Dominique Soguel

“They are really very close to the combat zone, to the battlefield. They are saving lives, but they are really exhausted...” Caring for the caregivers: How #Ukraine’s medics get help. By @DSoguel w/ @naselenkoa @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2…

“The problem is monumental. Every day we get calls from people begging us to clear their land." @DSoguel spoke to HALO’s Zakaria el-Othman as 'tens of thousands of displaced families' return home to land littered with explosives in #Syria. 🗞️ @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…

#Russian “strikes steadily increased after Trump’s inauguration. They hit new heights after his first phone call with #Putin.” ‘We must hold on.’ #Ukrainians steel themselves amid Russian barrage, by @DSoguel w/ @naselenkoa via @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2…

‘We must hold on.’ #Ukrainians steel themselves amid #Russian barrage. “All our belongings are gone—but thank God we are alive. We are one of the lucky ones.” Excellent report by @DSoguel w/ @naselenkoa @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2…

#Ukraine: “It’s the fourth #Easter of this war and everyone asks me, when will this stop? I tell them we are in God’s hands." As bombs fall on Easter, a Ukrainian chaplain ministers to his front-line flock, by @DSoguel w/ @naselenkoa via @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2…

"Some victims are too traumatized to speak of their ordeal. Others share their experiences in a torrent of tears..." In #Syria’s terrorized #Alawite region, competing narratives, mutual suspicions. By @DSoguel via @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…

#Syria: '“Kill her,” a voice said, followed by the crack of a single shot fired at her chest...' In Syria’s terrorized #Alawite region, competing narratives, mutual suspicions. Powerful reportage from Hama and Latakia Provinces by @DSoguel via @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…

BREAKING: The unthinkable has just happened in Turkey: Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor and president Erdogan’s key challenger, has been arrested (on corruption charges). Turkey’s politics has stepped onto a new terrain on this day (March 19, 2025) 🧵

“Kurds gained a voice thanks to their alliances with America... For sure there was American pressure for this agreement to take place. Without it, this agreement would have been impossible.” What role for #Kurds in the ‘new’ #Syria? They’re getting mixed messages. My report w/ @DSoguel via @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…

#Syria: “What we saw happening over the last few days has a lot to do with justice – people taking justice into their own hands...” Deadly clashes in Syria are precisely what new leaders sought to avert. Excellent by @Taylor_Luck @DSoguel via @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…

I created a new map for @thestudyofwar and @criticalthreats that shows insurgent presence across Syria. The new Syrian interim government faces a nascent insurgency. Link to map below!

Syria’s Sednaya prison is sealed off from the world by towering brick-and-wire walls that encircle the compound like a noose. tinyurl.com/3bcjjy25

“Sednaya is death,” says a former prisoner who barely survived years of torture and abuse. “They would tell us, you are dogs who did not deserve to eat. Killing people became a matter of habit. There are so many things I want to forget.”

#Syria #Sednaya: “I hope he died right away rather than spending a single second in this place. There can be no justice for something like this..." Can Syria heal? For many, Step 1 is learning the difficult truth. Powerful reportage by @DSoguel @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…

#Syria: “I thought to myself, perhaps God will deliver him back to me,” he says, gripped by emotion. “Dead or alive, the important thing is to know.” Can Syria heal? For many, Step 1 is learning the difficult truth. By @DSoguel w/ my images @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…

“Give us time, just a little bit of time, to organize things,” one fighter pleaded… Waves of joy flood Damascus. But an undercurrent of distrust lingers. Report from #Syria by @DSoguel and me, via @csmonitor csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…