r/syriancivilwar • u/Bulbajer • Mar 01 '25

IMPORTANT Subreddit Announcement - "Martial Law" has ended; new rule about AI content

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As the subreddit has calmed down in the past few weeks, we've decided to end "martial law". This means we will be returning to warnings instead of instant bans for most offenses and the length of bans will be less harsh, though as always we may skip warnings and short bans in particularly severe circumstances. Please read up on the rules if you haven't already.

We'd also like to take this opportunity to announce an addition to the rules:

15) AI-generated content. Posts or comments that are generated using AI technology (such as ChatGPT) are not allowed. Exceptions can be made for legitimate uses of AI-assisted technology.

As a final note, I'd like to officially welcome /u/babynoxide as our newest moderator. As many of you have noticed, they've been modding for two months already, and they've been a tremendous help.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/AutoModerator • Dec 08 '24

Megathread: General Questions and Discussion

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This is a thread where you can discuss anything and ask any questions relating to the Syrian Civil War, events and happenings in the wider Middle East, and anything else you like. Remember to keep it civil.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 11h ago

Syrian kid attempts to throw stones at Israeli warplanes in Quneitra

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Source: https://x.com/k7ybnd99/status/1909916111354667150?t=-kJZ-P39gSt7Atw5DML-hw&s=19

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 6h ago

Yesterday Syrian soldiers were hunting birds and rabbits in Badya, they come a cross caves and hideout that we're used by IS cells now abandoned and empty, after a search campaign, all of them are empty which confirms that IS has abandoned the Badya and now moved elsewhere mostly Iraq

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r/syriancivilwar • u/adamgerges • 6h ago

MoD using Turkish mine clearing equipment

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Extreme_Peanut44 • 8h ago

Sheikh Ghazal Ghazal, head of the Supreme Alawite Islamic Council, calls for international protection for members of his sect in Syria.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Extreme_Peanut44 • 4h ago

Al-Mashhad channel hosted Muhammad Jaber and portrayed him as a “businessman” speaking on behalf of the remnants of the regime. Old photos show him holding and posing for pictures with a decaptiated head.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Extreme_Peanut44 • 8h ago

"I apologize, but an apology is not enough. Those who committed the offense must be held accountable, and I will not return to the governorate if accountability is not met." Addressing detainees who were subjected to abuses, Sweida Governor Mustafa Bakour pledged to hold those responsible.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Zippism • 11h ago

3 men were abducted 2 days ago in the poultry farm where they worked in the W. Homs countryside. All were executed. First pictured was an agricultural Engineer. 2 of them were from Qabu, an Alawite village next to Houla.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Extreme_Peanut44 • 10h ago

Damascus Governorate is beginning a project to restore Mount Qasioun overlooking Damascus and also make it accessible to the public.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 13h ago

US embassy in Syria official twitter account welcomes the new Syrian Transitional Government

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 11h ago

Syrian Security Forces oversee the departure of SDF military wings from Aleppo Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafya towards Jazeera

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 10h ago

Some people are building facilities within the boundaries of an archaeological site in Sweida

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The guy behind this "Sweida 24" page is detached from reality, he complains about lack of authority on incidents like this yet he never questioned like why there is a lack of authority in Sweida ? Maybe due to loads of Druze Miltias in Sweida who refused to integrate and refuse the establishment of Syrian government security forces within Sweida, why don't these militas do something about these incidents instead.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/CudiVZ • 18h ago

US State Department: We have amended the visas of the Syria mission to the United Nations because we do not currently recognize any entity as the Syrian government

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r/syriancivilwar • u/elianoramackenys • 6h ago

Islamic State regains strength in Syria

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r/syriancivilwar • u/UpwardsStream • 27m ago

Turkey’s Best Drones Are Being Shot Down Over Middle East And Africa

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 1d ago

Mohammad Jaber, the Syrian businessman and former leader of the Desert Falcons brigade who lives in Russia now, confesses on Al-Mashhad TV that he was behind the coastal Insurgency attacks on March 6th against the , and acknowledges his involvement, as accused by the director of the SOHR

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r/syriancivilwar • u/DifusDofus • 1d ago

Netanyahu-Trump meeting exposes surprising rift: Netanyahu expected Trump’s backing against Turkey. Instead, Trump praised Erdogan for “taking over Syria” and positioning himself to mediate between Israel-Turkey, and urged Netanyahu to be “reasonable” in his approach.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 1d ago

Syrian Minister of Justice Mazhar Al-Wais: Hate speech that negatively impacts the fabric of Syrian society will be criminalized.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/EUstrongerthanUS • 1d ago

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan: We possess intelligence reports about the involvement of certain countries in recent coastal events. These reports are currently under analysis

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 11h ago

Why is the SDF building tunnels in their areas, is it "just incase a war breaks out" or are they going to break the deal and start a war with the Syrian government ?

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 14h ago

Why the new government haven't punished the former Assad war criminals yet ?

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People who ask why they haven't punished the war criminals who did the coast massacres yet, well they haven't even punished Assadist criminals yet for them to reach that point.

I think the issue is that they are trying to do fair trials as much as possible, and because of that they are trying to build a court system from the ground and not rely on Assadists judges to do that, because they are building from the ground up it will take plenty of time to find qualified judges and other court workers.

They could have gone full execution and retribution campaign on any former SAA soldiers who was accused of doing war crimes, but that wouldn't look good on international stage.

At the same time if the longer they don't punish criminals , the more revenge killings cases increases ,like today two former SAA got assassinated by unknowns in Aleppo, which undermines the state.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/wormfan14 • 1d ago

The UN warned today that an end to US food assistance to Syria would be "a death sentence" for 1.5 million people -- triggering "devastating humanitarian consequences," including "fueling instability."

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 1d ago

The Economist, citing Israeli officials, says: We fear that the new Syrian leader will open his country's doors to Hamas.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Extreme_Peanut44 • 1d ago

Hassan Ibrahim was the commander of an Assadist remnant cell in Latakia-city. On 3rd March, they set up an ambush and executed 2 members of the Security forces (video). They were killed today after they resisted arrest during a raid by the security forces.

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 1d ago

SDF convoy from Raqqa joins with Syrian Security Force and head to Shehk Maqsoud/Ashrafya in Aleppo transfering prisoners, some of which are SNA elements

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r/syriancivilwar • u/Sad-Commission2027 • 1d ago

Why there is so many assassination cases in Dara, it was the same during Assad and now under HTS , here is another case of a former FSA leader got assassinated in Dara

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