Kitty!!! Haaaiiii

the media certainly doesn't tell the complete story

PHEW, so true. It's hard to even begin to put words to that, I could probably write an entire article about it... In summary of my understanding/ experience- Syria is not being hit directly because everything valuable has already been decimated. The country is no longer a threat to Israel because they essentially demilitarized the government here last year. Over the course of a few days they bombed every significant military asset here. There are also no US assets here, so Iran has no reason to waste money dropping iron on us directly.

HOWEVER, Israel occupies a lot of southwest Syria these days, and they also have a long-standing partnership with the Druze, whose main concentration is in Suweyda. I live in the capital, which is only a skip and hop from where the new "buffer zone" is. So when Iran is shooting at certain areas in Israel the missiles pass over us, and are shot down before they reach Israeli turf. They have been kind in trying not to shoot them down directly over the city, but some have fallen in the suburbs of Damascus. Even a few miles away they are not fun to hear, you can feel them when they explode above. For most Syrians this is literally nothing at this point, but for me it is scary as all heck.

Theres so many more little details to it all, Syria is nothing if not complicated, but that's the meat of it.

Lots of love to you lady, it means a lot to know that I still have friends here, that I can still lay a few thoughts down on the ole blocks 💗