Paul McLoughlin
Senior News Editor at NewArab
Head of News, Syria Insight @The_NewArab one-time journo in Oman, Jordan, UAE BA Modern Middle East History @OfficialUoM MA Corruption & Governance @SussexUni
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1 week ago |
newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin
A pile of stones is all that distinguishes one man’s land from another in Suweida — black igneous rock worn smooth over the centuries by wind and sun, before being gathered by a solitary farmer to mark the grounds of a budding olive grove. The borders of Suweida are harder to define.
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2 weeks ago |
newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin
Jaramana has been hit with communal violence several times since the fall of Assad [Getty] Suweida and the Damascus suburbs witnessed a night of relative calm on Wednesday night following two days of communal clashes between armed Sunni and Druze civilians, after General Security moved into flashpoint towns to restore order.
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3 weeks ago |
newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin
On 13 April, Syria’s interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa made a surprise visit to Abu Dhabi where he met UAE President Mohammed bin Zayid, a key Arab ally of the former regime of Bashar Al-Assad and supposed patron of a rebellious armed group in Daraa province, the Eighth Brigade, led by former rebel leader Ahmed Al-Awda.
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4 weeks ago |
newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin
In the southernmost reaches of Syria is a province still fiercely guarding a distinct way of life through centuries of war, colonisation, and oppression. The Druze, followers of an offshoot of Ismaili Islam that emphasises the oneness of God with influences from Greek pagan ideas, have found refuge over the ages in the mountains hemmed between the Syrian desert and the border of Jordan, an epicentre of an isolated religious community scattered across the Levant.
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1 month ago |
newarab.com | Paul McLoughlin
Daraa, Syria - In southwest Syria, within the sights of Israeli artillery positioned on the hilltops of the occupied Golan Heights, there is evidence of a massacre. Shredded shoes once attached to living bodies lie among the mangled innards of rockets dispatched to support an Israeli invasion party under fire from locals.
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Last month I visited Suweida for @The_NewArab where I spoke with local Druze religious, military and community leaders about the new gov’t and future of Syria. It came just weeks before the recent clashes, here is what I found: https://t.co/FygfkgptqJ
RT @SyriaNotes: ‘The future is still uncertain’ @PaullMcLoughlin of @The_NewArab talks to leading Druze figures in Suweida about challenge…
RT @The_NewArab: Suweida has become a microcosm of the challenges and divisions facing the new Syrian government amid a regional powerplay…