Even when I’m not “looking” for stories to share from Syrians, they come to me. Sitting at the sea, a young man a few metres away began talking with me after he saw my Syria wrist-band. I asked a few general questions, and then he let loose on the hell that is life in Halab… Read More “I have worse things to tell you, but I can’t bring myself to talk about them”
June 1, 2014, Eva Bartlett, Crescent International, Rabble.ca Most news accounts of Syria paint a desolate, sectarian country where people in areas secured by the Syrian army are miserable and where people, above all, want to see Bashar al-Assad gone. In all regards I found the opposite. In particular, I found wide-spread, and… Read More “They want to start a religious war; we want to extinguish it” – Mufti of Syria
-by Eva Bartlett The footage was taken in mid-April but I’ve only just got around to deciphering and translating the Arabic (my apologies for the very rough translation, but I don’t think I’m too far off the mark). It’s important that these people’s voices are heard, because the terrorism they in Homs were facing (and… Read More Homs: April car bombing testimonies and tomorrow’s Syria election
By Eva Bartlett **first published at IPS; blog version slightly longer BEIRUT, May 30 (IPS) – Roughly three kilometres north of Beirut’s Syrian embassy in Baabda, Syrians crammed in one of an endless stream of buses, exited and continued on foot. The masses opted to walk the remaining few kilometres rather than sit… Read More Syrians Flock to Vote in Lebanon
The Syrian army is not only defending the country and the Syrian people, but fighting against terrorism, imported sectarianism, and for the rights of Syrians to live as they did before this concocted crisis began: in safety. Even now, as the elections near and rallies in support of the elections and President Assad are… Read More the upcoming elections are important. here’s why
In Gaza 