Une semaine sur la Syrie,
42e semaine de l’an 2019
Grâce à notre inlassable veilleur et archiviste, cette rubrique offre chaque semaine une sélection d’articles, informations, études et rapports glanés sur la semaine qui précède. En fin de rubrique, une série d’évènements de la semaine à venir est proposée.
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– Agir pour Idlib:
– In-depth: ‘Remaining hospitals in #Syria‘s Idlib overwhelmed with patients‘ https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2019/10/8/remaining-hospitals-in-syrias-idlib-overwhelmed-with-patients
– I thought I’d seen all the horrors possible here in Idlib – until now | Raed Al Saleh https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/08/horrors-idlib-white-helmets-syria?CMP=share_btn_tw
1– Rapports et Etudes:
– Vengeance, repression, and fear: The reality behind Assad’s promises to displaced Syrians ‘Main conclusion of this research: it is not safe for displaced Syrians to return to Assad-held areas. Widespread systematic human rights violations continue to be committed in these areas by the regime, its security apparatus, militias & foreign forces’
-More than 60% of displaced Syrians who returned to Assad-held areas in #Syria are actively seeking a way to flee again due to widespread and systematic violations they are suffering since returning.
Read more in new report: https://syacd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/FinalSACDSecreport.pdf
2 -Idlib :
– Asma Haj Bakri.. A lady White Helmet heals from her past by helping with the future of others.. #WhiteHelmets #Women #Idlib #Syria https://www.facebook.com/SyriaCivilDef/videos/1333572776821672/
– Inside Idlib: Kids scavenging trash for food in Idlib, Syria https://www.channel4.com/news/inside-idlib-kids-scavenging-trash-for-food-in-idlib-syria
– For Idlib’s residents, Turkey’s looming offensive throws future into doubt | Middle East Eye https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/idlibs-residents-turkeys-looming-offensive-throws-future-doubt
– Nevertheless, Idlib’s Women Persist. https://www.refugeesinternational.org/reports/2019/9/5/nevertheless-idlibs-women-persist-hiba-ezzideen
3 – SDF et Turquie:
– Scores killed; hundreds of thousands displaced; a politician summarily executed; and #US forces replaced by #Assad‘s: Al-Jumhuriya assesses the first week of #Turkey‘s « Operation Peace Spring » in northern #Syria. https://aljumhuriya.net/en/content/unpeaceful-week-syria?fbclid=IwAR0sfK33Jm5mM9qeSLnns_3JpbX-vvD8W-Gk0Wd_vWKzv3O6sN6nJLacQQc
– Terms of #US–#Turkey deal: ■ TR suspends op within 5 days ■ TR to be dominant in a safe zone that YPG/PKK has to evacuate ■ PKK to leave its heavy weapons for TR to collect ■ Once op is paused, Trump will lift sanctions on TR https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-and-turkey-reach-agreement-temporarily-suspend-military-operation-syria
– « Many people across areas held by the SDF are wanted by the regime. This includes people who are activists and anti-regime across all ethnicity & former opposition fighters who then joined the SDF.” https://syriadirect.org/news/the-situation-is-miserable-idps-caught-between-turkey-and-damascus-forces/
– Nous ne pourrons probablement jamais rentrer en #Syrie car avec le retour du régime, les jeunes hommes comme mon frère seront obligés de faire leur service militaire. Ils mourront. C’est le redéploiement de Damas dans la région qui a provoqué leur exode. https://www.liberation.fr/amphtml/planete/2019/10/17/kurdes-nous-ne-retournerons-jamais-en-syrie_1758260?__twitter_impression=true
– Thousands of Syrians who worked with the US government or for US funded projects in NE Syria are now at immediate risk of reprisal from Assad’s regime. @SJAC_info say “The US government has a responsibility to facilitate the evacuation of these Syrians” https://syriaaccountability.org/updates/2019/10/17/a-withdraw-of-justice/
– In-depth – “#Turkey, the #Kurds and the demographic re-engineering of Syria“ https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2019/10/16/turkey-the-kurds-and-the-demographic-re-engineering-of-syria
–#Turkey’s latest operation in Syria is the biggest threat to Syria as a national state, and it could result in occupying further land that would, like #Hatay, be annexed to Turkey. https://syriauntold.com/2019/10/16/fighting-terrorism-or-a-pretext-for-a-new-occupation/
4 – Kurdes et syriens: –
– Entre les Kurdes et les rebelles, un rendez-vous manqué https://lorientlejour.com/article/1191095/entre-les-kurdes-et-les-rebelles-un-rendez-vous-manque.html… via @LorientLeJour
– Pour comprendre la complexité de la question kurde en #Syrie, remontons dans le temps avec @matthieurey : à l’est de l’Euphrate, une terre kurde labourée par les ambitions régionales https://liberation.fr/planete/2019/10/09/a-l-est-de-l-euphrate-une-terre-kurde-labouree-par-les-ambitions-regionales_1756606… via @libe
5 – Aide humanitaire:
– Health Crisis Looms as Aid Organizations Pull Out of Syria. https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/health-crisis-looms-aid-organizations-pull-out-syria
– L’UOSSM a lancé le deuxième système d’énergie solaire dans le nord-ouest de la Syrie dans le cadre du projet « Syria Solar » Ce projet va permettre d’économiser 60 000 litres de diesel par an, assurer des services médicaux essentiels ininterrompus 24h/24. https://uossm.fr/quand_le_soleil_sauve_des_vies_idleb
6 – Education:
– Education In North-western #Syria: ‘Free’ Experience Subject To Vicissitudes Of Donors https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2019/10/education-in-north-western-syria-free-experience-subject-to-vicissitudes-of-donors/ via @enabbaladi
7 – Refugees:
– Les États européens doivent faire davantage pour protéger et aider les enfants réfugiés et migrants https://www.unhcr.org/fr-fr/news/press/2019/10/5da07df9a/etats-europeens-doivent-faire-davantage-proteger-aider-enfants-refugies.html?fbclid=IwAR2v7bNpD00krBjTqkbHnnfr_meSOcVDB9hQTh1HDXrPq77hSUaEYCrK438
– ‘We Didn’t Believe We Would See The Sun Rise’: Refugees From #Syria Arrive In Iraq https://www.npr.org/2019/10/18/771253640/we-didnt-believe-we-would-see-the-sun-rise-refugees-from-syria-flee-to-iraq?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
8 – Le régime et la société :
– How did Bashar Assad drown a country in blood and win a war? Russia and Iran helped him for sure, but Obama, Netanyahu and Erodgan stood back and let him as well. Trump was but a footnote to this list of shame. My @haaretzcom analysis https://haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/.premium-how-bashar-assad-won-in-syria-1.7974450
– good background here on the deal between the Kurds and the Assad regime by @jamiewrit https://voanews.com/europe/kremlin-confident-turkey-will-soon-halt-syria-incursion… who learned firsthand the delicate nature of their detente in Syria back in 2013
– Daech:
– A dream scenario for ISIS in northeastern Syria, https://mei.edu/publications/dream-scenario-isis-northeastern-syria
– «Daech n’a jamais disparu. L’idée diffusée en Occident que l’Etat islamique est vaincu est totalement fausse» #Syrie https://www.carep-paris.org/medias/carepmedias/daech-na-jamais-disparu-lidee-diffusee-en-occident-que-letat-islamique-est-vaincu-est-totalement-fausse/?fbclid=IwAR3W9tUJEsQEDInaW4Uz30CntqV_QgYVU4tW77wRLJnw1Or-A8TdPb8jhLc
9 – Patrimoine :
– How Assad’s man got a priceless antiquity out of Canada and into #Syria – http://Macleans.ca https://macleans.ca/news/world/how-assads-man-got-a-priceless-antiquity-out-of-canada-and-into-syria/
10 – Les nouvelles consciences de la société syrienne :
– #Syria n refugee to speak at synagogue’s https://www.ctinsider.com/arts-leisure/newstimes/article/Syrian-refugee-to-speak-at-synagogue-s-Oct-18-14521131.php
– Exiled at home – a film with Syria’s great novelist @khaled_khalifah by @BBCLinaSinjab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saWJsbMWbak&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2n8LwLQ783g_JqcODZjj_HNYCV9P0pS_qcyM_4FmdCrXdHThk_RQDEnBg
– We will return – #TheyAreSyria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_k4DTw_NNU
– « Les médecins #syrie ns ont écrit une page de l’histoire de la médecine » https://francetvinfo.fr/sante/hopital/les-medecins-syriens-ont-ecrit-une-page-de-lhistoire-de-la-medecine_3660411.html#xtor=CS2-765-[twitter]-… via @franceinfo
– Syrian refugees call democracy ‘awesome’ after voting for the first time. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1623168067777
– Deir Zorr:
– Deir Ezzor news summary magazine edition (11) https://en.deirezzor24.net/deir-ezzor-news-summary-magazine-edition-11/?fbclid=IwAR1ZiLaxCBXtXo3e6wEz8EWajsMwwisnKhONjCBpKjiZRPRw_5SxwTzn80M
– « We,the people of Deir Ezzor..will deny the Assad regime and its Iranian terrorist militias entry intoDeir Ezzor under any circumstances.We refuse any attempt to negotiate an agreement with the Assad regime » https://syrianobserver.com/EN/news/53711/a-statement-from-deir-ez-zor-residents-about-the-developments-in-northern-syria.html… via @observesyria
– « Je ne rentrerai que si on m’assure que je serai protégé » : en Turquie, les réfugiés #syriens ne sont pas prêts à rentrer au pays https://francetvinfo.fr/monde/syrie/offensive-turque-en-syrie/je-ne-rentrerai-que-si-on-m-assure-que-je-serai-protege-en-turquie-les-refugies-syriens-ne-sont-pas-encore-prets-a-rentrer-au-pays_3661059.html#xtor=CS2-765-[twitter]-… via @franceinfo
11 – Justice & impunity:
– Horrifying report catalogues 72 barbaric methods of torture – including crucifixion, eye-gouging and rape – used by Assad’s troops during Syrian civil war « More than 14,000 people have been killed while being tortured by Syrian [Assad] government forces using crucifixion, eye gouging and rape »
https://www.foxnews.com/world/syria-assad-regime-torture-crucifixion-rape-eye-gouging
– The @nytimes obtained thousands of previously unheard Russian Air Force communications in Syria. Our investigation shows how Russia bombed four hospitals in just 12 hours. Russia Bombed Four Syrian Hospitals. We Have Proof. | Visual Investigations https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=rCi-2-Flcxk
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/world/middleeast/russia-bombing-syrian-hospitals.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/reader-center/russia-syria-hospitals-investigation.html
– If states want to do something about the Syrian tragedy, they’d invest massively in efforts to secure justice for Syrians. Germany has taken a lead but states like the UK can & should spend more to support Syrian & international lawyers & investigators. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/14/syria-war-criminals-may-find-the-law-is-finally-closing-in-on-them
12 – US:
– MEI Insights: #Trump stirs up a hornet’s nest in #Syria | « The consequences of #America‘s self destruction in Syria will be felt for many, many years to come » writes @Charles_Lister in his latest analysis. https://buff.ly/33zf2C8
13 – Europe:
– Europe can’t keep shutting its eyes to the disaster in #Syria | Natalie Nougayrède https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/16/europe-shutting-eyes-disaster-syria
– Offensive turque contre les Kurdes syriens – la guerre perdue des Occidentaux en Syrie. Avec un talent pour acheter à la baisse les régimes en difficulté : #Assad hier, puis #Erdogan et maintenant #MBS et #MBZ https://www.institutmontaigne.org/blog/offensive-turque-contre-les-kurdes-syriens-la-guerre-perdue-des-occidentaux-en-syrie
14 – Analyse et politique: – @MrjDuclos sur les conséquences pour le Proche-Orient, mais aussi l’Europe et les Etats-Unis de l’intervention turque en #Syrie où les cartes sont rebattues. Jusqu’à quand ? https://institutmontaigne.org/blog/offensive-turque-contre-les-kurdes-syriens-la-guerre-perdue-des-occidentaux-en-syrie…
15 – Livre:
– Chronique Livre : NAFAR de Mathilde Chapuis #Syrie L’Histoire et sur le quotidien de tous les Syriens qui, comme l’homme à la veste bleue se préparant à plonger, cherchent coûte que coûte un avenir meilleur loin de la dictature de Bachar al-Assad. http://quatresansquatre.com/article/chronique-livre-nafar-de-mathilde-chapuis-1564657676
16 – Photographie :
– Le monde est à nous. Une exposition sur #Alep au festival de Bayeux #Syrie https://francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/le-monde-est-a-nous/le-monde-est-a-nous-une-exposition-sur-alep-au-festival-de-bayeux_3635357.html#xtor=CS2-765-[twitter]-…
17 – Film:
– La vie d’un hôpital #syrie n assiégé au centre d’un documentaire https://lapresse.ca/cinema/201910/17/01-5245770-la-vie-dun-hopital-syrien-assiege-au-centre-dun-documentaire.php… via @lp_lapresse
18 – Arts:
– Mohammed Kteish et Sa ville idéale, faite de larges avenues, d’un hôpital flambant neuf, d’une mosquée et d’une église, d’un stade de foot et d’un zoo, de voitures familiales ou sportives. #Syrie https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/092273-000-A/alep-machine/
19 – Musique:
– Jeudi dernier, les frères syriens Yaser & Mohamed de @refugeesofrapont enflammé les Rencontres organisées par @OuestFrance & le HCR, après avoir témoigné de leur exil devant + de 1 500 lycéens. https://www.ouest-france.fr/medias/prix-bayeux/prix-bayeux-calvados-normandie-les-rappeurs-syriens-vont-danser-les-lyceens-6558181
19 – Interview:
– Jacques Mourad, à écouter d’urgence, https://www.france24.com/fr/20191013-entretien-jacques-mourad-daech-etat-islamique-moine-syrien-otage-syrie-alep-raqqa
– Le livre : à lire également. « il professe son amour pour ses semblables qui croient en un autre dieu que lui et dont certains sont morts pour qu’il puisse vivre. » https://syrie.news/2019/07/07/fiche-de-lecture-moine-otage-de-jacques-mourad-amaury-guillem/
20 – Les Syriens:
– Local #Syria n family takes opportunity to thank Trudeau https://www.chathamdailynews.ca/news/local-news/local-syrian-family-takes-opportunity-to-thank-trudeau
– Jordan’s accidental plumber trains team of #Syria n refugee women https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2019/10/5da85c7e4/jordans-accidental-plumber-trains-team-syrian-refugee-women.html
21 – La Syrie à Paris:
– Jeudi 24 Octobre 20h, For Sama, https://www.facebook.com/events/864257570636029/
– Dimanche 27 Octobre, 17h, POUR QUE LE MOYEN-ORIENT RETROUVE LA PAIX – AVEC GHAISS JASSER ET ZIAD MAJED – CONFÉRENCE ANIMÉE PAR FAROUK MARDAM BEY https://souriahouria.com/events/paris-pour-que-le-moyen-orient-retrouve-la-paix-avec-ghaiss-jasser-et-ziad-majed-conference-animee-par-farouk-mardam-bey/