📰 AI Helped Uncover A "50-80x Improvement" For Linux's IO_uring
Linux block maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe recently was debugging some slowdowns in the AHCI/SCSI code with IO_uring usage. When turning to Claude AI to help in sorting through the issue, patches were devised that can deliver up to a "literally yield a 50-80x improvement on the io_uring side for idle systems." The code is on its way to the Linux kernel...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-50-80x-IO-uring
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For the first time in history and during the reign of NATO/Zionist terrorists in Syria, Israel bombs the heart of the capital #Damascus.
Reports say scores killed as it targeted a heavily populated area.
Syria is home to a rich mosaic of ethnicities and sects, from Arabs to Kurds and Assyrians. However, displacement and migration over the past decade have significantly altered this landscape. What does Syria's demographic map look like today?
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Former Syrian Army Brigadier General assassinated in his home in Damascus
An armed terrorist group affiliated with the #HTS-led General Security stormed the home of Brig. Gen. Munir Othman in the Masakin al-Dimas area near #Damascus and assassinated him in front of his wife and children early this morning, January 1.
Brig. Gen. Munir Othman had previously undergone a so-called “reconciliation= Taswiya” process following the fall of the former government and was not involved in any military or political activity.
Sources report that Othman had been subjected to pressure by security officials in #Damascus to relinquish ownership of his home and farm. He was summoned for interrogation multiple times in an effort to force him to give up his property, despite the absence of any evidence linking him to war crimes. After he refused to surrender his assets, security operatives reportedly assassinated him inside his home.
The so-called “reconciliation = Taswiya/تسوية” process was announced by Jolani regime and requires former members of the previous armed forces to report to reconciliation centers and voluntarily surrender their weapons and military IDs in exchange for assurances that they would not be pursued.
It is worth noting that the same area, Masakin al-Dimas, witnessed the killing of another Alawite man, Ali Bassam Tamer, just one day earlier.
The leader of the #Druze community in #Syria, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, declared on Thursday that there is "no harmony or agreement with the authorities in #Damascus" while remaining silent of rapproachment with #Israel.
Although he Druze religious authorities in Sweida have rejected any rapprochement with the Israeli occupation, Druze figures visited the occupied Golan this week for the first time in 50 years, despite a religious prohibition issued by the clerics of the Syrian village of Hadar against those participating in the visit.
Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri did not taken a clear stance but stated that he "will move in a direction that serves the interests of the Druze community."
Quoting security sources, the Israeli Walla! News Website revealed that the commander-in-chief of the new Syrian administration, Abo Mohammad Al-Joulani prevented Iranian airliners from using Syrian airspace. According to Walla!, this decision will make it difficult for Iran to move in the Middle East as before.
#Iran#Syria#Damascus#AlJoulani
#Christian neighborhoods in #Damascus protesting in the middle of the night after targeting the Christians in #Hama by the Islamist gangs calling themselves a government
@TheAlawiteEcho
The Syrian barbaric islamist gangs are now raiding and vandalizing the #Christian city of Skailbiyah in #Hama after they attacked every single non-Sunni sect and religion https://t.co/GX12QdO06L
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#Damascus : Ismaili Man Killed by Gunmen, Amid Rising Attacks Targeting the Ismaili Community
Madin Ismail Zino, 56, originally from the city of Salamiyah in W. #Hama countryside, has died from critical gunshot wounds he sustained a week ago in e. #Domar area of Damascus. He passed away today April 10, 2026.
Since the start of this year, there has been a significant rise in attacks targeting members of the Ismaili community, including killings and kidnappings, a stark escalation compared to 2025, when incidents against them were largely confined to theft and property damage.
Incidents Targeting the Ismaili Community in 2026:
Haider Haider from Salamiyah killed in Homs on February 18, 2026,
https://x.com/syjusticearc/status/2024161104721859030
Maad Nasser, 66 years old, killed in front of his house in Salamiyah on February 10, 2026
https://x.com/syjusticearc/status/2021267785347641793
Ismail Mustafa Safar from Salamiyah countryside was found dead in
Homs countryside, March 14, 2026
https://x.com/syjusticearc/status/2032824907457761443
Ali Mustafa Al-Eizouqi, killed near Salamiyah on January 22, 2026
https://x.com/syjusticearc/status/2014970181064233072
Joseph Milad Zeino, young man in his twenties, kidnapped from a local store in Domar near Damascus on March 12, 2026.
Kidnappers are demanding a huge ransom
https://x.com/syjusticearc/status/2033538625447587862
Protest in Salamiyah denouncing killings,, and the lack of security in the city, on February 13, 2026
https://x.com/syjusticearc/status/2022310059288547639
NE. #Damascus: The body of Walid Nasib Tarboush, a Sunni Muslim in his forties, was found in the mountains of the #Maarouna area, northwest of Damascus (a remote region), after he died from a gunshot wound. This occurred yesterday, April 25, 2026.
According to local sources, an armed group kidnapped the victim on April 20, 2026, in the #Duwayla neighborhood, east of Damascus. The group proceeded to extort his family, demanding a ransom payment and using foreign phone numbers to make contact. They subsequently killed him after his family refused to meet their demands.
"Syria Al-Julani regime released kidnapped Druze kids after months of detention
The Jolani regime has released two Druze brothers, Yanal Bashar al-Haddad (15) and Qais Bashar al-Haddad (13), who had been detained at Adra Prison in #Damascus since their arrest during the attack on #Suwayda on July 15, 2025.
Its worth noting that terriost regime kidnapped and killed a lot of Druze and Alawites kids and women (see links on X post)
❗️ Note that the terrorist regime refuse to hold accountable the militants who committed massacres against the #Alawites or #Druze, and label them as “mojahdin” =jihadists, because fighting against “infidel” minorities is considered a heroic act in their eyes."
https://x.com/SyJusticeArc/status/2006461460713488503
Media Center of #SDF:
At this time, violent clashes are taking place between our forces and #Damascus government factions in the vicinity of Al-Aqtan Prison in #Raqqa, which houses detainees of the #ISIS terrorist organization, representing an extremely dangerous development.
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#Syria | W. #Damascus: Alaa Khazama was killed and his body was found today, April 12, 2026, in the #Barada River area in rural Damascus. He had missing for five days after leaving for work as a taxi driver.
Alaa Khazama was originally from the rural outskirts of #Baniyas and was a member of the #Alawite community.
📰 Syria’s Kurds Fold: Government Absorbs Militia After Clashes
After weeks of sporadic fighting, Syria’s government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (S.D.F.) have agreed to a cease-fire and full merger of the militia into the national military. The deal hands the government control of most of the S.D.F.’s former territory, including key dams, oil fields, and border crossings, leaving only Hasakah under Kurdish authority.
End of Autonomy
The Kurds, Syria’s largest ethnic minority, have long fought for autonomy, establishing their own administration and legal system in the northeast. But recent battlefield losses left them in a weak position, forcing concessions. The government will now run all prisons, including Al-Hol, which holds thousands of Islamic State detainees and their families—a major concern for the U.S.-led coalition.
U.S. Caught in the Middle
The U.S. has backed both the government and the S.D.F., making this merger a diplomatic headache. While U.S. officials welcome the cease-fire, they worry about losing influence and the fate of the Islamic State prisoners. The new agreement means S.D.F. fighters will join the military as individuals, not as a unified force, further weakening Kurdish leverage.
Who Really Wins?
For the interim government, the deal consolidates control and access to Syria’s resources. For the Kurds, it’s a major retreat from autonomy. But with ethnic minorities still uneasy and the U.S. watching closely, can this uneasy peace hold—or is it just another chapter in Syria’s endless cycle of power struggles?
#Syria#Kurds#SDF#Ceasefire#Damascus#USPolicy#MiddleEast
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