Mohammed Aly Sergie is the Senior Editor at Syria Deeply. He previously reported on private equity deals for Dow Jones in New York and established a bureau for the news service in Saudi Arabia. He grew up in Aleppo, Syria. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/mohammed-sergie/rss en Civil Society Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/07/11/social-media-buzz-we-are-coming-to-slaughter-you https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/07/11/social-media-buzz-we-are-coming-to-slaughter-you Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Civil Society Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/07/09/along-sectarian-fault-lines-a-new-normal-emerges https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/07/09/along-sectarian-fault-lines-a-new-normal-emerges QALAAT AL-MADIQ, HAMA PROVINCE / Just a few years ago, Syrian students in this Sunni town had to pledge allegiance to Baath party principles and express loyalty to Bashar al-Assad. Civil Society Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/26/social-media-buzz-a-falling-pound-social-media-shabiha https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/26/social-media-buzz-a-falling-pound-social-media-shabiha Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/13/social-media-buzz-assad-lures-shiites-to-his-secular-army https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/13/social-media-buzz-assad-lures-shiites-to-his-secular-army Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/11/walking-a-fine-line-in-the-water-works-of-a-rebel-town https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/11/walking-a-fine-line-in-the-water-works-of-a-rebel-town QALAAT AL-MADIQ, HAMA PROVINCE / As Qalaat al-Madiq, a Sunni town overlooking the sectarian fault line of the Orontes River in Hama, switched from rebel to regime control over the past two years, Rami kept his government job at a water infrastructure facility. The position forced him to conciliate both sides in the conflict.  . Government & Pro-Government Forces Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/07/a-five-month-journey-through-syrias-dungeons https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/07/a-five-month-journey-through-syrias-dungeons AYN AL-ARAB (KOBANI), ALEPPO PROVINCE / After losing one-third of his weight and sustaining multiple beatings over five months in prisons run by Syrian intelligence agencies, Mohammed Sheikh Nabi, a member of the Kurdish party Azadi, said he’d been certain he would die. Civil Society Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/05/social-media-buzz-turkish-protests-on-focus-in-assads-media https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/05/social-media-buzz-turkish-protests-on-focus-in-assads-media Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/03/where-rebels-drink-tea-and-trade-tanks https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/06/03/where-rebels-drink-tea-and-trade-tanks HASS, IDLIB PROVINCE / Far from the glamorous world of international weapons expos, rebels in Syria are trading heavy arms among themselves,  conducting their business in modest homes over cups of tea. Civil Society Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/30/social-media-buzz-mccain-reactions-khatibs-failed-facebook-diplomacy https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/30/social-media-buzz-mccain-reactions-khatibs-failed-facebook-diplomacy Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/23/social-media-buzz-extremists-in-the-spotlight https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/23/social-media-buzz-extremists-in-the-spotlight Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Civil Society Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/14/social-media-buzz-hezbollah-the-shadow-of-sunni-shiite-battle https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/14/social-media-buzz-hezbollah-the-shadow-of-sunni-shiite-battle Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/14/catholics-join-islamist-fighters https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/14/catholics-join-islamist-fighters RAS AL-AYN, HASSAKEH PROVINCE / Visitors crossing from Turkey to Ras al-Ayn, a sleepy border town in eastern Syria, are now welcomed by the unlikeliest of characters: a Catholic member of what is considered an extremist Islamist rebel group. Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/10/new-dangers-for-opposition-kurds https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/10/new-dangers-for-opposition-kurds AYN AL-ARAB (KOBANI), ALEPPO PROVINCE – Aladine Hamam, a member of the Azadi party, spent almost two months in jail this year, accused of being a Turkish agent and with setting up an armed group that doesn’t answer to the PYD, the predominant political party. His case highlights the divisions among Kurds on the future of the ethnic group in Syria and the unchecked power of the PYD (or Syrian Democratic Party) in Kurdish-controlled territories. . Government & Pro-Government Forces Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/07/social-media-buzz-cleansing-sunnis-on-syrias-coast https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/07/social-media-buzz-cleansing-sunnis-on-syrias-coast Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Civil Society Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/01/social-media-buzz-mourning-assads-foreign-fighters https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/01/social-media-buzz-mourning-assads-foreign-fighters Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/23/in-kobani-volunteers-cobble-a-police-force https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/23/in-kobani-volunteers-cobble-a-police-force This is the first in a two-part series on Syria’s volunteer police brigades. AYN AL-ARAB (KOBANI), ALEPPO PROVINCE – With only a sixth-grade education and prior experience in temporary agricultural jobs, Fayyad Mula Khalil, the effective police chief in Ayn al-Arab, known as Kobani in Kurdish, admits that he’s not qualified to be the city’s top cop. Civil Society Government & Pro-Government Forces Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/22/the-social-media-buzz-this-is-the-fate-of-all-traitors https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/22/the-social-media-buzz-this-is-the-fate-of-all-traitors Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Government & Pro-Government Forces Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/17/poison-gas-kills-a-family-in-apparent-chemical-weapons-attack https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/17/poison-gas-kills-a-family-in-apparent-chemical-weapons-attack AFRIN, ALEPPO PROVINCE – After completing his prayers around 1 a.m. on April 13, Yasser fell asleep with his wife, two young children, and sister, who all shared a bed in a modest home in Sheikh Maqsood, the Kurdish-majority frontline neighborhood in Aleppo. Civil Society Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/15/the-social-media-buzz-known-on-twitter-as-the-man-in-black https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/15/the-social-media-buzz-known-on-twitter-as-the-man-in-black Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. Each week Syria Deeply monitors the online conversation in English and Arabic, pulling out the highlights in a feature called the Social Media Buzz. Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Mohammed Sergie https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/12/how-a-ballistic-missile-wiped-out-two-families-in-rural-aleppo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/04/12/how-a-ballistic-missile-wiped-out-two-families-in-rural-aleppo HREITAN, ALEPPO PROVINCE – Air strikes and ballistic missile attacks from Scuds and other large rockets are now daily events in Syria. The victims and damage are tallied in spreadsheets, and only a small portion of the details make the news, because this kind of carnage is no longer new. It’s expected.