Nicholas A Heras

@NicholasAHeras

Middle East Security Fellow and Senior Analyst RT does not necessarily equal endorsement.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    14 Dec 2017

    ability to work w/US forces was perhaps best ever by a non-state actor. By the battle, after almost 3 years cooperation, SDF operators routinely call in pinpoint strikes using real-time targeting data. Watch from 8:00-9:00

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  2. 2 hours ago

    5/Some more from over by the Twitter symbol:  "How did you know the  deceased?" [what the imam says at a funeral to the attendees] "Order the yellow bags [the body bags the forces put guerillas in]" "Let's go, Reis [ ], just words won't suffice"

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  3. 2 hours ago

    4/And...it gets worse. Over by the Twitter bird symbol, there are some real gems, such as, from top to bottom: "Americans are in love with their own graves" "I think they are looking for oil!" "Dig your grave deeper, like those in Hollywood movies" 

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  4. 2 hours ago

    3/Thought that was bad? It gets worse. Next up. The left corner red box screams, "Terror supporters [U.S. soldiers] didn't learn the lessons from the tunnels and ditches that became graves."

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  5. 2 hours ago

    2/All translations produced by a Turkish friend who wants to remain anonymous. First up. The headline in big, bold font is screaming, "Don't Dig, Johnny [slang for Americans]." Meaning don't dig your own graves, U.S. soldiers.

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  6. 2 hours ago

    1/Mr. we have a problem. Takvim, a popular based, daily published a cover page with some horrifying headlines about U.S. forces in in northern that might want to bring up with during their next call.

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  7. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    : Our full story today on raids on Douma, shelling on Damascus, and the civilians caught in the crossfire:

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    4 hours ago
    Replying to

    Jaysh Al Islam seemingly opting to turn Douma into the Alamo-except an Alamo with tens of thousands of highly vulnerable civilians forcibly crammed into it-is one of the darker chapters of the horror story of this war.

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  9. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    "He said the U.S. statements about a pullout were a cause for “concern on the street level” but that Kurdish officials were receiving reassurances from U.S. generals on the ground that American troops were staying." great work from &

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  10. 3 hours ago

    Great, nuanced thread on the negotiations to end the fighting in the on the doorstep of 👇 -thread a must read for insights into how the Alliance Reconciliation strategy is operationalized (led by ) and why rebels refuse.

    Important: Here's how the Russian brokered deal to evacuate involving & Jaysh al Islam (JAI) went sour, paving the way for a widespread military operation today in the last trapped rebel enclave in East
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  11. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    under a relentless assault, pictures taken just now the attack has been non-stop since yesterday afternoon

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    7 hours ago

    So far this morning 5 civilians have been killed and 30 wounded as a result of dozens of rockets landing in thought to be from

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    4 hours ago

    : State TV airing rolling live footage of intensifying air strikes on Douma this afternoon and drone footage of adjacent orchards being shelled -

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    6 hours ago

    : Death toll today: --8 civilians killed in strikes on Douma (SOHR) --6 civilians killed in rebel fire on Damascus (SANA) --Scenes from hospitals in both cities are horrifying.

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  15. Retweeted
    22 hours ago

    Even if ISIS was fully defeated, almost a third of the country in north and east remain unsecured while the US military and the Syria Democratic Forces Coalition continue to fight ISIS strongholds, argues to :

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  16. Retweeted
    22 hours ago

    “The SDF is still an airplane that is being built in mid-flight." CNAS' to on American attempts to build a stabilizing force in parts of :

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  17. 24 hours ago

    Great stuff but buried the lede. Which is that Jaysh Al Islam of is in talks to become the new, hot rebel, proxy force to use against the in northern ...how the mighty have fallen? Stay tuned.

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  18. Retweeted
    Apr 6

    3 months ago & I wrote about why the Trump administration was smart to keep a long term force in Syria & why that was important. 🤔🤔🤔

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    Apr 5

    Great detail re Pentagon’s nightmare scenarios about ISIS chem/bio attacks in & and gas attacks at / border in this exclusive on surge in US WMD funding

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    Apr 5

    JUST IN: US approves $1.31 billion Arms Sale to Arabia, 2nd major sale in two weeks. Howitzer system. Details:

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    Apr 5

    : Howitzer system significance to is in border areas with . Follows rising tensions with Houthis

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