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Rami Jarrah
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Remnants of a war Journalist | AKA Alexander Page | @CJFE Intl Press Freedom Award
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 10d
Lose a single note from a melody, and the harmony falls apart. To my Druze brothers and sisters, drown out the noise of those who hate, listen to those of us who know that Syria without you is unrecognizable.

We need you.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 13d
Zelenskyy, a leader at war, uses the podium to plead not just for Ukraine, but for Syria too. I hope Al-Sharaa doesn’t return the favor with an overdose of pragmatism with Moscow. Russia might no longer murder our children, but it still murders Ukraine’s.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 15d
Prominent Egyptian-British human rights defender Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison after years behind bars and reunited with his family in an emotional celebration following a long-awaited pardon by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 16d
There is a phenomena of Syrians bootlicking for Al-Sharaa, and so while all Syrians including those who accept anything he says describe him as pragmatic, now that he has expressed he sees it as an insult, they'll backtrack and deny he is.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 16d
I should point out that there is relative freedom right now in Syria, it is not comparable to Assad's era. But overall its complicated.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 16d
An observation of one aspect of the survey

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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · Sep 4
MOST SYRIANS WANT A SECULAR DEMOCRACY:

57% support separating religion from politics
61% for democracy
8% for an islamic state

Let that sink in. And remember, Al-Sharaa and his entire government, won't even utter the word 'democracy', let alone deliver.

Link:
www.dohainstitute.org/ar/News/Page...
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 16d
here you go
arabcenterdc.org/resource/ara...
Arab Opinion Index: Syrian Public Opinion Survey 2025
The results of the latest public opinion poll conducted in Syria between July and August 2025, surveying more than 3,500 Syrians. The poll provides rare and valuable insights into public attitudes in ...
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 16d
I don't know a single person, Syrian or not, friend or foe, who doesn't call Al-Sharaa a pragmatist. it's almost a nickname with folks who couldn't even define the word calling him one.

After this interview, look out for those who will no longer see him as one. That's how you spot a bootlicker
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 22d
Problem is he's also making closed door promises to Syrians who want a democratic state, asking them to be patient until he's in a better position to sideline the Islamic state camp, then democracy can be openly embraced.

The question is not whether he's lying, but to whom?

I say to both.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 22d
You see, Al-Sharaa has made concession after concession, trading away pieces of their Islamic state dream, yet his backchannel messaging assures them it's just an act, and he'll reveal the true nature of his project when the time's right, a faithful undercover emir secretly building an Islamic state
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 22d
🧵 You would think the "Sharia First" camp would characterize Al-Sharaa the same way they describe the Arab leaders here.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 23d
Let me be clear about my threshold on Syria:

Even if Al-Sharaa governs flawlessly, if the caveat is that he rules for life, I'll oppose him ferociously. I know there are Syrians who accept the trade-off, unbothered by the failed stone-age concept of eternal rule.

That’s their issue, not mine.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 23d
I still cannot understand how voices who once exposed Assad's crimes, were able to turn a blind eye to the Alawite and Druze massacres. Some have quietly shifted since, but have yet to admit that as the massacres unfolded, they inflicted irreparable damage by resorting to Assad's denial tactics.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 23d
Syrians have every right to know whether or not Bashar Al-Assad and the long list of regime officials who escaped accountability did so as part of this deal,

concealing such consequential information is treason.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 23d
It makes Al-Sharaa directly responsible for the massacres that followed by justice being denied. He should've shared this crucial info with Syrians, even if it meant they would direct their anger at him for his decision, surely far better than seeing that anger unleashed on innocent civilians.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 23d
Anyway I'm not arguing that a deal with Russia to prevent chaos from the regime’s collapse was not sensible. But if it's true that Al-Sharaa secretly granted Assad & his inner circle an escape, leaving their victims to despairingly lash out at innocent Syrians, this is an unforgivable abuse of power
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 23d
Time and time again, Assad/his officials not facing justice has been used to dismiss the outrage of violence seen since Assad's fall, even the state commissioned investigation concluded: "many of those who carried out the massacres themselves had been victims of Assad’s oppression" = justification
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 23d
The massacres since Dec 8, have been explained away as Assad's victims having not seen their oppressors face justice, uncontrollably react against innocent civilians such as Alawites on the Coast, and anyone who hasn't appreciated this has been accused of being disconnected from reality.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 23d
Acknowledging the existence of such an agreement is significant, becuase If it also turns out that he's concealing that the deal with Russia included granting Assad and top regime officials safe passage in return for the keys to Damascus, then Al-Sharaa has blood on his hands.
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 23d
🧵 In a recent televised interview, Al-Sharaa revealed part of a deal that was struck with Russia in the days leading up to the fall of the Assad regime.

This could be part of an act of treason, here's why:
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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 24d
If this is what the conversation looks like moving forward, then what a tragic waste of the immense sacrifices Syrians have made, only to invent new idols.

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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 24d
Neither glorifying Al-Sharaa nor Tlas brings us closer to that goal. Any popularity they enjoy in this cult of personality climate is proof that we, as Syrians, have made little progress toward institutional governance, which is the foundation of a genuinely democratic future.

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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 24d
We should be striving for a genuinely empowered, legitimately elected parliament built on the participation of political parties. Who occupies the presidency should be a secondary concern, that role should be limited to implementing the decisions of the people’s representatives in parliament.

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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 24d
All this talk about Manaf Tlas as some sort of alternative to Al-Sharaa is deeply discouraging. I can’t understand why Syrians remain so fixated on strongman leadership, as if the fate of the country should rest on either of these men alone.

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Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · 28d
Not one convincing argument has been made for Al-Sharaa appointing relatives to guard billions and dominate key institutions, a state that relies on family rule to remain intact isn't a state at all, it's a reincarnation of the very system which Syrians literally just got rid of.
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