*) Israel must ensure urgent aid, food gets into Gaza without delay: ICJ

The world's top court has ordered Israel to "ensure urgent humanitarian assistance" in Gaza without delay, saying "famine has set in".

It also said, "Israel shall take all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay the unhindered provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance," in Gaza
And that Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only a risk of famine, but famine is setting in". 

*) Israeli strikes in Syria's Aleppo kill 33 people — report

Israel's air strikes on the Syrian countryside near Aleppo have killed and wounded at least 33 civilians and regime soldiers, according to several media reports and officials.

Syrian regime news agency SANA said that "at approximately 1:45 am, the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of Athriya, southeast of Aleppo", adding that "civilians and military personnel" had been killed and wounded in the strike on Friday.

However, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the casualties consisted of military personnel, and the attack killed at least "36 Syrian soldiers" and targeted an area "near rockets depots belonging to Lebanese group Hezbollah".

*) 'Evidence' links Ukraine to Moscow massacre — Russia 

Russia said it had evidence that the perpetrators of last week's massacre at a concert hall outside Moscow were linked to "Ukrainian nationalists", a claim the United States called "nonsense".

Despite a Daesh affiliate claiming responsibility, President Vladimir Putin and his security services continue to claim that Kiev and the West were somehow involved in the attack, which killed at least 143 people.

The Russian Investigative Committee has also said they found evidence linking the detained terrorists with Ukrainian nationalists through analysis of seized technical devices and financial transactions.

*) US seeks to stop exports to 600+ defence firms with Russia ties

A US Commerce Department official said that they are asking American companies to voluntarily stop shipping goods to more than 600 foreign parties out of concern that the items could be diverted to Russia for use in its attack on Ukraine.
 
He said that the Commerce Department had sent letters to at least 20 companies in recent weeks with the warning in its latest effort to stop Russia's war in Ukraine.

The companies in question make and sell products found in missiles and drones found in Ukraine.

*) China's Xiaomi to enter highly competitive EV market for first time
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi is set to unveil its first EV at a press conference in Beijing, entering a fiercely competitive sector in the world's biggest car market.

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said the SU7 EV will "stake its reputation" to challenge Chinese car giant BYD and Elon Musk's Tesla.

Lei said the SU7, available in blue bay, olive green, or elegant grey, even includes "sound simulation" to recreate the thrill of driving a sports car.

March 29, 2024

EXs 252 Kelfar Omega Kanun - Audio Demos in Stereo 48khz
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The EXs 252 includes both Anatolian (a.k.a Turkish Kanun) and Aleppian (a.k.a Arabic Kanun) kanuns. The kanun is an ancient instrument commonly performed across the Mediterranean region. Each region performs the kanun with the local micro-tonal tuning system. In general, the difference in the types of kanun for each region is slight. For example, the octave for the Allepian kanun starts from octave G2 (Sol2) to the highest note D6 (Re6), and the Anatolian kanun begins from octave A2 (La2) to the highest E5 (Mi5).

Combi G - 015 - Aleppo Kanun STR ST Live - Gaston Chaade

في الحلقة الثانية من "عَ بساط سوري" نحاورالكاتب والباحث علاء السيد في مكتبته في مدينة حلب، لنتحدث عن دور المبادرات الأهلية والمحلية في إحياء التراث المعرّض للتهميش

كيف نهمّش تراثنا.. أو نحييه؟

صباح فخري || من بطن مكة جاء البِشر مبتسمًا (في مدح الرسول)

صباح فخري || لولا الثغر (موال)

One of the most famous Levantine folk songs, A Rozana is a simple melody arranged for SATB. Bishr Issa cleverly uses theme and variation style to bring the text to life. Using Gibran Khalil Gibran’s poetry, humour, love and lightness are central to this arrangement.

A Rozana - SATB

نار وقصف والتحام

As Syrian rebels advanced on Damascus in a surprise lightning offensive, the Rojava Kurds seized territory from the Bashar Assad regime, and the Druze took up arms in their own region. After years of the lines in the conflict being frozen and the genocidal Assad dictatorship being "normalized," on Dec. 8 the unthinkable happened and the dictator fled. Suddenly the 13-year aim of the Syrian Revolution has been realized—the fall of the regime. But the lead rebel faction, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has an ugly past, its partner the Syrian National Army (SNA) is in the political orbit of Turkish aspiring dictator Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the threat of Arab-Kurdish ethnic war in northern Syria looms closer. Amid a conflict now dominated by armed actors, can the unarmed civil resistance that began the revolution 13 years ago re-assert itself, and revive the secular-democratic spirit of 2011? In Episode 255 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg takes a hard look.

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Syria: after the fall of the regime

I left my heart in Aleppo

كلمات الشاعرة: صفية الدغيم

إضرب فديتكَ علم الأوغادا 
كيفَ الشهادةُ تصنعُ الميلادا 

سَلِّم على الأحرارِ واحمل شوقَنا 
ودموعَنا زاداً لهم وعَتادا 

يا مَن تليقُ بكَ الثريَّا لا الثرى 
فليتخِذكَ  اللهُ حيثُ أرادا

أفدي الذينَ لهم علينا أنهم 
قد أنجبوكَ فأنجبوا الأمجادا 

شرفُ الخلودِ دنا ومثلكَ لم يكن 
من طبعهِ أن يخلفَ الميعادا

فازدد ضياءً كلما حُجِبَ المدى 
من حولِنا والليلُ زادَ سَوادا
  
اللهُ أكبرُ كلما طلبَ العُلا 
بطلٌ وأسرجَ للسماءِ جَوادا

والله أكبرُ كلما خرجَت يدٌ 
بيضاءُ يَكسرُ طُهرُها الأصفادا

روحي لمن جعلَ الرجولةَ مذهباً 
والعزَّ درباً والسموَّ مُرادا

ما كانَ من سادَ العبيدَ بقومهِ 
يوماً كمن يتسيَّدُ الأسيادا


إضرب - هيثم الحلبي

We talk about Syrian culture and heritage
بودكاست عن التراث والثقافة من سوريا

turath.masmou3@gmail.com

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