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#MichaelJansen @irishtimes quotes @shariahaisha brill tweet in piece on Washington riots'Arabs were infuriated by comparisons with recent uprisings in their countries, insisting their protests were against rather than in favour of authoritarian rulers' Thread https://twitter.com/shariahaisha/status/1346913684489203712
-Amazed by Jansen's sudden new found affinity with #arabspring protesters https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/like-a-dictatorship-arab-citizens-pour-scorn-on-us-over-washington-riots-1.4453306 .However #Syrian protesters walking the streets with roses barely got mention in her reporting from #Syria since 2011 /2
– instead she constantly characterised opposition to Assad as 'extremist' eg 'Many fundamentalist groups seeking to oust Syrian regime'–headline of her piece @irishtimes -27/07/12 /3
Here Jansen calls for weapons for Assad regime :sept 29th 2015: “If the Syrian army is able to improve its situation on the ground in Syria ,the bombing campaign will be more effective–the Syrian army needs to be bolstered with weapons which is what the Russians are doing.. /4
and the Iranians are doing" https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjc2OTI2ODk5L3NvdW5kcy5yc3M /5
Yet civilians have been the main target of this alliance
'The (Syrian-Russian) alliance launched dozens of air and ground attacks on civilian objects and infrastructure in violation of the laws of war, striking homes, schools, healthcare facilities, and markets /6
'The (Syrian-Russian) alliance launched dozens of air and ground attacks on civilian objects and infrastructure in violation of the laws of war, striking homes, schools, healthcare facilities, and markets /6
Senior Syrian and Russian officials have denied that their operations violated the laws of war,despite repeated allegations of unlawful attacks on schools,hospitals, and other civilian objects during at least 21 United Nations Security Council meetings'/7
via @hrw https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/10/15/targeting-life-idlib/syrian-and-russian-strikes-civilian-infrastructure /8
It is disturbing that reports of Jansen on #Syria for leading #Irish newspaper have rarely if ever been challenged via @irishtimes letters page./9
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