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Riam Dalati
@Dalatrm
BBC Syria Producer | Esteemed Colleague of Mister @sommervilletv | All tweets & views are my own
Oct 1, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
-Rumoured killed so far 40+ #Syria #SNA fighters. Most of whom are with the Sultan Murad Brigade.
- Syrians fighting 'ferocious' mountain warfare in #NagornoKarabakh.
- Injured to be repatriated.
-List has grown to 32 names.
- 15confirmed w/near certainty. (Possibly 17 shortly) According to one of our contacts, a unit of #Syria #SNA Fighters has been killed fighting in #NagornoKarabakh today. 8 KIA and 2 MIAs.
He's on a family WhatsApp group of one of the dead fighters. A message was sent to explain the case of the officer missing in action. 1/5
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Aug 5, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
An official #Lebanon Customs document proven authentic, circulating on social media, shows that Customs had tried until 2015 to ask the original shipper to re-export the explosive material from Hangar12.

In 2014, the request was changed to either re-ship, or allow the sale to the Lebanese Explosives Company the requests were made up until 2017, stating that action should be taken considering 'its continued storage exposes facilities and employees to severe dangers'.
Aug 1, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
An extremely important thread on the spread of #COVID19 in #Damascus #Syria following lift of quarantine measures, emulating the #Lebanon example detailed by Dr @firassabiad Al-Sharq al-Awsat's @ibrahimhamidi says 193 deaths were recorded yesterday, Friday, not all, from Covid but certainly many.
Jul 21, 2020 • 15 tweets • 7 min read
Thread Upsum on view from #Damascus of #Syria MP Elections:
- 'North Korea option' seems a lot more likely.
- Under new and emerging external pressures, any internal dissent will be quelled, starting by parliament.
-A prelude to the '99.99% 2021 Presidential Elections' A Damascus source commented on the recent elections result saying that @Charles_Lister analysis that Syria was going towards the 'North Korea option' is partially correct for the foreseeable future.
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May 5, 2020 • 37 tweets • 14 min read
Chances are Rami #Makhlouf's life isn't in danger whatever may happen next . He's blood, after all.
The fall of the #Jaber Brothers, whom #Damascus perceived their actions as 'treason' (punishable by death), may be the most recent example. The Jaber Brothers, once #Syria’s biggest tycoons and most powerful militia leaders, fell precipitously once they crossed red lines.
Tied to the #Assad family through marriage likely saved their lives and their ultimate downfall was limited to public disgrace & financial ruin.
May 4, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
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#Damascus source view on the #Makhlouf saga:
“Rami's issues are with Maher Al-Assad and his frontmen, not with the first lady”
Source speculated that the much-publicised spat may be resolved in coming days, though he clarified that this isn't based on any concrete info Going back to Aug 2019, he explained that in order for Maher to rid of #Makhlouf and replace him in the shadows without much popular backlash, he had to first isolate him from his support base. Therefore, his charities and the Boustan paramilitary forces had to be neutralised.
Mar 27, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
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'Covid patient reportedly slipped detection net, mingled freely for 2 weeks in #Damascus'
The brother of a #Damascus #COVID19 patient has apparently confirmed rumours that the illness went undetected for almost 2 weeks, after his brother returned from Spain with his wife Meanwhile, the unwitting patient, a 73 y.o businessman, was leading an active social life, possibly infecting dozens who came into contact with him.
Feb 29, 2020 • 8 tweets • 7 min read
The Iranian Consultative Centre, the body of #Iran #IRGC military experts advising the #SAA, deploying Iran commanders & training militias in #Syria has issued its first ever communique admitting their widescale deployment in #Aleppo & #Idlib as well as #TSK strikes 1/7 In it, Iranians tell #Turkey that they do not wish to escalate the situation. They admit that #TSK strikes have killed a number of their fighters. However, they throw a veiled threat to Turkey, reminding it of the observation posts and the ease of 'exacting revenge' 2/7
Feb 29, 2020 • 10 tweets • 12 min read
@zamanalwsl recordings reveal direct confrontations between #Hezbollah & #TSK in S. #Idlib and #Saraqeb. Hezb fighters talk about 10+ KIA and inflicting heavy damage vs #Turkish forces (90+) when they pinned down their convoy. #TSK artillery managed to break Hezbollah's attacks. On the #Saraqeb front, #Hezbollah fighters are suffering from #TSK artillery and drone attacks, according to the recordings. The fighter says #Russia has 'sat this fight out'. The death toll, initially set at 10, isn't final as many of their men 'are still under the rubble'.
Feb 27, 2020 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
Quite calm around #Reyhanli Hospital. Faces of citizens looking quite concerned but also really calm considering . Police have struck a cordon around the A&E ward & are treating people with utmost respect.
The governor's car spotted at the entrance. ImageImageImage #TSK Commandos stepping in into the A&E ward. ImageImageImage
Oct 27, 2019 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
Footage of a 'burning tanker' which may corroborate #SDF claims of targeting #IslamicState spokesman Abu Al-Hassan al-Muhajiir.
@AleppoAMC confirmed a 'rocket attack' against Ain al-Bayda, same village mentioned in Mazloum's most recent tweet. #Syria journo @AbdullahAlmu7md with local contacts in the immediate vicinity of the strike can confirm 'at least 3 airstrikes' against an oil tanker. Villagers discovered 3 charred bodies inside one of the tanker's empty fuel cells.
Oct 27, 2019 • 13 tweets • 10 min read
Confirmed
Activist says this is indeed filmed where #Baghdadi raid took place in #Barisha, #Idlib. #HTS stopped him on outskirts where a tough security cordon has been laid banning people from heading towards site. Eyewitness filmed last night in #Barisha confirms children were on scene. #HTS security questioned him shortly after #Baghdadi #Idlib raid.
'Those 3 children are ur respnsblty now.They're his kids [dead man] They stripped them all [Corpses]. I'm told were shot with automatics'
Oct 12, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The #SDC/#SDF statement on #Turkey-backed #NSA summarily executing Gen-Sec of Future #Syria Party seems completely plausible in light of emerging video evidence, albeit circumstancial.
Here they are executing #SDF (calling them #PKK) fighters on in an ambush checkpoint In another video, they boast about killing another #SDF fighter who tried to escape the ambush. The bullet-riddled 4x4 looks up-armoured, the kind used by SDF/SDC commanders and authority figures.
Oct 9, 2019 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
#Kurd journalist @aged_choli captured the opening salvos of #Turkey NE #Syria operations as he was filming in #RasalAyn a while ago.
Sep 14, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
#Ethiopia's "detention/abduction" of #Lebanon-#Gabon businessman Hassan Jaber is at an impasse.
Circumstances are being described as "eerily similar" 2 Morocco's arrest & extradition to US of Leb millionaire Kassim Tajeddine,a recently-sentenced #Hezbollah financial facilitator Image Almost a week ago, while transiting from Gabon, Ethiopian authorities stopped Mr Jaber from boarding his flight. He has since disappeared with no word on his whereabouts.
Queries from Leb & Gabonese officials went unanswered. Ethiopia has until Monday before Lebanon "escalates"
Aug 29, 2019 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
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A trusted source confirmed that Rami #Makhlouf’s business empire is facing a serious threat. Long-considered #Syria's largest tycoon, Makhlouf now has a dangerous nemesis: A 'high, unquestioned authority' operating behind 'several frontmen', mainly a certain Abu Ali Khodr The source confirmed that the accounts of Makhlouf's Al-Boustan Charity had been 'taken over' even though it's still operating as normal. However, he denied he was under 'house arrest' and said that both his MTN and shares in SyriaTel were "safe... so far"
Aug 24, 2019 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Footage from #Beirut Southern Suburb and #Hezbollah stronghold. Citizens says they saw a 'drone missile' target what they say was a vehicle. Two ambulances and a firetruck where dispatched to #Beirut #Hezbollah stronghold of Southern suburbs where reports of an #Israel targeted assassination surging. Victim (or lack thereof) unknown so far.
Aug 19, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Rebels/#HTS are apparently evacuating #KhanSheikhoun as #SAA, Tiger Forces take control of the city's northern sector. Clashes are being reported in city centre. Both rebel and regime Telegram channels now confirming clashes inside the city.
#SAA Tiger Forces say 2 companies fell into a rebel ambush inside #KhanSheikhoun and contact with them was lost. ImageImage
Aug 14, 2019 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
Rebel recording of #SyAAF tower with pilots in area reveals downed SU22 didn't have time to SOS
'I heard him when he began his bombing approach, then went radio silent'
Tower asks for visual confirmation
'I can't spot him, not on the radar nor in area. I'm over #Khan_Shaykhun' #HTS says #SyAAF pilot shot down over S. #Idlib has 'not been caught yet'. Search continues'. Image
Jul 27, 2019 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
Graphic Images coming out of #Ariha #Idlib this morning following reported #SyAAF airstrikes as reports of another massacre are coming out. Dozens 'between killed and injured' while loads others 'trapped under rubble still' first responders say. 'At least 2 children' are reported to be among the fatalities. This coming less than 36 hours after both Riham and Ruwan, the resilient sisters of #Ariha were declared dead after suffering traumatic injuries following #Syria regime airstrikes. ImageImageImage
Jul 9, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Rebels were able to capture several #SAA soldiers following their attempt to capture Mt. #Zahya Observation post in #Turkmen Mountain #NLF commander said rebels were able to take over several sentry positions around Mt. #Zahyah.
'The aim is to take over the main observation post, once in our hands, its auxiliary posts will have to retreat for cover.'