Sandro Basili
@sandrobasili.bsky.social
Freelance photojournalist covering the SWANA region, with a focus on displacement, at-risk communities, and environmental issues.
Based in Lebanon 🇱🇧
Based in Lebanon 🇱🇧
After a decade of de facto autonomy, the Kurdish-led administration in northeastern Syria is now being brought under the authority of the Syrian state. After 10 months of stalled talks, clashes erupted in January, with Syrian forces capturing 80 percent of Kurdish-held territory.
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August 12, 2026 at 10:08 AM
After a decade of de facto autonomy, the Kurdish-led administration in northeastern Syria is now being brought under the authority of the Syrian state. After 10 months of stalled talks, clashes erupted in January, with Syrian forces capturing 80 percent of Kurdish-held territory.
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What remains of Rojava” — our latest Dispatch for @foreignpolicy.com, with Hanna Davis.
Many thanks to Lori Kelley for the careful photo editing, and to @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social for the text editing.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...
Many thanks to Lori Kelley for the careful photo editing, and to @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social for the text editing.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...
What Remains of Rojava
In northeastern Syria, Kurdish leaders continue to fight a rear-guard battle for autonomy.
foreignpolicy.com
August 12, 2026 at 9:56 AM
What remains of Rojava” — our latest Dispatch for @foreignpolicy.com, with Hanna Davis.
Many thanks to Lori Kelley for the careful photo editing, and to @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social for the text editing.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...
Many thanks to Lori Kelley for the careful photo editing, and to @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social for the text editing.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...
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Some really fantastic reporting here on the state of political and military integration in Rojava:
foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...
foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...
What Remains of Rojava
In northeastern Syria, Kurdish leaders continue to fight a rear-guard battle for autonomy.
foreignpolicy.com
August 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Some really fantastic reporting here on the state of political and military integration in Rojava:
foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...
foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/r...
Hundreds gathered in Beirut this Saturday for the funeral of our colleagues Fatima Ftoun; her brother and cameraman Mohammed Ftouni; and Ali Shoeib. The three were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on March 28 while traveling in a clearly marked press vehicle in Nabatieh.
March 31, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Hundreds gathered in Beirut this Saturday for the funeral of our colleagues Fatima Ftoun; her brother and cameraman Mohammed Ftouni; and Ali Shoeib. The three were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on March 28 while traveling in a clearly marked press vehicle in Nabatieh.
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Up to 300,000 Syrians remain missing a year after Assad’s fall. The White Helmets and a new national commission are exhuming bodies, mapping grave sites and building records in a search that will take years, reports @amelied.bsky.social . https://shorturl.at/PJwLy
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Up to 300,000 Syrians remain missing a year after Assad’s fall. The White Helmets and a new national commission are exhuming bodies, mapping grave sites and building records in a search that will take years, reports @amelied.bsky.social . https://shorturl.at/PJwLy
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Avec les photos de @sandrobasili.bsky.social
LE DEVOIR EN SYRIE | Un an après la chute du régime Assad, @amelied.bsky.social a rencontré des anciens détenus.
www.ledevoir.com/monde/moyen-...
www.ledevoir.com/monde/moyen-...
«Je n’ai pas envie de me souvenir de cet endroit», dit un ex-détenu du régime Assad
En Syrie, le destin des prisons, entre volonté d’oubli et devoir de mémoire, un an après la chute du régime Assad.
www.ledevoir.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Avec les photos de @sandrobasili.bsky.social
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En #Syrie, avec les photos de @sandrobasili.bsky.social...
«La région a perdu environ 80% de ses arbres à cause des bombardements et du manque d’eau»
🇸🇾 Après 13 ans de guerre civile, les agriculteurs syriens tentent de retrouver un semblant de vie et de restaurer leurs cultures, face au défi d’une paix durable. Reportage d' @amelied.bsky.social pour Vert👇
🇸🇾 Après 13 ans de guerre civile, les agriculteurs syriens tentent de retrouver un semblant de vie et de restaurer leurs cultures, face au défi d’une paix durable. Reportage d' @amelied.bsky.social pour Vert👇
«La guerre a rendu la terre stérile» : après la chute de Bachar Al-Assad, la Syrie se relève au milieu des ruines et des champs dévastés
L’environnement a payé un lourd tribut pendant la guerre civile syrienne, entre 2011 et 2024, qui a fait plus d’un demi-million de morts et plus de six millions de personnes réfugiées. Aujourd’hui, le...
vert.eco
March 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
En #Syrie, avec les photos de @sandrobasili.bsky.social...
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Notre reportage en #Syrie pour @pivot.quebec en décembre et en janvier avec @sandrobasili.bsky.social et l'aide de nos fixeurs syriens...
REPORTAGE |🇸🇾 Les organisations de la société civile s’activent pour reconstruire le pays et tenir responsable le gouvernement de transition, craignant des dérives autoritaires.
#syrie #international
Pour lire l'article d'Amélie David, c'est sur Pivot et c'est par ici 👇
pivot.quebec/2025/01...
#syrie #international
Pour lire l'article d'Amélie David, c'est sur Pivot et c'est par ici 👇
pivot.quebec/2025/01...
En Syrie, « une course contre la montre pour former un contre-pouvoir » – Pivot
Les organisations de la société civile s’activent pour reconstruire le pays et tenir responsable le gouvernement de transition, craignant des dérives autoritaires.
pivot.quebec
February 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Notre reportage en #Syrie pour @pivot.quebec en décembre et en janvier avec @sandrobasili.bsky.social et l'aide de nos fixeurs syriens...
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How Amnesty International concluded that Israel has genocidal intent in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-amnesty-international-concluded-israel-has-genocidal-intent-gaza
How Amnesty concluded that Israel has genocidal intent in Gaza
This is how the human rights group found there was sufficient evidence of Israel's 'specific intent' to destroy Palestinians
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December 6, 2024 at 4:17 PM
How Amnesty International concluded that Israel has genocidal intent in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-amnesty-international-concluded-israel-has-genocidal-intent-gaza
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Hussein, 10 ans, jouait avec sa soeur quand un missile a frappé leur domicile. Sa soeur a été tuée. Lui, gravement brûlé. Pour @pivot.quebec, avec mon collègue @sandrobasili.bsky.social, nous sommes allés à la rencontre des enfants du service des grands brûlés de l'hôpital Geitaoui à #Beyrouth.
REPORTAGE | Les bombes israéliennes laissent derrière elles des personnes gravement blessées, brûlées : parmi elles, Hussein, dix ans et Ahmad, quatre ans.
#international #reportage
L'article d'Amélie David, pour Pivot 📝
pivot.quebec/2024/12...
#international #reportage
L'article d'Amélie David, pour Pivot 📝
pivot.quebec/2024/12...
Liban : les enfants, grands brûlés des bombes israéliennes – Pivot
Les bombes israéliennes laissent derrière elles des personnes gravement blessées, brûlées : parmi elles, Hussein, dix ans et Ahmad, quatre ans.
pivot.quebec
December 6, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Hussein, 10 ans, jouait avec sa soeur quand un missile a frappé leur domicile. Sa soeur a été tuée. Lui, gravement brûlé. Pour @pivot.quebec, avec mon collègue @sandrobasili.bsky.social, nous sommes allés à la rencontre des enfants du service des grands brûlés de l'hôpital Geitaoui à #Beyrouth.
A few hours after the ceasefire, I returned to a guesthouse in the Karantina that I had visited three weeks earlier. I recognized some familiar faces, but most had left.
Some returned to their homes or what is left of it. Others stayed. The war had taken their homes, their sense of security.
Some returned to their homes or what is left of it. Others stayed. The war had taken their homes, their sense of security.
December 2, 2024 at 7:46 PM
A few hours after the ceasefire, I returned to a guesthouse in the Karantina that I had visited three weeks earlier. I recognized some familiar faces, but most had left.
Some returned to their homes or what is left of it. Others stayed. The war had taken their homes, their sense of security.
Some returned to their homes or what is left of it. Others stayed. The war had taken their homes, their sense of security.
On November 23rd at 4 a.m, without prior evacuation warnings, the israeli aviation proceeded to strike a residential and densely populated area in the Basta neighborhood, central Beirut.
The shock was felt all across Beirut.
The shock was felt all across Beirut.
November 24, 2024 at 3:55 PM
On November 23rd at 4 a.m, without prior evacuation warnings, the israeli aviation proceeded to strike a residential and densely populated area in the Basta neighborhood, central Beirut.
The shock was felt all across Beirut.
The shock was felt all across Beirut.