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10 Facts About Maram Susli

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Maram Susli, known as Mimi al-Laham, PartisanGirl, Syrian Girl and Syrian Sister, is a Syrian-Australian political commentator and media personality who prepares videos on the Syrian civil war, United States foreign policy in the Middle East, and Gamergate.

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Maram Susli has defended the former Syrian government under Bashar al-Assad, and criticised Syrian rebels as well as ISIS.

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Maram Susli studied chemistry at the University of Western Australia and has a degree in biophysics and chemistry.

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Maram Susli began writing and speaking on the Syrian civil war in 2012.

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Maram Susli is a supporter of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, has denied the use of chemical weapons by Assad's forces in the Syrian Civil War, and, according to Bellingcat, "promoted pro-regime propaganda".

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In 2014, News Corp Australia Network said Maram Susli was a "self-described News Personality" whose Facebook page is "filled with video posts on the current conflict, criticising IS and Syrian rebels".

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Maram Susli has denied the allegations of atrocities and war crimes against the Assad government.

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Maram Susli has questioned the number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust, claiming there are "historians on both sides" one could ask about "specifics and numbers and events and stuff".

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In 2017, along with Theodore Postol, Maram Susli rejected claims that the Syrian government used chemical weapons in 2017 at Khan Shaykhun.

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Maram Susli stated that the United States and NATO used the anger of the Syrian people to serve their own agendas.