The bad actors who talk about Sunni sectarianism in Syria deliberately ignore the fact that the Sunni population has suffered genocide at the hands of Assadists - overwhelmingly Alawis and Shia - over the last 15 years. The overwhelming majority of civilians killed were Sunnis... The overwhelming majority of those driven from their homes were Sunnis. The overwhelming majority of those tortured to death were Sunnis. The communities subjected to starvation siege were Sunni. The urban neighborhoods reduced to rubble once housed Sunnis.

Brilliant news that Labour lost three seats to candidates opposing genocide. Also brilliant that the fascist Galloway lost his seat. Shame that Wes Streeting (only just) won against Leane Mohamad. Labour has paid a price for its support for genocide, and will pay more in future. No Scotland headline on Guardian front page, because, as ever, it's as if we don't exist. But was a terrible night for the SNP. I think they're the best on offer, but they did deserve to lose. They need to solve their party problems. Support for independence remains around 50%

very thorough, balanced reporting on October 7th - the crimes committed against Israeli civilians by Hamas and also by Israel, and the immediate Israeli propaganda campaign, whose lies were spread by Biden and most western media. A reminder here - if any was needed - of the outrageous macabre lies told by Biden, Blinken and others in full participation with the original propaganda campaign required to kick off the genocide.

I would like to discuss the large scale violence against civilians on October 7th, including the sexual violence, among other reasons because I think it shows a worrying cultural degeneration. All cultures are degenerating currently, and this needs to be discussed. However... it's become almost impossible to discuss the issue in a useful way, for various reasons: 1. Israel and its sponsors have lied so many times about many aspects of October seventh. The US president has lied. This is the first reason that some pro-Palestine people refuse to believe

'We were here thousands of years ago' is the worst possible basis for contemporary nationhood. We are all mixtures of people who were everywhere on earth thousands of years ago. Any one of us can therefore claim to belong to just about anywhere. The Muslim claim to Spain and Sicily is far stronger than the Jewish claim to Palestine in this regard. And the Muslim claim to Spain and Sicily is absurd and ridiculous.

It's very, very obvious that most western elites consider Israeli Jewish life to be worth much, much more than Arab Muslim life. Of course, there are many precedents to this. In Syria, westerners became very upset about Kurds or Christians being hurt, but didn't notice when Muslims were killed in far greater numbers. If ISIS threatened a Kurdish city, the west mobilised. If it over-ran Sunni cities, and slaughtered Sunni tribesmen, the west talked about football. And western leftists decided that the hyper-authoritarian, Assad-allied, PKK, a force

I stopped following 5Pillars when they did this poll. They pose 'can't forgive his past' as an option, as if his present is not disgusting. And the result is a damning indictment of the people who follow 5Pillars.

https://twitter.com/5Pillarsuk/status/1613139706413469697

I understand - though I disagree - Muslims having 'traditional' and conservative attitudes to women. I don't understand the Muslim men who are obsessed with and otherwise support support this pornographer, violent misogynist and thug.

Leftists should be careful not to talk to Libyans about Libya, or if they do, to hold their hands over their ears. Because Libyans keep giving the wrong answers concerning Qaddafi's glorious anti-imperialist dictatorship.

https://twitter.com/LibyanIntegrity/status/1614109728124059652

Among the worst of leftist idiots are those who warn that if there's any military action to stop Assad killing Syrians, 'Syria will become another Libya'. Syria under Assad is incomparably worse than Libya in post-dictator chaos.

Blatant lies, as is to be expected from Russian imperialism. The Russian empire colonised the Caucuses, Central Asia and Siberia. In recent years it has practised colonial violence against Afghans, Syrians, Chechens, Georgians and Ukrainians.

https://twitter.com/EmbassyofRussia/status/1598615938869432322

Russia under the Czars, in disguise as 'the Soviet Union', and under Putin, has been not only a racist colonialist power but also consistently genocidal. It must be defeated.

Please watch the video below. Instead of working to forge an alliance of the Free Army and various Kurdish forces, the US allied with the PKK, guaranteeing Turkish enmity. No reason for it - the FSA fought ISIS before anyone else. End result will be a disaster for Kurds.

https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1595664019825872896

The Free Syrian Army with no external help cleared ISIS from all of western Syria, at the cost of thousands of lives. But the US would only back their fight if they promised not to fight Assad - the main enemy of Syrians and the cause of ISIS.

@HackneyAbbott asks "How can you have an event about black issues and not invite black MPs?”Apparently black MPs were present, but it's a good question. Abbott hosted a pro-Assad event at parliament and called the police when Syrians tried to speak. theguardian.com/politics/2022/… @UKLabour won't have dealt with its Islamophobia and race problem until it's examined how it treated Syrians and the Syrian war during the Corbyn era. So long as people like @EmilyThornberry and @HackneyAbbott are unrepentant for spreading Putin and Assad propaganda against

The Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army kept a clear distance from intolerant groups like Nusra, and firmly opposed ISIS. The US, Israel and Jordan decided to abandon them and to trust Russia's plan for southern Syria instead.

https://twitter.com/mohammed_asakra/status/1594991479495303169

Results: 1. Russian and Iranian occupation and recruitment. 2. Assadist savagery. 3. ISIS violence. 4. insurgency and counter-insurgency. 5. economic collapse. 6. another massive outflow of refugees, including many from Daraa trying to cross the Mediterranean.

Was eating Syrian fast food in a cafe last night and talking (in English) about Russian savagery in Ukraine, and how belatedly the west had woken up to the problem. The chef walked over and began talking in Arabic. "I saw the Russian savagery in Syria. I was in Harasta." (urban area in the eastern Ghouta, Damascus outskirts). "They used every type of weapon you can think of. They used de-mining explosives, a hose full of explosive which turned an entire neighbourhood into fire. They used white phosphorus and vacuum bombs. You wouldn't believe such

I admit I won't vote Labour anyway (I vote for the SNP, and Labour still contains Assadist slanderers of the Syrian people like Thornberry) but this is good news. theguardian.com/politics/2022/… He's a conspiracy theorist, not merely a critic of Israel but an anti-semite, someone who believes Russia's police (on skripal) rather than the UK police, someone who opposes military aid to occupied Ukraine, a spreader of Kremlin propaganda.

The PKK is a terrorist organisation. It practises a cult of personality around its leader, &forced conscription, &child conscription, and bans other parties, and shoots at protestors. So many people ignore this because they support the Kurdish cause/ dislike Turkey or Erdogan.

https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/1591980297872080903

I formed my opinion of the PKK while interviewing Syrian Kurds, who usually support the Kurdish cause and dislike Turkey/Erdogan, but also have lots of bad experiences with the PKK.

Before the shouting starts... 2 things can be true at once. 1. The Turkish state often treats its Kurds badly. The Kurdish national problem still needs to be fairly settled in all the countries where Kurds live. 2. Tal Rifaat and Manbij are Arab towns depopulated and occupied by

https://twitter.com/DeirEzzore/status/1531947017689354242

the PKK. Assad's genocidal forces freely patrol in these territories. The PKK is a lot better than Assad, but is often allied with Assad, as well as Russia and the US. It has handed over prisoners to Assad. It has banned other Kurdish political parties, it seizes money and aid,

Tim Hayward has been spreading Kremlin-inspired conspiracy theories and genocide denialism for years, driving fearful Arab students out of Edinburgh, but still @EdinburghUni refuses to do anything about it. It's a sick individual that gives a home to such sick people.

https://twitter.com/im_PULSE/status/1531533420026896384

Bristol university finally got rid of Hayward's colleague in racist propaganda David Miller - for his anti-Semitism rather than his Assadism, though the two always go together. But @EdinburghUni has no respect for the pursuit of truth, so keeps Hayward.

Apparently (according to an Alliance of Democracies poll) Egyptians, Saudis, Moroccans and Pakistanis have a net positive view of Russia - not only after Ukraine, but after Russia's mass slaughter of Muslims in Syria, Chechnya and... Afghanistan. The idea of Muslim solidarity across the ummah is a ridiculous joke.