updated Wed. April 3, 2024
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The Daily Star
April 17, 2018
DOUMA, Syria: It used to provide fresh food for the Syrian capital; now its hungry people are queuing for bread handouts from a truck. ... on walls and shop fronts: “Eastern Ghouta, land of heroes and foundry of men,” and “Douma is the graveyard of the shabiha,” or thugs, referring to pro-Assad militias.
Consortium News
April 10, 2018
After the provocation, the US plans to accuse Syria's government forces of using chemical weapons … furnish the so-called 'evidence' … and Washington plans to deliver a missile and bomb strike against Damascus' government .... threatened with death by “shabiha” supporters of the Syrian president.
Antiwar.com
April 10, 2018
Not content with the destruction of Iraq and Libya based on false claims, they are now pressing for a direct US attack on Syria. As a dangerous prelude, .... Engel and his media team were reportedly kidnapped and threatened with death by "shabiha" supporters of the Syrian president. After days in captivityÃâà...
The Intercept
April 9, 2018
They also offer an insider account of the death of French journalist Gilles Jacquier, who, according to one regime defector, was assassinated in a government attack staged to look like a rebel assault while Jacquier was reporting in Syria under official approvals. The Syrian government declined to commentÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
April 7, 2018
What occasioned this diatribe was news of Army of Islam factions having been driven out of Eastern Ghouta by the Syrian regime under the protection of the Russian Army and with the help of Iranian militias. I believe that Bashar Assad, his father before him, his brothers, his Shabiha thugs and the rest of hisÃâà...
Open Democracy
April 3, 2018
Tens of thousands were arrested and tortured, while female protesters reported sexual assault by regime thugs, the shabiha.” According to Philips' analysis, from the beginning of the conflict the regime sought to dismantle the Syrian societal fabric as a means to maintain power and quell rebellion. It did soÃâà...
Eurasia Review
April 1, 2018
Yet the public in this region, especially with family members in Syria who know well the details of last week's UN study documenting that Syrian troops and government-linked militia, including Hezbollah, have systematically for the past six years used rape and sexual violence against civilians, atrocities thatÃâà...
Yeni Şafak English
February 27, 2018
The PKK-Shabiha alliance, which is trying to use mountainous paths as alternative routes, is trying to reach Afrin using the Nubbul-Burch al Kas-Burat-Jebel ... Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and Free Syrian Army (FSA) units are approaching Syria's Afrin city center as part of Operation Olive Branch. As per theÃâà...
Global Voices Online
February 20, 2018
The voice of one of the women featured in the documentary shakes as she remembers the dreadful moments leading up to her rape at one of Syria's notorious detention centers. Arrested at a .... She was raped along with her daughters before the Shabiha militia members slit their throats one after another.
Daily Sabah
February 20, 2018
In addition to numerous Iran-backed Shiite militia groups in Syria that are fighting for the Assad regime, the Hashd Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces ... as the Iranian-backed terror groups and militia continue aiding and abetting Syrian regime in attacks against civilians and moderate opposition groups.
The Independent
February 19, 2018
The reference to “popular forces” indicate that the initial units may not be regular Syrian army but paramilitaries composed of, among others, Shia Afghans recruited in Iran, and the Shabiha – the militia of Syria's ruling Alawite community. Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in response to theÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
February 17, 2018
Seven years into the war in Syria, the cradle of the uprising against Bashar Assad has devastated neighborhoods in what is seen as “Syria's Stalingrad”, ... A mechanic also told Asharq Al-Awsat that he couldn't keep his shop open for long after the shabiha forced him to repair their cars without paying him.
Modern Diplomacy
February 14, 2018
In reality, Al-Bustan has turned into the primary source of financing for different Shabiha paramilitary units unrelated to the official Syrian security agencies. In effect, Rami Makhlouf is using Al-Bustan to set up private military companies controlled by himself. The most prominent such units are Liwa Dir'Ãâà...
Middle East Monitor
February 8, 2018
The International Network to Prosecute War Criminals has added the former Syrian Defence Minister Fahd Al-Freej to its list of war criminals, accusing him ... Al-Freej ordered his militias forces, Al-Shabiha, to suppress the popular demonstrations, arrest thousands of demonstrators and torture them to death.
Harvard Political Review
November 23, 2017
Strong minority support for the government led Assad to rely on sectarian militias, including the notorious Alawite “Shabiha” paramilitary, armed ... While Russia has economic and geopolitical interests in Syria, as well as an important military base on the Syrian coast, its involvement in the conflict has alsoÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
July 2, 2017
Damascus – Damascenes are living in great fear as the Syrian regime comes closer to restoring its complete control over the capital. They fear that the return of the regime will see the occurrence of the crimes that were committed in Aleppo when it recaptured it from the opposition. The city had witnessed inÃâà...
