Dilmun Back after another hiatus. I’m not that important and make frequent spelling mistakes.
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Someone explain how any of this makes sense logically.
Here’s everything you need to know about the recent Jordanian-Syrian events:
1- On October 23, 2026, gunmen carried out an attack targeting a Greek Orthodox church during a funeral in Karak, Jordan, killing 9 people and wounding 34 others, according to Jordanian authorities.
2- On October 26, Jordanian authorities announced the arrest of the perpetrators of the attack and identified them as:
Hazza Zaidan Muhammad
Mishal Zaidan Muhammad
Ahmad Sami Hussein
(Photo 1)
All three are Jordanians from Karak, Jordan, and belong to the same al-Dhunibat family and clan in Jordan.
3- On October 26, the Jordanian Air Force carried out airstrikes on Daraa and Sweida in southern Syria, killing 7 civilians and wounding 3 others, according to the Syrian Civil Defense. (Photo 2)
Five of those killed were members of one family, including 3 children, in the village of Lutf in al-Lajat area of Daraa countryside.
4- Jordanian King Abdullah posted on X:
“Our brave men have pursued them into their hideouts. We said the terrorists would not escape punishment, and neither would anyone whose ideology seeks to divide Jordanians. May Allah have mercy on the martyrs, heal the wounded, and protect our homeland and people from all evil and harm.”
(Photo 3)
5- On October 26, the Jordanian army stated that its airstrikes on Syria, carried out under the name Operation “Jordanian Deterrence - Hamoud,” had been coordinated with the Syrian government.
6- On October 27, the Syrian government stated that no prior coordination had taken place with Jordan regarding the airstrikes:
“No prior coordination took place with the Syrian side regarding this military operation.”
7- Widespread public anger in Syria after the Jordanian Air Force bombed and killed 5 members of one family.
8- Daraa Civil Coordination Committees announced that Jordanian drivers are prohibited from entering Syrian territory until further notice.
9- Syrian authorities announced the closure of the Nasib border crossing between Syria and Jordan.
10- Public calls in Syria for protests outside the Jordanian embassy.
11- Some angry Syrians headed toward the border crossing with Jordan. (Video)
The Jordanian attack on Daraa makes no sense. How is this a response to the terrorist attack in Karak? Could be israeli intelligence but even so why kill all these civilians & children? And then sure Jordan has attacked Syria before but not to this scale. Truly depraved.
Deleted a post (see below) since this wasn’t the right forum instead of getting the right response I got angry DMs. If some1 has an actual answer please let me know. I noticed a change and was curious if the reason behind it was simply change in usage or if there was more to it.
Good thread critiquing Rashid Khalidi who is currently all over my feed. I still recommend his books which are helpful despite his obsession with talking about how great his family is. (1/2)
A response to Rashid Khalidi:
1) I always say at the outset that I am indebted to Rashid: he was my undergraduate advisor at AUB and later served as my advisor for MA, also at AUB. He directed me and mentored me in my education and helped me in my PhD pursuits in the US.
2) Syrian regime and the Palestinians: I have always said that I would never forgive the Syrian regime for its military intervention in Lebanon in 1976 on the side of the Phalanges and their fascist allies (Israeli militias). Syrian regime saved those forces from defeat and Syrian intervention was coordinated with US and yes Israel. However, if Rashid was upset about that—as I am—he should also be upset about the betrayal of the Palestinians in Tal Az-Za`tar by the Syrian regime and also by Yasser Arafat, who betrayed the Palestinians as many times as the Syrian regime. And if Rashid was bothered (as I am) about Syrian regime alliance with the Phalanges at the time, Arafat and his corrupt PLO also aligned with the LF in various stages of the war and always kept secret channels with them throughout the war—even when they were slaughtering Palestinians. Read the pathetic letter that Abu Iyad wrote to Amin Gemayel AFTER Sabra and Shatila massacres (Gemayel published in his memoirs). Also, if Rashid is bothered by Syrian regime ties to LF (as I am) he should also be upset that PLO of Arafat supported in later stages of the civil war the Lebanese Forces and supplied them with arms. LF’s official representative in Israel, Pierre Rizk, was later made a special financial and political advisor of Arafat.
Rumble Rumble retweeted
The people looking at apartments and asking “where will the children play?” were right.
And this is a big deal if you want to scale up apartment living. In any society that will still be a society in 50 years most people will have kids early in their career.
Pan Arab colors and colors chosen for the flag of the Arab revolt. There are two explanations of why they were chosen. The first is the famous poem by the poet Safi Al Din Al Hilli which translates to: (1/3)
Ask the high rising spears, of our aspirations
Bring witness the swords, did we lose hope
We are a band, honor halts our souls
Of beginning with harm, those who won't harm us
White are our deeds, black are our battles,
Green are our fields, red are our swords. (2/3)
A country with the most educated population in the Gulf with a history going back to thousands of years and a previously strong civil society (now destroyed), sold its soul to the devil and now reduced to being a beggar nation.
Rumble Rumble retweeted
صادفتُ على منصة X مقطعاً مصوّراً استفزّني لشخصية عُرّفت بأنها متحدث عسكري سابق ومحلل أمني وسياسي، تتحدث عبر قناة تلفزيونية يبدو أنها تبثّ من خارج المنطقة. ولا أعلم متى بُثّت الحلقة التي اقتُطع منها المقطع، فقد تكون عُرضت قبل فترة. لكن ما ورد فيها من تهكّم واستخفاف بدول الخليج، واستصغار لحجمها وقوتها، وتوزيع لأراضيها على دول مجاورة، يستحق التوقف عنده، وكأن هذه الدول كيانات بلا شعوب أو إرادة أو سيادة.
وتعليقي لا يستهدف هذه الشخصية بعينها، فأنا لا أعرفها ولا أعلم موقعها أو حجم تأثيرها في المشهد السياسي، بقدر ما يستهدف فكراً يتجاوز حدود الواقع، ويصادر إرادة الشعوب، ويتعامل مع الأوطان وكأنها غنائم قابلة للتقسيم والضمّ وفق الأهواء. وهو فكر لا يرى في هذه التصورات سوى أحلام لن تجد طريقها إلى الواقع، مهما بالغ أصحابها في الترويج لها.
يبدو أن أصحاب هذا الفكر يجهلون أن هذه الأوطان ليست خرائط تُمحى أو تُدمج وفق أهوائهم، بل كيانات لها تاريخها وشعوبها التي تدافع عن أرضها، وتضحّي من أجل حريتها واستقلالها، وترفض الخضوع لهيمنة أي طرف خارجي.
ومهما اشتدّ خلافنا مع الأنظمة، فإن خلافنا شأن وطني داخلي، لا يمنح أحداً حق الوصاية على أوطاننا، ولا يبرّر التدخل في شؤونها. فالمعارضة الوطنية، بمختلف مكوّناتها وأطيافها، جزءٌ من نسيج أوطانها، وولاؤها لأرضها وشعوبها لا ينتقص منه اختلافها مع السلطة، ولا تنال منه محاولات التشكيك في نواياها أو إلصاق التهم بها. فنحن نختلف داخل البيت الواحد، لكننا لا نقبل أن يفرض أحدٌ هيمنته عليه، أو أن يتخذ من خلافاتنا ذريعةً للتدخل في شؤوننا أو الانتقاص من سيادتنا.
ومن يراهن على غير ذلك فهو واهم، فالتاريخ حافل بالشواهد والمواقف التي أثبتت أصالة هذه الشعوب، ووفاءها لأرضها، وتمسّكها بسيادتها.
فلتخرس أصوات الوصاية والتهكّم، وليعلم الجميع أن سيادة الأوطان ليست مادة للسخرية، ولا حقاً لأحد في مصادرتها.
Rumble Rumble retweeted
Becoming a fan of a billionaire who is “often wrong” but “tells it like it is” is a strange response.
I’m increasingly becoming a fan of @USAMBTurkiye. You can agree or disagree with his analysis, and his historical facts are often wrong. But he doesn’t try to hide what he truly thinks. He tells it like it is.
The problem with many of these so called Middle Eastern experts is that they outright lie. But no one seems to care.
America is shariafying.
Women-only gyms can offer rigorous workouts without the male gaze. Research has found a barrier to exercise for women was feeling under surveillance in gyms with unwanted comments while working out, most often from men.
nytimes.com/2026/10/22/well/…
The end result of all of this is going to be something weirder than all the patriarchal traditions that were discarded, which at the very least had a clear logic behind them.
A proposed change to New York rape law would force sexual partners to become mind readers. Even if they get apparent, objective consent, the other partner could still claim rape afterward if she was intoxicated.
unherd.com/2026/10/a-dangero…
Good read and reminder.
The truth about Abdel-Basset al-Sarout is far more complex that what Dr Rahmeh is portraying.
I do understand why many people feel the urge to honor his memory and why many of the tributes have been laudatory in nature, harking back to the early days of the Syrian uprising. There’s no doubt that Sarout was an early revolutionary who galvanized the protest movement in his hometown of Homs. There’s also no doubt that he personally suffered at the hands of the Assad regime, losing multiple family members as Assad cracked down on the protests and bombed Homs to rubble. Surely this played into his transformation from non-violent protester to rebel leader, and I do recommend you watch Return to Homs to get a better feel for his evolution.
Having said that, Sarout also clearly became radicalized over time, and passing over in silence his sectarian views and ignoring his extremism as the Syrian uprising progressed into full blown-war is doing truth a disservice. Whether it be his comments directed to Jabhat al-Nusra (Al-Qaeda) about uniting to fight the Christians and taking back the lands that the Shias and infidels supposedly took, or encouraging the slaughtering of the Alawis, or glorifying Bin Laden and celebrating 9/11, or the infamous pledge of allegiance he supposedly made to ISIS (which has often been misreported by both Assad loyalists and the opposition), this part of his life surely taints his legacy as the “Songbird of the Revolution”.
I wrote a detailed article about him, both the Good and the Bad, after he was killed 7 years ago by the Assad regime. Link below if you’re interested in getting a more comprehensive view of his life.
notesfromunderground.me/2019…
