{"id":87310,"date":"2017-02-27T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=87310"},"modified":"2017-02-25T16:42:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T16:42:19","slug":"unique-aleppo-photos-seen-by-over-100-000-people-but-not-in-mainstream-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/02\/unique-aleppo-photos-seen-by-over-100-000-people-but-not-in-mainstream-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique Aleppo Photos Seen by over 100.000 People but Not in Mainstream Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

21 Feb 2017 – <\/em>It\u2019s probably unusual that a research organisation\u2019s photos go viral \u2013 and do so in spite of the mainstream media\u2019s manifest lack of interest in their story.<\/p>\n

But the photos I took in Aleppo in Syria December 10-14, 2016 have been seen here<\/a> by well over 100.000 people around the world, exclusively by organic, non-paid online sharing.<\/p>\n

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The author in Aleppo, Syria.<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition they\u2019ve been linked to and presented by media in the alternative press and social media in about 20 countries, sites such as Telesur, Heise\/Telepolis and Pressenza literally reaching millions.<\/p>\n

I am proud of having helped bring out the story of these people unworthy, as it seems, of the attention of the West. Because they were the majority from Eastern Aleppo who were happy to be liberated and remained in what is now government-controlled areas.<\/p>\n

Keep focus on Aleppo \u2013 #keepfocusonaleppo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aleppo\u2019s liberation was a local, national, regional and global event. Why?<\/p>\n

Because of Aleppo\u2019s history, beauty, architecture and industrial importance (50% of Syria\u2019s industrial capacity within the huge Sheikh Najjar Industrial City).<\/p>\n

Because, before the war, it had swelled from about 2 million to some 3 million people due to the environmental crisis that hit Syria.<\/p>\n

Because its Eastern part was occupied in 2012 by what I call RIOTs \u2013 Rebels, Insurgents, Opposition, Terrorists \u2013 most of the latter \u2013 who over 4,5 years created a living hell for the innocent citizens in that part.<\/p>\n

Because of the complete and systematic destruction of this cultural jewel, Aleppo, predominantly by street-to-street fighting (max 5-10% of it caused by bombardments from the air).<\/p>\n

Because RIOTs were supported with money, weapons and ammunition by the US, France, Britain and Turkey in particular \u2013 i.e. most of NATO \u2013 plus Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States \u2013 and most media reports have come from that side of the war.<\/p>\n

Because Aleppo\u2019s liberation was a turning point in this six years\u2019 long evil war that has created the largest humanitarian crisis anywhere in the world since 1945.<\/p>\n

What happened didn\u2019t fit the dominant, deceptive Western media narrative. The large majority of people in Eastern Aleppo went to the dictator\u2019s (\u201d \u201c) government-controlled side while a minority \u2013 the RIOT fighters\/occupiers and their families \u2013 went to Turkey, Idlib and other RIOT-controlled areas.<\/p>\n

More about the importance of Aleppo in TFF PressInfo # 405.<\/p>\n

But do<\/em> see the pictures of the incomprehensible, surreal destruction and of the victims of Aleppo. The victims who were happy<\/em> to have been liberated from 4,5 years of hell. About these victims you have heard almost nothing since mid-December last year.<\/p>\n

The photos are unique since I was among the first twenty or so to get in there and talk with and photograph these people \u2013 freely. I was the only person from Scandinavia.<\/p>\n

No leading Western mainstream media were present there and then. They sat in Beirut, Istanbul and Berlin telling you stories about the likely \u201cnew Srebrenica\u201d, massacres and even \u2018genocide\u2019 that would follow when Syria\u2019s dictator again controlled Aleppo.<\/p>\n

It turned out to be just that. Fake<\/em> news.<\/p>\n

My photos were Real<\/em> news. You won\u2019t see them at CNN, BBC, New York Times, Reuters, AFP, AP and those who repeat them.<\/p>\n

The destruction of Eastern Aleppo, Syria<\/a><\/p>\n

Humans in liberated Aleppo<\/a><\/p>\n

Aleppo\u2019s evil humanitarians<\/a><\/p>\n

Faces of Aleppo<\/a><\/p>\n

School in an Aleppo factory<\/a><\/p>\n

(Please respect the \u00a9 provisions of these images)<\/p>\n

And more photo stories to come from Syria.<\/p>\n

_________________________________________<\/p>\n

<\/a>TFF Director Prof. Jan Oberg is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 transnational.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

21 Feb 2017 – It\u2019s probably unusual that a research organisation\u2019s photos go viral \u2013 and do so in spite of the mainstream media\u2019s manifest lack of interest in their story. But the photos I took in Aleppo in Syria December 10-14, 2016 have been seen here by well over 100.000 people around the world, exclusively by organic, non-paid online sharing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syria-in-context"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}