Tweets Analysis - Keyword: Assad
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
35,088
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-01
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
6 years
Summarization
In this series of tweets, the difference between Assad and Zelensky and the effects of Western sanctions is discussed. Assad has been fighting for 12 years, while Zelensky has been in war for a year. It is noted that Assad is actively blocking aid, bombing Syrians and vetoing humanitarian corridors. In addition, there has been heavy shelling of the north-west Syrian region, and the Assad regime is also blocking aid and domestic relief efforts. Finally, it is suggested that the UN Security Council should consider tabling a resolution to open more international border crossings from Turkey into Syria.
Topic Modeling
- Bashar Assad’s legacy
- Syrian aid and medical sectors
- International intervention
- Russia’s role in Syria
- Western corporate media
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets range from outrage to despair, with a focus on the injustice and suffering caused by the Syrian government and its allies. The tweets describe the effects of sanctions, bombing, and withholding of aid by the Assad regime, as well as the devastating effects of the recent earthquake. People express anger at the Syrian government for blocking aid and refusing to allow international help, and despair at the suffering of the people of Syria. There is also admiration for the courage of the people of Syria, and a call for more decisive action from the international community.
Trend Analysis
- Bashar al-Assad and Volodymyr Zelensky
- Impact of sanctions and Western support
- Russia, Turkey and Syria relations
- Effects of natural disasters
- Role of international aid
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
6,940
Percentage of total tweets
19%
Number of Original tweets
6,825
Percentage of total tweets
19%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
25,695
Percentage of total tweets
73%
Number of tweets that were Replies
18,485
Percentage of total tweets
52%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
4,627
Percentage of total tweets
13%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
7,293
Percentage of total tweets
20%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 11853 |
| Twitter Web App | 11024 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 10268 |
| Twitter for iPad | 786 |
| TweetDeck | 246 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reuters | Reuters | Top and breaking news, pictures and videos from Reuters. For more breaking business news, follow @ReutersBiz. | 25,743,720 |
| CNNEE | CNN en Español | CNN en Español es tu principal fuente de información y breaking news. Cubrimos las noticias de América Latina y el resto del mundo. Vive la noticia. | 22,407,804 |
| detikcom | detikcom | Official Twitter of https://t.co/jtXZ3Wcfhf. redaksi@https://t.co/jtXZ3Wuovn | promosi@https://t.co/jtXZ3Wuovn | Android: https://t.co/l5tQVBgqbD iPhone: https://t.co/NleJXySGkT | 19,917,429 |
| AP | The Associated Press | Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎 | 16,049,652 |
| timesofindia | The Times Of India | News. Views. Analysis. Conversations. India’s No.1 digital news destination, world’s largest-selling English newspaper - A Times Internet Limited Product | 14,681,120 |
| billboard | billboard | music • charts • news • more | @billboardcharts • @billboarddance • @billboardhiphop • @billboardlatin • @billboardpride • @billboardpro | 14,112,871 |
| ABPNews | ABP News | Follow for latest news alerts from India. | 13,251,841 |
| cnnarabic | CNN بالعربية | World Wide News Leader, in Arabic | 13,197,943 |
| business | Bloomberg | The first word in business news. Our newsletters: https://t.co/nWaCxHSKuU Our podcasts: https://t.co/096e9xMbPz The Big Take podcast: https://t.co/UqskwXtp5Z | 9,165,239 |
| AJEnglish | Al Jazeera English | Hear the human story and join the discussion. We go beyond cold facts and bring to light what matters. For breaking news alerts, follow @AJENews. | 8,283,472 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| jilevin | Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 | Retired, progressive, human rights, politics, equality, LGBTQ+, anti-racist, anti-fascist (AntiFa), #BLM #Resist co-founder @FreedomWritersc | 602,544 |
| Matt_VanDyke | Matthew VanDyke | Founder, Sons of Liberty International, #veterans training Ukrainian forces to fight Russia. A 501c3 nonprofit org: https://t.co/iJVW8PgiN9 #NAFO | 401,470 |
| Free_Media_Hub | Free Syria Media Hub | Syria Death of a Nation 600,000 Dead 10 million refugees this is Syria 2022. 🇬🇧account supporting 🇺🇦 since 2014 🎖Support Hub @ https://t.co/pksCCnzPYT | 224,316 |
| peac4love | Ceni | ✨☮peace☮✨♥love♥✨🌈📷🚲📚🛠🎨 Arts & Architecture🏦 ✨🌻🍁🌷🌸🌹Flowers✨🚫 No Weapons ✨🚫 No Porn ✨ 🚫No Racism ✨ | 205,092 |
| 56blackcat | Ann is still European ♥️🇬🇧 | I don’t need to be verified, I already know who I am | Feminist |Contrary |Stubborn |Sarcastic | I’m nice until I’m not | Politics & other things | 106,845 |
| Umberto_Ecco | Umberto Ecco | We can laugh unlike animals, because we are aware of death! Umberto Eco's tribute account | 103,324 |
| Thaaymanam | தாய்மனம் | நான் யார் என்று அறிய - https://t.co/fuqY1qMf3C - படிக்கவும். கிரந்தம் இந்தி, வெறியர் தொடர வேண்டாம். ஆங்கிலம் தமிழ் இரு கண்கள் தமிழ் நாடு தாய் நாடானது | 98,144 |
| S_kooan | لياليّ الپوٰٓح®🇸🇦 | ايهيرب FLR7914 | 97,989 |
| progressivepush | Progressive Push | National organization helping progressives get elected to public office #TheResistance | 95,545 |
| marynlm | Luba Howard 🇺🇦 | Retired teacher, writer, author MG novel, short stories, poetry, traveler, married, dog lover, no DM’s, Biden🌊🌊🌊 #StandWithUkraine Слава Україні! 🌻🌻🌻🇺🇦 | 92,416 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| asSad_Hpy | Thank you isayama | 650 |
| assad_jee | #خاتم_النبیین_محمد بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم ۔۔ اِیَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ اِیَّاكَ نَسْتَعِیْنُ:ہم تیری ہی عبادت کرتے ہیں اور تجھ ہی سے مدد چاہتے ہیں۔ @TeamiPians | 288 |
| assad_nj | I stay on my grind 'cause that come first💯 || CHELSEA 💙 | 262 |
| Puc01829930 | A human being in love for Freedom, Justice, Democracy Save Humanity - Destroy Russia! | 260 |
| Syrians4J | Uncivilised, Uncouth, Unladylike, Verminous Scot. Assad, Putin and all tyrants to the Hague | 150 |
| assad_maghribi | Jette le tison, il emportera avec lui la fumée | 124 |
| Cilane_Assad | Pesquiso e muito antes de publicar. A opinião, entretanto, é só minha. De vez em quando vc encontrará por aí algo que publiquei primeiro aqui. | 104 |
| Bivi_17 | Human rights activist No justice, no peace 🙏🏼 My DM is only to sharing or giving info, nothing else. #FreeSyria I follow and support since 2011/#FreeUkraine Ï | 95 |
| being_assad | Supporter of Every Positive Stance taken by Any one. 💖PAKISTAN💖 | 93 |
| medicroc | your wildest dream | 84 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1622701779036303360 | Long-time Syrian here who actually has been working in Syrian aid and medical sectors for over a decade. Sanctions are NOT what’s stopping aid from reaching Syrians in need, Russia’s veto of humanitarian corridors forcing closure & Assad withholding aid and bombing Syrians are. | 1705 |
| 1623287703436464129 | Türkische #Luftangriffe auf die #Erdbeben-Gebiete im Nordwesten #Syrien|s. Die #Kurden erhalten keine internat. Hilfslieferungen. Forderung des #Assad-Regimes: Lieferungen nur nach #Damaskus. Das ist inakzeptabel! Es braucht deutliche Worte aus Brüssel! https://t.co/ER8HRCBrYp https://t.co/79hcwrw8jk | 1062 |
| 1622746000216530944 | The Assad regime is not only blocking aid from reaching opposition held areas hit hardest by the earthquake, it is also bombing them. Anyone that lies to you today of all days about sanctions being the problem in Syria is in league with this evil. | 865 |
| 1623799472538124288 | Bashar Assad. Shaved, fresh, neat, self-confident. Fighting for 12 years. Volodymyr Zelensky. Bristles, puffiness, looks like a bum, the look of a beaten dog. Fight for a year. It is immediately clear who the Empire is behind and who the barbarians are behind. In a world of… https://t.co/KV8AjGtuc3 https://t.co/9AvrQ5rpv5 | 768 |
| 1623748472947068931 | “We (Lebanese) tried to enter Syria from Lebanon [to help] and the Assad regime forced us to turn around and literally said: ‘let them die, it’s not your business’”. This is the same regime that is falsely claiming that international aid efforts are being hampered by sanctions. https://t.co/h6hUUIXBWn | 688 |
| 1623655718418104320 | This really shouldn't need stating. I focus on the West's crimes, provocations and distortions not because I'm a Saddam, Assad, Putin apologist. I do so because I'm trying to fill in knowledge gaps for *western audiences* starved of critical information by western corporate media | 659 |
| 1622671972902608900 | Absolutely devastating scenes in Turkey and Syria. The northern region of Syria has already seen heavy shelling from the Assad regime for several weeks during protests in the region. Thousands currently without water. #earthquaketurkey https://t.co/PCvPC4MSF7 | 658 |
| 1623138686199296001 | What more do you need to know about the Assad regime? https://t.co/cqWXtDjC02 | 548 |
| 1622746554858713088 | Assad regime cynically using horrific earthquake to line its pockets. Don't give them a cent https://t.co/bg8PgYJWKF | 507 |
| 1623033526240018432 | We got this message from @Zidane084 and these people after all the bombing they've been through by russia and assad regime in NW Syria, this earthquake came to destroy everything in NW Syria. We hope everyone RT this message so world can help them in NW Syria. #earthquake https://t.co/7bfsRoyEo4 | 499 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1623799472538124288 | Bashar Assad. Shaved, fresh, neat, self-confident. Fighting for 12 years. Volodymyr Zelensky. Bristles, puffiness, looks like a bum, the look of a beaten dog. Fight for a year. It is immediately clear who the Empire is behind and who the barbarians are behind. In a world of… https://t.co/KV8AjGtuc3 https://t.co/9AvrQ5rpv5 | 4870 |
| 1622701779036303360 | Long-time Syrian here who actually has been working in Syrian aid and medical sectors for over a decade. Sanctions are NOT what’s stopping aid from reaching Syrians in need, Russia’s veto of humanitarian corridors forcing closure & Assad withholding aid and bombing Syrians are. | 4737 |
| 1623287703436464129 | Türkische #Luftangriffe auf die #Erdbeben-Gebiete im Nordwesten #Syrien|s. Die #Kurden erhalten keine internat. Hilfslieferungen. Forderung des #Assad-Regimes: Lieferungen nur nach #Damaskus. Das ist inakzeptabel! Es braucht deutliche Worte aus Brüssel! https://t.co/ER8HRCBrYp https://t.co/79hcwrw8jk | 3972 |
| 1623219658567430144 | Ma #Assad presidente siriano che rifiuta gli aiuti occidentali non è una carogna della peggior specie che abbiamo conosciuto nella storia? | 3709 |
| 1623655718418104320 | This really shouldn't need stating. I focus on the West's crimes, provocations and distortions not because I'm a Saddam, Assad, Putin apologist. I do so because I'm trying to fill in knowledge gaps for *western audiences* starved of critical information by western corporate media | 2990 |
| 1622671972902608900 | Absolutely devastating scenes in Turkey and Syria. The northern region of Syria has already seen heavy shelling from the Assad regime for several weeks during protests in the region. Thousands currently without water. #earthquaketurkey https://t.co/PCvPC4MSF7 | 2864 |
| 1622693618409476107 | Bad Bunny conversando con Jay Z, Rich Paul y Noah Assad anoche en los Grammys. ❤️🔥 https://t.co/Hi566m2J11 | 2710 |
| 1622746000216530944 | The Assad regime is not only blocking aid from reaching opposition held areas hit hardest by the earthquake, it is also bombing them. Anyone that lies to you today of all days about sanctions being the problem in Syria is in league with this evil. | 2567 |
| 1622746554858713088 | Assad regime cynically using horrific earthquake to line its pockets. Don't give them a cent https://t.co/bg8PgYJWKF | 2374 |
| 1623748472947068931 | “We (Lebanese) tried to enter Syria from Lebanon [to help] and the Assad regime forced us to turn around and literally said: ‘let them die, it’s not your business’”. This is the same regime that is falsely claiming that international aid efforts are being hampered by sanctions. https://t.co/h6hUUIXBWn | 1828 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #assad | 2791 |
| #syria | 2179 |
| #earthquake | 836 |
| #assad_loots_aid | 762 |
| #save_northern_syria | 614 |
| #الأسد_لص_المساعدات | 537 |
| #أنقذوا_شمال_سورية | 456 |
| #siria | 391 |
| #putin | 346 |
| #turkey | 330 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @assad_hpy | 563 |
| @gorgeous4ew | 418 |
| @syriacivildef | 324 |
| @teamipians | 307 |
| @un | 297 |
| @aaronjmate | 257 |
| @kevorkalmassian | 230 |
| @partisangirl | 189 |
| @t_donkeys | 185 |
| @charles_lister | 174 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
23
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 😂 | 767 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 🇸🇾 | 493 | Syria |
| 😭 | 489 | loudly_crying_face |
| 🤣 | 403 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 💔 | 213 | broken_heart |
| 🇷🇺 | 180 | Russia |
| 👇 | 177 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 🤮 | 169 | face_vomiting |
| ❤️ | 162 | red_heart |
| 😡 | 135 | enraged_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 4166 |
| Flags | 1566 |
| People & Body | 1088 |
| Symbols | 638 |
| Objects | 286 |
| Travel & Places | 271 |
| Activities | 187 |
| Animals & Nature | 101 |
| Food & Drink | 19 |