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Sonja van den Ende

Sonja van den Ende is an independent journalist from the Netherlands who has written about Syria, the Middle East, and Russia among other topics. She writes for several news outlets and studied Journalism and English (BA), and has also done a study in Global Media, War and Technology (BA). She is currently based in Moscow, Russia, covering the Special Military Operation and before that the war in Syria.
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The atrocities unfolding on Syria’s coast and elsewhere mark one of modern history’s most horrific sectarian crimes.


The European elites, radicalized and out of touch, are terrifying their populations with daily doses of war rhetoric and fear-mongering about Russia.


Nuevas elecciones podrían pavimentar el camino para un gobierno que priorice los intereses de su pueblo. Pero, bajo las actuales circunstancias eso sería probablemente una utopía.


New elections in Ukraine could pave the way for a government that prioritizes the interests of its people. But that is probably a utopia in the current circumstances.


The obsessively Russophobic EU leadership is frantically distorting national elections to thwart any parties that are calling for more peaceful relations with Russia.


Freezing the conflict in Syria was the biggest mistake by Assad and the former government, which took too humane a position on terrorists.


We can safely assume that Ursula von der Leyen, as head of the EU, was aware of the criminal activities of Didier Reynders.


Israel, with the support of the West, has unleashed a genocide in Palestine – Gaza, a bloodbath in Lebanon, and has opened the Syrian front again.


Israel, with the support of the West, has unleashed a genocide in Palestine – Gaza, a bloodbath in Lebanon, and has opened the Syrian front again.


The Trump administration’s policies have often seemed at odds with the president’s rhetoric.