I'm a Syrian citizen currently living in Syria. AMA.
Hello,
After posting an AMA in r/IAmA, I received many messages in my inbox asking me to keep replying to my post even though the mods took of the page and removed its content. Also, I was asked by a mod here to do a follow up AMA, to explain my opinion about the ongoing civil war in a more proper subreddit.
I'm a Syrian citizen, currently live in Syria. I'm 25 years old and about to graduate from college. I am pro-revolution and anti-Assad. I participated in the peaceful demonstrations and was arrested twice by Assad's forces. I am not pro-all rebels, I am anti-Nusra and anti-ISIL. I am a secular humanist not a calling-for-jihad Muslim. I am against the US intervention in Syria, but in support of an international intervention to take Syria into stability.
Everything I say here is reflect only the personal opinion that I embraced from witnessing some of the events since March 2011 until now. I do not claim to represent the general opinion of all Syrians in any way, and I urge you not to take it to be true, and look for the truth yourself.
Proof of both my nationality and my location was sent to mods of this subreddit and to r/IAmA mods, but I will probably post something here tomorrow. Please don't accuse me of being a CIA agent.
EDIT1: I took 3 photos of today's Al-Baath newspaper, which is one of the three major local newspapers run by the regime, with today's timestamp. The writing is only in Arabic, so you have to get someone to translate the content for you. Links are here, here and here. I think by that I proved without a doubt that I'm currently inside Syria.
EDIT2: You can also check my AMA on r/IAmA, it has been taken down from the subreddit, but although the content of the original post was deleted, there are tons of questions and answers that are still available to read. Link here.
Posted Sep 2, 2013, 5:51 PM UTC · edited