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American by birth, Syrian by blood, activist by nature. Shouting from the rooftop: FREE SYRIA. VP, Syrian Liberal Party; board president, Baytna and Nonviolence International. #Resist

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MADRID, March 11 (Reuters) - Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday as a diplomatic standoff worsened between the two countries over Spain's opposition to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.
7:47 AM • 3/11/26 • 15K Views

Idrees Ali @idreesali114 X.com MADRID, March 11 (Reuters) - Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday as a diplomatic standoff worsened between the two countries over Spain's opposition to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. 7:47 AM • 3/11/26 • 15K Views

⚠️ Spain has permanently withdrawn its ambassador to Israel, signalling a ongoing cooling of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Spain’s embassy in Tel Aviv will now reportedly operate under a charge d’affaires.

11.03.2026 16:31 👍 142 🔁 46 💬 4 📌 4
Over 100 Additional Sites May Be Linked to Syria’s Chemical-Weapons Programme, Senior Disarmament Affairs Official Tells Security Council | UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases Syria’s past chemical-weapons programme came under further scrutiny today as the Security Council examined new findings indicating that, in addition to the 26 declared sites, more than 100 other locat...

press.un.org/en/2026/sc16...

11.03.2026 04:20 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

All beautiful shades of beautiful blue. Everyone I met - and this applies to every city I’ve visited in Morocco - adores Syrians

09.03.2026 16:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Genocidal maniacs and sexual predators are doing “God’s work” How about a little lightning bolt please?

09.03.2026 10:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Following the news from Chefchaouene, Morocco. Life takes us to unexpected places!

08.03.2026 20:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
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Trump Tries to Quiet Claims Among Supporters That Israel Dragged Him Into War

Deep irony here. One reason prior presidents downgraded the ME as a US priority was their sense that Arab leaders always tried to drag the US into their conflicts. Yet it's Bibi who is pulling the strings now, while Trump desperately tries to cover it up.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

04.03.2026 14:05 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 1

I don’t post much anymore because I’m at a loss for words.

04.03.2026 05:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

US military is going to need a serious deep clean to scrub this shit out of the services.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

04.03.2026 03:37 👍 42 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1

American soldiers are being killed because the president doesn’t want you to know that he raped little children for decades. And if I’m wrong, sue me, asshole.

04.03.2026 02:04 👍 7261 🔁 1642 💬 210 📌 51
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I hate how accurate this tweet is.

01.03.2026 15:05 👍 18923 🔁 5440 💬 429 📌 228
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Kuwait air defence mistakenly shoots down three US F-15s, Centcom says <article data-history-node-id="434587" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/kuwait-air-defence-mistakenly-shoots-down-three-us-f-15s-centcom-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/kuwait-air-defence-mistakenly-shoots-down-three-us-f-15s-centcom-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Kuwait air defence mistakenly shoots down three US F-15s, Centcom says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Kuwaiti air defences mistakenly shot down three US F15 fighter jets flying in Iran-related operations, the United States Central Command (Centcom)&nbsp;said on Monday.</p> <p>"During active combat - that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles, and drones - the US Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defences," it said in a statement.</p> <p>"All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered, and are in stable condition. Kuwait has acknowledged this incident, and we are grateful for the efforts of the Kuwaiti defence forces and their support in this ongoing operation."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">At 11:03 p.m. ET, March 1, three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles flying in support of Operation Epic Fury went down over Kuwait due to an apparent friendly fire incident.<br> <br> Read more:<a href="https://t.co/i2y3Q3vo2E">https://t.co/i2y3Q3vo2E</a></p> — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href="https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/2028424933794087326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

Kuwait air defence mistakenly shoots down three US F-15s, Centcom says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/kuwait-air-defence-mistakenly-shoots-down-three-us-f-15s-centcom-says

02.03.2026 11:31 👍 27 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 5

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 👍 23244 🔁 7891 💬 695 📌 322
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 👍 23905 🔁 5972 💬 1735 📌 634
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Lebanese state bans Hezbollah military activities, prime minister says <article data-history-node-id="434589" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanese-state-bans-hezbollah-military-activities-prime-minister-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanese-state-bans-hezbollah-military-activities-prime-minister-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Lebanese state bans Hezbollah military activities, prime minister says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Lebanese government has imposed an "immediate ban" on Hezbollah's military and security activities and called on the group to hand over its weapons to the state, prime minister Nawaf Salam announced Monday.</p> <p>Salam announced "the immediate ban of all Hezbollah security and military activities and considering them illegal", and demanded the party to surrender its weapons.</p> <p>This decision comes after Hezbollah and Israel exchanged fire overnight.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Smoke ascends from the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese area of Srifa on 2 March, 2026. (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6ef4e474-4d3c-4bfe-ba33-b01b0e622a46" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Smoke%20acends%20from%20the%20site%20of%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike%20in%20the%20southern%20Lebanese%20area%20of%20Srifa%20on%202%20March%2C%202026.%20%28AFP%29.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Smoke ascends from the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese area of Srifa on 2 March, 2026. (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Smoke ascends from the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese area of Srifa on 2 March, 2026. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Lebanese state bans Hezbollah military activities, prime minister says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanese-state-bans-hezbollah-military-activities-prime-minister-says

02.03.2026 11:46 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

25.01.2026 04:26 👍 37855 🔁 11853 💬 782 📌 378
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By: Nick Anderson

25.01.2026 18:43 👍 9636 🔁 2953 💬 139 📌 69

Syrians know what dictatorship looks like. It starts with a few gov-perpetrated murders & distortion of the truth, then escalates to full-scale warfare against a civilian population. Americans, be prepared.

26.01.2026 09:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ICE terrorist

ICE terrorist

26.01.2026 09:37 👍 1026 🔁 311 💬 28 📌 10

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.

Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.

Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.

ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

25.01.2026 21:59 👍 41793 🔁 10723 💬 727 📌 327
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

25.01.2026 17:39 👍 60220 🔁 19554 💬 3135 📌 1540
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We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.

Here it is:

25.01.2026 23:08 👍 27517 🔁 6467 💬 468 📌 219

oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.

people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.

26.01.2026 03:44 👍 15697 🔁 4429 💬 442 📌 225
Dramatic stencil-style artwork on a faded American flag background with red-and-white stripes and dark blue field of stars. A masked ICE agent in black balaclava, tactical vest, pants, and boots stands behind a kneeling man in light gray hoodie and pants, gripping his head and pressing a pistol to the back of his skull in an execution pose. High-contrast black shadows emphasize tension; portrays "Trump's America where ICE execute people."

Dramatic stencil-style artwork on a faded American flag background with red-and-white stripes and dark blue field of stars. A masked ICE agent in black balaclava, tactical vest, pants, and boots stands behind a kneeling man in light gray hoodie and pants, gripping his head and pressing a pistol to the back of his skull in an execution pose. High-contrast black shadows emphasize tension; portrays "Trump's America where ICE execute people."

Trump’s gestapo.

26.01.2026 07:52 👍 193 🔁 76 💬 9 📌 2
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حزب أحرار – الليبرالي السوري يعقد اجتماع هيئاته في سراييفو ويحدد أولويات المرحلة المقبلة - أحرار - الحزب الليبرالي السوري اختُتم في سراييفو اجتماع هيئات حزب أحرار الليبرالي السوري، المنعقد بين 14 و16 نوفمبر، بمشاركة رئاسة الحزب واللجان المتخصصة وشركاء من مؤسسة SILC، وذلك بهدف متابعة العمل التنظيمي وتعزيز التخطيط الاسترات...

ahrar.party/ar/%d8%ad%d8...

21.11.2025 09:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Petition Global Petition No Peace Without Women GLOBAL PETITION: No Peace Without Women Enforce UNSCR 1325 & CEDAW General Recommendation 40 Now We, the undersigned, call on the UN Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, World lead...

No peace without women - this is global. Please sign and share widely!

www.ipetitions.com/petition/glo...

13.11.2025 16:44 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

19.10.2025 23:27 👍 26234 🔁 7375 💬 874 📌 904
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The war zone in Portland is out of control.

18.10.2025 01:09 👍 42262 🔁 11512 💬 1722 📌 893
Saturday, October 18th.
Wear yellow.
Show up.
Show out.
nokings.org

Saturday, October 18th. Wear yellow. Show up. Show out. nokings.org

Protestors are asked to wear the colour yellow to increase visibility and uniformity.

If you have extra yellow tape, clothes, or ribbons help distribute it to others. For example, you can cut old shirts and make arm bands or head bands. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

18.10.2025 13:28 👍 433 🔁 170 💬 26 📌 6
TURN OFF FACE ID & TOUCH ID

TURN OFF FACE ID & TOUCH ID

Turn off your Face ID and Touch ID if you are taking your phones to the protests. Keep it in airplane mode and use encrypted apps where possible. Protect yourself.

#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

18.10.2025 13:40 👍 1702 🔁 932 💬 37 📌 43