Interview with RT yesterday on the ongoing HTS (al-Qaeda in Syria) slaughter of Syrian civilians, primarily Alawites, possibly exceeding 10,000 civilians killed in less than 1 week. Civilians are being slaughtered at rapid rate by point blank executions, stabbings, slitting throats... If the number 10,000 civilians killed in one week is accurate, that's the equivalent number of Damascus civilians killed by terrorists in 7 years. [ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/03/22/they-know-that-we-know-they-are-liars-they-keep-lying-wests-war-propaganda-on-ghouta-crescendos/] However, sources with on the ground sources in Syria suggest the number of slaughtered civilians could be 20,000 or more--in 1 week! Keep in mind, this doesn't include the Syrians who were being tortured and killed from December 2024 onwards, after HTS took Syria. See: https://evakarenebartlett.substack.com/p/in-the-new-free-diverse-syria-minorities Regarding terrorist massacres of civilians during the war on Syria (2011-2024), see: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/deconstructing-the-nato-narrative-on-syria/ Points I would've added had there been more time: I want to emphasize that the most important thing to be discussing now is that ethnic cleansing, massacres continue at full pace in spite of promises otherwise and this needs to be front page around the world. Al-Julani announced the end to the so-called 'military operation' (his HTS ethnic cleansing massacre) yes, but began the massacres elsewhere. The killing has continued, every day throughout the day there are reports of new massacres. On March 10 it was reported that coinciding with the UN's visit to coastal areas, HTS terrorists took children hostage, sending a message to the parents that if they say anything, or don't say what (the terrorists) want them to say, they will burn the children. People are literally trapped in their homes without food, no way to escape, literally awaiting death squads to break into their homes and gun them down, as has been the case all along the coast and into Hama, also in Aleppo, Damascus and elsewhere. Some days ago, a Christian family was massacred, the parents & their children. They were preceded & followed by many more massacres of Christians. The fact that these barbaric massacres are continuing unabated, not stopped by international institutions and Western states highlights their hypocrisy: They were the first to call for intervention for far far lesser accusations of wrongdoing by the Syria, or Russian, army. These accusations-- starving the people, chemical attacks--were false. It was in every case terrorists who starved civilians and hoarded food aid. But even these comparably far minor crimes, blamed on the Syrian government, were enough for international outrage & calls for intervention. But amply and continually documented mass slaughter of civilians, of children, that isn't enough? Syrian lives, whether Alawite, Shia, Christian, Sunni or other are no less precious than our lives. If this was happening in a Western nation, people would be horrified. So, be horrified for Syrians and speak out. **BTW: I had a lot to say, sometimes things come out wrong ("fighting") on the spot. I'm VERY clear in my writings & in general that this is a slaughter of innocent civilians. Feel free to comment on RT's uploads of the interview: https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/syria-war-israel:f?r=GSiy4sKoNdFjKycqZRUs4hRmZwjcuqon https://rumble.com/v6ql0hs-media-severely-downplays-number-of-civilians-killed-in-syria-eva-bartlett.html

In studio interview on Sputnik Orbiting the World. "Speaking truth to power ought to be the duty of journalism but it is not. Speaking the power's "truth" is the way to get and keep the gig in today's media – and if you do so, you’ll be richly rewarded with money and flattery. One of our frequent guests, Patrick Cockburn, had a great journalist father, Claud Cockburn, who said that the relationship of the journalist to power should be that of the dog to the lamp-post. Nothing is true, he'd say, until it has been officially denied. Fortunately, every now and then a journalist emerges who goes where few dare, who speaks what few will speak, without fear or favor. One such journalist is Eva Bartlett, so we invited her into the Sputnik studio to speak truth to power." https://www.rt.com/shows/sputnik/417785-journalism-duty-truth-addict/ Related post: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/02/06/talking-syria-media-lies-on-sputnik-orbiting-the-world/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/

When in Syria in June 2017, I gave the following interview on Syria Insider, with a focus on: -Terrorist attacks on Aleppo, including on a Nov 2016 visit [https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/aleppo-how-us-saudi-backed-rebels-target-every-syrian-war-diary-by-western-journalist-eva-bartlett-on-the-truth-about-aleppo/ ] -Corporate media's disappearance of over 4,100 doctors in Aleppo [https://www.sott.net/article/325238-Western-corporate-media-disappears-over-1-5-million-Syrians-and-4000-doctors ] -Aleppo post-liberation: hospitals occupied, hospitals not destroyed [https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/syria-war-diary-what-life-is-like-under-moderate-rebel-rule/] -Omran Daqneesh: The boy exploited by world media [https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/the-father-of-iconic-aleppo-boy-says-media-lied-about-his-son/][https://www.rt.com/op-edge/391958-aylan-omran-child-victims-syria-propaganda/] -TheWhite Helmets (al-Qaeda with a facelift): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aAaReVn2I4 -On the ground in Madaya and al-Waer (Homs): [https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/syria-war-diary-order-returns-to-western-cities-civilians-recount-horrors-of-rebel-rule/] Syria's Reconciliation Minister: [(2014): https://dissidentvoice.org/2014/08/as-foreign-insurgents-continue-to-terrorize-syria-the-reconciliation-trend-grows/] Replying to Smear Campaigns Whitewashing Terrorists: [https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the-mainstream-media-whitewashed-al-qaeda-and-the-white-helmets-in-syria/5624930][https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/01/20/a-personal-reply-to-the-fact-challenged-smears-of-terrorist-whitewashing-channel-4-snopes-and-la-presse/] Related Links: -on two months travel in Syria 2016: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2016/08/11/updates-from-on-the-ground-in-syria-june-to-august-11/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/

Brief chat with Syrian journalist in mid April, 2014. Photo is from mortar explosion in east Damascus late April 2014. Related later articles: https://zeroanthropology.net/2014/09/11/the-terrorism-we-support-in-syria-a-first-hand-account-of-the-use-of-mortars-against-civilians/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/university-hospital-damascus-meeting-victims-of-western-backed-mortar-and-rocket-terrorism/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/

March 27, 2024 "In a conversation with Eva Bartlett, Brian Gerrish (UK Column) learns what takes a young woman from Canada to travel to explore the world. Bartlett (2007) paid for herself to go to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (2008-2013) to understand what was really happening. Eva paid a price for her courage on the front lines: she suffered physical harm from Israeli soldiers & from illegal Jewish colonists; she endured arrest, shackling and custody by the Israeli police; and she experienced the trauma of being in the firing line when Israeli troops targeted live rounds against unarmed Palestinian protestors—a frequent occurrence. Eva visited Syria (2014-2021, 15 times), rather than relying on the reports of others while observing from a distance. Western media reports on the Syrian war were heavily distorted to meet what she clearly regards as a US-UK-NATO official line. In more recent years, Eva went to see and experience the reality of life in both the Crimea and in the Donbass. It was in the Donetsk environs that Eva was to understand the horrors of the Ukrainian shelling and rocket attacks that the Russian civilian population has endured for nearly a decade. She spoke with local families, she witnessed the destruction, and she filmed and reported the reality of the dead bodies and parts of bodies of those killed in recent attacks. Placing herself at risk on the front line of conflict zones, Eva Bartlett has then had to defend herself against vile and dangerous social media and related attacks. Abuse ranges from accusations of cowardice by armchair social media warriors to her being placed on Myrotvorets (‘Peacemaker’), the supposedly non-official Ukrainian death list Canadian state-aligned media (CBC), clearly intent on undermining her Donbas reporting in whatever manner they could, smeared her, drawing from the kill list entry... Related: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/about-me/ https://opt2007.wordpress.com/category/my-entries-from-occupied-palestine-apr-dec-2007/ https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/reflections-on-accountability/ https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/illegal-colonists-assault-palestinian-farmers/ https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/arrested-for-protesting-illegal-roadblock/ Israeli Military Shoot Gaza Farmer https://youtu.be/zSECq3kxT4I?si=nkVj9UD-EFD3hqin&t=88 https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/observations-from-occupied-palestine-in-gaza/ My Gaza playlist: https://odysee.com/$/playlist/ce33a0a4910ada76a21dffe25319f136eb6e96f6 https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/deconstructing-the-nato-narrative-on-syria/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/return-to-russia-crimeans-tell-the-real-story-of-the-2014-referendum-and-their-lives-since/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/the-donbass-my-articles-videos-interviews-from-on-the-donetsk-lugansk-peoples-republics-2019-present/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-years/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/im-on-a-hit-list-kiev-allows-to-silence-dissent-journalism-thats-all-you-need-to-know-about-ukrainian-democracy/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/07/17/government-funded-cbc-smears-me-interview-with-maverick-media-cbc-fake-news-hit-piece-targets-journalists-eva-bartlett/

On September 6, 2018, the day of the opening of the 60th Damascus International Fair, I spoke to Aleppo MP Fares Shehabi. He spoke of the fair and fairs prior, noting that last year's fair was bombed by what the West dubs "moderate" terrorists [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-mortar/six-people-killed-in-mortar-attack-at-damascus-fair-monitor-idUSKCN1B00MX], and that for 6 years the fair was not held at all, again due to the terrorists who were surrounding Damascus. Fares Shehabi: “The 59th fair, last year, was in August. Those in eastern Ghouta, the so-called 'rebels', al-Qaeda gangs, they targeted the entry of this fair and killed some people, visitors and participants. One lady from old Damascus, was killed, she was participating in this fair—she had a clothing garment factory—and she was killed at the door, along with three or four people. Thank God the Syrian army liberated eastern Ghouta and we don't have any more terrorists there, and everybody's free now, and safe—that's most important.” "We expect high participation from many countries and local firms. It's about a political statement, an economic statement, that we won this war and we will win also the reconstruction war, and this is just one proof of it." This year, with eastern Ghouta and areas around Damascus liberated of terrorists, the fair can proceed in peace. Syria continues to show the world what strength, resilience, humanity and love remain as ever in this beautiful nation. Related: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/09/25/damascus-trade-fair-and-festival-of-the-cross-mark-the-return-of-peace-to-much-of-syria/

Eid al Celib, Maaloula. When terrorists occupied Maaloula, this ancient tradition was not held, the only time in it's nearly 1700 year history, Maaloula resident Abdo Haddad told me last year when the festival resumed. More on this history: "The celebration dates back to 320 AD, when Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, sent officials to Jerusalem to find the Holy relic of the cross on Mount Golgotha, which they did on 14 September. In order to inform the emperor and his mother, who lived in Constantinople, bonfires were lit on every peak located along the 1,170 km that separate the two cities. For centuries, Maaloula was the centre of this celebration, with pilgrims and faithful gathering each year from around Syria and the world." http://www.asianews.it/news-en/-Maaloula-refugees-celebrate-the-Exaltation-of-the-Cross,-pray-for-their-martyrs-29017.html My related article: Damascus Trade Fair and Festival of the Cross Mark the Return of Peace to Much of Syria https://www.mintpressnews.com/damascus-trade-fair-and-christian-festival-mark-return-of-peace-to-syria/249731/ My prior articles from Maaloula https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/devastation-and-inspiration-recalling-liberated-maloula/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2016/10/20/overcoming-savagery-and-treachery-maaloulas-heroic-defenders-fight-for-the-future/

Moments of tranquility in this ancient town, Maaloula, which suffered from terrorist occupation, bombardment and sniping from September 2013 till its full liberation in April 2014. My related articles: https://www.mintpressnews.com/damascus-trade-fair-and-christian-festival-mark-return-of-peace-to-syria/249731/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/devastation-and-inspiration-recalling-liberated-maloula/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2016/10/20/overcoming-savagery-and-treachery-maaloulas-heroic-defenders-fight-for-the-future/

On September 13 annually, Maaloula holds the Festival of the Cross. This year, I attended, going to one of the masses and seeing the impressive fires and other lights on top of the mountain overlooking the peaceful, but terror-ravaged, village. More: "The celebration dates back to 320 AD, when Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, sent officials to Jerusalem to find the Holy relic of the cross on Mount Golgotha, which they did on 14 September. In order to inform the emperor and his mother, who lived in Constantinople, bonfires were lit on every peak located along the 1,170 km that separate the two cities. For centuries, Maaloula was the centre of this celebration, with pilgrims and faithful gathering each year from around Syria and the world." http://www.asianews.it/news-en/-Maaloula-refugees-celebrate-the-Exaltation-of-the-Cross,-pray-for-their-martyrs-29017.html * My related article: Damascus Trade Fair and Festival of the Cross Mark the Return of Peace to Much of Syria https://www.mintpressnews.com/damascus-trade-fair-and-christian-festival-mark-return-of-peace-to-syria/249731/ My prior articles from Maaloula https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/devastation-and-inspiration-recalling-liberated-maloula/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2016/10/20/overcoming-savagery-and-treachery-maaloulas-heroic-defenders-fight-for-the-future/

A 60 mm shell was fired at our hotel at around 7:30 this morning, hitting roughly 20 metres away, causing the injuries of bystanders. A second shell was also fired in the vicinity. Elsewhere in Damascus, a building was shelling, killing one woman--the wife of the former vice president of Damascus university--as she cooked in her kitchen. https://ingaza.wordpress.com/my-published-articles-and-other-musings-from-and-on-syria-20142015/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/

On the morning of April 15, "rebels" in the Jobar district shelled a Damascus elementary school, killing one child and injuring at least 62 more, some of whom are critically-injured, some of whom lost limbs. A second school--a kindergarten--was also shelled the same morning, in the same densely-inhabited Christian area of Damascus, injuring 3 more children. See Also: Children injured by “rebel” shelling of Manar school, Damascus https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/children-injured-by-rebel-shelling-of-manar-school-damascus/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/the-terrorism-we-support-in-syria-a-first-hand-account-of-the-use-of-mortars-against-civilians/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/

Glimpse inside

Carlos has been living in Syria much of the past three years. He gave his thoughts on the current situation. https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/

April 23, Damascus.

Chat with popcorn vendor in the busy square opposite Umayyad mosque, old Damascus, Apr 18, 2014. Related: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/in-syria-life-goes-on-despite-everything/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/

Rafi, an Armenian from Kasab, northwestern Syria, tells of the events of Mar 21, 2014, when insurgents fired mortars and missiles on Kasab, then invaded the village. "On March 21, NATO-backed mercenary forces and Turkish Armed Forces launched a massive offensive on the Syrian border town of Kasab in the Latakia province. The unprecedented overt military aggression by Turkey and its NATO allies is the clearest indication of their desperation in the face of Syria's steady progress towards a decisive victory on all fronts. ...on March 21, backed up by the heavy artillery fire of the Turkish Armed Forces, over 1500 mercenaries launched a coordinated assault from at least five separate points across Turkey's border with Syria. They were directly commanded by NATO's radar base on Keldagi (Mount Aqraa) on the border and supported by the Turkish Armed Forces. The mercenaries used pick-up trucks fitted with anti-aircraft weapons, tanks belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces, vehicles loaded with heavy weaponry and lorries. The primary and initial assault was the one launched from the Yayladagi border gate to the opposite Kasab border gate, during which masked Turkish special forces troops killed 15 Syrian border guards." http://www.globalresearch.ca/nato-and-turkeys-genocidal-war-on-syria/5377216 "The Armenian populated villages of Kessab, Syria were the target of three days of brutal cross-border attacks from Turkey by al-Qaeda affiliated armed bands, which have cost 80 lives and forced the civilian population of the area to flee to neighboring hills, with many seeking safe-haven in the nearby cities of Latakia and Basit." ---from "Reports Cite 80 Dead in Kessab; Churches Desecrated" http://asbarez.com/121007/reports-cite-80-dead-in-kessab-churches-desecrated/ see also: Armenian Homes in Kessab Looted, Occupied http://asbarez.com/121079/armenian-homes-in-kessab-looted-occupied/ Syria's Kessab: The devastation of an Armenian safe haven http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/19173 The Liberation Of Kassab https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/07/02/the-liberation-of-kassab/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/

A young Armenian woman from Kasab (Kassab, Kessab) speaks of what happened in the early hours of Mar 21, 2014, when the largely-Armenian village of Kasab came under attack by a volley of mortars and missiles, followed by insurgents who as she said "destroyed everything and raped our older women because they couldn't find any girls." "On March 21, NATO-backed mercenary forces and Turkish Armed Forces launched a massive offensive on the Syrian border town of Kasab in the Latakia province. The unprecedented overt military aggression by Turkey and its NATO allies is the clearest indication of their desperation in the face of Syria's steady progress towards a decisive victory on all fronts. ...on March 21, backed up by the heavy artillery fire of the Turkish Armed Forces, over 1500 mercenaries launched a coordinated assault from at least five separate points across Turkey's border with Syria. They were directly commanded by NATO's radar base on Keldagi (Mount Aqraa) on the border and supported by the Turkish Armed Forces. The mercenaries used pick-up trucks fitted with anti-aircraft weapons, tanks belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces, vehicles loaded with heavy weaponry and lorries. The primary and initial assault was the one launched from the Yayladagi border gate to the opposite Kasab border gate, during which masked Turkish special forces troops killed 15 Syrian border guards." http://www.globalresearch.ca/nato-and-turkeys-genocidal-war-on-syria/5377216 "The Armenian populated villages of Kessab, Syria were the target of three days of brutal cross-border attacks from Turkey by al-Qaeda affiliated armed bands, which have cost 80 lives and forced the civilian population of the area to flee to neighboring hills, with many seeking safe-haven in the nearby cities of Latakia and Basit." ---from "Reports Cite 80 Dead in Kessab; Churches Desecrated" http://asbarez.com/121007/reports-cite-80-dead-in-kessab-churches-desecrated/ see also: Armenian Homes in Kessab Looted, Occupied http://asbarez.com/121079/armenian-homes-in-kessab-looted-occupied/ Syria's Kessab: The devastation of an Armenian safe haven http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/19173 The Liberation Of Kassab https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/07/02/the-liberation-of-kassab/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/