Assad – Benedetta Argentieri

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23 Novembre 2016
Syria, War

The Syrian regime invites rebels in east Aleppo to a football match

On Wednesday morning Syrians citizens received on their mobile phones two “absurd” text messages from the regime. They were addressing civilians and rebels in east Aleppo, asking them to participate to a football match on Thursday at noon, “a goodwill gesture on the road to national reconciliation.”

“Rebels in the neighborhoods of east Aleppo, anyone who wants to attend or participate in the football match should come to Hamdaniyeh Stadium on Thursday 11/24 at 12:00 pm through the passageways announced previously”

“Rebels in the neighborhoods of east Aleppo, the governorate of Aleppo invites you to attend and participate in a football match, as a gesture of goodwill on the way to achieving national reconciliation”

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12 Aprile 2016
IS, ISIS, Military, Syria, War

On April 13 Syria will hold parliamentary election, but who is going to vote?

Homs has been completely destroyed — The city of Homs

While the civil war continues with no possible solution ahead, the Syrian government has scheduled parliamentary election for April 13. I found it pretty surreal. Citizens are asked to choose 250 members of the People’s Council from 15 multi-member constituencies but nearly half of those are not under the government control.

As we well know Raqqa is occupied by the Islamic State which recently partly lost control of Deir ez-Zor. Homs is completely destroyed, and in Aleppo the ongoing fight makes it almost impossible to vote. Latakia is also partly controlled by the Syrian Army. The Kurds who established an autonomous region, known as Rojava, will not hold the elections.

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