Syria News Wire

Five years ago today I became a blogger.
14 February 2005 was a pretty important day to start writing about Syria, because next door, Mr Lebanon had taken his last breath.
Socially, politically and economically, Syria has changed more in the past five years than in any similar period in our generation. Here are a few of [...]

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Oh no, it’s one of those apologetic posts which mean little to the reader, but assuage the guilt of the lazy writer. I have been busy blah blah blah. You know the deal. But no, I have actually been busy. Really.
I’ve been doing something that may even make it on to this blog at the [...]

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I’ve added a new section to the site. ‘Must See’ is a treasure trove of my favourite posts from this blog (ego!) and others.
The link is in the navigation bar at the top of the site. Let me know if you have suggestions for more stuff to add there. Go click!

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For some reason, I have been submitting empty posts for the past couple of days. I have sorted it out, and I am now reposting everything again.

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I’ve put a new set of images across the site. I hope you enjoy.
I’d love to know what you think – have I made the right choices for the right pages? There are more details about where to find all five images here.
The original photo, of the Occupied Syrian Golan is not forgotten – it’s still [...]

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If you are trying to email me today or tomorrow, your email may bounce back. Try sending it again. It should eventually get through. (It’s because I’m moving servers).
Also, big apologies if you’re reading this on RSS and you’ve been getting a lot of test posts over the past 24 hours – it’s for the [...]

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“Welcome to the axis of evil” is my first article for Frontline.
“It’s a devastating critique. Syria is being kept in the dark ages because of a lack of American culture, and poor access to the internet argues a Gulf-based journalist.”
You can read the rest of it here.

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Tweet tweet. The Syria News Wire is on Twitter. Follow @syrianews.
I’ve been doing it for a while – and yes, I have fallen under the Twitter spell. But I promised I won’t blog about it until I hit 100 followers.
As well as the latest headlines from Syria, you’ll get links to stories from around the [...]

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