinian statehood that they say will de-escalate tensions in the Middle East,...

www.bloomberg.com

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

New cover for Assad or We Burn the Country is out! Concept by the talented Tammam al-Omar. Also fantastic early review from @KirkusReviews thank you! And thank you to all those who received the galleys with the old cover. Book out May 28 #Syria #Assad

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@samdagher

1 year

Belated Announcement: I am thrilled to have joined the Bloomberg News @business Middle East team to report from #SaudiArabia on the economic, political & social transformation in the kingdom and what it means for the region and world. I’ll be based in Dubai for an interim period

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5 months

If indeed US officials are telling you this, then with all due respect these particular officials don’t understand #SaudiArabia . Things are a lot more complicated than “spins for domestic consumption.” Yes what Hamas & Iran proxies unleashed since Oct. 7 is a serious threat to…

Barak Ravid

@BarakRavid

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More than one U.S. official told me in recent weeks that the Saudis say in private they want Israel to destroy Hamas. The press conferences the Saudis are doing in Washington and the tours around the world are spins for domestic consumption

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4 years

He killed, tortured, gassed, starved & uprooted Syrians, now Bashar al #Assad is shopping for art. ⁦ @HalaKodmani ⁩ reports in @libe that Assad may have snapped a David Hockney painting for $30 million to gift to his wife Asma #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry

Cadeau à 27 millions d'euros pour Asma al-Assad : scandale en Syrie après des accusations russes

Selon un journal proche du Kremlin, le dictateur syrien aurait donné une toile de l'artiste britannique David Hockney à sa compagne, Asma al-Assad. Le tableau a été acquis à Londres dans le cadre...

www.liberation.fr

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

4 years

What's needed @antonioguterres is investigating role of #Damascus -based @UN agencies in aiding #Assad 's military solution for 9 years. Assad told Syrians if you don't submit to my rule you'll be bombed, denied UN food & medicine & displaced. UN agencies went along with it. #Syria

António Guterres

@antonioguterres

4 years

The conflict in Syria is entering its tenth year. A decade of fighting has brought nothing but ruin and misery. And civilians are paying the gravest price. There is no military solution. Now it is the time to give diplomacy a chance to work.

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7 months

Giselle Khoury’s last interview with @RicardoRKaram in which she tearfully expresses why she misses #Lebanon and #Beirut specifically RIP Giselle

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7 months

EXCLUSIVE: Arab rulers especially in Gulf are terrified of widening conflict in Middle East & rage among their people toward normalization with #Israel , so they’re pressuring US & using back channels with Israel to de escalate its war with #Hamas in #Gaza

Israel’s Mission to Befriend Arabs Isn’t Helped by the War

For years, the US has been working with its allies in the Persian Gulf on something that long seemed impossible: normalizing ties with Israel.

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@samdagher

4 years

Thank you Aref Hijjawi for this incredibly thoughtful and moving review of #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry شكراً @aref_hijjawi على هذا العرض المؤثر والعميق ل "الأسد أو نحرق البلد". للأسف معظم دور النشر العربية رفضت نشر الكتاب. حجة البعض: "الشأن السوري غير مهم للقارئ العربي" #Syria

التلفزيون العربي

@AlarabyTV

4 years

"يرى هرم الجماجم الذي صعد عليه حافظ ثم بشار ويصفه بدقة".. قراءة مفصلة في رواية "الأسد أو نحرق البلد" مع عارف حجاوي #سيداتي_سادتي @aref_hijjawi

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Sam Dagher

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2 years

Incredible report by ⁦ @BBCTimWhewell ⁩ on the fate of Russian soldiers killed or captured in #Ukraine & the repercussions within their communities in #Russia . #UkraineInvasion

Assignment - The fate of Russia’s soldiers - BBC Sounds

Tim Whewell follows the story of a Russian prisoner of war in Ukraine

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

3 years

A #Taliban fighter reciting Quran verses inside the presidential palace in #Kabul , exclusive footage broadcast on @AJArabic #TalibanTakeover #Afghanistan

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

1 year

Saudi Arabia wants expats to ditch #Dubai and move to #Riyadh but city is hardly ready for large influx of foreigners & their families and many expats are reluctant to give up the relatively more tolerant lifestyle in Dubai to go there. #SaudiArabia #UAE

Saudi Arabia’s Drive to Get Expats to Ditch Dubai Is Off to a Rocky Start

The crown prince wants to transform Riyadh into one of the world’s 10 largest city economies by 2030

www.bloomberg.com

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@samdagher

5 years

Lebanese & #Syrian flags at the #Pride2019 in #NYC wish there was this same solidarity and empathy back home in #Lebanon and #Syria #WorldPrideDay #WorldPride2019 #Pride #PrideFest

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@samdagher

4 years

“They know once regime forces come they will burn everything & leave our town without single hut.” This is why people of #Idlib are fleeing. Many already displaced on average dozen times since 2011 to escape #Assad #Russia killing machine #SpeakUpForIdlib

‘It looks like judgment day’: inside Syria’s final battle

Trapped between a closed border and advancing forces, opponents of the Assad regime face a humanitarian crisis

www.ft.com

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@samdagher

4 years

Woman rescued from underneath wreckage 3 days after catastrophic #BeirutExplosion ! #Beirut #Lebanon

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8 years

Pink & purple #NYC sky

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

4 years

Heartening to see young Iraqis back on streets in #Baghdad demanding that the killers who shot protesters dead since Oct 2019 be held accountable. Dovetails with much of what Lebanese demanding too after #BeirutExpolsion . #Lebanon #Iraq #Iran #شباب_التغيير

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@samdagher

1 year

Must read by ⁦ @rayajalabi ⁩ about #Assad ’s wife Asma, who accompanied him on #UAE trip: “She now controls some of key levers in #Syria ’s battered economy,both as policymaker & profiteer, helping consolidate family’s grip over country in bloodied ruin”

Syria’s state capture: the rising influence of Mrs Assad

The first lady now has a leading role in a regime that is plundering the wealth of its people

www.ft.com

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@samdagher

6 years

Indeed by summer 2012 Brits, French & Turks were for a safe haven/no-fly-zone in north #Syria as #Assad shelled & massacred civilians. @HillaryClinton & David Petraeus told @BarackObama it was doable. Idea nixed because of regime “fearsome air defenses.” Death toll at time 10,000

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@tomgara

6 years

I'm old enough to remember when disabling Syria's fearsome air defenses would require a bombing campaign of unprecedented scope and complexity

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10 years

As we watch tragedy in #Gaza let's remember that mayhem continues in #Syria where @UN now says "well over 10,000" children killed since 2011

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@samdagher

5 years

Like father, like son: After crushing all opposition & massacring thousands in 1970s & 80s Hafez #Assad made subdued & traumatized Syrians sing his glories. His son Bashar doing same thing 40 yrs later. Main theme of #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry No other way for this barbaric regime.

Elizabeth Tsurkov🌻

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Baath "Vanguards" in Douma, a city besieged & repeatedly gassed by the Assad regime, celebrate the recovery of Asmaa' al-Assad from cancer. Bashar's poster reads: "We are with you forever, Assad." Source:

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9 years

Incredible photo by @carolealfarah of scale of devastation in city of #Homs #Syria poster of #Assad in background http://t.co/hwdBFwlhUI

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8 years

Aleppo doctor: 'Shedding tears for the injured children of Syria is not enough' #Syria #Aleppo #OmranDaqneesh

Aleppo doctor: 'Shedding tears for the injured children of Syria is not enough'

A medical emergency has been unfolding in slow motion in Syria for five years, says a critical care physician from Chicago who has worked in Aleppo

www.theguardian.com

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@samdagher

4 years

Forget he needs #Russia 's military & #Iran 's militias to reclaim territory, #Assad is driven by vengeance.He believes Syrians who resisted him since 2011 don't deserve to live & must have their homes destroyed. It's the #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry way. #Syria

'There's Nothing Left': Satellite Images Show Razed Villages In Idlib, Syria

New images show the scale of the destruction in the rebel stronghold of Idlib, where the United Nations says nearly a million people have been displaced in the last three months.

www.npr.org

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@samdagher

5 years

Finally! #AssadOrWeBurnCountry is out today. Get the book because understanding what happened in #Syria & why the #Assad family has been in power for 50 years is vital for coming to grips with the current resurgence of autocrats & populist strongmen everywhere. #Russia #Putin

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@samdagher

4 years

Protesters set up nooses in #Beirut square where Ottomans once executed nationalists. Many calls for executing #Lebanon ’s current rulers for their role in #BeirutExplosion . Totally understand rage but noose symbol of hate & lynching. Please reconsider.

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@samdagher

4 years

“Total war” = Trump or We Burn the Country

Kevin Baron

@DefenseBaron

4 years

President Trump's son just called for "total war" on Americans who oppose his father's reelection.

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4 years

Paperback edition of #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry comes out tomorrow April 14! Thanks for your incredible support over past year & amazing reviews including best book picks by @TheEconomist @guardian @KirkusReviews You can find all reviews & order book here:

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5 years

Back in New York & holding copy of #AssadOrWeBurnCountry published by @littlebrown & out May 28. To preorder: & if you’re in NYC on May 30 l’ll be at the @LAUNYHQ with @ABarnardNYT & @Confusezeus to discuss the book & #Syria RSVP:

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4 years

Unbelievable: Lebanese ministers, army, & security forces knew since 2014 that 2,750 metric tons of explosive ammonium nitrate were sitting in warehouse in port in central #Beirut , interior minister said. You would see them in handcuffs if there’s shred of rule of law in #Lebanon

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4 years

Just wrote piece for @ambassadorbrief about #RamiMakhlouf affair, in context of his complicity with #Assad in pillaging #Syria 's economy & committing war crimes starting in 2011, and the competing demands & agendas of #Assad 's patrons: #Iran & #Russia 1/4

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4 years

Hey @ICRC “conflict” has a full name: Bashar al-Assad #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry Never forget that the root cause of all of this is one man along with his family & regime doing everything, including unleashing & perpetuating conflict, in order to keep power. #Syria #Assad

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4 years

This is what conflict has done to Syria's buildings. Imagine what is had done to Syrians.

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5 years

What has been happening in #Syria for 8 yrs must concern & terrify everyone: 1) #Assad with #Russia 's help still committing war crimes, Western leaders are silent, it's a signal to strongmen everywhere that it's okay to kill & torture to stay in power 1/2

The Many Cruelties of Syria (Published 2019)

Sam Dagher’s “Assad or We Burn the Country” describes a regime that will go to any length to stay in power.

www.nytimes.com

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@samdagher

5 years

Iraqi protesters tell #Iran regime’s two most powerful men to “get out” of #Iraq #IraqProtests #LebanonProtests

حسينة اوشان

@hassinaouch

5 years

حلفاء ايران في المنطقة في وضع صعب .. كيف يقنعون الان جمهورهم بمصادرة قرار الدولة واستنزاف مقدراتها وسلب ارادتها خدمة لسيادة دولة أخرى ..

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NEW: For breather from conflict, check my long read on #SaudiArabia ’s almost $1 trillion bet to become a tourist destination. I spent time in Dec & March in AlUla where Saudis want to lure “luxe seekers, wanderlust nomads, intrepid voyagers & silver foxes”

Saudi Arabia Is Making a High-Risk $1 Trillion Bet on Tourism

The kingdom must overcome a conservative image and concern about human rights. Visit the desert oasis town of AlUla to understand the challenge.

www.bloomberg.com

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@samdagher

4 years

Video encapsulates #Assad regime I got to observe from inside in 2012-2014 & then write about in #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry . From moment Hafez seized power in 1970 until present you see regime doing exact same thing: torture, kill, claim victory & then relish in humiliating Syrians

Mohamed Al Neser (النسر)

@M_Alneser

4 years

Why are civilians escaping #Assad regime? in this video Assad forces are destroying a grave after controlling the area. 📍 probably Khan al-Sebel S #Saraqeb

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

4 years

Terry Gross interviews @brianstelter on @nprfreshair about his new book “Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion.” Eye-opening discussion. Congrats Brian on the book!

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

Bravo and thank you @leloveluck & Zakria Zakria for this very important but grim story that will serve as a reminder of what an #Assad win & no punishment for all his war crimes will mean for Syrians and the rest of the world. #Syria

Louisa Loveluck

@leloveluck

5 years

On today’s @washingtonpost front page, our 9-month investigation into the pace of death inside Assad's most notorious prison. Recently released prisoners say executions are accelerating; satellite imagery appears to show bodies strewn across prison yard.

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

Do you know “God, Guns & #Trump ” is a variation on a slogan conceived by the loyalists of Muammar al #Gaddafi and Bashar al #Assad at the start of the #ArabSpring : Allah (God) Souriya (Syria) Bashar Wa Bas (Only) and in #Libya it was Allah (God) Muammar & #Libya Wa Bas (Only)

Miriam Elder

@MiriamElder

5 years

Doin this!

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

This live DJ & street protest & party is in #Tripoli #Lebanon , a city usually depicted in Western media as a hub of Islamist extremists! #LebanonProtests #LebDiasporaProtests #لبنان_ينتقض #لبنان_يثور #LebanonRevolts

Joseph Haboush

@jhaboush

5 years

My favorite video yet. This is from Tripoli, Lebanon’s second biggest city. #LebanonProtests #لبنان_ينتفض

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

Fireworks show about to start in #NYC one of the world’s greatest cities and the face of tomorrow’s #USA , the future #USA a place strong because of its diversity, tolerance and hope to mankind not because of its tanks, planes and bombers #MacysFireworks #FourthofJuly

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@samdagher

4 years

“We’re not saying #Assad has to go. Assad has to change his behavior,” US envoy for #Syria James Jeffrey says in @MEI_Syria event on #CaesarAct . This what US said when it attempted to pressure #Assad in 2005 over his actions in #Lebanon & #Iraq . Look where we are 15 years later

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@samdagher

5 months

🧵EXCLUSIVE: #SaudiArabia offers #Iran economic, political and diplomatic cooperation if the Islamic Republic stops its regional proxies from escalating the Israel-Hamas war, sources say. My latest, editing by Paul Abelsky and contribution from @RcShahla

Saudi Arabia Offers Iran Investment to Blunt Gaza War

Saudi Arabia has approached Iran with an offer to boost cooperation and invest in its sanctions-stricken economy if the Islamic Republic stops its regional proxies from turning the Israel-Hamas war...

www.bloomberg.com

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

My publisher @littlebrown is launching tomorrow Nov 7 a one-day special promotion on digital version of #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry . The ebook is available through all online book retailers at $3.99. Take advantage of it! It’s crucial to understand how & why we got here in #Syria

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

7 months

Very rare: Angry Omanis purportedly outside the US Embassy in Muscat #Oman chanting “We are the children of Palestine” #Gaza #Biden

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

4 years

UPDATE #beirutexplosion : hospitals completely overwhelmed by casualties, many wounded under rubble, fires still raging at port & @LBCILebanon says blast may involve chemical materials impounded from #Russia ship in 2019. Commander of #Lebanon General Security cited similar cause.

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

3 years

“How could a pumped-up, post-9/11 force with its own bomb squad and intelligence department have flunked the most basic security drill?” via @politico

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@samdagher

4 years

From a New Yorker in confinement in #Michigan : Thank you to all the heroes on the frontlines of this battle in #NYC and all around the world #ClapBecauseWeCare

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@samdagher

5 years

The absolute best moment for me so far at #UNGA with the amazing honorable prime minister of #NewZealand ⁦ @jacindaardern ⁩ She broke out in laughter when I asked her “Is there no way for you to become the president of the United States?” UNGA2019 #ClimateAction #USA

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

7 years

“You Can’t Go Any Lower”: Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

4 years

Please follow @sommervilletv from inside #Idlib . At a time when world wants to forget #Syria and facts & truths are being distorted by disinformation & poisonous narratives on social media, brave journalists like Quentin are on the ground telling it as it is. Stay safe friend.

Quentin Sommerville

@sommervilletv

4 years

In Syria's Idlib, there is no safe place. #bbcnewsten

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

4 years

Asma & Bashar #Assad posing with regime soldiers after new #CaesarAct sanctions. Their message: we’re going nowhere, we have out-waited all US presidents & sanctions, Bashar will “win elections” in 2021 & then Asma will take over and after her Hafez the 2nd. Photo: @M_Alneser

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

6 years

Latest names to surface in #Assad ’s death lists are Mazen Dabbagh, discipline supervisor at the French school in #Damascus , & his son Patrick. They were abducted by #Assad in 2013. My story in @TheAtlantic about his “death notices” & their meaning #Syria

A Cruel Epilogue to the Syrian Civil War

The newly released lists of the Assad regime’s victims serve as a macabre reminder for all those who rose up against him.

www.theatlantic.com

Henri d'Aragon

@HenridAragon

6 years

#MazenDabbagh was the goodness personified. He was the main discipline supervisor of the French school of Damascus. His patience, benevolence and kindness left a tremendous mark on all students. Like many other Syrians he was tortured to death with his son Patrick RIP a3mo Mazen

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@samdagher

4 years

What a beautiful, amazing & powerful message of tolerance and inclusion it would have been if #Turkey allowed not only Friday prayers BUT ALSO Sunday mass at #Ayasofya which was conceived and existed for centuries as a Byzantine cathedral. Footage: ⁦ @BBCWorld ⁩

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@samdagher

4 years

French media reporting terror attack at Nice church was carried out by a 21-year-old Tunisian who had just arrived in #France in early October via Italian island of Lampedusa. This could lead to further vilification of migrants & refugees. #NiceAttack #Tunisia #Italy #Refugees

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

6 years

One hour after @realDonaldTrump announcement on #Jerusalem Palestinian Authority Pres. Mahmoud Abbas calls it “deliberate sabotage” of any hope for a solution & gift to extremists while @AJArabic shows protests in #Amman #Jordan now against #Trump decision & airs #Hamas threats

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@samdagher

5 years

Many Americans see #Assad regime "mass homicide as something limited to faraway country...someone else’s problem. Big mistake. Sheer enormity of state terror in #Syria & its spillover effects threaten us all." by @fredericHof #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry

Syria: why it still matters

What has happened in Syria—one of history’s most sustained assaults on innocent human life—has not stayed in Syria. The consequences of mass homicide threaten the security of the United States and...

www.atlanticcouncil.org

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@samdagher

4 years

This video report on how #Russia deliberately targeted hospitals, including underground ones, in areas outside #Assad regime control using coordinates given by @UN was part of package awarded @PulitzerPrizes for International Reporting. Congrats to all!

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 months

Among those released from Israeli prisons in exchange for hostages held by Hamas was 59-year-old Hanan Al-Barghouthi who was arrested by Israeli forces two months ago and accused of “terrorism,” photograph by ⁦ @berehulak ⁩ of ⁦ @nytimes ⁩

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@samdagher

6 years

MUST read in this month's @TheAtlantic - Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well. @anneapplebaum offers a warning from Europe: #Syria

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@samdagher

4 years

Reports of #Hezbollah casualties in #Idlib battles. I have said for years & described in #AssadOrWeBurnTheCountry book: The Syrian army unraveled in 2011 & since then #Assad must rely on #Iran 's militias for ground combat. This plus #Russia airpower allow Assad to claim victories

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@samdagher

20 days

Flooding on Sheikh Zayed Road, one of #Dubai ’s main arteries, has turned it into a massive line of stationary vehicles on one side and pedestrians all around trying to navigate giant pools of water! #Uaeweather #UAE

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@samdagher

7 months

“Shocking to me they were able to do it without Israel or US picking up on it,” said Martin Indyk, former US ambassador to Israel. “Failure to prepare. Failure to have troops along border, failure of fence along border they paid millions of shekels for.”

Hamas Attack Prompts Blame Around Israeli Intelligence

Saturday’s surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas may represent one of the biggest failures by Israeli intelligence since the Yom Kippur war of 1973.

www.bloomberg.com

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 years

"Assad Or We Burn Country" graffiti sprayed by #Assad loyalists on walls of every neighborhood, town & city in #Syria they have been punishing since 2011. Surrender to #Assad or die. It's the logic in #Russia -backed assault on #Idlib now. It's title of my new book. @littlebrown

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@samdagher

8 months

🧵Yemen is becoming arena for #SaudiArabia & #UAE to settle scores through local proxies & compete over shaping future of war-ravaged state. It's undermining US push to end conflict. My story with exclusive reporting, edited by @LinNoueihed via @bpolitics

Saudi-UAE Rift Threatens US Effort to End Yemen War

After joining forces against the Iranian-backed Houthis, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are vying for control of a post-war Yemen.

www.bloomberg.com

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

2 years

Watching invasion of #Ukraine brings back all painful memories of covering #Syria , documenting horrors of that war & epic betrayal of Syrians and Syria by the international community. At least Ukrainian refugees seem to be getting a more dignified reception in Europe, so far.

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Sam Dagher

@samdagher

5 months

A new anthem and propaganda video glorifying Hamas’s Qassam Brigades that appears to have been produced by the media team of Hezbollah, which is Iran’s main proxy force in the region. Qassam Brigades is referred to as the “Army of Palestine”

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@samdagher

1 month

🧵NEW WITH EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Saudi Crown Prince MBS’ $100 Billion Foreign Investment Quest Falters #SaudiArabia #Vision2030 With ⁦ @cmarie_burke ⁩ ⁦ @ZainabFattah ⁩ ⁦ @AbeerAO1 ⁩ ⁦ @DNair5 ⁩ ⁦ @FionamMacDonald ⁩ ⁦ @MattMartin128 ⁩

Saudi Crown Prince MBS’s $100 Billion Foreign Investment Quest Falters

Top oil exporter rethinks priorities as it carries a bigger spending burden for megaprojects.

www.bloomberg.com

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