Une semaine sur la Syrie,
Semaine 13 de l’an 2020
Nous continuons inlassablement, grâce à notre infatigable veilleur et archiviste, à offrir à nos lecteurs cette rubrique hebdomadaire composée d’une sélection d’articles, informations, études et rapports glanés sur la semaine qui précède.
« Une sélection d’événements, études, articles et rapports sur la Syrie et la vie des syriens en une semaine, dense et variée, très exhaustive. »
–#Covid19 What do people of #Idlib and #Syria Teach us about Resilience during Times of Apocalypse ?. They have already survived the apocalypse, they have knowledge of how to survive the end of the world. And they do it with humor, compassion, and resilience. https://medium.com/@banah.ghadbian/what-the-people-of-idlib-teach-us-about-resilience-during-times-of-apocalypse-293d4031e0d6
–@omarsouleimane « J’ai vécu traqué en #Syrie, confiné aujourd’hui, et les deux révèlent notre condition humaine » #Syrie Un texte utile pour atténuer et mettre en perspective nos inquiétudes.. https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/jai-vecu-traque-en-syrie-confine-aujourdhui-et-les-deux-revelent-notre-condition-humaine_fr_5e7e2344c5b6614922665d74?ncid=other_twitter_cooo9wqtham&utm_campaign=share_twitter
1– Rapports et Etudes:
– How is the #Syrian economy doing given the recent challenges it is now facing? In this new paper, @jihadyazigi provides a sharp analysis looking on the increasingly worrying economic situation in Syria at the impact of the #Lebanesecrisis, the #CaesarAct and #COVIDー19 https://www.arab-reform.net/publication/syrias-growing-economic-woes-lebanons-crisis-the-caesar-act-and-now-the-coronavirus/
– Deir Ezzor : Participation insuffisante de la communauté à l’administration locale
– Russian Forces Commits a Massacre of IDPs in Ma’aret Misreen in Idlib Region Prior to Announcing a Ceasefire Agreement #Syria http://sn4hr.org/blog/2020/03/27/54818/… via @snhr http://sn4hr.org/blog/2020/03/27/54818/
2-Idlib:
– What displaced #Syria ns make of the coronavirus pandemic
https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/what-displaced-syrians-make-coronavirus-pandemic
– Une épidémie de covid-19 aurait des conséquences désastreuses sur les 800 000 déplacés d’#Idleb en #Syrie. ONG et médecins lancent un appel à l’aide pour éviter un désastre. Reportage d’Abdulrazzak Maddi pour @arte https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/096914-000-A/idleb-sous-la-menace-du-covid-19/
– Syrians in Idleb appreciate Merkel’s stance on refugees. https://syrianobserver.com/EN/news/56924/syrians-pray-for-mama-merkel-to-be-safe-from-coronavirus.html
-« La normalité n’existe plus depuis longtemps en Syrie. Vous croyez que c’est normal pour nos enfants de vivre ici? » Ahmad, syrien de Homs. 8 ans d’exode. 16 fois, il a du fuir. https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1211872/a-idleb-la-prison-comme-dernier-refuge.html
– @arwaCNN reports for @CNN on the dire threat coronavirus poses to Idlib, a province already decimated by war. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/03/26/idlib-population-vulnerable-coronavirus-syria-damon-pkg-vpx.cnn?fbclid=IwAR39HbK96FiCypax1gM_mRAt7ecD7Xt9E0D4HaD4fIgTkeNVzRE-Lv3WW9s
– UN concerned about conditions in #Syria n camps amid coronavirus threat @lindseyhilsum https://channel4.com/news/un-concerned-about-conditions-in-syrian-camps-amid-coronavirus-threat…
3-Agir pour Idlib :
– Support a peaceful and democratic future for Syria https://act.thesyriacampaign.org/donate/donate-to-tsc?akid=s37296..tdMDAN
– Covid + Bachar al-Assad, la double peine pour les Syriens. Communiqué du collectif CPSLD #Syrie http://cpsld.free.fr/CPSLD/200326_CPSLD_COVID-Bachar-Al-Assad-la-double-peine-pour-les-Syriens…
4-Coronavirus and Syria:
– A report just completed by @MazenGharibah & @CH_MENAP ’s Zaki Mehchy for @LSEMiddleEast on Syria (NW, NE, and regime areas) COVID response and capability. Humanitarian/human rights sector must read. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/103841/1/CRP_covid_19_in_Syria_policy_memo_published.pdf
–#Syrie La pandémie de #Coronavirus inquiète la population dans les zones tenues par le régime https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/syria-coronavirus-who-pandemic-denial-cases-detention-camps.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1DnhhoS6BOWiEa9koRhXonAbkwtS7QK9M6SeAmPYRa1WErkCCvMjWh-F4
– #Syria ns Await New Form of Death in Coronavirus | https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2194831/exclusive-syrians-await-new-form-death-coronavirus
– In some parts of Syria, humanitarians are changing how they distribute aid thanks to COVID-19, going tent to tent rather than encouraging people to gather for distributions. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/03/26/coronavirus-humanitarian-aid-response?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
-Coronavirus: en #Syrie, les zones kurdes seules face au danger d’une épidémie https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Coronavirus-Syrie-zones-kurdes-seules-face-danger-epidemie-2020-03-24-1301085824
5-Aide humanitaire:
– ‘Keeping a 2m distance is impossible’: Manchester charity @SyriaRelief send #coronavirus aid to Idlib | http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/270378
-Raphaël Pitti, l’humanitaire spécialiste de médecine de guerre qui a opéré dans des conditions extrêmes en Syrie lance un cri d’alarme sur un drame humanitaire oublié par la communauté internationale https://www.middleeasteye.net/fr/entretiens/raphael-pitti-le-peuple-syrien-paie-le-prix-dun-monde-individualiste-et-egoiste
6- Education :
– @EnabBaladi_Eng : Different lives in almost the same geography Not all children of the Syrian war look the same . 29,257 boys and girls were #killed by all the main actors and factions in #Syria from March 2011 until March 2020, according to the documentation of the Syrian Network for Human Rights (#SNHR). https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2020/03/different-lives-in-almost-the-same-geography-not-all-children-of-the-syrian-war-look-the-same/
7- Refugees:
–#Violations_Documentation_Center in #Syria issues a press statement regarding the measures taken by UNHCR and the Lebanese government to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Syrian refugee camps https://vdc-sy.net/en-regarding-the-measures-taken-by-unhcr-and-the-lebanese-government-to-prevent-the-spread-of-the-covid-19-virus-in-syrian-refugee-camps/
8-Grèce:
-FRONTIÈRE GRÉCO-TURQUE #Syrie A Evros, «la bataille continue» autour des migrants https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2020/03/27/a-evros-la-bataille-continue-autour-des-migrants_1783376
-Stress et «chaos» dans le camp de Lesbos plongé dans «l’ère du corona» | JDM https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/25/stress-et-chaos-dans-le-camp-de-lesbos-plonge-dans-lere-du-corona
9- Le régime et la société :
— #Syria: detainees are being killed in detention centres as a result of systematic torture, denial of medical care, and cramped, unhygienic cells, while the government refuses to release health records. https://ifex.org/syria-thousands-of-prisoners-at-risk-of-infection-from-the-covid-19-outbreak/
-Palestinian Refugee Mohamed Daouah Forcibly Disappeared in Syria for 7th Year http://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/9863
– This week marks two years since 1,000s of civilians & rebel fighters were displaced from #Syria’s Eastern Ghouta. A writer based there at the time profiles one fighter, and how he chose between leaving his hometown & staying under #Assad’s ruthless rule https://aljumhuriya.net/en/content/eastern-ghouta-how-fighter-chose-his-fate
– La crise hydrique en #Syrie : un vecteur croissant de conflits, actuels comme futurs (1/2) : la Syrie, un pays hautement vulnérable hydrologiquement – Les clés du Moyen-Orient https://lesclesdumoyenorient.com/La-crise-hydrique-en-Syrie-un-vecteur-croissant-de-conflits-actuels-comme.html
–#PYD co-chair says the #SDF would consider aiding #Assad & #Russia‘s assault on #Idlib *if* an agreement was reached with #Damascus regarding the #SDF‘s place within « the #Syrian Armed Forces. » https://syriadirect.org/news/co-chair-of-the-pyd-sdf-could-join-government-forces-in-idlib-after-an-agreement-on-role-in-syrian-armed-forces/
– En #Syrie, l’épidémie de #coronavirus couve. Des médecins joints dans différentes villes du pays affirment que le régime cache de nombreuses victimes. Notre article avec @dahamalasaad https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/in-syria-doctors-say-regime-is-hiding-scores-of-coronavirus-deaths-1.997885
10-Russie :
– Russia’s Shoigu Delivers ‘Firm’ Message to Assad on Idlib, East Euphrates. Russia reads #Assad the riot act on Idlib violations. In the process confirms regime role in undermining de escalation agreements. | https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2198311/russia%E2%80%99s-shoigu-delivers-%E2%80%98firm%E2%80%99-message-assad-idlib-east-euphrates
– Russia may have the right ideas for Syrian military restructuring or reform but will remain stymied by the Assad regime’s politics. #Syria n Politics Trump Russian Military Reforms Russia faces a conundrum in #Syria: how to modernize the armed forces while the regime’s political priorities undermine proposed reforms in personnel management, force generation, and unit organization. https://carnegie-mec.org/2020/03/26/syrian-politics-trump-russian-military-reforms-pub-81149
11-Iran : – Le coronavirus menace de s’exporter d’Iran en #Syrie – JP Filiu https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/filiu/2020/03/26/la-menace-dexportation-du-coronavirus-diran-en-syrie/
12-US :
– U.S. Forces In #Syria Tackle A More Complex — And Possibly Dangerous — Mission https://www.npr.org/2020/03/26/821379862/u-s-forces-in-syria-tackle-a-more-complex-and-possibly-dangerous-mission?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
13-Les syriens en Europe:
– During the Covid crisis it makes sense for refugees with valuable & relevant qualifications – like doctors – to be identified & allowed to help the national effort. When the dust settles, we hope pathways to the workplace can ease. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/covid-19-call-for-fast-track-registration-of-refugee-doctors-in-uk?CMP=share_btn_tw
-Refugees to the rescue? Germany taps migrant medics to fight coronavirus! I’m sure other European countries will soon follow the German example. Imagine the day some of the xenophobes have to visit a Syrian, Iranian or Afghan refugee doctor for treatment. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-refugees/refugees-to-the-rescue-germany-taps-migrant-medics-to-battle-virus-idUSKBN21C2IG
-Des réfugiés #syrie ns aident des Suisses vulnérables face à l’épidémie de Covid-19. https://www.unhcr.org/fr-fr/news/stories/2020/3/5e7db258a/refugies-syriens-aident-suisses-vulnerables-face-lepidemie-covid-19.html
-Germany: Migrants and refugees may fill labor gaps https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/23690/germany-migrants-and-refugees-may-fill-labor-gaps
-Bassem, réfugié #Syrie à Braine-le-Comte, fabrique des centaines de masques : « Je rends à la Belgique ce qu’elle m’a donné » https://www.dhnet.be/regions/centre/des-centaines-de-masques-cousus-par-un-refugie-syrien-de-braine-le-comte-je-rends-a-la-belgique-ce-qu-elle-m-a-donne-5e7dced89978e2284142365e#.Xn8Cw5O1yAw.twitter
-Syrian women volunteers make masks for Turkey. https://www.orient-news.net/en/news_show/178705/Syrian-women-volunteers-make-masks-for-Turkey
15- Les nouvelles consciences de la société syrienne :
– #Syria from Aleppo to Wellington @KaramSh88 https://www.karamshaar.com/from-aleppo-to-wellington
– L’artiste Syrienne, Nina Khoka, écrit des histoires vraies ou inspirées d’histoires vraies de syriens et syriennes soumises depuis 9 ans à un confinement que l’on appelle l’indifférence. A lire sur @syrie_news https://syrie.news/2020/03/27/confines-jour-1-hamza-petit-frere-talal/ https://syrie.news/2020/03/28/confines-jour-2-fatmeh/
–@HalaKodmani J’ai décidé que mon dernier savon #Alep, sacrifié, serait le héros du premier geste barrière contre le coronavirus. Seule son huile d’olive tendre saurait apporter un peu de douceur à mes mains sous l’eau calcaire de Paris vingt fois par jour https://liberation.fr/planete/2020/03/28/mon-dernier-savon-d-alep-sacrifie-au-geste-barriere_1783267…
–100 Faces of the Revolution The faces behind the numbers. A group of excellent activists from around the world have come together to work on this. 100 stories behind the revolution. https://100facesofthesyrianrevolution.wordpress.com/
–Deir ez-Zor residents protest rule by Syrian Kurdish group https://www.al-Fmonitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/syria-deir-ez-zor-sdf-regime-assad-protesters-corruption-war.html
– We Became Fragments is a short documentary about #Syria n teenager Ibraheem Sarhan as he comes of age in Winnipeg, Canada. http://globalonenessproject.org/library/films/we-became-fragments… via @goproject
-« I learnt English in one year. Now I help the new children with translation, and help them with their work. » Meet Tuhama, from Syria and now Liverpool, one of six young stars in a @BBCNewsround special on what it’s like to be 13. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000gg60/newsround-specials-thirteen
-Meet the Syrian data scientist in Ireland using her skills to aid refugees https://siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/suad-aldarra-techfugees-refugees-data-scientists… via @siliconrepublic
-Two orphanage projects in northern countryside of #Aleppo https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2020/03/two-orphanage-projects-in-northern-countryside-of-aleppo/
-Remarkable Women Awards: Waad Al-Kateab wins the Remarkable Strength award https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/waad-al-kateab-for-sama-director-winner-strength-award-remarkable-women-awards-2020/364341?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=share-buttons
– Meet #Syria’s female doctors. The @SyriaCivilDef told Al-Monitor there are 264 female volunteers in 33 centers in Idlib province alone who are working to provide the families of the area with medical relief, psychological support and awareness services. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/syria-women-doctors-civil-defense-bombing-hospitals.html
– De la #Syrie à la Norvège : les graines de notre survie https://amp.parismatch.com/Actu/Environnement/De-la-Syrie-a-la-Norvege-les-graines-de-notre-survie-1679939… via @Parismatch
– In Daraa, revolutionary anniversaries mired somewhere between dread and hope https://syriauntold.com/?p=62961 via @SyriaUntold
16- Justice et vérité:
– #AAE American who disappeared in Syria in 2017 moved to unknown location: Report https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/24/American-who-disappeared-in-Syria-in-2017-moved-to-unknown-location-Report.html
– 40 human rights organizations sign a letter urging MENA gov’ts to to protect prisoners from Corona & call on int’l & regional entities including the @WHO@ICRC@UN to adopt special procedures to issue guidance during COVID. https://timep.org/press/press-releases/timep-calls-for-urgent-action-around-detention-in-mena-amid-covid-19/
– Report: It Would Take 325 Years for the #SyrianRegime to Release 130,000 #Detainees Acc. to the #Amnesty Decrees It Issues Nearly 665 Cases of Arbitrary #Arrests, & 232 Releases Since the Previous Amnesty Decree Was Issued in Sep 2019 http://sn4hr.org/blog/2020/03/24/54803/
17-Analyse :
– March 2011-March 2020, #Syria’s agony… https://www.aljumhuriya.net/en/content/syria%E2%80%99s-decade-death
– @IrishTimes: Therefore calling what is happening in #Syria a “war” is problematic when civilians are primary targets, as documented in numerous human rights reports by #AmnestyInternational, #HRW, #SNHR & the #UN, to mention only four sources. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/syria-the-world-must-not-forget-1.4210163
18- St Corona :- Romans, #Syria, lumberjacks (shades of Monty Python) this story’s got the lot. But why patron St of epidemics? German Cathedral Dusts Off Relics of St Corona, Patron of Epidemics https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/25/world/europe/25reuters-h